all-time leading passer for the wisconsin badgers

Joel Stave has the most career passing yards for Wisconsin, with 7,635 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joel Stave J. Stave	7,635	45	613	1,031	59.5	7.4	169.7	48	37	129.8	4.7	3.6
2	Darrell Bevell D. Bevell	7,429	43	625	1,012	61.8	7.3	172.8	58	37	135.0	5.7	3.7
3	John Stocco J. Stocco	7,227	49	534	934	57.2	7.7	147.5	47	22	134.1	5.0	2.4
4	Alex Hornibrook A. Hornibrook	5,438	35	426	704	60.5	7.7	155.4	47	33	138.1	6.7	4.7	48	289
5	Brooks Bollinger B. Bollinger	5,406	44	398	740	53.8	7.3	122.9	36	17	126.6	4.9	2.3
6	Graham Mertz G. Mertz	5,405	34	460	773	59.5	7.0	159.0	38	26	127.7	4.9	3.4	49	320
7	Scott Tolzien S. Tolzien	5,271	29	410	602	68.1	8.8	181.8	32	18	153.2	5.3	3.0
8	Mike Samuel M. Samuel	4,735	41	371	661	56.1	7.2	115.5	24	26	120.4	3.6	3.9
9	Randy Wright R. Wright	4,697	33	359	669	53.7	7.0	142.3	34	32	119.8	5.1	4.8
10	Jim Sorgi J. Sorgi	4,475	32	287	517	55.5	8.7	139.8	33	20	141.5	6.4	3.9
11	Tony Lowery T. Lowery	4,006	41	355	648	54.8	6.2	97.7	14	32	104.0	2.2	4.9
12	Neil Graff N. Graff	3,699	31	273	551	49.5	6.7	119.3	23	27	109.9	4.2	4.9
13	Jack Coan J. Coan	3,278	22	297	437	68.0	7.5	149.0	23	8	144.7	5.3	1.8	29	184
14	Tyler Donovan T. Donovan	3,227	23	235	400	58.8	8.1	140.3	22	13	138.2	5.5	3.3
15	Mike Howard M. Howard	3,199	45	288	518	55.6	6.2	71.1	19	29	108.4	3.7	5.6
16	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	3,175	14	225	309	72.8	10.3	226.8	33	4	191.8	10.7	1.3
17	Ron Miller R. Miller	2,838	18	201	386	52.1	7.4	157.7	19	27	116.1	4.9	7.0
18	Braedyn Locke B. Locke	2,713	15	240	448	53.6	6.1	180.9	18	11	112.8	4.0	2.5	16	103
19	Mike Kalasmiki M. Kalasmiki	2,626	29	187	402	46.5	6.5	90.6	18	25	103.7	4.5	6.2
20	Gregg Bohlig G. Bohlig	2,579	33	171	355	48.2	7.3	78.2	16	21	112.2	4.5	5.9
21	Mike Carroll M. Carroll	2,335	22	190	385	49.4	6.1	106.1	13	30	95.9	3.4	7.8
22	Hal Brandt H. Brandt	2,293	27	189	393	48.1	5.8	84.9	13	26	94.8	3.3	6.6
23	Bud Keyes B. Keyes	2,181	34	181	387	46.8	5.6	64.1	14	24	93.6	3.6	6.2
24	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	2,066	10	204	314	65.0	6.6	206.6	9	4	127.1	2.9	1.3	17	108
25	John Boyajian J. Boyajian	2,064	30	162	316	51.3	6.5	68.8	7	21	100.2	2.2	6.6

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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

7.0

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