wisconsin badgers rushing yards leader since 1980 by season

Since 1980, Melvin Gordon has rushed for the most yards for Wisconsin in a season, with 2,587 yards in 2014.

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

	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	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,279	1998	WIS	10	268	4.8	127.9	11	45	6		7.5	4.5	0
21	Braelon Allen B. Allen	1,268	2021	WIS	12	186	6.8	105.7	12	39	8	12	4.9	3.3	0
22	Braelon Allen B. Allen	1,242	2022	WIS	12	230	5.4	103.5	11	104	13	21	8.0	8.7	0
23	Terrell Fletcher T. Fletcher	1,235	1994	WIS	11	205	6.0	112.3	10	172	22		7.8	15.6	1
24	P.J. Hill	1,212	2007	WIS	11	233	5.2	110.2	14	89	14		6.4	8.1	1
25	P.J. Hill	1,161	2008	WIS	13	226	5.1	89.3	13	72	7		10.3	5.5	0

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More Wisconsin Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,256

Joseph

RUSH

365

Joseph

REC

343

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

27.0

82nd

OPP PPG

15.3

15th

RUSH YDS/G

150.7

91st

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

2,577

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	6	.333
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	2	7	.222

	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	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
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	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
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