College Football Stat Leaders

2004 Big Ten Points Per Game Leaders

Average points scored per completed game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Purdue (31.8)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (46.9)

Scope

Big Ten • 2004

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

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Summary

This scoring view is especially useful when two offenses pile up similar yardage totals but only one consistently turns those drives into points, which is why the historical average can differ from the latest season leader.

Points Per Game pages track Big Ten teams in 2004 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2004 through 2025.

Purdue sits atop the current leaderboard at 31.8, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Ohio State owns the strongest average across 22 seasons at 36.6, while Indiana anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Purdue currently headlines this route, while Indiana supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

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 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs 31.8 to 24.6, with Purdue 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 Purdue to No. 5 Northwestern is 7.2, 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. Purdue's current mark of 31.8 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 36.6 held by Ohio State.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.


1	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	2004	31.8
2	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2004	30.8
3	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2004	30.1
4	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2004	29.4
5	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2004	24.6
6	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	2004	24.3
7	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2004	24.2
8	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	2004	23.8
9	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2004	21.8
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	2004	20.8
11	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2004	17.7

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	41.6
2024	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	41.3
2023	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	36.2
2022	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	44.2
2021	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	45.7
2020	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	41.0
2019	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	46.9
2018	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	42.4
2017	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	41.1
2016	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	40.3
2015	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	36.5
2014	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	44.8
2013	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	45.5
2012	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	37.2
2011	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	44.1
2010	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	41.5
2009	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	31.8
2008	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	38.9
2007	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	34.3
2006	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	34.6
2005	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	35.8
2004	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	31.8

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	36.6	2019 (46.9)
2	Oregon	2025, 2024	35.9	2025 (36.9)
3	USC	2025, 2024	33.0	2025 (35.8)
4	Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	30.4	2022 (40.4)
5	Penn State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	29.9	2017 (41.1)
6	Wisconsin	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	29.4	2011 (44.1)
7	Washington	2025, 2024	28.7	2025 (34.1)
8	Nebraska	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	28.0	2014 (37.8)
9	Indiana	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	27.7	2025 (41.6)
10	Michigan State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	26.5	2014 (43.0)
11	Maryland	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	26.2	2023 (29.7)
12	Minnesota	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	25.9	2005 (35.8)
13	Iowa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	25.8	2020 (31.8)
14	Purdue	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	25.5	2007 (34.3)
15	Illinois	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	23.8	2010 (32.5)
16	Northwestern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	23.6	2005 (32.3)
17	Rutgers	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	21.6	2024 (28.9)
18	UCLA	2025, 2024	18.3	2024 (18.4)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten points per game leaderboard in 2004?

Purdue ranks first at 31.8 in 2004.

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.