2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Passing - Games in August/September Only 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 | 4 | 166 | 121 | 72.9 | 1770 | 10.7 | 18 | 3 | 194.63 | 41.5 | 442.5 |
| 2 | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma | JR | QB | 3 | 85 | 55 | 64.7 | 793 | 9.3 | 7 | 2 | 165.54 | 28.3 | 264.3 |
| 3 | Skyler Howard | WVU | SR | QB | 3 | 108 | 74 | 68.5 | 974 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 157.05 | 36.0 | 324.7 |
| 4 | Seth Russell | Baylor | SR | QB | 4 | 133 | 80 | 60.2 | 1148 | 8.6 | 13 | 4 | 158.89 | 33.3 | 287.0 |
| 5 | Shane Buechele | Texas | FR | QB | 3 | 86 | 57 | 66.3 | 720 | 8.4 | 7 | 2 | 158.81 | 28.7 | 240.0 |
| 6 | Kenny Hill | TCU | JR | QB | 4 | 180 | 119 | 66.1 | 1487 | 8.3 | 6 | 4 | 142.06 | 45.0 | 371.8 |
| 7 | Mason Rudolph | Okla St | JR | QB | 4 | 159 | 98 | 61.6 | 1296 | 8.2 | 6 | 2 | 140.04 | 39.8 | 324.0 |
| 8 | Joel Lanning | Iowa State | JR | QB | 4 | 77 | 43 | 55.8 | 605 | 7.9 | 5 | 3 | 135.48 | 19.3 | 151.3 |
| 9 | Jesse Ertz | Kansas St | JR | QB | 3 | 55 | 31 | 56.4 | 418 | 7.6 | 4 | 1 | 140.56 | 18.3 | 139.3 |
| 10 | Jacob Park | Iowa State | SO | QB | 3 | 49 | 28 | 57.1 | 334 | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 134.59 | 16.3 | 111.3 |
| 11 | Montell Cozart | Kansas | JR | QB | 4 | 91 | 57 | 62.6 | 581 | 6.4 | 6 | 4 | 129.24 | 22.8 | 145.3 |
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.