2016 Mountain West Conference Leaders Passing - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chason Virgil | Fresno St | FR | QB | 4 | 142 | 72 | 50.7 | 873 | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 112.05 | 35.5 | 218.3 |
| 1 | Josh Allen | Wyoming | SO | QB | 4 | 105 | 65 | 61.9 | 866 | 8.2 | 6 | 6 | 138.62 | 26.3 | 216.5 |
| 1 | Christian Chapman | SDSU | SO | QB | 3 | 67 | 41 | 61.2 | 538 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 152.22 | 22.3 | 179.3 |
| 1 | Johnny Stanton | UNLV | JR | QB | 4 | 107 | 50 | 46.7 | 676 | 6.3 | 6 | 6 | 107.09 | 26.8 | 169.0 |
| 1 | Ikaika Woolsey | Hawai'i | SR | QB | 4 | 90 | 44 | 48.9 | 644 | 7.2 | 6 | 6 | 117.67 | 22.5 | 161.0 |
| 6 | Kenny Potter | SJSU | SR | QB | 3 | 66 | 40 | 60.6 | 532 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 147.26 | 22.0 | 177.3 |
| 6 | Collin Hill | CSU | FR | QB | 3 | 63 | 38 | 60.3 | 523 | 8.3 | 5 | 1 | 153.08 | 21.0 | 174.3 |
| 6 | Tyler Stewart | Nevada | SR | QB | 4 | 96 | 65 | 67.7 | 640 | 6.7 | 5 | 1 | 138.82 | 24.0 | 160.0 |
| 9 | Brett Rypien | Boise St | SO | QB | 3 | 104 | 60 | 57.7 | 861 | 8.3 | 4 | 3 | 134.15 | 34.7 | 287.0 |
| 10 | Kent Myers | Utah State | JR | QB | 4 | 126 | 76 | 60.3 | 800 | 6.3 | 3 | 3 | 116.75 | 31.5 | 200.0 |
| 10 | Austin Apodaca | New Mexico | SR | QB | 3 | 52 | 29 | 55.8 | 372 | 7.2 | 3 | 2 | 127.21 | 17.3 | 124.0 |
| 10 | Nate Romine | Air Force | SR | QB | 3 | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 364 | 11.4 | 3 | 0 | 167.12 | 10.7 | 121.3 |
| 13 | Josh Love | SJSU | FR | QB | 4 | 49 | 24 | 49.0 | 339 | 6.9 | 2 | 5 | 100.15 | 12.3 | 84.8 |
| 14 | Faton Bauta | CSU | SR | QB | 3 | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 114 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 95.67 | 8.7 | 38.0 |
| 14 | Thomas Sperbeck | Boise St | SR | WR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 1 | 0 | 833.20 | 0.3 | 16.0 |
| 14 | Arion Worthman | Air Force | SO | QB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 572.80 | 0.5 | 8.5 |