2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes II | Texas Tech | JR | QB | 3 | 183 | 114 | 62.3 | 1400 | 7.7 | 9 | 2 | 140.60 | 61.0 | 466.7 |
| 2 | Mason Rudolph | Okla St | JR | QB | 4 | 139 | 85 | 61.2 | 1313 | 9.4 | 8 | 0 | 159.49 | 34.8 | 328.3 |
| 3 | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma | JR | QB | 4 | 94 | 58 | 61.7 | 979 | 10.4 | 9 | 3 | 174.40 | 23.5 | 244.8 |
| 4 | Shane Buechele | Texas | FR | QB | 3 | 117 | 71 | 60.7 | 802 | 6.9 | 5 | 3 | 127.23 | 39.0 | 267.3 |
| 5 | Kenny Hill | TCU | JR | QB | 3 | 102 | 62 | 60.8 | 763 | 7.5 | 7 | 4 | 138.42 | 34.0 | 254.3 |
| 6 | Jacob Park | Iowa State | SO | QB | 4 | 100 | 51 | 51.0 | 703 | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 113.95 | 25.0 | 175.8 |
| 7 | Seth Russell | Baylor | SR | QB | 2 | 59 | 33 | 55.9 | 535 | 9.1 | 5 | 3 | 149.90 | 29.5 | 267.5 |
| 8 | Jesse Ertz | Kansas St | JR | QB | 4 | 96 | 46 | 47.9 | 528 | 5.5 | 1 | 3 | 91.31 | 24.0 | 132.0 |
| 9 | Montell Cozart | Kansas | JR | QB | 3 | 100 | 55 | 55.0 | 494 | 4.9 | 1 | 5 | 89.80 | 33.3 | 164.7 |
| 10 | Skyler Howard | WVU | SR | QB | 2 | 66 | 36 | 54.5 | 403 | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | 111.75 | 33.0 | 201.5 |
| 11 | Zach Smith | Baylor | FR | QB | 2 | 46 | 21 | 45.7 | 388 | 8.4 | 3 | 2 | 129.32 | 23.0 | 194.0 |
| 12 | Joel Lanning | Iowa State | JR | QB | 4 | 53 | 27 | 50.9 | 276 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 103.37 | 13.3 | 69.0 |
| 13 | Joe Hubener | Kansas St | SR | QB | 2 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 193 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 108.37 | 15.0 | 96.5 |
| 14 | Carter Stanley | Kansas | FR | QB | 2 | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 128 | 10.7 | 2 | 1 | 211.26 | 6.0 | 64.0 |
| 15 | Nic Shimonek | Texas Tech | JR | QB | 1 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 40 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 177.67 | 6.0 | 40.0 |
| 15 | Steven Sims Jr. | Kansas | SO | WR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 436.00 | 0.3 | 13.3 |
| 17 | Foster Sawyer | TCU | SO | QB | 2 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 93.76 | 2.5 | 16.0 |
| 18 | Chris Carson | Okla St | SR | RB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 301.60 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Michael Barden | Texas Tech | SO | PK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 0.3 | 5.0 |