2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 5 | 186 | 110 | 59.1 | 1220 | 6.6 | 6 | 5 | 119.51 | 37.2 | 244.0 |
| 2 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 4 | 184 | 138 | 75.0 | 1883 | 10.2 | 17 | 2 | 189.29 | 46.0 | 470.8 |
| 3 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 4 | 164 | 121 | 73.8 | 1401 | 8.5 | 9 | 2 | 161.21 | 41.0 | 350.3 |
| 4 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 4 | 149 | 92 | 61.7 | 964 | 6.5 | 7 | 9 | 119.52 | 37.3 | 241.0 |
| 5 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 4 | 118 | 77 | 65.3 | 1072 | 9.1 | 5 | 4 | 148.76 | 29.5 | 268.0 |
| 6 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 3 | 116 | 62 | 53.4 | 708 | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 110.93 | 38.7 | 236.0 |
| 7 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 4 | 106 | 68 | 64.2 | 817 | 7.7 | 3 | 5 | 128.81 | 26.5 | 204.3 |
| 8 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 4 | 101 | 58 | 57.4 | 603 | 6.0 | 2 | 4 | 106.19 | 25.3 | 150.8 |
| 9 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 3 | 78 | 37 | 47.4 | 459 | 5.9 | 3 | 4 | 99.30 | 26.0 | 153.0 |
| 10 | Michael Penix Jr. | Indiana | JR | QB | 2 | 71 | 31 | 43.7 | 380 | 5.4 | 2 | 6 | 81.02 | 35.5 | 190.0 |
| 11 | Jack Tuttle | Indiana | JR | QB | 3 | 61 | 32 | 52.5 | 229 | 3.8 | 1 | 2 | 82.84 | 20.3 | 76.3 |
| 12 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 2 | 55 | 28 | 50.9 | 388 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 122.17 | 27.5 | 194.0 |
| 13 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 2 | 52 | 28 | 53.8 | 348 | 6.7 | 1 | 3 | 104.87 | 26.0 | 174.0 |
| 14 | Andrew Marty | N'western | SR | QB | 2 | 44 | 25 | 56.8 | 270 | 6.1 | 1 | 3 | 102.22 | 22.0 | 135.0 |
| 15 | Hunter Johnson | N'western | SR | QB | 1 | 43 | 30 | 69.8 | 283 | 6.6 | 3 | 0 | 148.07 | 43.0 | 283.0 |
| 16 | Jack Plummer | Purdue | JR | QB | 4 | 38 | 26 | 68.4 | 190 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 119.11 | 9.5 | 47.5 |
| 17 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 1 | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 248 | 6.9 | 2 | 2 | 109.53 | 36.0 | 248.0 |
| 18 | Donaven McCulley | Indiana | FR | QB | 3 | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 118 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 69.71 | 10.0 | 39.3 |
| 19 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 1 | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 114 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | 74.40 | 29.0 | 114.0 |
| 20 | J.J. McCarthy | Michigan | FR | QB | 4 | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 191 | 7.6 | 2 | 1 | 130.58 | 6.3 | 47.8 |
| 21 | Logan Smothers | Nebraska | FR | QB | 2 | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 202 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 133.20 | 12.0 | 101.0 |
| 22 | Ta'Quan Roberson | Penn State | SO | QB | 1 | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 34 | 1.6 | 0 | 2 | 27.88 | 21.0 | 34.0 |
| 23 | Cole Snyder | Rutgers | SO | QB | 2 | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 110 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 144.36 | 8.5 | 55.0 |
| 24 | Gavin Wimsatt | Rutgers | FR | QB | 1 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 30 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 | 47.00 | 16.0 | 30.0 |
| 25 | Alex Padilla | Iowa | SO | QB | 1 | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 74.62 | 15.0 | 38.0 |
| 26 | Chase Wolf | Wisconsin | JR | QB | 1 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 52 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 108.35 | 8.0 | 52.0 |
| 26 | Reece Udinski | Maryland | SR | QB | 1 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 55.35 | 8.0 | 17.0 |
| 26 | Kyle McCord | Ohio State | FR | QB | 1 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 42.85 | 8.0 | 17.0 |
| 29 | Evan Simon | Rutgers | FR | QB | 2 | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 121.13 | 3.0 | 13.5 |
| 30 | Grant Gremel | Indiana | SO | QB | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 93.90 | 4.0 | 9.0 |
| 31 | Carl Richardson | N'western | SO | QB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 119.87 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| 31 | Johnny Langan | Rutgers | JR | QB | 4 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 280.00 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 33 | Jordan Stout | Penn State | SR | K | 5 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.60 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| 33 | Christian Veilleux | Penn State | FR | QB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 62.60 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Anthony Russo | Mich St | SR | QB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Cole Kramer | Minnesota | SO | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 1 | 0 | 740.80 | 1.0 | 37.0 |
| 36 | Donovan Edwards | Michigan | FR | RB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 75 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 1060.00 | 0.3 | 25.0 |
| 36 | Isaiah Washington | Rutgers | SO | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 326.80 | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| 36 | Gavin Williams | Iowa | FR | RB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Austin Burton | Purdue | SR | QB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Malachi Holt-Bennett | Indiana | FR | WR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Matt Alaimo | Rutgers | JR | TE | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |