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Wisconsin Football Records
All-time career leaders for Wisconsin Badgers football across 19 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Wisconsin Badgers team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 20- 1Darrell Bevell1992–19957,686
- 2Joel Stave2012–20157,635
- 3John Stocco2003–20067,227
- 4Brooks Bollinger1999–20025,627
- 5Alex Hornibrook2016–20185,438
- 1Darrell Bevell1992–199559
- 2Joel Stave2012–201548
- 3John Stocco2003–200647
- 3Alex Hornibrook2016–201847
- 5Randy Wright1981–198338
Career Completions
Top 10- 1Darrell Bevell1992–1995646
- 2Joel Stave2012–2015613
- 3John Stocco2003–2006534
- 4Graham Mertz2019–2022460
- 5Alex Hornibrook2016–2018426
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Ron Dayne1996–19997,125
- 2Jonathan Taylor2017–20196,174
- 3Montee Ball2009–20125,140
- 4Melvin Gordon2011–20144,915
- 5Anthony Davis2001–20044,676
- 1Montee Ball2009–201277
- 2Ron Dayne1996–199971
- 3Jonathan Taylor2017–201950
- 4James White2010–201345
- 4Melvin Gordon2011–201445
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 10- 1Brandon Williams2002–2005202
- 1Jared Abbrederis2010–2013202
- 3Lee Evans1999–2003175
- 4Nick Toon2008–2011171
- 5Travis Beckum2006–2008159
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Lee Evans1999–20033,468
- 2Jared Abbrederis2010–20133,140
- 3Brandon Williams2002–20052,924
- 4Nick Toon2008–20112,447
- 5Travis Beckum2006–20082,149
- 1Lee Evans1999–200327
- 2Tony Simmons1994–199723
- 2Jared Abbrederis2010–201323
- 4Jonathan Orr2002–200519
- 4Al Toon1982–198419
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 10- 1Darrell Bevell1992–19957,477
- 2Brooks Bollinger1999–20027,394
- 3Joel Stave2012–20157,369
- 4Ron Dayne1996–19997,125
- 5John Stocco2003–20067,083
Career Total Touchdowns
Top 10- 1Montee Ball2009–201283
- 2Ron Dayne1996–199971
- 3Jonathan Taylor2017–201955
- 4Melvin Gordon2011–201449
- 5James White2010–201348
Career Points
Top 10- 1Montee Ball2009–2012500
- 2Ron Dayne1996–1999426
- 2Rafael Gaglianone2014–2018426
- 4Philip Welch2008–2011384
- 5Jonathan Taylor2017–2019330
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 20- 1Pete Monty1993–1996451
- 2Gary Casper1989–1992447
- 3Tim Krumrie1979–1982444
- 4Dave Lokanc1970–1972427
- 4Dave Crossen1975–1978427
Career Sacks
Top 16- 1Tarek Saleh1993–199633
- 2Tom Burke1995–199832
- 3Mike Thompson1991–199428
- 4Tim Jordan1983–198627
- 5Wendell Bryant1998–200124
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 14- 3Tarek Saleh1993–199658
- 4Mike Thompson1991–199457
- 5Tom Burke1995–199854
- 6Chris Borland2009–201350
- 7Don Davey1987–199049
Kicking records
Career Field Goals Made
Top 11- 1Rafael Gaglianone2014–201870
- 2Todd Gregoire1984–198765
- 3Philip Welch2008–201159
- 4Rich Thompson1988–199250
- 4Taylor Mehlhaff2004–200750
Career Extra Points Made
Top 10- 1Rafael Gaglianone2014–2018216
- 2Philip Welch2008–2011207
- 3Taylor Mehlhaff2004–2007145
- 4Collin Larsh2019–2021115
- 5Vince Lamia1973–1976105
Career Punting Average
Top 10- 1Andy Vujnovich2020–202244.3
- 2Kevin Stemke1997–200043.5
- 3Atticus Bertrams2023–202542.8
- 4Ken DeBauche2004–200742.5
- 5Jim Bakken1959–196142.4
Returns records
Career Kick Return Yards
Top 10- 1David Gilreath2007–20103,025
- 2Brandon Williams2002–20052,349
- 3Nick Davis1998–20011,778
- 4Fred Owens1986–19891,626
- 5Kenzel Doe2011–20141,388
Career Punt Return Yards
Top 10- 1Jim Leonhard2001–20041,347
- 2Nick Davis1998–20011,007
- 3Troy Vincent1988–1991773
- 4Thad McFadden1980–1984731
- 5David Gilreath2007–2010721
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.