Purdue Boilermakers football statistical leaders

The Purdue Boilermakers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Purdue Boilermakers football program in various categories,^[1][2] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Boilermakers represent Purdue University in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference.

Drew Brees holds Purdue's career passing and total offense records.

Although Purdue began competing in intercollegiate football in 1887,^[1] 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.^[3]
• Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not be counted against any football player's athletic eligibility, giving players active in that season five years of eligibility instead of the standard four.

These lists are updated through Purdue's game against Michigan St on November 22, 2024.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Drew Brees 11,792 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Curtis Painter 11,163 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Mark Herrmann 9,946 1977 1978 1979 1980 4 David Blough 9,734 2015 2016 2017 2018 5 Kyle Orton 9,337 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Aidan O'Connell 9,219[4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 7 Scott Campbell 7,636 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Jim Everett 7,411 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 9 Eric Hunter 5,598 1989 1990 1991 1992 10 Mike Phipps 5,423 1967 1968 1969

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Curtis Painter 3,985 2006 2 Drew Brees 3,983 1998 3 Drew Brees 3,909 1999 4 Curtis Painter 3,846 2007 5 Aidan O'Connell 3,712[4] 2021 6 David Blough 3,705 2018 7 Drew Brees 3,668 2000 8 Jim Everett 3,651 1985 9 Aidan O'Connell 3,490 2022 10 David Blough 3,352 2016

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 David Blough 572[5] 2018 Missouri 2 Curtis Painter 546[6] 2007 Central Michigan (Motor City Bowl) 3 Aidan O'Connell 536[7] 2021 Michigan State 4 Aidan O'Connell 534[8] 2021 Tennessee 5 Drew Brees 522 1998 Minnesota 5 Kyle Orton 522[9] 2004 Indiana 7 Scott Campbell 516 1981 Ohio State 8 Drew Brees 509 1999 Michigan State Elijah Sindelar 509[10] 2019 Vanderbilt 10 Jim Everett 497 1985 Ohio State

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Drew Brees 90 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Mark Herrmann 71 1977 1978 1979 1980 3 David Blough 69 2015 2016 2017 2018 4 Curtis Painter 67 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Aidan O'Connell 65[4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 6 Kyle Orton 63 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Scott Campbell 45 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Jim Everett 43 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 9 Mike Phipps 37 1967 1968 1969 10 Eric Hunter 33 1989 1990 1991 1992

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Drew Brees 39 1998 2 Kyle Orton 31 2004 3 Curtis Painter 29 2007 4 Aidan O'Connell 28[4] 2021 5 Drew Brees 26 2000 6 Drew Brees 25 1999 David Blough 25 2016 David Blough 25 2018 9 Mike Phipps 23 1969 Mark Herrmann 23 1980 Jim Everett 23 1985

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Drew Brees 6 1998 Minnesota Drew Brees 6 1998 Northwestern Kyle Orton 6[9] 2004 Indiana Curtis Painter 6[11] 2007 Eastern Illinois 5 Mike Phipps 5 1969 Stanford Mark Herrmann 5 1977 Iowa Billy Dicken 5 1997 Minnesota Drew Brees 5 1999 Michigan State Drew Brees 5 2000 Northwestern Kyle Orton 5[12] 2004 Ball State Curtis Painter 5[13] 2008 Indiana David Blough 5 2016 Iowa Elijah Sindelar 5[10] 2019 Vanderbilt Aidan O'Connell 5[8] 2021 Tennessee

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Mike Alstott 3,635 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Kory Sheets 3,341 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Otis Armstrong 3,315 1970 1971 1972 4 Scott Dierking 2,863 1973 1974 1975 1976 5 Montrell Lowe 2,648 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 Markell Jones 2,594 2015 2016 2017 2018 7 Edwin Watson 2,520 1994 1995 1996 1997 8 Harry Szulborski 2,478 1946 1947 1948 1949 9 Devin Mockobee 2,466 2022 2023 2024 10 Corey Rogers 2,436 1991 1993 1994 1995

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Mike Alstott 1,436 1995 2 Otis Armstrong 1,361 1972 3 Mike Alstott 1,188 1994 4 Kory Sheets 1,131 2008 5 Joey Harris 1,115 2002 6 Otis Armstrong 1,009 1970 7 Leroy Keyes 1,003 1968 8 Scott Dierking 1,000 1976 9 Montrell Lowe 998 2000 10 Harry Szulborski 989 1948

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Otis Armstrong 276 1972 Indiana 2 Mike Alstott 264 1995 Indiana 3 Ralph Bolden 234[14] 2009 Toledo 4 Otis Armstrong 233 1972 Northwestern 5 Edwin Watson 227 1996 NC State 6 Leroy Keyes 225 1967 Illinois 7 Markell Jones 217 2017 Indiana 8 Leroy Keyes 214 1968 Wake Forest 9 Gary Danielson 213 1972 Washington 10 Scott Dierking 211 1976 Miami (OH)

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Kory Sheets 48 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Mike Alstott 39 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Jerod Void 36 2002 2003 2004 2005 4 Perry Williams 30 1966 1967 1968 5 Leroy Keyes 29 1966 1967 1968 6 Corey Rogers 27 1991 1993 1994 1995 7 Scott Dierking 25 1973 1974 1975 1976 Edwin Watson 25 1994 1995 1996 1997 9 Markell Jones 20 2015 2016 2017 2018 10 Stan Brown 19 1968 1969 1970 Devin Mockobee 19 2022 2023 2024

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Tony Butkovich 16 1943 Kory Sheets 16 2008 3 Leroy Keyes 14 1968 Mike Alstott 14 1994 5 Leroy Keyes 13 1967 Jerod Void 13 2003 7 Mike Alstott 12 1993 8 7 times by 6 players 11 Most recent: Kory Sheets, 2007

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Mike Northington 5 1973 Iowa 2 Perry Williams 4 1966 SMU Leroy Keyes 4 1968 Indiana Mike Alstott 4 1993 Minnesota Mike Alstott 4 1994 Ball State Mike Alstott 4 1994 Minnesota Montrell Lowe 4 2000 Indiana Jerod Void 4[15] 2003 Illinois Kory Sheets 4[16] 2006 Miami (Ohio)

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Taylor Stubblefield 325 2001 2002 2003 2004 2 Dorien Bryant 292 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 John Standeford 266 2000 2001 2002 2003 4 David Bell 232[17] 2019 2020 2021 5 Tim Stratton 204 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Greg Orton 203 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 Rodney Carter 181 1982 1983 1984 1985 8 Dave Young 180 1977 1978 1979 1980 9 Rondale Moore 178 2018 2019 2020 10 Vinny Sutherland 176 1997 1998 1999 2000

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Chris Daniels 121 1999 2 Rondale Moore 114 2018 3 Charlie Jones 110 2022 4 Rodney Carter 98 1985 5 David Bell 93[17] 2021 6 Keith Smith 91 2009 7 Taylor Stubblefield 89 2004 8 Dorien Bryant 87 2006 Dorien Bryant 87 2007 10 Taylor Stubblefield 86 2003 David Bell 86[17] 2019

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Chris Daniels 21 1999 Michigan State 2 Randall Lane 18 1998 Wisconsin 3 Taylor Stubblefield 16[18] 2003 Bowling Green Taylor Stubblefield 16[19] 2003 Wisconsin Dorien Bryant 16[20] 2005 Northwestern

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 John Standeford 3,788 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Taylor Stubblefield 3,629 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Dorien Bryant 3,548 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Brian Alford 3,029 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 David Bell 2,946[17] 2019 2020 2021 6 Vinny Sutherland 2,370 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Greg Orton 2,356 2005 2006 2007 2008 8 DeAngelo Yancey 2,344 2013 2014 2015 2016 9 Dave Young 2,316 1977 1978 1979 1980 10 Steve Griffin 2,234 1982 1983 1984 1985

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Charlie Jones 1,361 2022 2 John Standeford 1,307 2002 3 David Bell 1,286[17] 2021 4 Rondale Moore 1,258 2018 5 Chris Daniels 1,236 1999 6 Brian Alford 1,228 1997 7 John Standeford 1,150 2003 8 Keith Smith 1,100 2009 9 Rodney Carter 1,099 1985 10 Taylor Stubblefield 1,095 2004

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Chris Daniels 301 1999 Michigan State 2 David Bell 240[21] 2021 Iowa 3 Selwyn Lymon 238[22] 2006 Notre Dame 4 Rondale Moore 220[10] 2019 Vanderbilt 5 David Bell 217[7] 2021 Michigan State Broc Thompson 217[8] 2021 Tennessee (Music City Bowl) 7 Brian Alford 215 1997 Minnesota 8 Milton Wright 213[23] 2021 Northwestern 9 Brian Alford 209 1997 Toledo Kyle Ingraham 209[9] 2004 Indiana

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Brian Alford 31 1994 1995 1996 1997 2 Dave Young 27 1977 1978 1979 1980 John Standeford 27 2000 2001 2002 2003 4 Vinny Sutherland 25 1997 1998 1999 2000 5 Taylor Stubblefield 21 2001 2002 2003 2004 Dorien Bryant 21 2004 2005 2006 2007 David Bell 21[17] 2019 2020 2021 Payne Durham 21[24] 2019 2020 2021 2022 9 DeAngelo Yancey 20 2013 2014 2015 2016 10 Jim Beirne 17 1965 1966 1967 Calvin Williams 17 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Taylor Stubblefield 16 2004 2 Vinny Sutherland 13 2000 John Standeford 13 2002 4 Brian Alford 12 1996 Rondale Moore 12 2018 Charlie Jones 12 2022 7 Ashley Bell 11 1969 Steve Bryant 11 1981 9 Dave Young 10 1979 Brian Alford 10 1997 DeAngelo Yancey 10 2016

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Reggie Arnold 4 1977 Iowa 2 16 times by 14 players 3 Most recent: Charlie Jones, 2022 vs. Indiana State[25]

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[26]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Drew Brees 12,692 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Curtis Painter 11,511 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 David Blough 9,996 2015 2016 2017 2018 4 Kyle Orton 9,653 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Mark Herrmann 9,134 1977 1978 1979 1980 6 Aidan O'Connell 8,945[4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 7 Scott Campbell 7,526 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Jim Everett 7,284 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 9 Eric Hunter 5,984 1989 1990 1991 1992 10 Mike Phipps 5,883 1967 1968 1969

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Drew Brees 4,189 2000 2 Drew Brees 4,176 1998 3 Curtis Painter 4,092 2006 4 Drew Brees 4,086 1999 5 Curtis Painter 3,826 2007 6 David Blough 3,757 2018 7 Aidan O'Connell 3,592[4] 2021 8 Jim Everett 3,589 1985 9 Billy Dicken 3,487 1997 10 Aidan O'Connell 3,409[4] 2022

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 David Blough 590[5] 2018 Missouri 2 Curtis Painter 540[6] 2007 Central Michigan (Motor City Bowl) 3 Kyle Orton 530[9] 2004 Indiana 4 Aidan O'Connell 525[8] 2021 Tennessee 5 Drew Brees 524 1998 Minnesota 6 Aidan O'Connell 523[7] 2021 Michigan State 7 Elijah Sindelar 519[10] 2019 Vanderbilt 8 Drew Brees 501 1999 Michigan State 9 Drew Brees 497 2000 Minnesota

Touchdowns responsible for

In official NCAA records, "touchdowns responsible for" includes rushing and passing touchdowns, but not receptions or returns—the same statistical categories used to measure total offense.

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Drew Brees 104 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 David Blough 82 2015 2016 2017 2018 3 Curtis Painter 80 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Mark Herrmann 73 1977 1978 1979 1980 5 Kyle Orton 69 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Aidan O'Connell 67 2019 2020 2021 2022 7 Scott Campbell 51 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Kory Sheets 48 2005 2006 2007 2008 9 Mike Phipps 46 1967 1968 1969 10 Jim Everett 46 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Drew Brees 42 1998 2 Kyle Orton 34 2004 3 Curtis Painter 32 2007 4 Mike Phipps 31 1969 Drew Brees 31 2000 6 Drew Brees 29 1999 David Blough 29 2016 Aidan O'Connell 29[4] 2021 9 Curtis Painter 28 2006 David Blough 28 2018

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Drew Brees 6 1998 Minnesota Drew Brees 6 1998 Northwestern Kyle Orton 6[12] 2004 Ball State Kyle Orton 6[9] 2004 Indiana Curtis Painter 6[11] 2007 Eastern Illinois Elijah Sindelar 6[10] 2019 Vanderbilt

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Stuart Schweigert 17 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Ricardo Allen 13 2010 2011 2012 2013 Cam Allen 13 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 4 Bob Corby 11 1965 1966 1967 Don Anderson 11 1981 1982 1983 1984 Rod Woodson 11 1983 1984 1985 1986 Marc Foster 11 1985 1986 1987 1988 Jimmy Young 11 1990 1991 1992 1993 Adrian Beasley 11 1996 1997 1998 1999 10 Bill Kay 10 1977 1978 1979 1980 Landon Feichter 10 2011 2012 2013 2014 Frankie Williams 10 2012 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Phil Mateja 7 1952 Bill Kay 7 1979 3 Bob Corby 6 1967 Marc Foster 6 1988 Jimmy Young 6 1991 Stuart Schweigert 6 2001 Ricardo Allen 6 2013 Dillon Thieneman 6 2023 9 14 times by 14 players 5 Most recent: Landon Feichter, 2014

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Paul Beery 4 1976 Wisconsin 2 Jack Brown 3 1939 Iowa Phil Mateja 3 1952 Notre Dame Ross Fichtner 3 1959 Minnesota Chuck Kyle 3 1968 Iowa Randy Cooper 3 1970 Stanford Tim Racke 3 1972 Indiana Bill Kay 3 1979 Michigan Jamel Coleman 3 1996 Penn State Mike Rose 3 1997 Northwestern Anthony Brown 3 2015 Nebraska

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Kevin Motts 520 1976 1977 1978 1979 2 Fred Strickland 479 1984 1985 1986 1987 3 Eric Beatty 448 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Rod Woodson 445 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Brock Spack 384 1980 1981 1982 1983 6 Jeff Zgonina 382 1989 1990 1991 1992 7 Kevin Sumlin 375 1983 1984 1985 1986 8 Jim Schwantz 363 1988 1989 1990 1991 9 Stuart Schweigert 360 2000 2001 2002 2003 10 Tony Visco 351 1984 1985 1986 1987

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Mark Brown 209 1982 2 Fred Arrington 182 1977 3 James Looney 180 1980 4 Eric Beatty 175 1992 5 Fred Strickland 168 1987 6 Kevin Motts 153 1977 7 Rick Schavietello 148 1971 Kevin Motts 148 1978 9 Darrin Trieb 144 1989 10 Darrin Trieb 143 1988 Jim Schwantz 143 1991

Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Chuck Kyle 27 1968 Indiana 2 Darrin Trieb 26 1990 Michigan 3 Rick Schavietello 23 1971 Washington Fred Arrington 23 1977 Indiana James Looney 23 1980 Michigan

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Rosevelt Colvin 35.0 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Shaun Phillips 33.5 2000 2001 2002 2003 Ryan Kerrigan 33.5 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Jeff Zgonina 29.0 1989 1990 1991 1992 Akin Ayodele 29.0 1999 2000 2001 6 Kydran Jenkins 23.5 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 7 Anthony Spencer 21.0 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Craig Terrill 20.5 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Kawann Short 19.5 2009 2010 2011 2012 10 Jim Schwantz 18.0 1988 1989 1990 1991

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Rosevelt Colvin 15.0 1998 2 Shaun Phillips 14.5 2003 3 Rosevelt Colvin 14.0 1997 4 Jeff Zgonina 13.0 1992 Ryan Kerrigan 13.0 2009 6 Ryan Kerrigan 12.5 2010 7 Jim Schwantz 11.0 1989 Akin Ayodele 11.0 1999 9 Anthony Spencer 10.5 2006 10 Nic Scourton 10.0 2023

Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Tom Kingsbury 4.0 1980 Northwestern Rob Ninkovich 4.0[9] 2004 Indiana Rob Ninkovich 4.0[27] 2005 Indiana Ryan Kerrigan 4.0[28] 2010 Michigan 5 Don Delvy 3.5 1992 Iowa Chike Okeafor 3.5 1998 Kansas State (Alamo Bowl) Shaun Phillips 3.5[19] 2003 Wisconsin

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Travis Dorsch 68 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 Carson Wiggs 56 2008 2009 2010 2011 3 Ben Jones 43 2003 2004 2005 4 Mitchell Fineran 42[29] 2021 2022 5 J. D. Dellinger 40[30] 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 6 Jonathan Briggs 36 1985 1986 1987 7 Chris Summers 31 2006 2007 2008 2009 Paul Griggs 31 2012 2013 2014 2015 8 Scott Sovereen 27 1976 1977 1978 10 Spencer Evans 26 2017 2018

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Ben Jones 25 2003 2 Mitchell Fineran 24[29] 2021 3 Travis Dorsch 22 2001 4 Carson Wiggs 19 2011 5 Travis Dorsch 18 1999 Chris Summers 18 2007 Spencer Evans 18 2018 Mitchell Fineran 18 2022 9 Rick Anderson 16 1980 Travis Dorsch 16 1998 Paul Griggs 16 2014

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Rick Anderson 5 1980 Michigan State Mitchell Fineran 5 2022 Michigan Big Ten Championship 3 13 times by 8 players 4 Most recent: Mitchell Fineran, 2021 vs. Tennessee (Music City Bowl)[8]

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Mitchell Fineran 79.2%[29] 2021 2022 2 Spencer Evans 74.3% 2017 2018 3 J. D. Dellinger 74.1%[30] 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 4 Carson Wiggs 73.7% 2008 2009 2010 2011 5 Travis Dorsch 70.1% 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Ben Jones 69.4% 2003 2004 2005 7 Tim Clark 68.8% 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Bob Griese 66.7% 1964 1965 1966 9 Jonathan Briggs 65.5% 1985 1986 1987 10 Shane Ryan 65.0% 1996 1997 1998

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Ben Jones 83.3% 2003 2 Mitchell Fineran 82.8%[29] 2021 3 Chris Summers 81.8% 2007 4 Travis Dorsch 81.5% 2001 5 J. D. Dellinger 81.3%[30] 2019 6 Paul Griggs 80.0% 2014 7 Joe O'Leary 78.9% 1992 Carson Wiggs 78.9% 2010 9 Spencer Evans 78.3% 2018 10 J. D. Dellinger 77.8%[30] 2020