College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Northwestern (2.2%)
Best Season
Ohio State 2019 (27.5%)
Scope
Big Ten • 2005
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Havoc rate is about disruption rather than pure prevention, using source-provided havoc events to track how often a defense creates snaps that push an offense off schedule. On this 2005 leaderboard, the visible range runs 2.2% to 1.5%, with Northwestern setting the pace.
Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 23.2%.
The gap from No. 1 Northwestern to No. 5 Michigan is 0.7%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 22.0% in 2024 to 23.2% in 2025, a swing of 1.2%. Northwestern's current mark of 2.2% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 18.7% held by Oregon.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Northwestern | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 2.2% |
| 2 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 1.9% |
| 3 | Wisconsin | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 1.8% |
| 4 | Purdue | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 1.5% |
| 6 | Iowa | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 1.1% |
| 7 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Minnesota | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 0.9% |
| 9 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 0.8% |
| 10 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Illinois | Big Ten Conference | 2005 | 0.4% |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 23.2% |
| 2024 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 22.0% |
| 2023 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 22.5% |
| 2022 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 23.6% |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | Big Ten Conference | 21.2% |
| 2020 | Northwestern | Big Ten Conference | 19.5% |
| 2019 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 27.5% |
| 2018 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 20.3% |
| 2017 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 24.3% |
| 2016 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 24.3% |
| 2015 | Iowa | Big Ten Conference | 1.9% |
| 2014 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2.4% |
| 2013 | Northwestern | Big Ten Conference | 2.2% |
| 2012 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 1.7% |
| 2011 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 2.0% |
| 2010 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2.4% |
| 2009 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2.9% |
| 2008 | Iowa | Big Ten Conference | 2.7% |
| 2007 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 1.9% |
| 2006 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2.7% |
| 2005 | Northwestern | Big Ten Conference | 2.2% |
| 2004 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 2.1% |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 2025, 2024 | 18.7% | 2024 (19.3%) |
| 2 | UCLA | 2025, 2024 | 15.1% | 2024 (18.1%) |
| 3 | USC | 2025, 2024 | 15.0% | 2025 (15.9%) |
| 4 | Washington | 2025, 2024 | 14.3% | 2025 (14.6%) |
| 5 | Rutgers | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 13.1% | 2022 (17.7%) |
| 6 | Maryland | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 12.7% | 2019 (19.0%) |
| 7 | Nebraska | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 | 12.0% | 2019 (25.5%) |
| 8 | Ohio State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 10.0% | 2019 (27.5%) |
| 9 | Penn State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.7% | 2022 (23.6%) |
| 10 | Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.2% | 2016 (24.3%) |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.2% | 2019 (27.5%) |
| 12 | Indiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.8% | 2025 (23.2%) |
| 13 | Iowa | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.7% | 2019 (19.2%) |
| 14 | Michigan State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.4% | 2019 (25.2%) |
| 15 | Northwestern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.3% | 2019 (20.5%) |
| 16 | Minnesota | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.2% | 2019 (21.7%) |
| 17 | Illinois | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 7.9% | 2022 (22.0%) |
| 18 | Purdue | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 7.7% | 2019 (19.3%) |
Northwestern ranks first at 2.2% in 2005.
Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 18.7% across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Indiana is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.