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.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	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	Colton Joseph C. Joseph	1,256	2026	WIS	7	99	173	57.2	7.3	179.4	11	5	133.4	6.4	2.9	8	37
15	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
16	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
17	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
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

1,256

Joseph

RUSH

365

Joseph

REC

343

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

27.0

83rd

OPP PPG

15.3

14th

RUSH YDS/G

150.7

89th

PASS YDS/G

179.4

143rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Northwestern	3-1	6-1
5	Minnesota	3-1	5-2
6	Wisconsin	3-1	5-2
7	USC	3-2	6-2
8	Purdue	2-2	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RUTG	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	WIS	@	MD	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	WIS	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	MINN	@	WIS	7:30 PM

Last Game

USC

6 - 2

Final

Wisconsin

5 - 2

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286