2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games in October Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Blough | Purdue | SO | QB | 5 | 228 | 129 | 56.6 | 1400 | 6.1 | 11 | 5 | 119.69 | 45.6 | 280.0 |
| 2 | Richard Lagow | Indiana | JR | QB | 5 | 170 | 100 | 58.8 | 1178 | 6.9 | 5 | 6 | 119.67 | 34.0 | 235.6 |
| 3 | J.T. Barrett | Ohio State | JR | QB | 5 | 154 | 96 | 62.3 | 1025 | 6.7 | 7 | 3 | 129.35 | 30.8 | 205.0 |
| 4 | Clayton Thorson | N'western | SO | QB | 4 | 150 | 91 | 60.7 | 986 | 6.6 | 10 | 2 | 135.21 | 37.5 | 246.5 |
| 5 | Trace McSorley | Penn State | SO | QB | 4 | 106 | 49 | 46.2 | 869 | 8.2 | 7 | 0 | 136.88 | 26.5 | 217.3 |
| 6 | Tommy Armstrong Jr. | Nebraska | SR | QB | 4 | 111 | 55 | 49.5 | 833 | 7.5 | 3 | 6 | 110.70 | 27.8 | 208.3 |
| 7 | Wilton Speight | Michigan | JR | QB | 4 | 93 | 58 | 62.4 | 816 | 8.8 | 4 | 2 | 145.96 | 23.3 | 204.0 |
| 8 | Tyler O'Connor | Mich St | SR | QB | 4 | 81 | 48 | 59.3 | 686 | 8.5 | 7 | 2 | 153.98 | 20.3 | 171.5 |
| 9 | Mitch Leidner | Minnesota | SR | QB | 4 | 110 | 58 | 52.7 | 675 | 6.1 | 1 | 4 | 100.00 | 27.5 | 168.8 |
| 10 | C.J. Beathard | Iowa | SR | QB | 4 | 108 | 63 | 58.3 | 639 | 5.9 | 3 | 3 | 111.64 | 27.0 | 159.8 |
| 11 | Perry Hills | Maryland | SR | QB | 4 | 80 | 56 | 70.0 | 607 | 7.6 | 7 | 3 | 155.12 | 20.0 | 151.8 |
| 12 | Alex Hornibrook | Wisconsin | FR | QB | 4 | 88 | 46 | 52.3 | 570 | 6.5 | 3 | 5 | 106.57 | 22.0 | 142.5 |
| 13 | Brian Lewerke | Mich St | FR | QB | 3 | 53 | 29 | 54.7 | 355 | 6.7 | 2 | 1 | 119.66 | 17.7 | 118.3 |
| 14 | Giovanni Rescigno | Rutgers | SO | QB | 2 | 56 | 32 | 57.1 | 340 | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 121.00 | 28.0 | 170.0 |
| 15 | Jeff George, Jr. | Illinois | FR | QB | 2 | 49 | 20 | 40.8 | 251 | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 93.23 | 24.5 | 125.5 |
| 16 | Chayce Crouch | Illinois | SO | QB | 3 | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 247 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | 134.64 | 9.7 | 82.3 |
| 17 | Tyrrell Pigrome | Maryland | FR | QB | 4 | 50 | 24 | 48.0 | 198 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 86.46 | 12.5 | 49.5 |
| 18 | Wes Lunt | Illinois | SR | QB | 2 | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 175 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 102.26 | 15.5 | 87.5 |
| 19 | Bart Houston | Wisconsin | SR | QB | 2 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 102 | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | 137.45 | 6.5 | 51.0 |
| 20 | Chris Laviano | Rutgers | JR | QB | 3 | 32 | 11 | 34.4 | 101 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 60.89 | 10.7 | 33.7 |
| 21 | Conor Rhoda | Minnesota | JR | QB | 2 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 82 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 114.59 | 7.5 | 41.0 |
| 22 | Zander Diamont | Indiana | JR | QB | 2 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 78 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 156.90 | 4.0 | 39.0 |
| 23 | Damion Terry | Mich St | JR | QB | 2 | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 63 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 66.37 | 7.0 | 31.5 |
| 23 | Elijah Sindelar | Purdue | FR | QB | 2 | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 63 | 4.2 | 0 | 2 | 35.28 | 7.5 | 31.5 |
| 25 | John O'Korn | Michigan | SR | QB | 2 | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 57 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 201.25 | 3.5 | 28.5 |
| 26 | R.J. Shelton | Mich St | SR | WR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 284.80 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| 27 | Tommy Stevens | Penn State | FR | QB | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 159.20 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 28 | Bilal Marshall | Purdue | SR | WR | 5 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 121.20 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| 29 | Joe Burrow | Ohio State | FR | QB | 1 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 115.28 | 5.0 | 21.0 |
| 30 | Nathan Stanley | Iowa | FR | QB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 108.67 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 31 | Mitchell Paige | Indiana | SR | WR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 472.00 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Matt Alviti | N'western | JR | QB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 116.80 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Tylin Oden | Rutgers | FR | QB | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 23.36 | 2.5 | 1.0 |