KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- By throwing four touchdown passes on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes claimed an NFL record.

Mahomes has 101 touchdown passes through 40 career regular-season games, making him the fastest player to 100. Hall of Famer Dan Marino had the record of 44 games.

Mahomes threw touchdown passes of 1 yard to Demarcus Robinson, 4 yards to Clyde Edwards-Helaire and 28 and 2 yards to Tyreek Hill in the Chiefs' 33-31 victory.

The 25-year-old MVP of last season's Super Bowl threw for at least four touchdown passes in a game for the 12th time in his career, including the playoffs. That's the most such games in the NFL over the past three seasons. It's five more than the next closest quarterback, Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks, since the start of the 2018 season.

Mahomes, who threw five touchdown passes in last week's win over the New York Jets, now has 25 for the season, moving into second place ahead of the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers and behind Wilson (26). He is on pace for 44 touchdown passes, which would be the second-highest total of his career.

He threw 50 in 2018, the same year he was named the league's MVP.