2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games in October Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 4 | 169 | 122 | 72.2 | 1179 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 137.78 | 42.3 | 294.8 |
| 2 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 4 | 118 | 84 | 71.2 | 1307 | 11.1 | 15 | 0 | 206.18 | 29.5 | 326.8 |
| 3 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 4 | 71 | 49 | 69.0 | 637 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 149.86 | 17.8 | 159.3 |
| 4 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 4 | 135 | 87 | 64.4 | 1044 | 7.7 | 7 | 7 | 136.14 | 33.8 | 261.0 |
| 5 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 4 | 137 | 87 | 63.5 | 964 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 129.32 | 34.3 | 241.0 |
| 6 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 4 | 113 | 69 | 61.1 | 988 | 8.7 | 5 | 5 | 140.25 | 28.3 | 247.0 |
| 7 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 4 | 144 | 86 | 59.7 | 850 | 5.9 | 5 | 4 | 115.21 | 36.0 | 212.5 |
| 8 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 4 | 112 | 64 | 57.1 | 742 | 6.6 | 5 | 5 | 118.59 | 28.0 | 185.5 |
| 9 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 4 | 107 | 61 | 57.0 | 1003 | 9.4 | 7 | 5 | 147.99 | 26.8 | 250.8 |
| 10 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 4 | 108 | 60 | 55.6 | 650 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 106.67 | 27.0 | 162.5 |
| 11 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 4 | 107 | 58 | 54.2 | 642 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 111.99 | 26.8 | 160.5 |
| 12 | Jack Tuttle | Indiana | JR | QB | 4 | 71 | 38 | 53.5 | 306 | 4.3 | 1 | 3 | 85.92 | 17.8 | 76.5 |
| 13 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 5 | 79 | 42 | 53.2 | 483 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 110.36 | 15.8 | 96.6 |
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.