2017 Big Ten Conference Leaders Punting - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Santoso | Minnesota | SR | P | 4 | 16 | 745 | 46.56 | 4.0 | 186.3 |
| 2 | Hunter Niswander | N'western | SR | P | 4 | 19 | 868 | 45.68 | 4.8 | 217.0 |
| 3 | Joe Schopper | Purdue | JR | P | 4 | 23 | 1025 | 44.57 | 5.8 | 256.3 |
| 4 | Blake Gillikin | Penn State | SO | P | 5 | 21 | 933 | 44.43 | 4.2 | 186.6 |
| 5 | Ryan Anderson | Rutgers | SR | P | 5 | 31 | 1365 | 44.03 | 6.2 | 273.0 |
| 6 | Drue Chrisman | Ohio State | SO | P | 5 | 18 | 781 | 43.39 | 3.6 | 156.2 |
| 7 | Jake Hartbarger | Mich St | JR | P | 4 | 20 | 866 | 43.30 | 5.0 | 216.5 |
| 8 | Caleb Lightbourn | Nebraska | SO | P | 5 | 25 | 1039 | 41.56 | 5.0 | 207.8 |
| 9 | Wade Lees | Maryland | SO | P | 4 | 17 | 702 | 41.29 | 4.3 | 175.5 |
| 10 | Haydon Whitehead | Indiana | SO | P | 4 | 31 | 1276 | 41.16 | 7.8 | 319.0 |
| 11 | Anthony Lotti | Wisconsin | SO | P | 4 | 16 | 658 | 41.13 | 4.0 | 164.5 |
| 12 | Colten Rastetter | Iowa | SO | P | 5 | 25 | 993 | 39.72 | 5.0 | 198.6 |
| 13 | Blake Hayes | Illinois | FR | P | 4 | 23 | 897 | 39.00 | 5.8 | 224.3 |
| 14 | Will Hart | Michigan | SO | P | 3 | 12 | 455 | 37.92 | 4.0 | 151.7 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 3.6 punts per game played.