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Michigan Football Records

All-time career leaders for Michigan Wolverines football across 12 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.

Michigan Wolverines team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026

Passing records

Career Passing Yards

Top 20
  1. 1Chad Henne2004–20079,715
  2. 2John Navarre2000–20039,254
  3. 3Elvis Grbac1989–19926,460
  4. 4Devin Gardner2010–20146,336
  5. 5Denard Robinson2009–20126,250
Full top 20

Career Passing Touchdowns

Top 11
  1. 1Chad Henne2004–200787
  2. 2John Navarre2000–200372
  3. 3Elvis Grbac1989–199271
  4. 4Denard Robinson2009–201249
  5. 4J.J. McCarthy2021–202349
Full top 11

Career Completions

Top 20
  1. 1Chad Henne2004–2007828
  2. 2John Navarre2000–2003765
  3. 3Elvis Grbac1989–1992522
  4. 4J.J. McCarthy2021–2023482
  5. 5Devin Gardner2010–2014475
Full top 20

Career Pass Attempts

Top 20
  1. 1Chad Henne2004–20071,387
  2. 2John Navarre2000–20031,366
  3. 3Elvis Grbac1989–1992835
  4. 4Devin Gardner2010–2014787
  5. 5Denard Robinson2009–2012747
Full top 20

Rushing records

Career Rushing Yards

Top 20
  1. 1Mike Hart2004–20075,040
  2. 2Denard Robinson2009–20124,495
  3. 3Anthony Thomas1997–20004,472
  4. 4Jamie Morris1984–19874,393
  5. 5Tyrone Wheatley1991–19944,178
Full top 20

Career Rushing Touchdowns

Top 15
  1. 1Blake Corum2020–202358
  2. 2Anthony Thomas1997–200055
  3. 3Tyrone Wheatley1991–199447
  4. 4Denard Robinson2009–201242
  5. 5Mike Hart2004–200741
Full top 15

Career Rushing Attempts

Top 16
  1. 1Mike Hart2004–20071,015
  2. 2Anthony Thomas1997–2000924
  3. 3Chris Perry2000–2003811
  4. 4Jamie Morris1984–1987809
  5. 5Denard Robinson2009–2012723
Full top 16

Receiving records

Career Receptions

Top 15
  1. 1Braylon Edwards2001–2004252
  2. 2Marquise Walker1998–2001176
  3. 3Jeremy Gallon2010–2013173
  4. 4Jason Avant2002–2005169
  5. 5Anthony Carter1979–1982161
Full top 15

Career Receiving Yards

Top 16
  1. 1Braylon Edwards2001–20043,541
  2. 2Anthony Carter1979–19823,076
  3. 3Jeremy Gallon2010–20132,704
  4. 4Amani Toomer1992–19952,657
  5. 5David Terrell1998–20002,317
Full top 16

Career Receiving Touchdowns

Top 13
  1. 1Braylon Edwards2001–200439
  2. 2Anthony Carter1979–198237
  3. 3Desmond Howard1989–199132
  4. 4Mario Manningham2005–200727
  5. 5David Terrell1998–200023
Full top 13

Total Offense & Scoring records

Career Points

Top 20
  1. 1Blake Corum2020–2023356
  2. 2Jake Moody2018–2022355
  3. 3Garrett Rivas2003–2006354
  4. 4Anthony Thomas1997–2000336
  5. 5Tyrone Wheatley1991–1994324
Full top 20

Defense records

Career Tackles

Top 15
  1. 1Ron Simpkins1976–1979516
  2. 2Jarrett Irons1993–1996440
  3. 3Erick Anderson1988–1991428
  4. 4Paul Girgash1979–1982414
  5. 5Mike Mallory1982–1985396
Full top 15

Looking for today’s roster? See Michigan player ratings in College Football 27.

Sources & notes

  • CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.

Last updated Oct 6, 2026.