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All-time career leaders for Ohio State Buckeyes football across 27 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
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Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 20- 1J.T. Barrett2014–20179,434
- 2C.J. Stroud2020–20228,123
- 3Art Schlichter1978–19817,547
- 4Bobby Hoying1992–19957,232
- 5Joe Germaine1996–19986,370
- 1J.T. Barrett2014–2017104
- 2C.J. Stroud2020–202285
- 3Justin Fields2019–202063
- 4Bobby Hoying1992–199557
- 5Joe Germaine1996–199856
Career Interceptions Thrown
Top 5- 1Art Schlichter1978–198146
- 2Greg Frey1987–199039
- 3Mike Tomczak1981–198436
- 4Bobby Hoying1992–199535
- 5J.T. Barrett2014–201730
Career Completions
Top 10- 1J.T. Barrett2014–2017769
- 2C.J. Stroud2020–2022575
- 3Bobby Hoying1992–1995498
- 4Art Schlichter1978–1981497
- 5Greg Frey1987–1990443
Career Pass Attempts
Top 9- 1J.T. Barrett2014–20171,211
- 2Art Schlichter1978–1981951
- 3Bobby Hoying1992–1995858
- 4Greg Frey1987–1990835
- 5C.J. Stroud2020–2022830
- 1Julian Sayin2024–202576
- 2Will Howard202473
- 3Dwayne Haskins2017–201870
- 4C.J. Stroud2020–202269.3
- 5Justin Fields2019–202068.4
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Archie Griffin1972–19755,589
- 2J.K. Dobbins2017–20194,459
- 3Ezekiel Elliott2013–20153,961
- 4Eddie George1992–19953,768
- 5Trev. Henderson2021–20243,761
- 1Pete Johnson1973–197656
- 2Keith Byars1982–198546
- 3Eddie George1992–199544
- 4Ezekiel Elliott2013–201543
- 4J.T. Barrett2014–201743
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 10- 1Archie Griffin1972–1975924
- 2J.K. Dobbins2017–2019725
- 3Eddie George1992–1995683
- 4Pepe Pearson1994–1997659
- 5J.T. Barrett2014–2017656
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 20- 1Emeka Egbuka2021–2024205
- 2K.J. Hill2016–2019201
- 3David Boston1996–1998191
- 4Chris Olave2018–2021176
- 5Cris Carter1984–1986168
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Michael Jenkins2000–20032,898
- 2Emeka Egbuka2021–20242,868
- 3David Boston1996–19982,855
- 4Gary Williams1979–19822,792
- 5Cris Carter1984–19862,725
- 1K.J. Hill2016–201948
- 1Gary Williams1979–198248
- 3Emeka Egbuka2021–202441
- 4Chris Olave2018–202135
- 5David Boston1996–199834
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 20- 1J.T. Barrett2014–201712,697
- 2Art Schlichter1978–19818,850
- 3Braxton Miller2011–20158,609
- 4C.J. Stroud2020–20228,259
- 5Bobby Hoying1992–19957,151
- 1J.T. Barrett2014–2017147
- 2Braxton Miller2011–201588
- 3C.J. Stroud2020–202286
- 4Art Schlichter1978–198185
- 5Justin Fields2019–202079
Career All-Purpose Yards
Top 20- 1Archie Griffin1972–19756,559
- 2J.K. Dobbins2017–20195,104
- 3Carlos Snow1987–19914,851
- 4TreVeyon Henderson2021–20244,681
- 5Tim Spencer1979–19824,602
Career Total Touchdowns
Top 17- 1Pete Johnson1973–197658
- 2Keith Byars1982–198550
- 3TreVeyon Henderson2021–202448
- 4Eddie George1992–199545
- 5Ezekiel Elliott2013–201544
Career Points
Top 20- 1Mike Nugent2001–2004356
- 2Pete Johnson1973–1976348
- 3Dan Stultz1997–2000342
- 4Sean Nuernberger2014–2018324
- 5Jayden Fielding2022–2025313
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 20- 1Marcus Marek1979–1982572
- 2Tom Cousineau1975–1978569
- 3Chris Spielman1984–1987546
- 4Steve Tovar1989–1992408
- 5AJ Hawk2002–2005394
Career Sacks
Top 20- 1Mike Vrabel1993–199636
- 2Chase Young2017–201930.5
- 3Jason Simmons1990–199327.5
- 4Joey Bosa2013–201526
- 5Matt Finkes1993–199625
Career Interceptions
Top 11- 1Mike Sensibaugh1968–197022
- 2Fred Bruney1950–195217
- 3William White1984–198716
- 3Ted Provost1967–196916
- 5Neal Colzie1972–197415
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 16- 1Mike Vrabel1993–199666
- 2Matt Finkes1993–199659
- 3Jason Simmons1990–199356.5
- 4Joey Bosa2013–201550.5
- 5Andy Katzenmoyer1996–199850
Career Pass Breakups
Top 13- 1Bradley Roby2011–201336
- 2Ahmed Plummer1996–199934
- 3Dustin Fox2001–200430
- 4Chimdi Chekwa2007–201029
- 4Antoine Winfield1995–199829
Kicking records
Career Field Goals Made
Top 12- 1Mike Nugent2001–200472
- 2Dan Stultz1996–200059
- 3Tim Williams1990–199349
- 4Jayden Fielding2022–202545
- 5Vlade Janakievski1977–198041
Career Extra Points Made
Top 11- 1Sean Nuernberger2014–2018216
- 2Jayden Fielding2022–2025178
- 3Rich Spangler1983–1986177
- 4Vlade Janakievski1977–1980172
- 5Drew Basil2010–2013169
Career Punting Average
Top 12- 1Andy Groom2001–200245
- 2Cameron Johnston2013–201644.9
- 3Tom Tupa1984–198744.7
- 4Drue Chrisman2017–202044
- 5Jesse Mirco2021–202343.9
Returns records
Career Kick Return Yards
Top 10- 1Maurice Hall2001–20041,642
- 2Ken-Yon Rambo1997–20001,468
- 3Carlos Snow1987–19911,380
- 4Jordan Hall2009–20131,308
- 5Dontre Wilson2013–20161,280
Career Punt Return Yards
Top 10- 1David Boston1996–1998959
- 2Ted Ginn, Jr.2004–2006900
- 3Garcia Lane1980–1983895
- 4Neal Colzie1972–1974855
- 5Ray Small2006–2009790
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.