most passing yards by a wisconsin badger in a single season since 2010

Since 2010, Russell Wilson has the most passing yards for Wisconsin in a season, with 3,175 yards in 2011.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	3,175	2011	WIS	14	225	309	72.8	10.3	226.8	33	4	191.8	10.7	1.3
2	Jack Coan J. Coan	2,727	2019	WIS	14	236	339	69.6	8.0	194.8	18	5	151.8	5.3	1.5	19	116
3	Joel Stave J. Stave	2,687	2015	WIS	13	225	370	60.8	7.3	206.7	11	11	125.7	3.0	3.0	21	149
4	Alex Hornibrook A. Hornibrook	2,644	2017	WIS	14	198	318	62.3	8.3	188.9	25	15	148.6	7.9	4.7	21	117
5	Joel Stave J. Stave	2,494	2013	WIS	13	208	336	61.9	7.4	191.8	22	13	138.1	6.5	3.9	16	94
6	Scott Tolzien S. Tolzien	2,459	2010	WIS	13	194	266	72.9	9.2	189.2	16	6	165.9	6.0	2.3
7	Graham Mertz G. Mertz	2,136	2022	WIS	12	164	286	57.3	7.5	178.0	19	10	135.0	6.6	3.5	23	138
8	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	2,066	2023	WIS	10	204	314	65.0	6.6	206.6	9	4	127.1	2.9	1.3	17	108
9	Graham Mertz G. Mertz	1,958	2021	WIS	13	169	284	59.5	6.9	150.6	10	11	121.3	3.5	3.9	13	105
10	Braedyn Locke B. Locke	1,936	2024	WIS	10	164	296	55.4	6.5	193.6	13	10	118.1	4.4	3.4	10	56
11	Alex Hornibrook A. Hornibrook	1,532	2018	WIS	9	122	205	59.5	7.5	170.2	13	11	132.5	6.3	5.4	14	83
12	Joel Stave J. Stave	1,350	2014	WIS	10	110	206	53.4	6.6	135.0	9	10	113.2	4.4	4.9	10	82
13	Alex Hornibrook A. Hornibrook	1,262	2016	WIS	12	106	181	58.6	7.0	105.2	9	7	125.8	5.0	3.9	13	89
14	Bart Houston B. Houston	1,245	2016	WIS	11	96	141	68.1	8.8	113.2	5	3	149.7	3.5	2.1	11	64
15	Graham Mertz G. Mertz	1,238	2020	WIS	7	118	193	61.1	6.4	176.9	9	5	125.2	4.7	2.6	12	73
16	Joel Stave J. Stave	1,104	2012	WIS	8	70	119	58.8	9.3	138.0	6	3	148.3	5.0	2.5
17	Colton Joseph C. Joseph	987	2026	WIS	4	72	123	58.5	8.0	246.8	7	5	136.6	5.7	4.1	3	14
18	Braedyn Locke B. Locke	777	2023	WIS	5	76	152	50.0	5.1	155.4	5	1	102.5	3.3	0.7	6	47
19	Tanner McEvoy T. McEvoy	709	2014	WIS	14	65	112	58.0	6.3	50.6	5	6	115.2	4.5	5.4	3	17
20	Hunter Simmons H. Simmons	664	2025	WIS	9	62	118	52.5	5.6	73.8	2	7	93.5	1.7	5.9	4	41
21	Danny O'Neil D. O'Neil	635	2025	WIS	7	61	90	67.8	7.1	90.7	5	5	134.3	5.6	5.6	14	119
22	Curt Phillips C. Phillips	540	2012	WIS	5	46	81	56.8	6.7	108.0	5	2	128.2	6.2	2.5
23	Danny O'Brien D. O'Brien	523	2012	WIS	5	52	86	60.5	6.1	104.6	3	1	120.7	3.5	1.2
24	Jack Coan J. Coan	515	2018	WIS	5	56	93	60.2	5.5	103.0	5	3	118.0	5.4	3.2	10	68
25	Tyler Van Dyke T. Van Dyke	422	2024	WIS	3	43	68	63.2	6.2	140.7	1	0	120.2	1.5	0.0	3	19

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More Wisconsin Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

987

Joseph

RUSH

190

Sama

REC

307

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

67th

OPP PPG

20.0

49th

RUSH YDS/G

134.3

120th

PASS YDS/G

246.8

61st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Ohio State	1-0	3-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1
9	USC	1-1	4-1
10	Michigan	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 10/17	WIS	@	UCLA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	USC	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RUTG	@	WIS	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wisconsin

3 - 1

Final

Penn State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250