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List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders

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The list of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders identifies the NCAA major college scoring leaders. Beginning with the 1937 college football season, when the NCAA began maintaining official records, the list includes each year's leaders both in total points scored and in points scored per game. The list is limited to players for major college programs, which includes the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (2006–present), NCAA Division I-A (1978–2005), and NCAA University Division (1956–1977).

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Minimum 100 points scored

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Year	Name	Points	Name	Points/Game^[1]
1937	Byron White^[2] (Colorado)	122	Byron White^[3]	15.25
1938	Parker Hall^[4]^[5] (Ole Miss)	73
1939	Tom Harmon^[6]^[7] (Michigan)	102
1940	Tom Harmon^[8]^[9] (Michigan)	117	Tom Harmon	14.63
1941	Bill Dudley^[10]^[11] (Virginia)	134	Bill Dudley^[3]	14.89
1942	Bob Steuber^[12]^[13] (Missouri)	121
1943	Steve Van Buren^[14] (LSU)	98
1944	Glenn Davis^[15]^[16] (Army)	120
1945	Doc Blanchard^[17] (Army)	115
1946	Gene Roberts^[18] (Chattanooga)	117
1947	Lu Gambino^[19] (Maryland)	96
1948	Fred Wendt^[3] (UTEP)	152	Fred Wendt^[3]	15.20
1949	George Thomas^[20] (Oklahoma)	117
1950	Bobby Reynolds^[3] (Nebraska)	157	Bobby Reynolds^[3]	17.44
1951	Ollie Matson^[21] (San Francisco)	126
1952	Jackie Parker^[22] (Mississippi State)	120
1953	Earl Lindley^[23] (Utah State)	81
1954	Art Luppino^[3]^[24] (Arizona)	166	Art Luppino^[3]	16.60
1955	Jim Swink^[25] (TCU)	125
1956	Clendon Thomas^[26] (Oklahoma)	108
1957	Leon Burton^[27] (Oklahoma)	96
1958	Dick Bass^[28] (Pacific)	116
1959	Pervis Atkins^[29] (New Mexico State)	107
1960	Bob Gaiters^[3] (New Mexico State)	145	Bob Gaiters^[3]	14.50
1961	Preacher Pilot^[30] (New Mexico State)	138	Preacher Pilot^[3]	13.80
1962	Jerry Logan^[31] (West Texas State)	110
1963	Cosmo Iacavazzi^[32] (Princeton) Dave Casinelli (Memphis State)	84
1964	Brian Piccolo^[33] (Wake Forest)	111
1965	Howard Twilley^[34] (Tulsa)	127
1966	Ken Hebert^[35] (Houston)	113
1967	Leroy Keyes^[36] (Purdue)	114
1968	Jim O'Brien^[37] (Cincinnati)	142	Jim O'Brien^[3]	14.20
1969	Steve Owens^[38] (Oklahoma)	138	Steve Owens^[3]	13.80
1970	Don McCauley^[39] (North Carolina)	126	Brian Bream^[39] (Air Force) Gary Kosins^[39] (Dayton)	12.0 12.0
1971	Lydell Mitchell^[3]^[40] (Penn State)	174	Ed Marinaro^[3]	16.44
1972	Harold Henson^[39] (Ohio State)	120	Harold Henson^[39]	12.0
1973	Jim Jennings^[41] (Rutgers)	128	Jim Jennings^[41]	11.6
1974	Keith Barnette^[42] (Boston College)	134	Billy Marek^[42] (Wisconsin)	12.7
1975	Pete Johnson^[3] (Ohio State)	150	Pete Johnson^[43]	13.6
1976	Tony Dorsett^[44] (Pittsburgh)	134	Tony Dorsett^[44]	12.2
1977	Earl Campbell^[45] (Texas)	114	Earl Campbell^[45]	10.4
1978	Billy Sims^[46] (Oklahoma)	120	Billy Sims^[46]	10.9
1979	Billy Sims^[47] (Oklahoma)	132	Billy Sims^[47]	12.0
1980	Sammy Winder^[48] (Southern Miss)	120	Sammy Winder^[48]	10.9
1981	Marcus Allen^[49] (USC)	120	Marcus Allen^[49]	12.5
1982	Greg Allen^[49] (Florida State)	126	Greg Allen^[49]	11.5
1983	Mike Rozier^[3] (Nebraska)	174	Mike Rozier^[3]	14.50
1984	Keith Byars^[49] (Ohio State)	144	Keith Byars^[49]	13.1
1985	Bernard White^[50] (Bowling Green)	114	Bernard White^[50]	10.4
1986	Steve Bartalo^[51] (Colorado State)	114	Steve Bartalo^[51]	10.4
1987	Paul Hewitt^[52] (San Diego State)	144	Paul Hewitt^[52]	12.0
1988	Barry Sanders^[53] (Oklahoma State)	234	Barry Sanders	21.27
1989	Anthony Thompson^[3] (Indiana)	154	Anthony Thompson^[3]	14.20
1990	Stacey Robinson^[54] (Northern Illinois)	120	Stacey Robinson^[54]	10.9
1991	Marshall Faulk^[55] (San Diego State)	140	Marshall Faulk^[3] (San Diego State)	15.56
1992	Garrison Hearst^[56] (Georgia)	126	Garrison Hearst^[56]	11.5
1993	Marshall Faulk^[57] (San Diego State)	144	Bam Morris^[57] (Texas Tech)	12.2
1994	Rashaan Salaam^[58] (Colorado)	144	Rashaan Salaam^[58]	13.1
1995	Eddie George^[59] (Ohio State)	144	Eddie George^[58]	12.0
1996	Corey Dillon^[60] (Washington)	138	Corey Dillon^[58]	12.6
1997	Randy Moss^[3] (Marshall) Ricky Williams^[3] (Texas)	152	Ricky Williams^[3]	13.82
1998	Troy Edwards^[61] (Louisiana Tech)	188	Troy Edwards^[61]	15.7
1999	Shaun Alexander^[62] (Alabama)	144	Shaun Alexander^[62]	13.1
2000	Lee Suggs^[63] (Virginia Tech)	168	Lee Suggs^[3]	15.27
2001	Luke Staley^[64] (BYU)	170	Luke Staley^[3]	15.45
2002	Brock Forsey^[65] (Boise State)	192	Brock Forsey^[3]	14.77
2003	Cedric Benson^[66] (Texas)	134	Patrick Cobbs^[67]	11.5
2004	Tyler Jones^[68] (Boise State)	141	Tyler Jones^[69]	11.8
2005	LenDale White^[70] (USC)	156	Steve Slaton (West Virginia)	16.3
2006	Ian Johnson^[71] (Boise State)	152	Ian Johnson	15.2
2007	Kevin Smith^[72] (UCF)	180	Kevin Smith	15.0
2008	Jeff Wolfert^[73] (Missouri)	133	Dez Bryant (Oklahoma State)	16.0
2009	Toby Gerhart^[74] (Stanford)	166	Donald Buckram (UTEP)	15.8
2010	Dan Bailey^[75] (Oklahoma State)	149	Mikel Leshoure (Illinois)	13.6
2011	Montee Ball^[76] (Wisconsin)	236	Montee Ball	16.86
2012	Kenneth Dixon^[77] (Louisiana Tech)	168	Kenneth Dixon	16.8
2013	Keenan Reynolds^[78] (Navy)	188	Kapri Bibbs (Colorado State)	18.6
2014	Jarvion Franklin^[79] (Western Michigan)	150	Samaje Perine (Oklahoma)	14.0
2015^[80]	Derrick Henry (Alabama)	168	Kenneth Dixon (Louisiana Tech)	17.0
2016^[81]	Anthony Wales (Western Kentucky)	174	Ryan Nall (Oregon State)	15.0
2017^[82]	Devin Singletary (Florida Atlantic)	198	Royce Freeman (Oregon)	16.0
2018^[83]	Travis Etienne (Clemson)	156	Devin Singletary (Florida Atlantic) Darrell Henderson (Memphis) Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin)	13.0
2019^[84]	Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin)	156	Jamale Carothers (Navy)	16.0
2020	Najee Harris (Alabama)	180	Jaret Patterson (Buffalo)	19.0
2021	Rasheen Ali (Marshall)	150	Rasheen Ali (Marshall)	11.54

Year	Name	Points	Name	Points/Game
1883	Alex Moffat^[85] (Princeton)	136
1884
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1886	Harry Beecher^[86] (Yale)	132
1887	Snake Ames^[85] (Princeton)	219	Snake Ames	24.3
1888	Snake Ames^[85] (Princeton)	234	Snake Ames	19.5
1889	Bum McClung (Yale)	176
1890	Philip King (Princeton)	145
1891	Bernard Trafford^[85] (Harvard)	270
1892	Philip King (Princeton)	105
1893
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1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901	Bruce Shorts (Michigan)	123
1902	Al Herrnstein^[85] (Michigan)	130
1903	Thomas S. Hammond (Michigan)	163
1904
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1906
1907
1908	Doc Fenton^[85] (LSU)	132
1909
1910
1911
1912	Jim Thorpe^[85] (Carlisle)	224
1913	Johnny Spiegel (Washington & Jefferson)^[87]	127
1914	Buck Mayer (Virginia)	142
1915	Neno DaPrato (Michigan Aggies)	185	Neno Daprato	30.8
1916	Johnny Gilroy (Georgetown)	160
1917	Bill Ingram (Navy)	162	Bill Ingram	20.25
1918
1919	Ira Rodgers (West Virginia)	147
1920	Jimmy Leech^[88] (VMI)	210	Jimmy Leech	23.3
1921
1922	"Bots" Brunner^[89] (Lafayette)	86
1923	George Pfann^[90] (Cornell)	98
1924	Heinie Benkert^[91] (Rutgers)	100
1925	Peggy Flournoy^[92]^[93] (Tulane)	128
1926	Mayes McLain (Haskell) or Fred Koster^[92] (Louisville)	253^[94] or 124	Mayes McLain	23.0
1927	Jimmy Armistead^[95] (Vanderbilt)	138
1928	Ken Strong^[96]^[97] (NYU)	161	Ken Strong	16.1
1929	Gene McEver^[98] (Tennessee)	130
1930	Leonard Macaluso^[99] (Colgate)	145
1931	Bob Campiglio^[100] (West Liberty)	145
1932	Lou Bush^[101] (Mass. St.)	114
1933	Beattie Feathers^[102] (Tennessee)	78
1934	Bill Shepherd^[103] (Western Maryland)	133
1935	Ray Zeh^[104] (Western Reserve)	112
1936	Norm Schoen^[105] Baldwin-Wallace	117

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List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders

Scoring leaders since 1937

Pre-1937 unofficial data

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