College Football Stat Leaders

Big Ten Points Per Game Leaders

Average points scored per completed game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (46.9)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (46.9)

Scope

Big Ten

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Points Per Game Reads

Points per game turns completed game scores into a scoreboard-facing rate, which makes it the simplest way to compare how often elite offenses actually finish drives instead of just piling up empty yards. On this Big Ten leaderboard, the visible range runs 46.9 to 44.2, with Ohio State setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 41.6.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ohio State to No. 5 Ohio State is 2.6, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 41.3 in 2024 to 41.6 in 2025, a swing of 0.3. Ohio State's current mark of 46.9 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 36.6 held by Ohio State.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201946.9
2Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202145.7
3Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201345.5
4Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201444.8
5Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202244.2
6WisconsinBig Ten Conference201144.1
7Michigan StateBig Ten Conference201443.0
8Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201842.4
9IndianaBig Ten Conference202541.6
10WisconsinBig Ten Conference201041.5
11IndianaBig Ten Conference202441.3
12Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201741.1
13Penn StateBig Ten Conference201741.1
14Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202041.0
15MichiganBig Ten Conference202240.4
16MichiganBig Ten Conference201640.3
17Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201639.4
18Penn StateBig Ten Conference200838.9
19Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201038.8
20IndianaBig Ten Conference201338.4
21NebraskaBig Ten Conference201437.8
22Penn StateBig Ten Conference201637.6
23Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201237.2
24OregonBig Ten Conference202536.9
25IndianaBig Ten Conference201536.5

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025IndianaBig Ten Conference41.6
2024IndianaBig Ten Conference41.3
2023Penn StateBig Ten Conference36.2
2022Ohio StateBig Ten Conference44.2
2021Ohio StateBig Ten Conference45.7
2020Ohio StateBig Ten Conference41.0
2019Ohio StateBig Ten Conference46.9
2018Ohio StateBig Ten Conference42.4
2017Ohio StateBig Ten Conference41.1
2016MichiganBig Ten Conference40.3
2015IndianaBig Ten Conference36.5
2014Ohio StateBig Ten Conference44.8
2013Ohio StateBig Ten Conference45.5
2012Ohio StateBig Ten Conference37.2
2011WisconsinBig Ten Conference44.1
2010WisconsinBig Ten Conference41.5
2009WisconsinBig Ten Conference31.8
2008Penn StateBig Ten Conference38.9
2007PurdueBig Ten Conference34.3
2006Ohio StateBig Ten Conference34.6
2005MinnesotaBig Ten Conference35.8
2004PurdueBig Ten Conference31.8

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200436.62019 (46.9)
2Oregon2025, 202435.92025 (36.9)
3USC2025, 202433.02025 (35.8)
4Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200430.42022 (40.4)
5Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200429.92017 (41.1)
6Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200429.42011 (44.1)
7Washington2025, 202428.72025 (34.1)
8Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201128.02014 (37.8)
9Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200427.72025 (41.6)
10Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200426.52014 (43.0)
11Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201426.22023 (29.7)
12Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200425.92005 (35.8)
13Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200425.82020 (31.8)
14Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200425.52007 (34.3)
15Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200423.82010 (32.5)
16Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200423.62005 (32.3)
17Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201421.62024 (28.9)
18UCLA2025, 202418.32024 (18.4)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten points per game leaderboard?

Ohio State ranks first at 46.9.

Which Big Ten program has the best long-term points per game profile?

Ohio State owns the strongest all-time average at 36.6 across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big Ten race compare with the recent trend?

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.