2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only 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 | 11 | 416 | 302 | 72.6 | 4250 | 10.2 | 43 | 5 | 190.12 | 37.8 | 386.4 |
| 2 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 9 | 264 | 159 | 60.2 | 2367 | 9.0 | 11 | 10 | 141.71 | 29.3 | 263.0 |
| 3 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 10 | 410 | 295 | 72.0 | 3518 | 8.6 | 26 | 9 | 160.56 | 41.0 | 351.8 |
| 4 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 11 | 220 | 136 | 61.8 | 1873 | 8.5 | 8 | 7 | 138.98 | 20.0 | 170.3 |
| 5 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 11 | 406 | 275 | 67.7 | 3202 | 7.9 | 20 | 10 | 145.31 | 36.9 | 291.1 |
| 6 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 11 | 338 | 200 | 59.2 | 2633 | 7.8 | 22 | 10 | 140.17 | 30.7 | 239.4 |
| 7 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 12 | 305 | 193 | 63.3 | 2249 | 7.4 | 12 | 6 | 134.27 | 25.4 | 187.4 |
| 8 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 9 | 150 | 81 | 54.0 | 1092 | 7.3 | 6 | 4 | 123.02 | 16.7 | 121.3 |
| 9 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 10 | 211 | 129 | 61.1 | 1465 | 6.9 | 9 | 7 | 126.89 | 21.1 | 146.5 |
| 10 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 11 | 373 | 221 | 59.2 | 2476 | 6.6 | 16 | 7 | 125.42 | 33.9 | 225.1 |
| 11 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 10 | 229 | 125 | 54.6 | 1447 | 6.3 | 7 | 8 | 110.77 | 22.9 | 144.7 |
| 12 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 8 | 156 | 83 | 53.2 | 890 | 5.7 | 3 | 4 | 102.35 | 19.5 | 111.3 |
| 13 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 11 | 250 | 144 | 57.6 | 1352 | 5.4 | 4 | 7 | 102.71 | 22.7 | 122.9 |
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.