2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - All Games through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 13 | 331 | 207 | 62.5 | 2812 | 8.5 | 24 | 7 | 153.60 | 25.5 | 216.3 |
| 2 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 13 | 443 | 280 | 63.2 | 3698 | 8.3 | 32 | 10 | 152.66 | 34.1 | 284.5 |
| 2 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 14 | 395 | 230 | 58.2 | 3295 | 8.3 | 22 | 13 | 140.10 | 28.2 | 235.4 |
| 4 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 13 | 435 | 259 | 59.5 | 3348 | 7.7 | 32 | 12 | 142.94 | 33.5 | 257.5 |
| 5 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 12 | 469 | 319 | 68.0 | 3557 | 7.6 | 22 | 13 | 141.67 | 39.1 | 296.4 |
| 6 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 10 | 349 | 237 | 67.9 | 2621 | 7.5 | 16 | 8 | 141.54 | 34.9 | 262.1 |
| 7 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 9 | 283 | 166 | 58.7 | 2010 | 7.1 | 7 | 6 | 122.24 | 31.4 | 223.3 |
| 8 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 12 | 422 | 234 | 55.5 | 2930 | 6.9 | 19 | 15 | 121.52 | 35.2 | 244.2 |
| 9 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 10 | 336 | 194 | 57.7 | 1983 | 5.9 | 10 | 7 | 112.97 | 33.6 | 198.3 |
| 10 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 12 | 237 | 101 | 42.6 | 1309 | 5.5 | 10 | 8 | 96.18 | 19.8 | 109.1 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 15.0 pass attempts per game played.