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Stanford Football Records
All-time career leaders for Stanford Cardinal football across 24 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- 1Steve Stenstrom1991–199410,911
- 2Andrew Luck2009–20119,430
- 3Kevin Hogan2012–20159,385
- 4John Elway1979–19829,349
- 5Jim Plunkett1968–19707,809
- 1Andrew Luck2009–201182
- 2John Elway1979–198277
- 3Kevin Hogan2012–201575
- 4Steve Stenstrom1991–199474
- 5Jim Plunkett1968–197053
Career Completions
Top 10- 1Steve Stenstrom1991–1994866
- 2John Elway1979–1982774
- 3Kevin Hogan2012–2015727
- 4John Paye1983–1986715
- 5Andrew Luck2009–2011713
Career Pass Attempts
Top 10- 1Steve Stenstrom1991–19941,380
- 2John Elway1979–19821,246
- 3John Paye1983–19861,198
- 4Kevin Hogan2012–20151,103
- 5Andrew Luck2009–20111,064
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Stepfan Taylor2009–20124,300
- 2Darrin Nelson1977–19814,169
- 3Christian McCaffrey2014–20163,922
- 4Bryce Love2015–20183,866
- 5Toby Gerhart2006–20093,522
- 1Toby Gerhart2006–200944
- 2Stepfan Taylor2009–201240
- 3Tommy Vardell1988–199139
- 4Tyler Gaffney2009–201333
- 5Bryce Love2015–201830
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 10- 1Stepfan Taylor2009–2012843
- 2Darrin Nelson1977–1981730
- 3Brad Muster1984–1987703
- 4Toby Gerhart2006–2009671
- 5Christian McCaffrey2014–2016632
- 1Stepfan Taylor2009–201221
- 2Toby Gerhart2006–200920
- 3Christian McCaffrey2014–201619
- 4Bryce Love2015–201816
- 4Darrin Nelson1977–198116
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 20- 1Troy Walters1996–1999248
- 2DeRonnie Pitts1997–2000228
- 3Darrin Nelson1977–1981223
- 4Brad Muster1984–1987198
- 5Ty Montgomery2011–2014172
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Troy Walters1996–19994,047
- 2DeRonnie Pitts1997–20003,023
- 3Ken Margerum1977–19802,517
- 4Justin Armour1991–19942,491
- 5Darrin Nelson1977–19812,469
- 1Ken Margerum1977–198032
- 2JJ Arcega-Whiteside2016–201828
- 3Troy Walters1996–199926
- 4DeRonnie Pitts1997–200024
- 5Justin Armour1991–199420
- 1Troy Walters1996–199919
- 2DeRonnie Pitts1997–200010
- 3JJ Arcega-Whiteside2016–20189
- 4Ed McCaffrey1986–19908
- 4Justin Armour1991–19948
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 10- 1Kevin Hogan2012–201510,634
- 2Andrew Luck2009–201110,387
- 3Steve Stenstrom1991–199410,179
- 4John Elway1979–19829,070
- 5Jim Plunkett1968–19708,178
Career All-Purpose Yards
Top 10- 1Darrin Nelson1977–19817,120
- 2Christian McCaffrey2014–20166,987
- 3Glyn Milburn1990–19926,146
- 4Troy Walters1996–19995,515
- 5Ty Montgomery2011–20145,190
Career Total Touchdowns
Top 11- 1Stepfan Taylor2009–201245
- 2Toby Gerhart2006–200944
- 3Darrin Nelson1977–198142
- 4Tommy Vardell1988–199139
- 5Tyler Gaffney2009–201337
Career Points
Top 11- 1Jordan Williamson2011–2014374
- 2Eric Abrams1992–1995289
- 3Jet Toner2017–2020280
- 4Stepfan Taylor2009–2012270
- 5Toby Gerhart2006–2009268
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 10- 1Gordy Ceresino1975–1978571
- 2Dave Wyman1982–1986462
- 3Jono Tunney1987–1990430
- 4Matt Soderlund1982–1985394
- 5Don Parish1967–1969355
Career Sacks
Top 9- 1Riall Johnson1997–200036
- 2Ron George1990–199233
- 3Trent Murphy2010–201332.5
- 4Kailee Wong1994–199728
- 5Chase Thomas2009–201227.5
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 10- 1Ron George1990–199272
- 2Duncan McColl1974–197657
- 3Kailee Wong1994–199754
- 4Riall Johnson1997–200053
- 5Trent Murphy2010–201352.5
Kicking records
Career Field Goals Made
Top 10- 1Jordan Williamson2011–201463
- 2John Hopkins1987–199059
- 3Jet Toner2017–202054
- 4Eric Abrams1992–199553
- 5Joshua Karty2020–202351
Career Extra Points Made
Top 10- 1Jordan Williamson2011–2014185
- 2Eric Abrams1992–1995130
- 3Mike Biselli1998–2001123
- 4Ken Naber1977–1980122
- 5Jet Toner2017–2020118
Career Punting Average
Top 10- 1Jake Bailey2015–201843.81
- 2Dave Lewis1964–196642.43
- 3Daniel Zychlinski2009–201242.23
- 4Doug Robison1984–198741.68
- 5Ryan Sanborn2019–202241.56
Returns records
Career Kick Return Yards
Top 9- 1Ty Montgomery2011–20142,493
- 2Chris Owusu2008–20112,132
- 3Ryan Wells1999–20022,071
- 4Damon Dunn1994–19972,067
- 5Christian McCaffrey2014–20161,479
Career Punt Return Yards
Top 9- 1Glyn Milburn1990–19921,079
- 2Troy Walters1996–1999974
- 3Alan Grant1986–1989894
- 4Luke Powell2000–2003882
- 5Drew Terrell2009–2012797
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.