2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Non-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 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 4 | 132 | 82 | 62.1 | 1214 | 9.2 | 12 | 1 | 167.85 | 33.0 | 303.5 |
| 2 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 4 | 128 | 99 | 77.3 | 1255 | 9.8 | 11 | 1 | 186.50 | 32.0 | 313.8 |
| 3 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 3 | 125 | 87 | 69.6 | 1242 | 9.9 | 10 | 3 | 174.66 | 41.7 | 414.0 |
| 4 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 4 | 119 | 82 | 68.9 | 1106 | 9.3 | 8 | 4 | 162.45 | 29.8 | 276.5 |
| 5 | Jack Plummer | Purdue | JR | QB | 3 | 97 | 70 | 72.2 | 745 | 7.7 | 7 | 0 | 160.49 | 32.3 | 248.3 |
| 5 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 3 | 75 | 46 | 61.3 | 724 | 9.7 | 7 | 5 | 159.89 | 25.0 | 241.3 |
| 7 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 4 | 110 | 70 | 63.6 | 750 | 6.8 | 5 | 4 | 128.64 | 27.5 | 187.5 |
| 8 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 3 | 67 | 49 | 73.1 | 785 | 11.7 | 4 | 1 | 188.25 | 22.3 | 261.7 |
| 8 | Artur Sitkowski | Illinois | SO | QB | 2 | 87 | 46 | 52.9 | 487 | 5.6 | 4 | 1 | 112.76 | 43.5 | 243.5 |
| 8 | Michael Penix Jr. | Indiana | JR | QB | 3 | 109 | 63 | 57.8 | 665 | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 115.66 | 36.3 | 221.7 |
| 8 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 4 | 94 | 66 | 70.2 | 693 | 7.4 | 4 | 1 | 144.04 | 23.5 | 173.3 |
| 12 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 4 | 56 | 35 | 62.5 | 477 | 8.5 | 3 | 2 | 144.59 | 14.0 | 119.3 |
| 13 | Kyle McCord | Ohio State | FR | QB | 1 | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 319 | 17.7 | 2 | 1 | 246.64 | 18.0 | 319.0 |
| 13 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 4 | 88 | 51 | 58.0 | 630 | 7.2 | 2 | 5 | 114.24 | 22.0 | 157.5 |
| 13 | Andrew Marty | N'western | SR | QB | 1 | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 151 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 | 189.28 | 16.0 | 151.0 |
| 13 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 4 | 60 | 32 | 53.3 | 444 | 7.4 | 2 | 3 | 116.49 | 15.0 | 111.0 |
| 13 | J.J. McCarthy | Michigan | FR | QB | 3 | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 253 | 8.7 | 2 | 0 | 147.76 | 9.7 | 84.3 |
| 18 | Jack Tuttle | Indiana | JR | QB | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 91 | 22.8 | 1 | 0 | 323.60 | 4.0 | 91.0 |
| 18 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 1 | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 78 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 104.48 | 19.0 | 78.0 |
| 18 | Hunter Johnson | N'western | SR | QB | 2 | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 141 | 4.4 | 1 | 4 | 69.20 | 16.0 | 70.5 |
| 18 | Reece Udinski | Maryland | SR | QB | 2 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 83 | 13.8 | 1 | 0 | 271.20 | 3.0 | 41.5 |
| 18 | Ta'Quan Roberson | Penn State | SO | QB | 2 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 51 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 165.48 | 3.5 | 25.5 |