2012 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games in October Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Maxwell | Mich St | JR | QB | 4 | 144 | 81 | 56.3 | 877 | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 116.09 | 36.0 | 219.3 |
| 2 | Cameron Coffman | Indiana | SO | QB | 4 | 136 | 84 | 61.8 | 865 | 6.4 | 4 | 3 | 120.49 | 34.0 | 216.3 |
| 3 | Matthew McGloin | Penn State | SR | QB | 3 | 134 | 88 | 65.7 | 898 | 6.7 | 6 | 1 | 135.25 | 44.7 | 299.3 |
| 4 | James Vandenberg | Iowa | SR | QB | 3 | 110 | 60 | 54.5 | 537 | 4.9 | 1 | 3 | 93.11 | 36.7 | 179.0 |
| 5 | Caleb TerBush | Purdue | SR | QB | 4 | 89 | 47 | 52.8 | 464 | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 102.44 | 22.3 | 116.0 |
| 6 | Taylor Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 3 | 88 | 56 | 63.6 | 722 | 8.2 | 5 | 4 | 142.22 | 29.3 | 240.7 |
| 7 | Trevor Siemian | N'western | SO | QB | 4 | 79 | 38 | 48.1 | 259 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 88.17 | 19.8 | 64.8 |
| 8 | Braxton Miller | Ohio State | SO | QB | 4 | 77 | 36 | 46.8 | 594 | 7.7 | 4 | 3 | 120.90 | 19.3 | 148.5 |
| 9 | Joel Stave | Wisconsin | FR | QB | 4 | 72 | 44 | 61.1 | 665 | 9.2 | 4 | 2 | 151.46 | 18.0 | 166.3 |
| 10 | Denard Robinson | Michigan | SR | QB | 4 | 67 | 35 | 52.2 | 482 | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | 124.46 | 16.8 | 120.5 |
| 11 | Nathan Scheelhaase | Illinois | JR | QB | 3 | 62 | 37 | 59.7 | 358 | 5.8 | 2 | 1 | 115.60 | 20.7 | 119.3 |
| 12 | Philip Nelson | Minnesota | FR | QB | 2 | 46 | 28 | 60.9 | 395 | 8.6 | 5 | 2 | 160.17 | 23.0 | 197.5 |
| 13 | Robert Marve | Purdue | SR | QB | 3 | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 183 | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 108.25 | 12.0 | 61.0 |
| 14 | Nate Sudfeld | Indiana | FR | QB | 2 | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 184 | 7.4 | 4 | 0 | 178.62 | 12.5 | 92.0 |
| 15 | Kain Colter | N'western | JR | QB | 4 | 21 | 17 | 81.0 | 148 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 146.34 | 5.3 | 37.0 |
| 16 | Max Shortell | Minnesota | SO | QB | 1 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 103 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 92.91 | 19.0 | 103.0 |
| 16 | Russell Bellomy | Michigan | FR | QB | 3 | 19 | 4 | 21.1 | 46 | 2.4 | 0 | 3 | 9.81 | 6.3 | 15.3 |
| 18 | Rob Henry | Purdue | JR | QB | 4 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 62 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 117.91 | 3.5 | 15.5 |
| 19 | Kenny Guiton | Ohio State | JR | QB | 4 | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 91 | 7.6 | 2 | 1 | 160.36 | 3.0 | 22.8 |
| 20 | MarQueis Gray | Minnesota | SR | QB | 3 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 95.86 | 3.7 | 22.0 |
| 20 | Danny O'Brien | Wisconsin | JR | QB | 2 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 44 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 79.06 | 5.5 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Reilly O'Toole | Illinois | SO | QB | 2 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 51.00 | 5.0 | 12.5 |
| 23 | Jack Kennedy | Michigan | SR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 158.80 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 23 | Miles Osei | Illinois | JR | QB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Alex Butterworth | Penn State | JR | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |