what michigan football player has the most points in a season

Rick Leach has put up the most points for Michigan in a season, with 168 points in 1978.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Points: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PPG
1	Rick Leach R. Leach	168	1978	MICH	11	12			28					15.3
2	Steve Smith S. Smith	150	1981	MICH	11	11			25					13.6
3	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	144	1991	MICH	11	0			24					13.1
4	Desmond Howard D. Howard	138	1991	MICH	11	2	19		23					12.5
5	Steve Smith S. Smith	138	1982	MICH	11	9			23					12.5
6	Rick Leach R. Leach	138	1976	MICH	11	10			23					12.5
7	Steve Smith S. Smith	132	1983	MICH	11	9			22					12.0
8	Chris Perry C. Perry	120	2003	MICH	13	18	2		20			0	0	9.2
9	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	120	1985	MICH	11	2			20					10.9
10	Rick Leach R. Leach	120	1977	MICH	11	7			20					10.9
11	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	114	1968	MICH	10	19	0		19					11.4
12	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	102	2000	MICH	11	16	1		17			0	0	9.3
13	Tom Brady T. Brady	102	1999	MICH	11	1			17					9.3
14	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	102	1990	MICH	11	0			17					9.3
15	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	102	1986	MICH	12	7			17					8.5
16	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	96	2011	MICH	13	16			16			0	0	7.4
17	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	96	1999	MICH	11	16	0		16					8.7
18	Tom Brady T. Brady	96	1998	MICH	12	2			16					8.0
19	Brian Griese B. Griese	96	1997	MICH	11	2	0		16					8.7
20	Todd Collins T. Collins	96	1993	MICH	11	0			16					8.7
21	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	96	1992	MICH	9	1			16					10.7
22	Remy Hamilton R. Hamilton	95	1994	MICH	11					24	23			8.6
23	Dominic Zvada D. Zvada	94	2025	MICH	13	0	0	0	0	17	43	0	0	7.2
24	Garrett Rivas G. Rivas	94	2004	MICH	12				0	19	37	0	0	7.8
25	Brendan Gibbons B. Gibbons	93	2012	MICH	13				0	16	45	0	0	7.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

924

Underwood

RUSH

319

Marshall

REC

539

Buchanan

Team Rankings

PPG

20.3

127th

OPP PPG

15.7

18th

RUSH YDS/G

134.7

118th

PASS YDS/G

165.9

161st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Iowa	2-2	5-2
12	Nebraska	2-2	5-2
13	Michigan	1-3	4-3
14	Washington	1-3	4-3
15	Rutgers	1-3	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	MICH	@	RUTG	12:30 PM
Sat 11/7	MSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MICH	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UCLA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	MICH	@	OSU	12:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

7 - 1

Final

Michigan

4 - 3

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

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

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
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	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125