Wisconsin Badgers football statistical leaders

Ron Dayne not only holds the Wisconsin rushing yards record, but the entire NCAA rushing yards record.

The Wisconsin Badgers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Wisconsin Badgers football program in various categories, including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Badgers represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA's Big 10 Conference.

Although Wisconsin began competing in intercollegiate football in 1889, the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1946. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since 1946, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002. The Badgers have reached a bowl game every year since then, giving recent players an extra game each year to accumulate statistics.
• Similarly, the Badgers have played in the Big Ten Football Championship Game three years since it started in 2011.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2015 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Darrell Bevell 7,686 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Joel Stave 7,635 2012 2013 2014 2015 3 John Stocco 7,227 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Brooks Bollinger 5,627 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Scott Tolzien 5,271 2008 2009 2010 2011 6 Randy Wright 5,003 1981 1982 1983 7 Mike Samuel 4,989 1995 1996 1997 1998 8 Jim Sorgi 4,498 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Tony Lowery 4,006 1987 1988 1990 1991 10 Neil Graff 3,699 1969 1970 1971	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Russell Wilson 3,175 2011 2 John Stocco 2,920 2005 3 Scott Tolzien 2,705 2009 4 Joel Stave 2,687 2015 5 Tyler Donovan 2,607 2007 6 Joel Stave 2,494 2013 7 Scott Tolzien 2,459 2010 8 Darrell Bevell 2,390 1993 9 Randy Wright 2,329 1983 10 Randy Wright 2,292 1982	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Darrell Bevell 423 1993 Minnesota 2 Ron Vander Kelen 401 1962 USC 3 Tyler Donovan 392 2007 Illinois 4 Jim Sorgi 380 2003 Michigan State 5 Tony Lowery 355 1990 Northwestern 6 Darrell Bevell 352 1995 Iowa 7 Russell Wilson 347 2011 Northern Illinois 8 Russell Wilson 345 2011 South Dakota 9 Joel Stave 339 2013 Penn State 10 John Stocco 326 2005 Northwestern

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Darrell Bevell 59 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Joel Stave 48 2012 2013 2014 2015 3 John Stocco 47 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Randy Wright 38 1981 1982 1983 Brooks Bollinger 38 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 Jim Sorgi 33 2000 2001 2002 2003 Russell Wilson 33 2011 8 Scott Tolzien 32 2008 2009 2010 9 Mike Samuel 24 1995 1996 1997 10 Neil Graff 22 1969 1970 1971 Tyler Donovan 22 2004 2005 2006 2007	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Russell Wilson 33 2011 2 Joel Stave 22 2013 3 John Stocco 21 2005 4 Randy Wright 19 1983 Darrell Bevell 19 1993 6 John Stocco 17 2006 Darrell Bevell 17 1994 Jim Sorgi 17 2003 9 Tyler Donovan 17 2007 10 Scott Tolzien 16 2009 Scott Tolzien 16 2010	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Darrell Bevell 5 1993 Nevada Jim Sorgi 5 2003 Michigan State 3 Russell Wilson (most recent) 4 11/12/2011 Minnesota

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Ron Dayne 7,125 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Montee Ball 5,140 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Melvin Gordon 4,915 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 Anthony Davis 4,676 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 James White 4,015 2010 2011 2012 2013 6 P.J. Hill 3,942 2006 2007 2008 7 Billy Marek 3,709 1972 1973 1974 1975 8 Brent Moss 3,428 1991 1992 1993 1994 9 Terrell Fletcher 3,414 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 John Clay 3,413 2008 2009 2010	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Melvin Gordon 2,587 2014 2 Ron Dayne 2,109 1996 3 Ron Dayne 2,034 1999 4 Montee Ball 1,923 2011 5 Montee Ball 1,830 2012 6 Michael Bennett 1,681 2000 7 Brent Moss 1,637 1993 8 Brian Calhoun 1,636 2005 9 Melvin Gordon 1,609 2013 10 P.J. Hill 1,569 2006	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Melvin Gordon 408 2014 Nebraska 2 Ron Dayne 339 1996 Hawaii 3 Billy Marek 304 1974 Minnesota 4 Anthony Davis 301 2002 Minnesota 5 Ron Dayne 297 1996 Minnesota 6 Michael Bennett 293 2000 Northwestern 7 Michael Bennett 290 2000 Oregon 8 Ron Dayne 289 1996 Illinois 9 Melvin Gordon 259 2014 Northwestern 10 Brian Calhoun 258 2005 Bowling Green

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Montee Ball 77 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Ron Dayne 71 1996 1997 1998 1999 3 James White 45 2010 2011 2012 2013 Melvin Gordon 45 2011 2012 2013 2014 5 Billy Marek 44 1972 1973 1974 1975 6 Anthony Davis 42 2001 2002 2003 2004 P.J. Hill 42 2006 2007 2008 8 John Clay 41 2008 2009 2010 9 Brent Moss 34 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 Brooks Bollinger 26 1999 2000 2001 2002 Rufus Ferguson 26 1970 1971 1972	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Montee Ball 33 2011 2 Melvin Gordon 29 2014 3 Brian Calhoun 22 2005 4 Montee Ball 22 2012 5 Ron Dayne 21 1996 6 Ron Dayne 20 1999 7 Billy Marek 18 1974 John Clay 18 2009 Montee Ball 18 2010 10 Brent Moss 16 1993	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Billy Marek 5 1974 Minnesota Anthony Davis 5 2002 Minnesota Brian Calhoun 5 2005 Bowling Green Brian Calhoun 5 2005 Illinois Melvin Gordon 5 2014 Bowling Green

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Brandon Williams 202 2002 2003 2004 2005 Jared Abbrederis 202 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Lee Evans 175 1999 2000 2001 2003 4 Nick Toon 171 2008 2009 2010 2011 5 Travis Beckum 159 2006 2007 2008 6 Alex Erickson 141 2013 2014 2015 7 Al Toon 131 1982 1983 1984 8 Chris Chambers 127 1997 1998 1999 2000 9 Pat Richter 121 1960 1961 1962 10 Garrett Graham 121 2006 2007 2008 2009	Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Jared Abbrederis 78 2013 2 Alex Erickson 77 2015 3 Lee Evans 75 2001 Travis Beckum 75 2007 5 Lee Evans 64 2003 Nick Toon 64 2011 7 Travis Beckum 61 2006 8 Brandon Williams 59 2005 9 Jared Abbrederis 55 2011 Alex Erickson 55 2014	Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Matt Nyquist 13 1995 Iowa 2 Jared Abbrederis 12 2013 Penn State 3 Pat Richter 11 1962 USC Jimmy Jones 11 1964 Northwestern Louis Jung 11 1965 Colorado Chris Chambers 11 2000 Purdue Chris Chambers 11 2000 Iowa Brian Calhoun 11 2005 Northwestern Travis Beckum 11 2007 Illinois 10 Al Toon 10 1983 Michigan State Lee Evans 10 2003 Michigan State Travis Beckum 10 2007 Michigan State Jared Abbrederis 10 2013 Ohio State Alex Erickson 10 2014 Western Illinois Alex Erickson 10 2015 Illinois

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Lee Evans 3,468 1999 2000 2001 2003 2 Jared Abbrederis 3,140 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Brandon Williams 2,924 2002 2003 2004 2005 4 Nick Toon 2,447 2008 2009 2010 2011 5 Travis Beckum 2,149 2006 2007 2008 6 Al Toon 2,103 1982 1983 1984 7 Chris Chambers 2,004 1997 1998 1999 2000 8 Tony Simmons 1,991 1994 1995 1996 1997 9 Lee DeRamus 1,974 1991 1992 1993 10 Alex Erickson 1,877 2013 2014 2015	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Lee Evans 1,545 2001 2 Lee Evans 1,213 2003 3 Brandon Williams 1,095 2005 4 Jared Abbrederis 1,081 2013 5 Travis Beckum 982 2007 6 Alex Erickson 978 2015 7 Jared Abbrederis 933 2011 8 Nick Toon 926 2011 9 Lee DeRamus 920 1993 10 Travis Beckum 903 2006	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Lee Evans 258 2003 Michigan State 2 Al Toon 252 1983 Purdue 3 Lee Evans 228 2001 Michigan State 4 Lee Evans 214 2003 Akron 5 Jared Abbrederis 207 2013 Ohio State 6 Tim Ware 193 1990 Northwestern 7 Chris Chambers 191 2000 Iowa 8 Lee Evans 182 2001 Fresno State 9 Lee Evans 175 2001 Iowa 10 Chris Chambers 173 2000 Purdue Brandon Williams 173 2005 Auburn

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Lee Evans 27 1999 2000 2001 2003 2 Tony Simmons 23 1994 1995 1996 1997 3 Jared Abbrederis 23 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 Al Toon 19 1982 1983 1984 Jonathan Orr 19 2002 2003 2004 2005 6 Nick Toon 18 2008 2009 2010 2011 7 Jacob Pedersen 17 2010 2011 2012 2013 8 Chris Chambers 16 1997 1998 1999 2000 Garrett Graham 16 2006 2007 2008 2009 10 Pat Richter 15 1960 1961 1962 Lee DeRamus 15 1991 1992 1993	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Lee Evans 13 2003 2 Nick Toon 10 2011 3 Al Toon 9 1983 Lee Evans 9 2001 5 Pat Richter 8 1961 Tony Simmons 8 1994 Jonathan Orr 8 2002 Jonathan Orr 8 2005 Jared Abbrederis 8 2011 Jacob Pedersen 8 2011	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Lee Evans 5 2003 Michigan State 2 Jonathan Orr 4 2005 Northwestern 3 Dave Howard 3 1955 Iowa Pat Richter 3 1961 Illinois Lee Evans 3 2001 Michigan State Owen Daniels 3 2005 Temple Garrett Graham 3 2009 Michigan State

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Darrell Bevell 7,477 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Brooks Bollinger 7,394 1999 2000 2001 2002 3 Joel Stave 7,369 2012 2013 2014 2015 4 Ron Dayne 7,125 1996 1997 1998 1999 5 John Stocco 7,083 2003 2004 2005 2006 6 Mike Samuel 5,750 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Randy Wright 5,350 1981 1982 1983 8 Scott Tolzien 5,262 2008 2009 2010 2011 9 Montee Ball 5,197 2009 2010 2011 2012 10 Melvin Gordon 4,915 2011 2012 2013 2014	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Russell Wilson 3,513 2011 2 John Stocco 2,888 2005 3 Scott Tolzien 2,713 2009 4 Tyler Donovan 2,607 2007 5 Melvin Gordon 2,587 2014 6 Joel Stave 2,564 2015 7 Randy Wright 2,481 1982 8 Joel Stave 2,472 2013 9 Scott Tolzien 2,429 2010 10 Randy Wright 2,418 1983	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Tyler Donovan 419 2007 Illinois 2 Darrell Bevell 416 1993 Minnesota 3 Melvin Gordon 408 2014 Nebraska 4 Ron Vander Kelen 406 1962 USC 5 Tony Lowery 395 1990 Northwestern 6 Russell Wilson 384 2011 Northern Illinois 7 Jim Sorgi 367 2003 Michigan State 8 John Stocco 352 2005 Northwestern 9 Randy Wright 346 1983 Purdue 10 Russell Wilson 343 2011 South Dakota

All-purpose yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Ron Dayne 7,429 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Brandon Williams 5,852 2002 2003 2004 2005 3 Montee Ball 5,738 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 James White 5,450 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Melvin Gordon 5,317 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 David Gilreath 5,265 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 Anthony Davis 4,874 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Jared Abbrederis 4,818 2010 2011 2012 2013 9 Terrell Fletcher 4,322 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 P. J. Hill 4,300 2006 2007 2008	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Melvin Gordon 2,740 2014 2 Ron Dayne 2,242 1996 3 Montee Ball 2,229 2011 4 Brian Calhoun 2,207 2005 5 Brandon Williams 2,138 2005 6 Ron Dayne 2,043 1999 7 Jared Abbrederis 1,999 2011 8 Terrell Fletcher 1,977 1994 9 Montee Ball 1,902 2012 10 Michael Bennett 1,877 2000	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Melvin Gordon 408 2014 Nebraska 2 Ron Dayne 347 1996 Hawaii 3 Jared Abbrederis 346 2011 Oregon 4 Michael Bennett 336 2000 Oregon 5 Michael Bennett 320 2000 Northwestern 6 Ira Matthews 312 1978 Minnesota 7 Billy Marek 304 1974 Minnesota Ron Dayne 304 1996 Minnesota 9 Anthony Davis 304 2002 Minnesota 10 Brian Calhoun 297 2005 Bowling Green

Total touchdowns responsible for

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Montee Ball 84 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Ron Dayne 71 1996 1997 1998 1999 3 Brooks Bollinger 64 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Darrell Bevell 62 1992 1993 1994 1995 5 John Stocco 54 2003 2004 2005 2006 6 Joel Stave 50 2012 2013 2014 2015 7 James White 49 2010 2011 2012 2013 Melvin Gordon 49 2011 2012 2013 2014 9 Mike Samuel 47 1995 1996 1997 1998 10 Randy Wright 46 1981 1982 1983

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Montee Ball 40 2011 Russell Wilson 40 2011 3 Melvin Gordon 32 2014 4 Randy Wright 25 1983 5 Brian Calhoun 24 2005 6 John Stocco 23 2005 Joel Stave 23 2013 8 Tyler Donovan 22 2007 Brooks Bollinger 22 2002 Montee Ball 22 2012

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Jamar Fletcher 21 1998 1999 2000 Jim Leonhard 21 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Neovia Greyer 18 1969 1970 1971 Jeff Messenger 18 1991 1992 1993 1994 5 Scott Nelson 14 1990 1991 1992 1993 6 Mike Echols 12 1998 1999 2000 2001 7 David Greenwood 10 1979 1980 1981 1982 8 Dave Fronek 9 1963 1964 1965 Craig Raddatz 9 1983 1984 1985 1986 Nate Odomes 9 1984 1985 1986 Eddie Fletcher 9 1988 1989 1990 1991 Shane Carter 9 2005 2006 2007 2008 Antonio Fenelus 9 2008 2009 2010 2011	Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Jim Leonhard 11 2002 2 Neovia Greyer 9 1970 3 Dale Hackbart 7 1958 Scott Erdmann 7 1976 Nate Odomes 7 1986 Jeff Messenger 7 1993 Jamar Fletcher 7 1998 Jamar Fletcher 7 1999 Jamar Fletcher 7 2000 Jim Leonhard 7 2003 Shane Carter 7 2007	Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Clarence Bratt 4 1954 Minnesota 2 Jamar Fletcher (Most recent) 3 2000 Minnesota

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Pete Monty 451 1993 1994 1995 1996 2 Gary Casper 447 1989 1990 1991 1992 3 Tim Krumrie 444 1979 1980 1981 1982 4 Dave Lokanc 427 1970 1971 1972 5 Dave Crossen 427 1975 1976 1977 1978 6 Chris Borland 420 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 7 Jim Melka 399 1981 1982 1983 1984 8 Mike Taylor 377 2009 2010 2011 2012 9 Ken Criter 364 1966 1967 1968 10 Brendan Lynch 362 1988 1989 1990 1991	Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Dave Lokanc 181 1972 2 Pete Monty 178 1996 3 Dave Crossen 175 1977 4 Ken Criter 169 1967 5 Nick Greisen 167 2001 6 Dave Lokanc 162 1971 7 Michael Reid 156 1986 8 Mike Taylor 150 2011 9 Aaron Norvell 148 1992 10 Nick Greisen 146 2000	Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Dave Crossen 28 1977 Purdue 2 Ken Criter 27 1968 Ohio State Dave Lokanc 27 1972 Ohio State 4 Mark Zakula 25 1973 Northwestern 5 Dave Lokanc 24 1971 Indiana Dave Crossen 24 1977 Iowa David Wings 24 1987 Iowa

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Tarek Saleh 33.0 1993 1994 1995 1996 2 Tom Burke 32.0 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Mike Thompson 28.0 1991 1992 1993 1994 4 Tim Jordan 27.0 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Wendell Bryant 24.0 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 John Favret 22.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Don Davey 21.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 8 Erasmus James 18.0 2001 2002 2004 9 Vince Biegel 17.5 2013 2014 2015 10 Darryl Sims 17.0 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 O'Brien Schofield 17.0 2006 2007 2008 2009 Chris Borland 17.0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013	Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Tom Burke 22.0 1998 2 Tarek Saleh 14.0 1996 3 Tarek Saleh 12.0 1995 O'Brien Schofield 12.0 2009 5 Darryl Sims 11.0 1982 Tim Jordan 11.0 1985 7 Mike Thompson 10.0 1993 Bryan Jurewicz 10.0 1996 9 Joe Schobert 9.5 2015 10 Mike Thompson 9.0 1992 Tom Burke 9.0 1997 Alex Lewis 9.0 2013 Derek Landisch 9.0 2014	Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Tim Jordan 6.0 1985 Northwestern 2 Mike Thompson 5.0 1993 Northwestern Tom Burke 5.0 1998 Iowa Wendell Bryant 5.0 2001 Penn State Alex Lewis 5.0 2003 Purdue

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Todd Gregoire 65 1984 1985 1986 1987 2 Philip Welch 59 2008 2009 2010 2011 3 Rich Thompson 50 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Taylor Mehlhaff 50 2004 2005 2006 2007 5 Mike Allen 41 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Rafael Gaglianone 37 2014 2015 7 Matt Davenport 33 1996 1997 1998 8 John Hall 29 1993 1994 1995 1996 Vitaly Pisetsky 29 1997 1998 1999 2000 10 Vince Lamia 25 1973 1974 1975 1976	Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Rich Thompson 22 1992 2 Taylor Mehlhaff 21 2007 3 Todd Gregoire 20 1984 Philip Welch 20 2008 5 Matt Davenport 19 1998 Rafael Gaglianone 19 2014 7 Rafael Gaglianone 18 2015 8 Philip Welch 17 2009 Philip Welch 17 2010 10 Todd Gregoire 16 1985 Todd Gregoire 16 1987 Vitaly Pisetsky 16 1999	Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Vince Lamia 4 1976 Minnesota Todd Gregoire 4 1984 Kentucky Todd Gregoire 4 1987 Ohio State Rich Thompson 4 1992 Bowling Green Rich Thompson 4 1992 Purdue Matt Davenport 4 1998 Minnesota Vitaly Pisetsky 4 1999 Michigan State Philip Welch 4 2008 Michigan

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Matt Davenport 86.8% 1996 1997 1998 2 Philip Welch 77.6% 2008 2009 2010 2011 3 Taylor Mehlhaff 76.9% 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Todd Gregoire 76.5% 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Rafael Gaglianone 75.5% 2014 2015 6 Vitaly Pisetsky 69.0% 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Mike Allen 67.2% 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Vince Lamia 64.1% 1973 1974 1975 1976 9 Rich Thompson 63.3% 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 10 John Hall 56.9% 1993 1994 1995 1996

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Matt Davenport 90.5% 1998 2 Rafael Gaglianone 86.4% 2014 3 Taylor Mehlhaff 84.0% 2007 4 Philip Welch 83.3% 2008 5 Matt Davenport 82.4% 1997 6 Todd Gregoire 80.0% 1987 Vitaly Pisetsky 80.0% 1999 8 Philip Welch 77.3% 2010 9 Todd Gregoire 76.9% 1984 10 Todd Gregoire 76.5% 1986

Extra points made

Career Rank Player PATs Years 1 Philip Welch 207 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Taylor Mehlhaff 145 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Vince Lamia 105 1973 1974 1975 1976 4 John Hall 99 1993 1994 1995 1996 Rafael Gaglianone 99 2014 2015 6 Mike Allen 97 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Kyle French 87 2011 2012 2013 8 Todd Gregoire 83 1984 1985 1986 1987 9 Vitaly Pisetsky 78 1997 1998 1999 2000 10 Matt Davenport 76 1996 1997 1998	Single season Rank Player PATs Year 1 Philip Welch 67 2010 2 Rafael Gaglianone 59 2014 3 Taylor Mehlhaff 56 2005 4 Philip Welch 54 2011 5 Taylor Mehlhaff 47 2006 Philip Welch 47 2009 7 Vitaly Pisetsky 46 1999 8 Kevin Rohde 45 1983 9 John Hall 44 1996 10 Taylor Mehlhaff 42 2007 Matt Davenport 42 1998	Single game Rank Player PATs Year Opponent 1 Philip Welch 11 2010 Indiana 2 Philip Welch 9 2010 Austin Peay 3 Rafael Gaglianone 8(Most recent) 2014 Nebraska