Total Yards Per Play Single Season Leaders and Records

Minimum 7500 total yards.
An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
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Leaders

  • Since 1956
  • Minimum 3000 total yards.
Leaders Table
Rk Player Avg Year School
1Jayden Daniels*10.72023LSU
2Kyler Murray*10.42018Oklahoma
3Mac Jones*10.32020Alabama
4Tua Tagovailoa*10.12018Alabama
5Baker Mayfield*9.92017Oklahoma
6Zach Wilson*9.72020Brigham Young
7Mike White*9.62016Western Kentucky
8Baker Mayfield*9.52016Oklahoma
9Kellen Moore*9.52010Boise State
10Grayson McCall*9.52021Coastal Carolina
11Joe Burrow*9.42019LSU
12C.J. Stroud*9.32021Ohio State
13McKenzie Milton*9.32017UCF
14Colt Brennan*9.22006Hawaii
15Rex Grossman9.12001Florida
16Stetson Bennett*9.12021Georgia
17Marcus Mariota*9.12013Oregon
18Sam Bradford*9.12008Oklahoma
19Jameis Winston*9.12013Florida State
20Russell Wilson*9.12011Wisconsin
21Bo Nix*92023Oregon
22Khalil Tate*92017Arizona
23Marcus Mariota*92014Oregon
24Logan Woodside*92016Toledo
25Jalen Hurts*92019Oklahoma
26Mason Rudolph*92017Oklahoma State
27Ty Detmer8.91989Brigham Young
28Andrew Luck*8.92010Stanford
29Bryce Petty*8.92013Baylor
30Chris Weinke8.82000Florida State
31Drew Lock*8.82017Missouri
32Matt Corral*8.82020Ole Miss
33Kaidon Salter*8.82023Liberty
34Akili Smith8.71998Oregon
35C.J. Stroud*8.72022Ohio State
36Trent Dilfer8.71993Fresno State
37Brandon Doughty*8.72015Western Kentucky
38Kyle Trask*8.62020Florida
39Ryan Lindley*8.62010San Diego State
40Mike Teel*8.62007Rutgers
41David Johnson*8.62008Tulsa
42Glenn Foley8.61993Boston College
43Doug Williams8.61977Grambling State
44Bobby Hoying8.61995Ohio State
45Aaron Murray*8.62012Georgia
46Brian Brohm*8.62006Louisville
47Robert Griffin III*8.62011Baylor
48Case Keenum*8.62011Houston
49John Dutton8.61997Nevada
50Jim McMahon8.61980Brigham Young
51Cade McNown8.51998UCLA
52Trey Lance8.52019North Dakota State
53Vince Young*8.52005Texas
54Carson Beck*8.52023Georgia
55Johnny Manziel*8.52013Texas A&M
56Sam Howell*8.52020North Carolina
57Will Grier*8.52018West Virginia
58Stetson Bennett*8.52022Georgia
59Logan Woodside*8.52017Toledo
60Grayson McCall*8.52020Coastal Carolina
61Chad Pennington8.51999Marshall
62Dillon Gabriel*8.52023Oklahoma
63Tanner Morgan*8.42019Minnesota
64Danny Wuerffel8.41995Florida
65Bart Hendricks8.42000Boise State
66Sam Bradford*8.42007Oklahoma
67Ryan Higgins*8.42016Louisiana Tech
68Ty Detmer8.41991Brigham Young
69Preston Stone*8.42023SMU
70Nate Davis*8.42008Ball State
71Brandon Allen*8.42015Arkansas
72Tyler Huntley*8.42019Utah
73Trevor Lawrence*8.32020Clemson
74Ryan Dinwiddie*8.32003Boise State
75Jordan Travis*8.32022Florida State
76Ryan Mallett*8.32010Arkansas
77Danny Wuerffel8.31996Florida
78Terrance Broadway*8.32012Louisiana
79Michael Penix Jr.*8.32023Washington
80Zach Terrell*8.32014Western Michigan
81Nathan Peterman*8.32016Pitt
82JaMarcus Russell*8.32006LSU
83John Beck*8.32006Brigham Young
84Garrett Grayson*8.32014Colorado State
85Stefan Lefors*8.32003Louisville
86Trevor Lawrence*8.32019Clemson
87Zach Terrell*8.32016Western Michigan
88Rohan Davey8.32001LSU
89Joe Hamilton8.31999Georgia Tech
90Teddy Bridgewater*8.32013Louisville
91Dennis Shaw8.21969San Diego State
92Bo Nix*8.22022Oregon
93Kevin Hogan*8.22015Stanford
94Hendon Hooker*8.22022Tennessee
95David Fales*8.22012San Jose State
96A.J. McCarron*8.22013Alabama
97Blake Bortles*8.22013UCF
98Brett Rypien*8.22016Boise State
99Quinton Flowers*8.22016South Florida
100Kurtis Rourke*8.22022Ohio