2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - All Games through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 12 | 441 | 317 | 71.9 | 4435 | 10.1 | 44 | 6 | 186.56 | 36.8 | 369.6 |
| 2 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 12 | 439 | 315 | 71.8 | 3708 | 8.4 | 28 | 11 | 158.74 | 36.6 | 309.0 |
| 3 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 13 | 474 | 328 | 69.2 | 3860 | 8.1 | 26 | 11 | 151.06 | 36.5 | 296.9 |
| 4 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 11 | 306 | 189 | 61.8 | 2863 | 9.4 | 14 | 10 | 148.92 | 27.8 | 260.3 |
| 5 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 13 | 389 | 235 | 60.4 | 3232 | 8.3 | 27 | 10 | 147.97 | 29.9 | 248.6 |
| 6 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 14 | 327 | 210 | 64.2 | 2576 | 7.9 | 15 | 6 | 141.87 | 23.4 | 184.0 |
| 7 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 13 | 428 | 261 | 61.0 | 3107 | 7.3 | 21 | 8 | 134.41 | 32.9 | 239.0 |
| 8 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 13 | 250 | 149 | 59.6 | 2044 | 8.2 | 10 | 9 | 134.28 | 19.2 | 157.2 |
| 9 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 13 | 284 | 169 | 59.5 | 1958 | 6.9 | 10 | 11 | 121.29 | 21.8 | 150.6 |
| 10 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 10 | 169 | 91 | 53.8 | 1170 | 6.9 | 7 | 4 | 120.94 | 16.9 | 117.0 |
| 11 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 12 | 288 | 165 | 57.3 | 1880 | 6.5 | 10 | 9 | 117.34 | 24.0 | 156.7 |
| 12 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 13 | 303 | 180 | 59.4 | 1813 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 112.67 | 23.3 | 139.5 |
| 13 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 9 | 176 | 95 | 54.0 | 978 | 5.6 | 3 | 4 | 101.74 | 19.6 | 108.7 |
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.