most rushing yards in a single season by a wisconsin player

Melvin Gordon has the most rushing yards for Wisconsin in a season, with 2,587 yards in 2014.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	2,587	2014	WIS	14	343	7.5	184.8	29	153	19	27	8.1	10.9	3
2	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,194	2018	WIS	13	307	7.1	168.8	16	60	8	14	7.5	4.6	0
3	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,003	2019	WIS	14	320	6.3	143.1	21	252	26	39	9.7	18.0	5
4	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,977	2017	WIS	14	299	6.6	141.2	13	95	8	14	11.9	6.8	0
5	Montee Ball M. Ball	1,923	2011	WIS	14	307	6.3	137.4	33	306	24		12.8	21.9	6
6	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,863	1996	WIS	12	295	6.3	155.3	18	133	14		9.5	11.1	0
7	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,834	1999	WIS	11	303	6.1	166.7	19	9	1		9.0	0.8	0
8	Montee Ball M. Ball	1,830	2012	WIS	14	356	5.1	130.7	22	72	10		7.2	5.1	0
9	Brian Calhoun B. Calhoun	1,636	2005	WIS	13	348	4.7	125.8	22	571	53		10.8	43.9	2
10	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	1,609	2013	WIS	13	206	7.8	123.8	12	10	1	3	10.0	0.8	0
11	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	1,598	2000	WIS	10	294	5.4	159.8	10	23	4		5.8	2.3	0
12	P.J. Hill	1,569	2006	WIS	13	311	5.0	120.7	15	197	18		10.9	15.2	1
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1,555	2002	WIS	13	300	5.2	119.6	13	48	6		8.0	3.7	0
14	John Clay J. Clay	1,517	2009	WIS	13	287	5.3	116.7	18	61	9		6.8	4.7	0
15	Brent Moss B. Moss	1,479	1993	WIS	11	276	5.4	134.5	14	19	4		4.8	1.7	0
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1,466	2001	WIS	11	291	5.0	133.3	11
17	James White J. White	1,444	2013	WIS	13	222	6.5	111.1	13	300	39	45	7.7	23.1	2
18	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,421	1997	WIS	10	249	5.7	142.1	15	117	10		11.7	11.7	0
19	Corey Clement C. Clement	1,375	2016	WIS	13	314	4.4	105.8	15	132	12	14	11.0	10.2	0
20	Billy Marek B. Marek	1,281	1975	WIS	11	272	4.7	116.5	13	113	10		11.3	10.3	0
21	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,279	1998	WIS	10	268	4.8	127.9	11	45	6		7.5	4.5	0
22	Braelon Allen B. Allen	1,268	2021	WIS	12	186	6.8	105.7	12	39	8	12	4.9	3.3	0
23	Braelon Allen B. Allen	1,242	2022	WIS	12	230	5.4	103.5	11	104	13	21	8.0	8.7	0
24	Terrell Fletcher T. Fletcher	1,235	1994	WIS	11	205	6.0	112.3	10	172	22		7.8	15.6	1
25	Rufus Ferguson R. Ferguson	1,222	1971	WIS	11	249	4.9	111.1	13	63	7		9.0	5.7	0

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PASS

217

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RUSH

49

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76

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PPG

13.0

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

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PASS YDS/G

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2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Purdue	0-0	1-0
15	UCLA	0-0	1-0
16	Washington	0-0	1-0
17	Rutgers	0-0	0-1
18	Wisconsin	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	WIU	@	WIS	7:15 PM
Sat 9/19	EMU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 9/26	WIS	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	WIS	@	UCLA	1:00 PM

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Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

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Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

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6

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5

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Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

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Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

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281.3

Baker

272.0

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Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

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3.0

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PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

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Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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434.0

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430.0

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000