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[[File:Case Keenum.jpg|thumb|212px|[[Case Keenum]] is the career record holder in completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns.]]

The '''NCAA Division I FBS passing leaders''' are career, single-season, and single-game passing leaders in yards, touchdowns, efficiency, completions, and completion percentage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2022/FBS.pdf|title=Football Bowl Sudivision Records|access-date=2023-01-05|
publisher=[[NCAA]]}}</ref> These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
* Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length (with some major programs playing additional games in a playoff and/or bowls).
* The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until [[1972 NCAA University Division football season|1972]] (with the exception of the [[World War II]] years), disallowing players to have four-year careers.
* [[Bowl game]]s only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://a.espncdn.com/ncf/news/2002/0828/1423821.html|title = NCAA changes policy on football stats|date = 2002-08-28|access-date = 2014-09-11|website = ESPN.com|publisher = AP}}</ref> This affects many players from before that time period. For example, [[Ty Detmer]] would have 16,206 yards and 127 touchdowns if bowl games were included in his career statistics, moving him up one rank on both.
* In recent decades, starting with the [[SEC Championship Game|Southeastern Conference]] in [[1992 SEC Championship Game|1992]], FBS conferences have introduced their own championship games, which have always counted fully toward single-season and career statistics.
* The NCAA ruled that the 2020 season, heavily disrupted by [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]], would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player. This gave every player active in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.
* Only seasons in which a team was considered to be a part of the [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)]] are included in these lists. Most notably, [[Cam Ward (American football)|Cam Ward]] threw 158 combined touchdowns between FCS (71) and FBS (87), but only 87 would count for the purposes of these lists. Other players, such as [[Shedeur Sanders]], [[Taylor Heinicke]], [[Chad Pennington]], [[Vernon Adams]], and [[Bailey Zappe]], spent part of their careers on FCS rosters. This sometimes works to players' advantage, as Sanders would have a lower career completion percentage if his FCS years were included, and Zappe would have a lower efficiency rating.

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! colspan="2"| Legend
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| style="background:#CFECEC; width:3em"|
| Active FBS Player
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| style="background:#FFD700; width:3em"|
| Current Record Holder
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| style="background:#DDDDDD; width:3em"|
| Previous Record Holder
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:''Statistics accurate as of January 15, 2025. Career completion percentage to be updated at the conclusion of the [[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024 season]].''

==Passing yards==
===Career===
The career leader in passing yards is [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'s [[Case Keenum]]. He is the only player to amass three 5,000+ yards seasons. Keenum was granted a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Houston's third game in [[2010 Houston Cougars football team|2010]], but he would still top the list by over 1,000 yards if 2010 were not included. Keenum passed [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'s [[Timmy Chang]], who also received a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Hawaii's third game in [[2001 Hawaii Warriors football team|2001]]. Chang broke the record previously held by [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'s [[Ty Detmer]], who shattered a record previously held by [[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]]'s [[Todd Santos]], who finished his career in [[1987 San Diego State Aztecs football team|1987]] and is no longer in the top 50.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Seasons
|-
| 1
| [[Case Keenum]]
| style="background: #FFD700;"|19,217
| <small>[[2007 Houston Cougars football team|2007]] [[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]] [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]] [[2010 Houston Cougars football team|2010]] [[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 2
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Dillon Gabriel]]
| <abbr title="8,037 at UCF, 6,828 at Oklahoma, 3,857 at Oregon">18,722</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 UCF Knights football team|2019]] [[2020 UCF Knights football team|2020]] [[2021 UCF Knights football team|2021]]</small> '''[[UCF Knights football|UCF]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2022]] [[2023 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Oregon Ducks football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Timmy Chang]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 17,072
| <small>[[2000 Hawaii Warriors football team|2000]] [[2001 Hawaii Warriors football team|2001]] [[2002 Hawaii Warriors football team|2002]] [[2003 Hawaii Warriors football team|2003]] [[2004 Hawaii Warriors football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Landry Jones]]
| 16,646
| <small>[[2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2009]] [[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2010]] [[2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2011]] [[2012 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' 
|-
| 5
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 15,793
| <small>[[2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2005]] [[2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 6
| [[Sam Hartman]]
| <abbr title="12,967 at Wake Forest, 2,689 at Notre Dame">15,656</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2018]] [[2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2019]] [[2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2020]] [[2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2021]] [[2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[Bo Nix]]
| <abbr title="7,251 at Auburn, 8,101 at Oregon">15,352</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 Auburn Tigers football team|2019]] [[2020 Auburn Tigers football team|2020]] [[2021 Auburn Tigers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oregon Ducks football team|2022]] [[2023 Oregon Ducks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Ty Detmer]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 15,031
| <small>[[1988 BYU Cougars football team|1988]] [[1989 BYU Cougars football team|1989]] [[1990 BYU Cougars football team|1990]] [[1991 BYU Cougars football team|1991]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 9
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| <abbr title="12,315 at Mississippi State, 2,458 at Washington">14,773</abbr>
| <small>[[2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2020]] [[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]] [[2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2022]] [[2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Washington Huskies football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 14,667
| <small>[[2008 Boise State Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Boise State Broncos football team|2009]] [[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]] [[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 11
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| <abbr title="2,315 at Texas Tech, 12,292 at Oklahoma">14,607</abbr>
| <small>[[2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 14,486
| <small>[[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]] [[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|2015]] [[2016 Washington State Cougars football team|2016]] [[2017 Washington State Cougars football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 13
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Seth Henigan]]
| 14,278
| <small>[[2021 Memphis Tigers football team|2021]] [[2022 Memphis Tigers football team|2022]] [[2023 Memphis Tigers football team|2023]] [[2024 Memphis Tigers football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Memphis Tigers football|Memphis]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| 14,193
| <small>[[2005 Hawaii Warriors football team|2005]] [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]] [[2007 Hawaii Warriors football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Rakeem Cato]]
| 14,079
| <small>[[2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2011]] [[2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2012]] [[2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2013]] [[2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]'''
|-
| 16
| [[Holton Ahlers]]
| 13,927
| <small>[[2018 East Carolina Pirates football team|2018]] [[2019 East Carolina Pirates football team|2019]] [[2020 East Carolina Pirates football team|2020]] [[2021 East Carolina Pirates football team|2021]] [[2022 East Carolina Pirates football team|2022]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Michael Penix Jr.]]
| <abbr title="4,197 at Indiana, 9,544 at Washington">13,741</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2018]] [[2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2019]] [[2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2020]] [[2021 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Washington Huskies football team|2022]] [[2023 Washington Huskies football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Mason Rudolph (American football)|Mason Rudolph]]
| 13,618
| <small>[[2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2014]] [[2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]'''
|- 
| 19
| [[Sean Mannion (American football)|Sean Mannion]]
| 13,600
| <small>[[2011 Oregon State Beavers football team|2011]] [[2012 Oregon State Beavers football team|2012]] [[2013 Oregon State Beavers football team|2013]] [[2014 Oregon State Beavers football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Brett Rypien]]
| 13,581
| <small>[[2015 Boise State Broncos football team|2015]] [[2016 Boise State Broncos football team|2016]] [[2017 Boise State Broncos football team|2017]] [[2018 Boise State Broncos football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 21
| [[Philip Rivers]]
| 13,484
| <small>[[2000 NC State Wolfpack football team|2000]] [[2001 NC State Wolfpack football team|2001]] [[2002 NC State Wolfpack football team|2002]] [[2003 NC State Wolfpack football team|2003]]</small> '''[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Corey Robinson (quarterback)|Corey Robinson]]
| 13,477
| <small>[[2010 Troy Trojans football team|2010]] [[2011 Troy Trojans football team|2011]] [[2012 Troy Trojans football team|2012]] [[2013 Troy Trojans football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Troy Trojans football|Troy]]'''
|-
| 23
| [[Colt McCoy]]
| 13,253
| <small>[[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Longhorns football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Longhorns football team|2008]] [[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Aaron Murray]]
| 13,166
| <small>[[2010 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2010]] [[2011 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2011]] [[2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2012]] [[2013 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Kevin Kolb]]
| 12,964
| <small>[[2003 Houston Cougars football team|2003]] [[2004 Houston Cougars football team|2004]] [[2005 Houston Cougars football team|2005]] [[2006 Houston Cougars football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Seasons
|-
| 26
| [[Dan LeFevour]]
| 12,905
| <small>[[2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2006]] [[2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2007]] [[2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2008]] [[2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]'''
|-
| 27
| [[Cooper Rush]]
| 12,894
| <small>[[2013 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2013]] [[2014 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2014]] [[2015 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2015]] [[2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 12,855
| <small>[[2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2011]] [[2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2012]] [[2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 12,843
| <small>[[2009 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2009]] [[2011 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2011]] [[2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2012]] [[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| 30
| [[Jayden Daniels]]
| <abbr title="6,024 at Arizona State, 6,725 at LSU">12,749</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|2019]] [[2020 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|2020]] [[2021 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 LSU Tigers football team|2022]] [[2023 LSU Tigers football team|2023]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 31
| [[Tim Rattay]]
| 12,746
| <small>[[1997 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1997]] [[1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1998]] [[1999 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1999]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| 32
| [[Ryan Lindley]] 
| 12,690
| <small>[[2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2008]] [[2009 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2009]] [[2010 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2010]] [[2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2011]]</small> '''[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]]'''
|-
| 33
| [[Luke McCown]]
| 12,666
| <small>[[2000 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2000]] [[2001 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2001]] [[2002 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2002]] [[2003 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| 34
| [[Chris Redman]]
| 12,541
| <small>[[1996 Louisville Cardinals football team|1996]] [[1997 Louisville Cardinals football team|1997]] [[1998 Louisville Cardinals football team|1998]] [[1999 Louisville Cardinals football team|1999]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|-
| 35
| [[Chase Daniel]]
| 12,515 
| <small>[[2005 Missouri Tigers football team|2005]] [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|2006]] [[2007 Missouri Tigers football team|2007]] [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
| 36
| [[Mason Fine]]
| 12,505
| <small>[[2016 North Texas Mean Green football team|2016]] [[2017 North Texas Mean Green football team|2017]] [[2018 North Texas Mean Green football team|2018]] [[2019 North Texas Mean Green football team|2019]]</small> '''[[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]'''
|-
| 37
| [[Brent Stockstill]]
| 12,495
| <small>[[2014 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2014]] [[2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2015]] [[2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2016]] [[2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2017]] [[2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]]'''
|-
| 38
| [[Trevor Vittatoe]]
| 12,439
| <small>[[2007 UTEP Miners football team|2007]] [[2008 UTEP Miners football team|2008]] [[2009 UTEP Miners football team|2009]] [[2010 UTEP Miners football team|2010]]</small> '''[[UTEP Miners football|UTEP]]'''
|-
| 39
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| 12,429
| <small>[[1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|1999]] [[2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2000]] [[2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2001]] [[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 40
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Connor Bazelak]]
| <abbr title="5,058 at Missouri, 2,312 at Indiana, 4,979 at Bowling Green">12,349</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 Missouri Tigers football team|2019]] [[2020 Missouri Tigers football team|2020]] [[2021 Missouri Tigers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2023]] [[2024 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]'''
|-
| 41
| [[Matt Barkley]]
| 12,327
| <small>[[2009 USC Trojans football team|2009]] [[2010 USC Trojans football team|2010]] [[2011 USC Trojans football team|2011]] [[2012 USC Trojans football team|2012]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|-
| 42
| [[Kenny Pickett]]
| 12,303
| <small>[[2017 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2017]] [[2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2018]] [[2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2019]] [[2020 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2020]] [[2021 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]'''
|-
| 43
| [[Jake Browning]]
| 12,296
| <small>[[2015 Washington Huskies football team|2015]] [[2016 Washington Huskies football team|2016]] [[2017 Washington Huskies football team|2017]] [[2018 Washington Huskies football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 44
| [[Jared Goff]]
| 12,200
| <small>[[2013 California Golden Bears football team|2013]] [[2014 California Golden Bears football team|2014]] [[2015 California Golden Bears football team|2015]]</small> '''[[California Golden Bears football|California]]'''
|-
| 45
| [[Drew Lock]]
| 12,193
| <small>[[2015 Missouri Tigers football team|2015]] [[2016 Missouri Tigers football team|2016]] [[2017 Missouri Tigers football team|2017]] [[2018 Missouri Tigers football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
| 46
| [[Chevan Cordeiro]]
| <abbr title="6,167 at Hawaii, 6,024 at San Jose State">12,191</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|2018]] [[2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|2019]] [[2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|2020]] [[2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 San Jose State Spartans football team|2022]] [[2023 San Jose State Spartans football team|2023]]</small> '''[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]'''
|-
| 47
| [[Brock Purdy]]
| 12,170
| <small>[[2018 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2018]] [[2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2019]] [[2020 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2020]] [[2021 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]''' 
|-
| 48
| [[Zach Terrell]]
| 12,088
| <small>[[2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2015]] [[2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]'''
|-
| 49
| [[Zac Dysert]]
| 12,013
| <small>[[2009 Miami RedHawks football team|2009]] [[2010 Miami RedHawks football team|2010]] [[2011 Miami RedHawks football team|2011]] [[2012 Miami RedHawks football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Miami RedHawks football|Miami (OH)]]'''
|-
| 50
| [[Clayton Tune]]
| 11,996
| <small>[[2018 Houston Cougars football team|2018]] [[2019 Houston Cougars football team|2019]] [[2020 Houston Cougars football team|2020]] [[2021 Houston Cougars football team|2021]] [[2022 Houston Cougars football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|}
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===Single season===
The single-season leader in passing yards is [[Bailey Zappe]], who transferred to [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]] for his final year of eligibility after starting his career at FCS [[Houston Christian Huskies football|Houston Baptist]] (now Houston Christian). He broke a record that had stood for 18 years from [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'s [[B. J. Symons]]. Prior to Symons, the record had been held by Detmer, who edged out [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'s [[David Klingler]] in 1990.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Season
|-
| 1
| [[Bailey Zappe]]
| style="background: #FFD700;"| 5,967
| <small>[[2021 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[B. J. Symons]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 5,833
| <small>[[2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 5,705
| <small>[[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| rowspan= 2|4
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 5,671
| <small>[[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| 5,671
| <small>[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 6
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 5,631
| <small>[[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 5,579
| <small>[[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| 5,549
| <small>[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Ty Detmer]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 5,188
| <small>[[1990 BYU Cougars football team|1990]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[David Klingler]]
| 5,140
| <small>[[1990 Houston Cougars football team|1990]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Season
|-
| 11
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 5,111
| <small>[[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 5,082
| <small>[[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Paul Smith (quarterback)|Paul Smith]]
| 5,065
| <small>[[2007 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 5,055
| <small>[[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Patrick Mahomes]]
| 5,052
| <small>[[2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 16
| [[Bryant Moniz]]
| 5,040
| <small>[[2010 Hawaii Warriors football team|2010]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 5,020
| <small>[[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| 5,017
| <small>[[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Matt Johnson (quarterback)|Matt Johnson]]
| 4,946
| <small>[[2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Tim Rattay]]
| 4,943
| <small>[[1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Season
|-
| 21
| [[Mason Rudolph (American football)|Mason Rudolph]]
| 4,904
| <small>[[2017 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Michael Penix Jr.]]
| 4,903
| <small>[[2023 Washington Huskies football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 23
| [[Bryce Young]]
| 4,872
| <small>[[2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Dwayne Haskins]]
| 4,831
| <small>[[2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 4,830
| <small>[[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| rowspan= 2| 26
| [[Gardner Minshew]]
| 4,779
| <small>[[2018 Washington State Cougars football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Kyle McCord]]
| 4,779
| <small>[[2024 Syracuse Orange football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse Orange]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[Austin Reed (American football)|Austin Reed]]
| 4,744
| <small>[[2022 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Sonny Cumbie]]
| 4,742
| <small>[[2004 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 30
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| 4,739
| <small>[[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]'''
|}
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===Single game===
The first player to pass for 600 yards in a single game was [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]]' [[Dave Wilson (American football)|Dave Wilson]], whose record stood for eight years. The 700-yard barrier was first breached in 1990 by [[David Klingler]]. The current single-game record of 734 is shared by [[Connor Halliday]] and [[Patrick Mahomes]].
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Date / Team
|-
| rowspan= 2| 1
| [[Connor Halliday]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 734
| <small> Oct. 4, [[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| [[Patrick Mahomes]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 734
| <small>[[2016 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech football game|Oct. 22]], [[2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[David Klingler]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 716
| <small> Dec. 2, [[1990 Houston Cougars football team|1990]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 4 
| [[Matt Vogler]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 690 
| <small> Nov. 3, [[1990 TCU Horned Frogs football team|1990]]</small> '''[[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]'''
|-
| 5 
| [[B. J. Symons]]
| 661 
| <small> Sep. 27, [[2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 6 
| [[Geno Smith]]
| 656 
| <small> Sep. 29, [[2012 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2012]]</small> '''[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]'''
|-
| 7 
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 646 
| <small> Sep. 22, [[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 8 
| [[Cody Hodges]] 
| 643 
| <small> Oct. 15, [[2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2005]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 9 
| [[Brian Lindgren]]
| 637 
| <small> Oct. 6, [[2001 Idaho Vandals football team|2001]]</small> '''[[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]]'''
|-
| 10 
| [[Scott Mitchell (quarterback)|Scott Mitchell]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 631 
| <small> Oct. 15, [[1988 Utah Utes football team|1988]]</small> '''[[Utah Utes football|Utah]]'''
|-
| 11 
| [[K. J. Costello]]
| 623 
| <small> Sep. 26, [[2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]'''
|-
| 12 
| Jeremy Leach
| 622 
| <small> Nov. 11, [[1989 New Mexico Lobos football team|1989]]</small> '''[[New Mexico Lobos football|New Mexico]]'''
|-
| 13 
| [[Dave Wilson (American football)|Dave Wilson]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 621 
| <small> Nov. 8, [[1980 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1980]]</small> '''[[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]]'''
|-
| 14 
| [[John Walsh (American football)|John Walsh]] 
| 619 
| <small> Oct. 30, [[1993 BYU Cougars football team|1993]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 15 
| [[Jimmy Klingler]]
| 613 
| <small> Nov. 28, [[1992 Houston Cougars football team|1992]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Yards
! Date / Team
|-
| 16 
| [[David Neill]]
| 611 
| <small> Oct. 10, [[1998 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 606 
| <small> Nov. 23, [[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 18 
| [[Alan Bowman (American football)|Alan Bowman]]
| 605 
| <small> Sep. 15, [[2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| rowspan=3|19
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 601 
| <small> Nov. 22, [[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| Daniel Meager
| 601 
| <small> Sep. 7, [[2007 North Texas Mean Green football team|2007]]</small> '''[[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]'''
|-
| [[Dillon Gabriel]]
| 601 
| <small> Oct. 17, [[2020 UCF Knights football team|2020]]</small> '''[[UCF Knights football|UCF]]'''
|-
| 22 
| [[Ty Detmer]]
| 599 
| <small> Nov. 16, [[1991 BYU Cougars football team|1991]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| rowspan= 2|23
| [[Patrick Mahomes]]
| 598 
| <small> Nov. 29, [[2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| 598 
| <small> Nov. 4, [[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Drew Anderson (American football)|Drew Anderson]]
| 597 
| <small> Oct. 7, [[2017 Buffalo Bulls football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]]'''
|-
| 26 
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 593 
| <small>Sep. 13, [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 27
| [[Chris Redman]]
| 592
| <small> Nov. 14, [[1998 Louisville Cardinals football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[Nick Mullens]]
| 591
| <small> Oct. 1, [[2016 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Tim Rattay]]
| 590
| <small>Aug. 26, [[1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| 30
| Blake Frohnapfel
| 589
| <small>Sep. 27, [[2014 UMass Minutemen football team|2014]]</small> '''[[UMass Minutemen football|UMass]]'''
|}
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==Passing touchdowns==
===Career===
In 2024, [[Dillon Gabriel]] tied [[Case Keenum]]'s passing touchdowns record of 155. Gabriel played in 64 career games compared to Keenum's 57.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! TDs
! Seasons
|-
| rowspan=2| 1
| [[Case Keenum ]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 155
| <small>[[2024 Houston Cougars football team|2008]] [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]] [[2010 Houston Cougars football team|2010]] [[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| style="background: #CFECEC;"| [[Dillon Gabriel]]
|style="background: #FFD700;" | <abbr title="70 at UCF, 55 at Oklahoma, 30 at Oregon">155</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 UCF Knights football team|2019]] [[2020 UCF Knights football team|2020]] [[2021 UCF Knights football team|2021]]</small> '''[[UCF Knights football|UCF]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2022]] [[2023 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Oregon Ducks football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 142
| <small>[[2008 Boise State Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Boise State Broncos football team|2009]] [[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]] [[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| rowspan=2| 4
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 134
| <small>[[2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2005]] [[2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Sam Hartman]]
| <abbr title="110 at Wake Forest, 24 at Notre Dame">134</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2018]] [[2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2019]] [[2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2020]] [[2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2021]] [[2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]'''
|-
| rowspan=3| 6
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 131
| <small>[[2005 Hawaii Warriors football team|2005]] [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]] [[2007 Hawaii Warriors football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| [[Rakeem Cato]]
| 131
| <small>[[2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2011]] [[2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2012]] [[2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2013]] [[2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]'''
|-
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| <abbr title="12 at Texas Tech, 119 at Oklahoma">131</abbr>
| <small>[[2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Landry Jones]]
| 123
| <small>[[2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2009]] [[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2010]] [[2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2011]] [[2012 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' 
|-
|rowspan=2 | 10
| [[Ty Detmer]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 121
| <small>[[1988 BYU Cougars football team|1988]] [[1989 BYU Cougars football team|1989]] [[1990 BYU Cougars football team|1990]] [[1991 BYU Cougars football team|1991]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| [[Aaron Murray]]
| 121
| <small>[[2010 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2010]] [[2011 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2011]] [[2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2012]] [[2013 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 119
| <small>[[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]] [[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|2015]] [[2016 Washington State Cougars football team|2016]] [[2017 Washington State Cougars football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Timmy Chang]]
| 117
| <small>[[2000 Hawaii Warriors football team|2000]] [[2001 Hawaii Warriors football team|2001]] [[2002 Hawaii Warriors football team|2002]] [[2003 Hawaii Warriors football team|2003]] [[2004 Hawaii Warriors football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Matt Barkley]]
| 116
| <small>[[2009 USC Trojans football team|2009]] [[2010 USC Trojans football team|2010]] [[2011 USC Trojans football team|2011]] [[2012 USC Trojans football team|2012]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Tim Rattay]]
| 115
| <small>[[1997 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1997]] [[1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1998]] [[1999 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1999]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| 16
| [[Danny Wuerffel]]
| 114
| <small>[[1993 Florida Gators football team|1993]] [[1994 Florida Gators football team|1994]] [[1995 Florida Gators football team|1995]] [[1996 Florida Gators football team|1996]]</small> '''[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 17
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 113
| <small>[[2009 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2009]] [[2011 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2011]] [[2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2012]] [[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| [[Bo Nix]]
| <abbr title="39 at Auburn, 74 at Oregon">113</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 Auburn Tigers football team|2019]] [[2020 Auburn Tigers football team|2020]] [[2021 Auburn Tigers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oregon Ducks football team|2022]] [[2023 Oregon Ducks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Colt McCoy]]
| 112
| <small>[[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Longhorns football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Longhorns football team|2008]] [[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|2009]]</small>'''[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 111
| <small>[[2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2011]] [[2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2012]] [[2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 21
| [[Russell Wilson]] 
| <abbr title="76 at NC State, 33 at Wisconsin">109</abbr>
| <small>[[2008 NC State Wolfpack football team|2008]] [[2009 NC State Wolfpack football team|2009]] [[2010 NC State Wolfpack football team|2010]]</small> '''[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]'''
|-
| 22
| style="background: #CFECEC;"| [[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| <abbr title="94 at Mississippi State, 14 at Washington">108</abbr>
| <small>[[2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2020]] [[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]] [[2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2022]] [[2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Washington Huskies football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 23
| [[Tajh Boyd]]
| 107
| <small>[[2010 Clemson Tigers football team|2010]] [[2011 Clemson Tigers football team|2011]] [[2012 Clemson Tigers football team|2012]] [[2013 Clemson Tigers football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Brent Stockstill]]
| 106
| <small>[[2014 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2014]] [[2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2015]] [[2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2016]] [[2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2017]] [[2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2018]] <!--Medical redshirt in 2014--></small> '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Marcus Mariota]]
| 105
| <small>[[2012 Oregon Ducks football team|2012]] [[2013 Oregon Ducks football team|2013]] [[2014 Oregon Ducks football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! TDs
! Seasons
|-
| rowspan=3 | 26
| [[J. T. Barrett]]
| 104
| <small>[[2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2014]] [[2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2015]] [[2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2016]] [[2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| [[Clayton Tune]]
| 104
| <small>[[2018 Houston Cougars football team|2018]] [[2019 Houston Cougars football team|2019]] [[2020 Houston Cougars football team|2020]] [[2021 Houston Cougars football team|2021]] [[2022 Houston Cougars football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Seth Henigan]]
| 104
|colspan=18 | <small>[[2021 Memphis Tigers football team|2021]] [[2022 Memphis Tigers football team|2022]] [[2023 Memphis Tigers football team|2023]] [[2024 Memphis Tigers football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Memphis Tigers football|Memphis]]'''
|-
|rowspan=1 |  29
| [[Dan LeFevour]]
| 102
| <small>[[2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2006]] [[2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2007]] [[2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2008]] [[2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]'''
|-
| 30
| [[Chase Daniel]]
| 101
| <small>[[2005 Missouri Tigers football team|2005]] [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|2006]] [[2007 Missouri Tigers football team|2007]] [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
| 31
| [[Chad Pennington]]
| <abbr title="Pennington had another 15 touchdowns in 1995, when Marshall was a I-AA team, making his career total 115.>100</abbr>
| <small>[[1997 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|1997]] [[1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|1998]] [[1999 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|1999]]</small> '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4 | 32
| [[Matt Leinart]]
| 99
| <small>[[2003 USC Trojans football team|2003]] [[2004 USC Trojans football team|2004]] [[2005 USC Trojans football team|2005]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|-
| [[Chase Clement]]
| 99
| <small>[[2005 Rice Owls football team|2005]] [[2006 Rice Owls football team|2006]] [[2007 Rice Owls football team|2007]] [[2008 Rice Owls football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Rice Owls football|Rice]]'''
|-
| [[Tim Hiller]]
| 99
| <small>[[2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2005]] [[2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2007]] [[2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]'''
|-
| [[Drew Lock]]
| 99
| <small>[[2015 Missouri Tigers football team|2015]] [[2016 Missouri Tigers football team|2016]] [[2017 Missouri Tigers football team|2017]] [[2018 Missouri Tigers football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
| 36
| [[Geno Smith]]
| 98
| <small>[[2009 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2009]] [[2010 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2010]] [[2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2011]] [[2012 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2012]]</small> '''[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 37
| [[Trevor Vittatoe]]
| 97
| <small>[[2007 UTEP Miners football team|2007]] [[2008 UTEP Miners football team|2008]] [[2009 UTEP Miners football team|2009]] [[2010 UTEP Miners football team|2010]]</small> '''[[UTEP Miners football|UTEP]]'''
|-
| [[Holton Ahlers]]
| 97
| <small>[[2018 East Carolina Pirates football team|2018]] [[2019 East Carolina Pirates football team|2019]] [[2020 East Carolina Pirates football team|2020]] [[2021 East Carolina Pirates football team|2021]] [[2022 East Carolina Pirates football team|2022]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
|rowspan=3| 39
| [[Jared Goff]]
| 96
| <small>[[2013 California Golden Bears football team|2013]] [[2014 California Golden Bears football team|2014]] [[2015 California Golden Bears football team|2015]]</small> '''[[California Golden Bears football|California]]'''
|-
| [[Zach Terrell]]
| 96
| <small>[[2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2015]] [[2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]'''
|-
| [[Michael Penix Jr.]]
| <abbr title="29 at Indiana, 67 at Washington">96</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2018]] [[2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2019]] [[2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2020]] [[2021 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Washington Huskies football team|2022]] [[2023 Washington Huskies football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4| 42 
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| 95
| <small>[[1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|1999]] [[2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2000]] [[2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2001]] [[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Brady Quinn]]
| 95
| <small>[[2003 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2003]] [[2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2004]] [[2005 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2005]] [[2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]'''
|-
| [[Philip Rivers]]
| 95
| <small>[[2000 NC State Wolfpack football team|2000]] [[2001 NC State Wolfpack football team|2001]] [[2002 NC State Wolfpack football team|2002]] [[2003 NC State Wolfpack football team|2003]]</small> '''[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]'''
|-
| [[Justin Herbert]]
| 95
| <small>[[2016 Oregon Ducks football team|2016]] [[2017 Oregon Ducks football team|2017]] [[2018 Oregon Ducks football team|2018]] [[2019 Oregon Ducks football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
|rowspan=3| 46
| [[Max Hall]]
| 94
| <small>[[2007 BYU Cougars football team|2007]] [[2008 BYU Cougars football team|2008]] [[2009 BYU Cougars football team|2009]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| [[Jake Browning]]
| 94
| <small>[[2015 Washington Huskies football team|2015]] [[2016 Washington Huskies football team|2016]] [[2017 Washington Huskies football team|2017]] [[2018 Washington Huskies football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| [[Sam Ehlinger]]
| 94
|colspan=18 | <small>[[2017 Texas Longhorns football team|2017]] [[2018 Texas Longhorns football team|2018]] [[2019 Texas Longhorns football team|2019]] [[2020 Texas Longhorns football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4| 49
| [[Logan Woodside]]
| 93
| <small>[[2013 Toledo Rockets football team|2013]] [[2014 Toledo Rockets football team|2014]] [[2015 Toledo Rockets football team|2015]] [[2016 Toledo Rockets football team|2016]] [[2017 Toledo Rockets football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]'''
|-
| [[Patrick Mahomes]]
| 93
| <small>[[2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2014]] [[2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2015]] [[2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Mason Fine]]
| 93
| <small>[[2016 North Texas Mean Green football team|2016]] [[2017 North Texas Mean Green football team|2017]] [[2018 North Texas Mean Green football team|2018]] [[2019 North Texas Mean Green football team|2019]]</small> '''[[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]'''
|-
| [[Caleb Williams]]
| <abbr title="21 at Oklahoma, 72 at USC">93</abbr>
| <small>[[2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 USC Trojans football team|2022]] [[2023 USC Trojans football team|2023]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Single season===
Zappe also holds the single-season passing touchdowns record, with 62, after breaking the record set by [[Joe Burrow]] 2 seasons before.

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{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! TDs
! Season
|-
| 1
| [[Bailey Zappe]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 62
| <small>[[2021 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 60
| <small>[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 58
| <small>[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[David Klingler]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 54
| <small>[[1990 Houston Cougars football team|1990]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 5
| [[B. J. Symons]]
| 52
| <small>[[2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
|rowspan=3| 6
| [[Sam Bradford]]
| 50
| <small>[[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 50
| <small>[[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| [[Dwayne Haskins]]
| 50
| <small>[[2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 49
| <small>[[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4| 10
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 48
| <small>[[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 48
| <small>[[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 48
| <small>[[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 48
| <small>[[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! TDs
! Season
|-
|rowspan=3| 14
| [[Jim McMahon]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 47
| <small>[[1980 BYU Cougars football team|1980]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| [[Paul Smith (quarterback)|Paul Smith]]
| 47
| <small>[[2007 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]]'''
|-
| [[Bryce Young]]
| 47
| <small>[[2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4| 17
| [[Andre Ware]]
| 46
| <small>[[1989 Houston Cougars football team|1989]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Tim Rattay]]
| 46
| <small>[[1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| [[David Johnson (quarterback)|David Johnson]] 
| 46
| <small>[[2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]]'''
|-
| [[Matt Johnson (quarterback)|Matt Johnson]]
| 46
| <small>[[2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! TDs
! Season
|-
|rowspan=4| 21
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]] 
| 45
| <small>[[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|- 
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 45
| <small>[[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|- 
| [[Logan Woodside]]
| 45
| <small>[[2016 Toledo Rockets football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]'''
|-
| [[Bo Nix]]
| 45
| <small>[[2023 Oregon Ducks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
|rowspan=5| 25
| [[Chase Clement]]
| 44
| <small>[[2008 Rice Owls football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Rice Owls football|Rice]]'''
|-
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 44
| <small>[[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 44
| <small>[[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Drew Lock]]
| 44
| <small>[[2017 Missouri Tigers football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
| [[C. J. Stroud]]
| 44
| <small>[[2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Single game===
The single-game record holder is [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'s [[David Klingler]], who threw for 11 touchdowns in a 1990 game against Eastern Washington. Five quarterbacks (including Klingler himself) have had a 9-touchdown game, and 7 quarterbacks have had an 8-touchdown game. Many quarterbacks have passed for 7 touchdowns in a game, too many to list here.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! TDs
! Date / Team
|-
| 1
| [[David Klingler]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 11
| <small>Nov. 17, [[1990 Houston Cougars football team|1990]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
|rowspan=5| 2
| [[Dennis Shaw]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 9
| <small>Nov. 15, [[1969 San Diego State Aztecs football team|1969]]</small> '''[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]]'''
|-
| [[David Klingler]]
| 9
| <small>Aug. 31, [[1991 Houston Cougars football team|1991]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 9
| <small>Oct. 27, [[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 9
| <small>Sep. 21, [[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| [[Tanner Mordecai]]
| 9
| <small>[[2022 Houston vs. SMU football game|Nov. 5]], [[2022 SMU Mustangs football team|2022]]</small> '''[[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]]'''
|-
|rowspan=7| 7
| [[Jason Martin (American football)|Jason Martin]]
| 8
| <small>Oct. 19, [[1996 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1996]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Pat Barnes]]
| 8
| <small>Nov. 2, [[1996 California Golden Bears football team|1996]]</small> '''[[California Golden Bears football|California]]'''
|-
| [[Nick Rolovich]]
| 8
| <small>Dec. 8, [[2001 Hawaii Warriors football team|2001]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| [[B. J. Symons]]
| 8
| <small>Oct. 4, [[2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| Giovanni Vizza
| 8
| <small>Nov. 10, [[2007 North Texas Mean Green football team|2007]]</small> '''[[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]'''
|-
| [[Geno Smith]]
| 8 
| <small>Sep. 29, [[2012 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2012]]</small> '''[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]'''
|-
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 8
| <small>Nov. 28, [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|}

==Passing efficiency==
[[Passer rating#NCAA formula|Passing efficiency]] is a measure of quarterback performance based on the following formula:

<math>\text{Passing Efficiency} = {(100 \times \text{completions}) + (8.4 \times \text{yards}) + (330 \times \text{touchdowns}) - (200 \times \text{interceptions}) \over \text{attempts}}</math>

Only passing statistics are included in the formula. Any yards or touchdowns gained rushing or by any other method are not a factor in the formula, and neither are [[fumbles]]. Players tend to rank highly on the list when they have a high completion percentage, high yards per completion, and many touchdowns to few interceptions. 

===Career===
The career leader (with a minimum of 325 completions) in effiency is [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'s [[Tua Tagovailoa]]. The career list is dominated by recent players, with no player debuting before the 21st century appearing in the top 25 of the list. To appear on this list, a player must have at least 325 career completions.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
|-
! #
! Player
! Eff
! Seasons
|-
| 1
| [[Tua Tagovailoa]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 199.4
| <small>[[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2017]] [[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2018]] [[2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[Mac Jones]]
| 197.6
| <small>[[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2018]] [[2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2019]] [[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[C. J. Stroud]]
| 182.4
| <small>[[2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2020]] [[2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2021]] [[2022 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Kyler Murray]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 181.3
| <small>[[2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]] [[2018 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' 
|-
| 5
| [[Justin Fields]]
| 178.8
| <small>[[2018 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2019]] [[2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 6
| [[Sam Bradford]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 175.6
| <small>[[2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2007]] [[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2008]] [[2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| 175.4
| <small>[[2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Grayson McCall]]
| 174.7
| <small>[[2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2019]] [[2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2020]] [[2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2021]] [[2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2022]] [[2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 NC State Wolfpack football team|2024]]</small> '''[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Dwayne Haskins]]
| 174.0
| <small>[[2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2017]] [[2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| 172.4
| <small>[[2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2016]] [[2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2018 LSU Tigers football team|2018]] [[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 11
| [[Hendon Hooker]]
| 172.2
| <small>[[2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|2018]] [[2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|2019]] [[2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2021 Tennessee Volunteers football team|2021]] [[2022 Tennessee Volunteers football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]'''

|-
| 12
| [[Marcus Mariota]]
| 171.8
| <small>[[2012 Oregon Ducks football team|2012]] [[2013 Oregon Ducks football team|2013]] [[2014 Oregon Ducks football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Tim Tebow]]
| 170.8
| <small>[[2006 Florida Gators football team|2006]] [[2007 Florida Gators football team|2007]] [[2008 Florida Gators football team|2008]] [[2009 Florida Gators football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Caleb Williams]]
| 169.3
| <small>[[2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2021]]</small>  '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 USC Trojans football team|2022]] [[2023 USC Trojans football team|2023]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 169.0
| <small>[[2008 Boise State Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Boise State Broncos football team|2009]] [[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]] [[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 16
| [[Ryan Dinwiddie]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 168.9
| <small>[[2000 Boise State Broncos football team|2000]] [[2001 Boise State Broncos football team|2001]] [[2002 Boise State Broncos football team|2002]] [[2003 Boise State Broncos football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Bailey Zappe]]
| 168.7
| <small>[[2021 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Kyle Trask]]
| 168.5
| <small>[[2018 Florida Gators football team|2018]] [[2019 Florida Gators football team|2019]] [[2020 Florida Gators football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| 167.6
| <small>[[2005 Hawaii Warriors football team|2005]] [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]] [[2007 Hawaii Warriors football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Bryce Petty]]
| 166.0
| <small>[[2011 Baylor Bears football team|2011]] [[2012 Baylor Bears football team|2012]] [[2013 Baylor Bears football team|2013]] [[2014 Baylor Bears football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]'''
|-
| 21
| [[Will Grier]]
| 165.1
| <small>[[2015 Florida Gators football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2017]] [[2018 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2018]]</small> '''[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Bryce Young]]
| 165.0
| <small>[[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2020]] [[2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2021]] [[2022 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 23
| [[Alex Smith]]
| 164.4
| <small>[[2002 Utah Utes football team|2002]] [[2003 Utah Utes football team|2003]] [[2004 Utah Utes football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Utah Utes football|Utah]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Trevor Lawrence]]
| 164.3
| <small>[[2018 Clemson Tigers football team|2018]] [[2019 Clemson Tigers football team|2019]] [[2020 Clemson Tigers football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Sam Howell]]
| 164.2
| <small>[[2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|2019]] [[2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|2020]] [[2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|2021]]</small> '''[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]'''
|}
{{col-break|gap=15px}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
|-
! #
! Player
! Eff
! Seasons
|-
| 26
| [[Johnny Manziel]]
| 164.1
| <small>[[2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team|2012]] [[2013 Texas A&M Aggies football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]'''
|-
| 27
| [[Danny Wuerffel]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 163.6
| <small>[[1993 Florida Gators football team|1993]] [[1994 Florida Gators football team|1994]] [[1995 Florida Gators football team|1995]] [[1996 Florida Gators football team|1996]]</small> '''[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[Jameis Winston]]
| 163.3
| <small>[[2013 Florida State Seminoles football team|2013]] [[2014 Florida State Seminoles football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 29
| [[Zach Wilson]]
| 162.9
| <small>[[2018 BYU Cougars football team|2018]] [[2019 BYU Cougars football team|2019]] [[2020 BYU Cougars football team|2020]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| [[Logan Woodside]]
| 162.9
| <small>[[2013 Toledo Rockets football team|2013]] [[2014 Toledo Rockets football team|2014]] [[2015 Toledo Rockets football team|2015]] [[2016 Toledo Rockets football team|2016]] [[2017 Toledo Rockets football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]'''
|-
| 31
| [[Andrew Luck]]
| 162.8
| <small>[[2009 Stanford Cardinal football team|2009]] [[2010 Stanford Cardinal football team|2010]] [[2011 Stanford Cardinal football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 32
| [[Ty Detmer]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 162.7
| <small>[[1988 BYU Cougars football team|1988]] [[1989 BYU Cougars football team|1989]] [[1990 BYU Cougars football team|1990]] [[1991 BYU Cougars football team|1991]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| [[Jalen Hurts]]
| 162.7
| <small>[[2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2016]] [[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2017]] [[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama ]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' 
|-
| 34
| [[A. J. McCarron]]
| 162.5
| <small>[[2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2010]] [[2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2011]] [[2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2012]] [[2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 35
| [[Omar Jacobs]]
| 162.5
| <small>[[2003 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2003]] [[2004 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2004]] [[2005 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2005]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]'''
|-
| 36
| [[Steve Sarkisian]]
| 162.0
| <small>[[1995 BYU Cougars football team|1995]] [[1996 BYU Cougars football team|1996]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 37
| [[David Fales]]
| 161.7
|colspan=18 | <small>[[2012 San Jose State Spartans football team|2012]] [[2013 San Jose State Spartans football team|2013]]</small> '''[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]'''
|-
| 38
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 161.0
| <small>[[2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2011]] [[2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2012]] [[2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 39
| style="background: #CFECEC;"| [[Dillon Gabriel]]
| 160.9
| <small>[[2019 UCF Knights football team|2019]] [[2020 UCF Knights football team|2020]] [[2021 UCF Knights football team|2021]]</small> '''[[UCF Knights football|UCF]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2022]] [[2023 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Oregon Ducks football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 40
| [[Stetson Bennett]]
| 160.9
| <small>[[2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2020]] [[2021 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2021]] [[2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2022]] [[2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]'''
|-
| 41
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 160.6
| <small>[[2007 Houston Cougars football team|2007]] [[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]] [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]] [[2010 Houston Cougars football team|2010]] [[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 42
| [[J. J. McCarthy]]
| 160.5
| <small>[[2021 Michigan Wolverines football team|2021]] [[2022 Michigan Wolverines football team|2022]] [[2023 Michigan Wolverines football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 43
| [[Matt Johnson (quarterback)|Matt Johnson]]
| 160.4
| <small>[[2012 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2012]] [[2013 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2013]] [[2014 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2014]] [[2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]'''
|-
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Shedeur Sanders]]
| 160.4
| <small>[[2023 Colorado Buffaloes football team|2023]] [[2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]'''
|-
| 45
| [[Stefan LeFors]]
| 159.8
| <small>[[2001 Louisville Cardinals football team|2001]] [[2002 Louisville Cardinals football team|2002]] [[2003 Louisville Cardinals football team|2003]] [[2004 Louisville Cardinals football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 46
| [[Mason Rudolph (American football)|Mason Rudolph]]
| 159.7
| <small>[[2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2014]] [[2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]'''
|-
| [[Kaleb Eleby]]
| 159.7
| <small>[[2018 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2018]] [[2020 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2020]] [[2021 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]'''
|-
| 48
| [[Matt Leinart]]
| 159.5
| <small>[[2003 USC Trojans football team|2003]] [[2004 USC Trojans football team|2004]] [[2005 USC Trojans football team|2005]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|-
| 49
| [[Seth Russell]]
| 159.4
| <small>[[2013 Baylor Bears football team|2013]] [[2014 Baylor Bears football team|2014]] [[2015 Baylor Bears football team|2015]] [[2016 Baylor Bears football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]'''
|-
| 50
| [[Matt Corral]]
| 159.2
| <small>[[2018 Ole Miss Rebels football team|2018]] [[2019 Ole Miss Rebels football team|2019]] [[2020 Ole Miss Rebels football team|2020]] [[2021 Ole Miss Rebels football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Single season===
To qualify for the single-season lists, a quarterback must have at least 15 passing attempts per the number of games his team played that season. The record is currently held by [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'s [[Jayden Daniels]], who broke the record in 2023. The record has been broken many times recently, including in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
|-
! #
! Player
! Eff
! Team
|-
| 1
| [[Jayden Daniels]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 208.0
| <small>[[2023 LSU Tigers football team|2023]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[Grayson McCall]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 207.6
| <small>[[2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Mac Jones]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 203.1
| <small>[[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 202.0
| <small>[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 5
| [[Tua Tagovailoa]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 199.4
| <small>[[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 6
| [[Kyler Murray]]
| 199.2
| <small>[[2018 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 198.9
| <small>[[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Zach Wilson]]
| 196.4
| <small>[[2020 BYU Cougars football team|2020]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 196.4
| <small>[[2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Kaleb Eleby]]
| 195.1
| <small>[[2020 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]'''
|}
{{col-break|gap=15px}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Eff
! Team
|-
| 11
| [[Dustin Crum]]
| 192.7
| <small>[[2020 Kent State Golden Flashes football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Kent State Golden Flashes football|Kent State]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Russell Wilson]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 191.8
| <small>[[2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Jalen Hurts]]
| 191.2
| <small>[[2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Robert Griffin III]]
| 189.5
| <small>[[2011 Baylor Bears football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Bo Nix]]
| 188.3
| <small>[[2023 Oregon Ducks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 16
| [[C. J. Stroud]]
| 186.6
| <small>[[2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 186.0
| <small>[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Jameis Winston]]
| 184.8
| <small>[[2013 Florida State Seminoles football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Grayson McCall]]
| 184.3
| <small>[[2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Logan Woodside]]
| 183.3
| <small>[[2016 Toledo Rockets football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Eff
! Team
|-
| 21
| [[Shaun King (American football)|Shaun King]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 183.3
| <small>[[1998 Tulane Green Wave football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 182.6
| <small>[[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 23
| [[Cam Newton]]
| 182.0
| <small>[[2010 Auburn Tigers football team|2010]]</small> '''[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Marcus Mariota]]
| 181.7
| <small>[[2014 Oregon Ducks football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Stefan LeFors]]
| 181.7
| <small>[[2004 Louisville Cardinals football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|-
|rowspan=3| 26
| [[Justin Fields]]
| 181.4
| <small>[[2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| [[Hendon Hooker]]
| 181.4
| <small>[[2021 Tennessee Volunteers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]'''
|-
| [[Mike White (quarterback)|Mike White]]
| 181.4
| <small>[[2016 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Sam Bradford]]
| 180.8
| <small>[[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 30
| style="background: #CFECEC;"| [[Jaxson Dart]]
| 180.7
| <small>[[2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Single game===
The NCAA does not recognize a single-game leaderboard in passing efficiency, and detailed box scores do not exist for every year going back to the beginning of college football, but the single-game record holder is [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]]'s [[Gunner Kiel]], who achieved an efficiency rating of 388.6, going 15-for-15 for 319 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 2015 game against UCF.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/400764897|title = Cincinnati pummels Central Florida, Barrett, 52-7|date = 2015-10-31|access-date = 2022-09-05|website = ESPN.com}}</ref>

==Completions==
===Career===
Keenum is also the career leader in completions, breaking a record previously held by Harrell.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Seasons
|-
| 1
| [[Case Keenum]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 1,546
| <small>[[2007 Houston Cougars football team|2007]] [[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]] [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]] [[2010 Houston Cougars football team|2010]] [[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]''' 
|-
| 2
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| <abbr title="1,301 at Mississippi State, 220 at Washington">1,521</abbr>
| <small>[[2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2020]] [[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]] [[2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2022]] [[2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Washington Huskies football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 1,404
| <small>[[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]] [[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|2015]] [[2016 Washington State Cougars football team|2016]] [[2017 Washington State Cougars football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 1,403
| <small>[[2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2005]] [[2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 5
| [[Timmy Chang]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 1,388
| <small>[[2000 Hawaii Warriors football team|2000]] [[2001 Hawaii Warriors football team|2001]] [[2002 Hawaii Warriors football team|2002]] [[2003 Hawaii Warriors football team|2003]] [[2004 Hawaii Warriors football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| [[Landry Jones]]
| 1,388
| <small>[[2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2009]] [[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2010]] [[2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2011]] [[2012 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 7
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Dillon Gabriel]]
| <abbr title="554 at UCF, 496 at Oklahoma, 326 at Oregon">1,376</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 UCF Knights football team|2019]] [[2020 UCF Knights football team|2020]] [[2021 UCF Knights football team|2021]]</small> '''[[UCF Knights football|UCF]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2022]] [[2023 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Oregon Ducks football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|- 
| 8
| [[Bo Nix]]
| <abbr title="628 at Auburn, 658 at Oregon">1,286</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 Auburn Tigers football team|2019]] [[2020 Auburn Tigers football team|2020]] [[2021 Auburn Tigers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Oregon Ducks football team|2022]] [[2023 Oregon Ducks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 1,231
| <small>[[1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|1999]] [[2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2000]] [[2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2001]] [[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Sean Mannion (American football)|Sean Mannion]]
| 1,187
| <small>[[2011 Oregon State Beavers football team|2011]] [[2012 Oregon State Beavers football team|2012]] [[2013 Oregon State Beavers football team|2013]] [[2014 Oregon State Beavers football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]'''
|-
| 11
| [[Corey Robinson (quarterback)|Corey Robinson]]
| 1,179
| <small>[[2010 Troy Trojans football team|2010]] [[2011 Troy Trojans football team|2011]] [[2012 Troy Trojans football team|2012]] [[2013 Troy Trojans football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Troy Trojans football|Troy]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Dan LeFevour]]
| 1,171
| <small>[[2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2006]] [[2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2007]] [[2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2008]] [[2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 13
| [[Colt McCoy]]
| 1,157
| <small>[[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Longhorns football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Longhorns football team|2008]] [[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]'''
|-
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 1,157
| <small>[[2008 Boise State Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Boise State Broncos football team|2009]] [[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]] [[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Rakeem Cato]]
| 1,153
| <small>[[2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2011]] [[2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2012]] [[2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2013]] [[2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]'''
|-
| 16
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Connor Bazelak]]
| <abbr title="479 at Missouri, 235 at Indiana, 437 at Bowling Green">1,151</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 Missouri Tigers football team|2019]] [[2020 Missouri Tigers football team|2020]] [[2021 Missouri Tigers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2023]] [[2024 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]'''
|-
| 17
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Seth Henigan]]
| 1,148
| <small>[[2021 Memphis Tigers football team|2021]] [[2022 Memphis Tigers football team|2022]] [[2023 Memphis Tigers football team|2023]] [[2024 Memphis Tigers football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Memphis Tigers football|Memphis]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Sam Hartman]]
| <abbr title="994 at Wake Forest, 191 at Notre Dame">1,135</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2018]] [[2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2019]] [[2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2020]] [[2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2021]] [[2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Holton Ahlers]]
| 1,127
| <small>[[2018 East Carolina Pirates football team|2018]] [[2019 East Carolina Pirates football team|2019]] [[2020 East Carolina Pirates football team|2020]] [[2021 East Carolina Pirates football team|2021]] [[2022 East Carolina Pirates football team|2022]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| 1,115
| <small>[[2005 Hawaii Warriors football team|2005]] [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]] [[2007 Hawaii Warriors football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 21
| [[Chase Daniel]]
| 1,094
| <small>[[2005 Missouri Tigers football team|2005]] [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|2006]] [[2007 Missouri Tigers football team|2007]] [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 22
| [[Philip Rivers]]
| 1,087
| <small>[[2000 NC State Wolfpack football team|2000]] [[2001 NC State Wolfpack football team|2001]] [[2002 NC State Wolfpack football team|2002]] [[2003 NC State Wolfpack football team|2003]]</small> '''[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]'''
|-
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 1,087
| <small>[[2009 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2009]] [[2011 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2011]] [[2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2012]] [[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Chase Holbrook]]
| 1,086
| <small>[[2006 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2006]] [[2007 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2007]] [[2008 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2008]]</small> '''[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Michael Penix Jr.]]
| <abbr title="342 at Indiana, 725 at Washington">1,067</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2018]] [[2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2019]] [[2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2020]] [[2021 Indiana Hoosiers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Washington Huskies football team|2022]] [[2023 Washington Huskies football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Seasons
|-
| 26
| [[Zac Dysert]]
| 1,066
| <small>[[2009 Miami RedHawks football team|2009]] [[2010 Miami RedHawks football team|2010]] [[2011 Miami RedHawks football team|2011]] [[2012 Miami RedHawks football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Miami RedHawks football|Miami (OH)]]'''
|-
| 27
| [[Luke McCown]]
| 1,063
| <small>[[2000 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2000]] [[2001 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2001]] [[2002 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2002]] [[2003 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[Brent Stockstill]]
| 1,055
| <small>[[2014 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2014]] [[2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2015]] [[2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2016]] [[2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2017]] [[2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2018]] <!--Medical redshirt in 2014--></small> '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Shane Carden]]
| 1,052
| <small>[[2011 East Carolina Pirates football team|2011]] [[2012 East Carolina Pirates football team|2012]] [[2013 East Carolina Pirates football team|2013]] [[2014 East Carolina Pirates football team|2014]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
| 30
| [[Kenny Pickett]]
| 1,045
| <small>[[2017 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2017]] [[2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2018]] [[2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2019]] [[2020 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2020]] [[2021 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]'''
|-
| 31
| [[Mason Fine]]
| 1,039
| <small>[[2016 North Texas Mean Green football team|2016]] [[2017 North Texas Mean Green football team|2017]] [[2018 North Texas Mean Green football team|2018]] [[2019 North Texas Mean Green football team|2019]]</small> '''[[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]'''
|-
| 32
| [[Brett Rypien]]
| 1,036
| <small>[[2015 Boise State Broncos football team|2015]] [[2016 Boise State Broncos football team|2016]] [[2017 Boise State Broncos football team|2017]] [[2018 Boise State Broncos football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
|33
| [[Keith Wenning]]
| 1,035
| <small>[[2010 Ball State Cardinals football team|2010]] [[2011 Ball State Cardinals football team|2011]] [[2012 Ball State Cardinals football team|2012]] [[2013 Ball State Cardinals football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State]]'''
|-
| 34
| [[Frank Harris (quarterback, born 1999)|Frank Harris]]
| 1,034
| <small>[[2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team|2019]] [[2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team|2020]] [[2021 UTSA Roadrunners football team|2021]] [[2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team|2022]] [[2023 UTSA Roadrunners football team|2023]]</small> '''[[UTSA Roadrunners football|UTSA]]'''
|-
| 35
| [[Chris Redman]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 1,031
| <small>[[1996 Louisville Cardinals football team|1996]] [[1997 Louisville Cardinals football team|1997]] [[1998 Louisville Cardinals football team|1998]] [[1999 Louisville Cardinals football team|1999]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|-
| 36
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| <abbr title="218 at Texas Tech, 808 at Oklahoma">1,026</abbr>
| <small>[[2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 37
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 1,023
| <small>[[2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2011]] [[2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2012]] [[2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 38
| [[Cooper Rush]]
| 1,022
| <small>[[2013 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2013]] [[2014 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2014]] [[2015 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2015]] [[2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]'''
|-
| 39
| [[Tim Rattay]]
| 1,015
| <small>[[1997 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1997]] [[1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1998]] [[1999 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|1999]]</small> '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|-
| 40
| [[Connor Halliday]]
| 1,014
| <small>[[2011 Washington State Cougars football team|2011]] [[2012 Washington State Cougars football team|2012]] [[2013 Washington State Cougars football team|2013]] [[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 41
| [[Tim Hiller]]
| 1,013
| <small>[[2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2005]] [[2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2007]] [[2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Western Michigan Broncos football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]'''
|-
| 42
| [[Matt Barkley]]
| 1,001
| <small>[[2009 USC Trojans football team|2009]] [[2010 USC Trojans football team|2010]] [[2011 USC Trojans football team|2011]] [[2012 USC Trojans football team|2012]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]'''
|-
| 43
| [[Jarret Doege]]
| <abbr title="362 at Bowling Green, 590 at West Virginia, 44 at Troy">996</abbr>
| <small>[[2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2017]] [[2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2019 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2019]] [[2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2020]] [[2021 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Troy Trojans football team|2022]]</small> '''[[ Troy Trojans football|Troy]]'''
|-
| 44
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Alan Bowman (American football)|Alan Bowman]]
| <abbr title="478 at Texas Tech, 8 at Michigan, 508 at Oklahoma State">994</abbr>
| <small>[[2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2018]] [[2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2019]] [[2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2020]] </small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2021 Michigan Wolverines football team|2021]] [[2022 Michigan Wolverines football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan ]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2023]] [[2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]'''
|-
| 45
| [[Brock Purdy]]
| 993
| <small>[[2018 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2018]] [[2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2019]] [[2020 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2020]] [[2021 Iowa State Cyclones football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]'''
|-
| 46
| [[Clayton Thorson]]
| 991
| <small>[[2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2008]] [[2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2009]] [[2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2010]] [[2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]'''
|-
| 47
| [[Kedon Slovis]]
| <abbr title="652 at USC, 184 at Pittsburgh, 153 at BYU">989</abbr>
| <small>[[2019 USC Trojans football team|2019]] [[2020 USC Trojans football team|2020]] [[2021 USC Trojans football team|2021]]</small> '''[[USC Trojans football|USC]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2023 BYU Cougars football team|2023]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 48
| [[Geno Smith]]
| 988
| <small>[[2009 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2009]] [[2010 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2010]] [[2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2011]] [[2012 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2012]]</small> '''[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]'''
|-
| 49
| [[Curtis Painter]]
| 987
| <small>[[2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team|2005]] [[2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team|2006]] [[2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team|2007]] [[2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]'''
|-
| 50
| [[Jared Goff]]
| 977
| <small>[[2013 California Golden Bears football team|2013]] [[2014 California Golden Bears football team|2014]] [[2015 California Golden Bears football team|2015]]</small> '''[[California Golden Bears football|California]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Single season===
Harrell holds the single season record. Of the top 17 players on the list, 13 played under head coach [[Mike Leach (American football coach)|Mike Leach]].

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{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Team
|-
| 1
| [[Graham Harrell]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 512
| <small>[[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| 505
| <small>[[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 493
| <small>[[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 492
| <small>[[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 5
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 479
| <small>[[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 6
| [[Bailey Zappe]]
| 475
| <small>[[2021 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[B. J. Symons]]
| 470
| <small>[[2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Gardner Minshew]]
| 468
| <small>[[2018 Washington State Cougars football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 453
| <small>[[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Connor Halliday]]
| 449
| <small>[[2013 Washington State Cougars football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|}
{{col-break|gap=15px}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Team
|-
| 11
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 447
| <small>[[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 443
| <small>[[2016 Washington State Cougars football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 442
| <small>[[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 428
| <small>[[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Sonny Cumbie]]
| 421
| <small>[[2004 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 16
| [[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| 415
| <small>[[2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 412
| <small>[[2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Brandon Weeden]]
| 409
| <small>[[2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 19
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| 406
| <small>[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| [[Rakeem Cato]]
| 406
| <small>[[2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]'''
|}
{{col-break|gap=15px}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Team
|-
| 21
| [[Landry Jones]]
| 405
| <small>[[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2010]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| 402
| <small>[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2| 23
| [[Tim Couch]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 400
| <small>[[1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]'''
|-
| [[Sean Mannion (American football)|Sean Mannion]]
| 400
| <small>[[2013 Oregon State Beavers football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Seth Doege]]
| 398
| <small>[[2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 26
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 397
| <small>[[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| 27
| [[Chase Holbrook]]
| 396
| <small>[[2006 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2006]]</small> '''[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[Dominique Davis]]
| 393
| <small>[[2011 East Carolina Pirates football team|2011]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Shane Carden]]
| 392
| <small>[[2014 East Carolina Pirates football team|2014]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
| 30
| style="background: #CFECEC;"|[[Kyle McCord]]
| 391
| <small>[[2024 Syracuse Orange football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse Orange]]'''
|}
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===Single game===
The single-game record is tied between [[Eastern Michigan Eagles football|Eastern Michigan]]'s Andy Schmidt and [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'s [[Connor Halliday]].

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Date / Team
|-
| rowspan=2| 1
| Andy Schmitt
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 58
| <small>Nov. 28, [[2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Eastern Michigan Eagles football|Eastern Michigan]]'''
|-
| [[Connor Halliday]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 58
| <small>Oct. 19, [[2013 Washington State Cougars football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| rowspan=2| 3
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 56
| <small>Dec. 5, [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| [[Connor Halliday]]
| 56
| <small>Oct. 25, [[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| rowspan=3| 5
| [[Rusty LaRue]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 55
| <small>Oct. 28, [[1995 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|1995]]</small> '''[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]'''
|-
| [[Drew Brees]]
| 55
| <small> Oct. 10, [[1998 Purdue Boilermakers football team|1998]]</small> '''[[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]'''
|-
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 55
| <small>Sep. 10, [[2016 Washington State Cougars football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 8
| David Piland
| 53
| <small>Sep. 8, [[2012 Houston Cougars football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| rowspan=4| 9
| [[Derek Carr (American football)|Derek Carr]]
| 52
| <small> Aug. 29, [[2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]'''
|-
| [[Deshaun Watson]]
| 52
| <small> Nov. 12, [[2016 Clemson Tigers football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]'''
|-
| [[Patrick Mahomes]]
| 52
| <small>[[2016 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech football game|Oct. 22]], [[2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2016]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Gardner Minshew]]
| 52
| <small> Nov. 12, [[2017 East Carolina Pirates football team|2017]]</small> '''[[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 51
| <small> Oct. 3, [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|-
| rowspan=5| 14
| [[Rusty LaRue]]
| 50
| <small> Nov. 18, [[1995 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|1995]]</small> '''[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]'''
|-
| Andy Schmitt
| 50
| <small> Nov. 22, [[2008 Washington State Cougars football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Eastern Michigan Eagles football|Eastern Michigan]]'''
|-
| [[Luke Falk]]
| 50
| <small>Oct. 10, [[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 50
| <small>Nov. 23, [[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| [[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| 50
| <small>Sep. 18, [[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Comp
! Date / Team
|-
| rowspan=8| 19
| [[Brian Lindgren]]
| 49
| <small>Oct. 6, [[2001 Idaho Vandals football team|2001]]</small> '''[[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]]'''
|-
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| 49
| <small>Oct. 5, [[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Kliff Kingsbury]]
| 49
| <small>Oct. 19, [[2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2002]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Bruce Gradkowski]]
| 49
| <small>Sep. 20, [[2003 Toledo Rockets football team|2003]]</small> '''[[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]'''
|-
| [[Chase Holbrook]]
| 49
| <small> Oct. 15, [[2006 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2006]]</small> '''[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]'''
|-
| [[Connor Halliday]]
| 49
| <small> Oct. 4, [[2014 Washington State Cougars football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| [[Dwayne Haskins]]
| 49
| <small> Oct. 20, [[2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| [[Carson Strong]]
| 49
| <small> Oct. 23, [[2021 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]]'''
|-
| rowspan=3| 27
| [[Chase Holbrook]]
| 48
| <small> Sep. 30, [[2006 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2006]]</small> '''[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]'''
|-
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 48
| <small> Sep. 8, [[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 48
| <small> Nov. 29, [[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

==Completion percentage==
===Career===
[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'s [[Mac Jones]] holds the NCAA record for completion percentage, with 413 completions on 556 attempts. This is over 1.5 percentage points higher than the second place on the list, [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]'s [[Dan Persa]]. The highest completion percentage among quarterbacks with over 1,000 career attempts is the 70.39% of [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'s [[Colt Brennan]].

A quarterback must have at least 500 career attempts to appear in this leaderboard.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Pct
! C
! A
! Seasons
|-
| 1
| [[Mac Jones]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 74.28% || <small>413</small> || <small>556</small>
| <small>[[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2018]] [[2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2019]] [[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[Dan Persa]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 72.67% || <small>460</small> || <small>633</small>
| <small>[[2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2008]] [[2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2009]] [[2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2010]] [[2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Shedeur Sanders]]
| 71.78% || <small>651</small> || <small>907</small>
| <small>[[2023 Colorado Buffaloes football team|2023]] [[2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Anthony Gordon (American football)|Anthony Gordon]]
| 71.47% || <small>496</small> || <small>694</small>
| <small>[[2018 Washington State Cougars football team|2018]] [[2019 Washington State Cougars football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]'''
|-
| 5
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 70.39% || <small>1,115</small> || <small>1,584</small>
| <small>[[2005 Hawaii Warriors football team|2005]] [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]] [[2007 Hawaii Warriors football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 6
| [[Colt McCoy]]
| 70.33% || <small>1,157</small> || <small>1,645</small>
| <small>[[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Longhorns football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Longhorns football team|2008]] [[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|2009]]</small> '''[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[Grant Hedrick]]
| 70.16% || <small>475</small> || <small>677</small>
| <small>[[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]] [[2012 Boise State Broncos football team|2012]] [[2013 Boise State Broncos football team|2013]] [[2014 Boise State Broncos football team|2014]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Dwayne Haskins]]
| 70.00% || <small>413</small> || <small>590</small>
| <small>[[2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2017]] [[2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Graham Harrell]]
| 69.80% || <small>1,403</small> || <small>2,010</small>
| <small>[[2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2005]] [[2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2006]] [[2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2007]] [[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Grayson McCall]]
| 69.62% || <small>763</small> || <small>1,096</small>
| <small>[[2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2019]] [[2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2020]] [[2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2021]] [[2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2022]] [[2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 NC State Wolfpack football team|2024]]</small> '''[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]'''
|-
| 11
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 69.78% || <small>1,157</small> || <small>1,658</small>
| <small>[[2008 Boise State Broncos football team|2008]] [[2009 Boise State Broncos football team|2009]] [[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]] [[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| 69.55% || <small>1,521</small> || <small>2,187</small>
| <small>[[2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2020]] [[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]] [[2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2022]] [[2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2024 Washington Huskies football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Brandon Weeden]]
| 69.54% || <small>767</small> || <small>1,103</small>
| <small>[[2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2008]] [[2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2009]] [[2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2010]] [[2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]'''
|- 
| 14
| [[Chase Holbrook]]
| 69.41% || <small>1,087</small> || <small>1,566</small>
| <small>[[2006 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2006]] [[2007 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2007]] [[2008 New Mexico State Aggies football team|2008]]</small> '''[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Case Keenum]]
| 69.36% || <small>1,546</small> || <small>2,229</small>
| <small>[[2007 Houston Cougars football team|2007]] [[2008 Houston Cougars football team|2008]] [[2009 Houston Cougars football team|2009]] [[2010 Houston Cougars football team|2010]] [[2011 Houston Cougars football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Pct
! C
! A
! Seasons
|-
| 16
| Joe Southwick
| 69.35% || <small>439</small> || <small>633</small>
| <small>[[2010 Boise State Broncos football team|2010]] [[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]] [[2012 Boise State Broncos football team|2012]] [[2013 Boise State Broncos football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 17
| [[Tua Tagovailoa]]
| 69.30% || <small>474</small> || <small>684</small>
| <small>[[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2017]] [[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2018]] [[2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[C. J. Stroud]]
| 69.28% || <small>575</small> || <small>830</small>
| <small>[[2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2020]] [[2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2021]] [[2022 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Bailey Zappe]]
| 69.24% || <small>475</small> || <small>686</small>
| <small>[[2021 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Jacob Zeno]]
| 69.02% || <small>352</small> || <small>510</small> 
| <small>[[2019 Baylor Bears football team|2019]] [[2020 Baylor Bears football team|2020]] [[2021 Baylor Bears football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 UAB Blazers football team|2022]] [[2023 UAB Blazers football team|2023]]</small> '''[[UAB Blazers football|UAB]]'''
|-
| 21
| [[Seth Doege]]
| 69.00% || <small>819</small> || <small>1,187</small>
| <small>[[2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2009]] [[2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2010]] [[2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2011]] [[2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2012]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Jack Abraham (American football)|Jack Abraham]]
| 68.97% || <small>598</small> || <small>867</small> 
| <small>[[2018 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|2018]] [[2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|2019]] [[2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Missouri Tigers football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football |Missouri]]'''
|-
| 23
| [[Johnny Manziel]]
| 68.95% || <small>595</small> || <small>863</small>
| <small>[[2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team|2012]] [[2013 Texas A&M Aggies football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| 68.78% || <small>650</small> || <small>945</small>
| <small>[[2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2016]] [[2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2018 LSU Tigers football team|2018]] [[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Henry Colombi]]
| 68.69% || <small>351</small> || <small>511</small> 
| <small>[[2018 Utah State Aggies football team|2018]] [[2019 Utah State Aggies football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Utah State Aggies football|Utah State]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2020]] [[2021 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|2022]]</small> '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]'''
|-
| 26
| [[Brandon Doughty]]
| 68.61% || <small>1,023</small> || <small>1,491</small>
| <small>[[2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2011]] [[2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2012]] [[2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2013]] [[2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2014]] [[2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2015]]</small> '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
|-
| 27
| [[Spencer Rattler]]
| 68.55% || <small>900</small> || <small>1,313</small>
| <small>[[2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2019]] [[2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2020]] [[2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2022 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|2022]] [[2023 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]''' 
|-
| 28
| [[Baker Mayfield]]
| 68.54% || <small>1,026</small> || <small>1,497</small>
| <small>[[2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2015]] [[2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2016]] [[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2017]]</small> '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Justin Fields]]
| 68.45% || <small>423</small> || <small>618</small>
| <small>[[2018 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]''' ᛫ <small>[[2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2019]] [[2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 30
| [[Teddy Bridgewater]]
| 68.39% || <small>781</small> || <small>1,142</small>
| <small>[[2011 Louisville Cardinals football team|2011]] [[2012 Louisville Cardinals football team|2012]] [[2013 Louisville Cardinals football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|}
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===Single season===
To qualify, a player must attempt 14 pass attempts per school game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/pass-cmp-pct-player-season.html|title=Pass Completion Percentage Single Season Leaders and Records|date=January 15, 2025|website=sports-reference.com}}</ref> Jones also held the single-season record, until it was broken in 2023 by [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'s [[Bo Nix]]. At the end of the 20th century, the single season record was held by [[Daunte Culpepper]], and while he is still 8th on the list, he is the only 20th century player on either list.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Pct
! Cmp
! Att
! Team
|-
| 1
| [[Bo Nix]]
|style="background: #FFD700;"| 77.45% || <small>364</small> || <small>470</small>
| <small>[[2023 Oregon Ducks football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 2
| [[Mac Jones]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 77.36% || <small>311</small> || <small>402</small>
| <small>[[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]'''
|-
| 3
| [[Colt McCoy]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 76.67% || <small>332</small> || <small>433</small>
| <small>[[2008 Texas Longhorns football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]'''
|-
| 4
| [[Joe Burrow]]
| 76.28% || <small>402</small> || <small>527</small>
| <small>[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|2019]]</small> '''[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]'''
|-
| 5
| [[Kellen Moore]]
| 74.26% || <small>326</small> || <small>439</small>
| <small>[[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
|  6
| [[Shedeur Sanders]]
| 74.00% || <small>353</small> || <small>477</small>
| <small>[[2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]'''
|-
| 7
| [[Will Rogers (American football)|Will Rogers]]
| 73.94% || <small>505</small> || <small>683</small>
| <small>[[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]'''
|-
| 8
| [[Daunte Culpepper]]
| style="background: #DDDDDD;"| 73.63% || <small>296</small> || <small>402</small>
| <small>[[1998 UCF Golden Knights football team|1998]]</small> '''[[UCF Knights football|UCF]]'''
|-
| 9
| [[Jacob Zeno]]
| 73.61% || <small>279</small> || <small>379</small>
| <small>[[2023 UAB Blazers football team|2023]]</small> '''[[UAB Blazers football|UAB]]'''
|-
| 10
| [[Stefan LeFors]]
| 73.54% || <small>189</small> || <small>257</small>
| <small>[[2004 Louisville Cardinals football team|2004]]</small> '''[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'''
|-
| 11
| [[Zach Wilson]]
| 73.51% || <small>247</small> || <small>336</small>
| <small>[[2020 BYU Cougars football team|2020]]</small> '''[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]'''
|-
| 12
| [[Dan Persa]]
| 73.51% || <small>222</small> || <small>302</small>
| <small>[[2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2010]]</small> '''[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]'''
|-
| 13
| [[Dustin Crum]]
| 73.45% || <small>83</small> || <small>113</small>
| <small>[[2020 Kent State Golden Flashes football team|2020]]</small> '''[[Kent State Golden Flashes football|Kent State]]'''
|-
| 14
| [[Dan Persa]]
| 73.40% || <small>218</small> || <small>297</small>
| <small>[[2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]'''
|-
| 15
| [[Jack Abraham (American football)|Jack Abraham]]
| 73.11% || <small>223</small> || <small>305</small>
| <small>[[2018 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|2018]]</small> '''[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]]'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; white-space: nowrap;"
! #
! Player
! Pct
! Cmp
! Att
! Team
|-
| 16
| [[Tyler Huntley]]
| 73.09% || <small>220</small> || <small>301</small>
| <small>[[2019 Utah Utes football team|2019]]</small> '''[[Utah Utes football|Utah]]'''
|-
| 17
| style="background: #CFECEC;"| [[Will Howard (American football)|Will Howard]]
| 73.04% || <small>309</small> || <small>423</small>
| <small>[[2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]'''
|-
| 18
| [[Grayson McCall]]
| 73.03% || <small>176</small> || <small>241</small>
| <small>[[2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]'''
|-
| 19
| [[Dillon Gabriel]]
| 72.93% || <small>326</small> || <small>447</small>
| <small>[[2024 Oregon Ducks football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]'''
|-
| 20
| [[Scott Tolzien]]
| 72.93% || <small>194</small> || <small>266</small>
| <small>[[2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2010]]</small> '''[[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]'''
|-
| 21
| [[Chase Daniel]]
| 72.92% || <small>385</small> || <small>528</small>
| <small>[[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|2008]]</small> '''[[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]'''
|-
| 22
| [[Graham Mertz]]
| 72.91% || <small>261</small> || <small>358</small>
| <small>[[2023 Florida Gators football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]'''
|-
| 23
| style="background: #CFECEC;"| [[Haynes King (American football)|Haynes King]]
| 72.86% || <small>176</small> || <small>241</small>
| <small>[[2024 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|2024]]</small> '''[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]'''
|-
| 24
| [[Russell Wilson]]
| 72.82% || <small>225</small> || <small>309</small>
| <small>[[2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2011]]</small> '''[[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]'''
|-
| 25
| [[Colt Brennan]]
| 72.63% || <small>406</small> || <small>559</small>
| <small>[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|2006]]</small> '''[[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]'''
|-
| 26
| Joe Southwick
| 72.60% || <small>151</small> || <small>208</small>
| <small>[[2013 Boise State Broncos football team|2013]]</small> '''[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]'''
|-
| 27
| Wes Counts
| 72.59% || <small>188</small> || <small>259</small>
| <small>[[2001 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|2021]]</small> '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]]'''
|-
| 28
| [[David Fales]]
| 72.51% || <small>327</small> || <small>451</small>
| <small>[[2012 San Jose State Spartans football team|2012]]</small> '''[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]'''
|-
| 29
| [[Carson Beck]]
| 72.42% || <small>302</small> || <small>417</small>
| <small>[[2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2023]]</small> '''[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]'''
|-
| 30
| [[Riley Skinner]]
| 72.39% || <small>236</small> || <small>326</small>
| <small>[[2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|2007]]</small> '''[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]'''
|}
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===Single game===
The NCAA doesn't recognize a full list for single games, but top performances include:
* '''Minimum 15 attempts''' – 100% ''three times'': (18 of 18) – [[Zach Wilson]] of [[2018 BYU Cougars football team|2018]] [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]], (17 of 17) – [[Garrett Shrader]] of [[2022 Syracuse Orange football team|2022]] [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]], (15 of 15) – [[Gunner Kiel]] of [[2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|2015]] [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]]
* '''Minimum 20 attempts''' – 96.00% ''two times'': (24 of 25) – [[Greyson Lambert]] of [[2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team|2015]] [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]], (24 of 25)  – [[Hudson Card]] of [[2024 Purdue Boilermakers football team|2024]] [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]
* '''Minimum 30 attempts''' – 93.94% (31 of 33) – [[Kyle Allen (American football)|Kyle Allen]] of [[2017 Houston Cougars football team|2017]] [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]
* '''Minimum 40 attempts''' – 90.91% (40 of 44) – [[Seth Doege]] of [[2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|2017]] [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
* '''Minimum 50 attempts''' – 88.24% (45 of 51) – [[Geno Smith]] of [[2012 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|2012]] [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
* '''Minimum 60 attempts''' – 80.33% (49 of 61) – [[Carson Strong]] of [[2021 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|2021]] [[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]]

==References==
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{{NCAA Division I FBS statistical leaders}}

[[Category:Lists of college football individual records|Passing yardage leaders]]