Steelers' QB Aaron Rodgers on verge of passing Packers legend Brett Favre on historic NFL record list

Billy Heyen

Steelers' QB Aaron Rodgers on verge of passing Packers legend Brett Favre on historic NFL record list image

Aaron Rodgers is knocking on Brett Favre's door.

Specifically, on the all-time touchdown passes leaderboard, where the Green Bay Packers' retired legend is just ahead of the Green Bay great who is now the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Rodgers threw four touchdowns in Week 1 to push him to 507 in his NFL career. 

Favre had 508 career touchdown passes.

Rodgers and the Steelers play the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, and that math is simple: one TD to tie, two to pass.

Favre currently ranks fourth in NFL history in touchdown passes, with Rodgers sitting in fifth.

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Peyton Manning threw the third-most, 539.

Drew Brees is second all-time, with 571.

Tom Brady is the all-time TD pass leader with 649.

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Rodgers also enters Sunday's game seventh in NFL history in passing yards, with 63,196. He can move into sixth by passing Philip Rivers, who retired with 63,440 yards.

Of Rodgers' 507 TD passes, 475 came with the Packers. Favre threw 442 of his touchdown passes with the Packers before adding 44 with Minnesota and 22 with the Jets. 

Rodgers sat behind Favre with the Packers, and then they both ironically moved on to the Jets. And now they're neck and neck in career touchdowns.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle