Which school owns the most Heisman trophies?
USC leads the page with 8 winners.
Heisman Archive
Heisman Trophy History
A cleaner read on the award: program dynasties, position eras, recruiting context, and how the trophy clusters across eras and schools.
Start with the answers, scan the dominant programs, then drop into the sortable ledger to trace any winner by school or conference.
First Winner
Jay Berwanger
1935
Most Recent
Fernando Mendoza
2025
Recruiting Coverage
11 resolved
winners with star data
Trophy Room
Where the award keeps concentrating
Since 1935
Historic Winners
91
Schools Represented
41
#1 NFL Picks
26
Latest Champion
2025
1,556 average points across all winners.
24 states and 14 positions represented.
Quick Answers
Read the room before you open the charts
These are the fast answers this page should surface first: which school leads, what the current conference mapping says, which positions dominate, and how much recruiting coverage is already connected back to recruiting data.
Which conference shows up the most in the current alignment?
Big Ten has 29 winners in the current-school mapping.
Which position has dominated the award?
QB leads the board with 38 winners.
How much recruiting context is covered?
11 of 91 winners currently resolve to recruit-star data for the scatter chart.
Program Dominance
Which schools keep pulling the trophy back
Hover a bar to read the full winner run for each top program in chronological order.
Position Mix
Winners by position
A quick read on how often the award returns to the same archetypes.
Era View
Heisman timeline
The shortest path to spotting dynasty bursts, quiet stretches, and repeat windows among the schools that surface most often.
Recruiting Context
Heisman winners vs recruiting talent
X is star rating. Y is Heisman points. This isolates the outlier stories without pretending every winner has recruiting coverage in the source data.
11 winners with recruit-star data • 80 excluded
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Ledger
Full winner ledger
Sort any column to compare eras, conferences, positions, and draft outcomes.
| 2025 | Indiana | Big Ten | QB | 2,362 | No Draft Data | |
| 2024 | Colorado | Big 12 | CB/WR | 2,231 | Pick #2 | |
| 2023 | LSU | SEC | QB | 2,029 | Pick #2 | |
| 2022 | Caleb Williams | USC | Big Ten | QB | 2,031 | Pick #1 |
| 2021 | Bryce Young | Alabama | SEC | QB | 2,311 | Pick #1 |
| 2020 | DeVonta Smith | Alabama | SEC | WR | 1,856 | Pick #10 |
| 2019 | LSU | SEC | QB | 2,608 | Pick #1 | |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | SEC | QB | 2,167 | Pick #1 | |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | SEC | QB | 2,398 | Pick #1 | |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson | Louisville | ACC | QB | 2,144 | Pick #32 |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama | SEC | RB | 1,832 | Pick #45 |
| 2014 | Oregon | Big Ten | QB | 2,534 | Pick #2 | |
| 2013 | Florida State | ACC | QB | 2,205 | Pick #1 | |
| 2012 | Texas A&M | SEC | QB | 2,029 | Pick #22 | |
| 2011 | Baylor | Big 12 | QB | 1,687 | Pick #2 | |
| 2010 | Auburn | SEC | QB | 2,263 | Pick #1 | |
| 2009 | Mark Ingram II | Alabama | SEC | RB | 1,304 | Pick #28 |
| 2008 | Oklahoma | SEC | QB | 1,726 | Pick #1 | |
| 2007 | Florida | SEC | QB | 1,957 | Pick #25 | |
| 2006 | Troy Smith | Ohio State | Big Ten | QB | 2,540 | Pick #174 |
| 2005 | USC | Big Ten | RB | 2,541 | Pick #2 | |
| 2004 | USC | Big Ten | QB | 1,325 | Pick #10 | |
| 2003 | Jason White | Oklahoma | SEC | QB | 1,481 | No Draft Data |
| 2002 | Carson Palmer | USC | Big Ten | QB | 1,328 | Pick #1 |
| 2001 | Eric Crouch | Nebraska | Big Ten | QB/WR | 770 | Pick #95 |
| 2000 | Chris Weinke | Florida State | ACC | QB | 1,628 | Pick #106 |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin | Big Ten | RB | 2,042 | Pick #11 |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas | SEC | RB | 2,355 | Pick #5 |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan | Big Ten | CB/WR | 1,815 | Pick #4 |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | SEC | QB | 1,363 | Pick #136 |
| 1995 | Eddie George | Ohio State | Big Ten | RB | 1,460 | Pick #14 |
| 1994 | Rashaan Salaam | Colorado | Big 12 | RB | 1,743 | Pick #21 |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State | ACC | QB | 2,310 | No Draft Data |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta | Miami (FL) | ACC | QB | 1,400 | Pick #192 |
| 1991 | Michigan | Big Ten | WR/PR | 2,077 | Pick #4 | |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer | BYU | Big 12 | QB | 1,482 | Pick #230 |
| 1989 | Andre Ware | Houston | Big 12 | QB | 1,073 | Pick #7 |
| 1988 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | RB | 1,878 | Pick #3 | |
| 1987 | Tim Brown | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | WR | 1,442 | Pick #6 |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde | Miami (FL) | ACC | QB | 2,213 | Pick #1 |
| 1985 | Auburn | SEC | RB | 1,509 | Pick #1 | |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College | ACC | QB | 2,240 | Pick #286 |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska | Big Ten | RB | 1,801 | Pick #1 |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | SEC | RB | 1,926 | Pick #114 |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen | USC | Big Ten | RB | 1,797 | Pick #10 |
| 1980 | George Rogers | South Carolina | SEC | RB | 1,128 | Pick #1 |
| 1979 | Charles White | USC | Big Ten | RB | 1,695 | Pick #27 |
| 1978 | Billy Sims | Oklahoma | SEC | RB | 827 | Pick #1 |
| 1977 | Earl Campbell | Texas | SEC | RB | 1,547 | Pick #1 |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett | Pittsburgh | ACC | RB | 2,357 | Pick #2 |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | Big Ten | RB | 1,800 | Pick #57 |
| 1974 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | Big Ten | RB | 1,920 | Pick #24 |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti | Penn State | Big Ten | RB | 1,057 | Pick #11 |
| 1972 | Johnny Rodgers | Nebraska | Big Ten | WR/RB | 1,310 | Pick #25 |
| 1971 | Pat Sullivan | Auburn | SEC | QB | 1,597 | Pick #40 |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett | Stanford | ACC | QB | 2,229 | Pick #1 |
| 1969 | Steve Owens | Oklahoma | SEC | FB | 1,488 | Pick #19 |
| 1968 | O. J. Simpson | USC | Big Ten | HB | 2,853 | Pick #1 |
| 1967 | Gary Beban | UCLA | Big Ten | QB | 1,968 | Pick #30 |
| 1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida | SEC | QB | 1,679 | Pick #3 |
| 1965 | Mike Garrett | USC | Big Ten | HB | 926 | Pick #18 |
| 1964 | John Huarte | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 1,026 | Pick #12 |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach | Navy | American Athletic | QB | 1,860 | Pick #129 |
| 1962 | Terry Baker | Oregon State | Pac-12 | QB | 707 | Pick #1 |
| 1961 | Ernie Davis | Syracuse | ACC | HB/LB/FB | 824 | Pick #1 |
| 1960 | Joe Bellino | Navy | American Athletic | HB | 1,793 | Pick #146 |
| 1959 | Billy Cannon | LSU | SEC | HB | 1,929 | Pick #1 |
| 1958 | Pete Dawkins | Army | American Athletic | HB | 1,394 | No Draft Data |
| 1957 | John David Crow | Texas A&M | SEC | HB | 1,183 | Pick #2 |
| 1956 | Paul Hornung | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 1,066 | Pick #1 |
| 1955 | Howard Cassady | Ohio State | Big Ten | HB | 2,219 | Pick #3 |
| 1954 | Alan Ameche | Wisconsin | Big Ten | FB | 1,068 | Pick #3 |
| 1953 | Johnny Lattner | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | HB | 1,850 | Pick #7 |
| 1952 | Billy Vessels | Oklahoma | SEC | HB | 525 | Pick #2 |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier | Princeton | Independent/Other | HB | 1,777 | Pick #176 |
| 1950 | Vic Janowicz | Ohio State | Big Ten | HB/P | 633 | Pick #79 |
| 1949 | Leon Hart | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | End | 995 | Pick #1 |
| 1948 | Doak Walker | SMU | ACC | HB | 778 | Pick #3 |
| 1947 | Johnny Lujack | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 742 | Pick #4 |
| 1946 | Glenn Davis | Army | American Athletic | HB | 792 | Pick #2 |
| 1945 | Doc Blanchard | Army | American Athletic | FB | 860 | Pick #3 |
| 1944 | Les Horvath | Ohio State | Big Ten | QB/HB | 412 | Pick #45 |
| 1943 | Angelo Bertelli | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 648 | Pick #1 |
| 1942 | Frank Sinkwich | Georgia | SEC | HB | 1,059 | Pick #1 |
| 1941 | Bruce Smith | Minnesota | Big Ten | HB | 554 | Pick #119 |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon | Michigan | Big Ten | HB | 1,303 | Pick #1 |
| 1939 | Nile Kinnick | Iowa | Big Ten | HB/QB | 651 | Pick #14 |
| 1938 | Davey O'Brien | TCU | Big 12 | QB | 519 | Pick #4 |
| 1937 | Clinton Frank | Yale | Independent/Other | HB | 524 | Pick #106 |
| 1936 | Larry Kelley | Yale | Independent/Other | End | 219 | Pick #87 |
| 1935 | Jay Berwanger | Chicago | Independent/Other | HB | 84 | Pick #1 |