A four-year starter,
Matt Barkley is the Trojans' career leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.
The USC Trojans football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the USC Trojans football program in various categories,[1] including passing , rushing , receiving , total offense , defensive stats, and kicking /special teams. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Trojans represent the University of Southern California in the NCAA 's Pac-12 Conference .
Although USC began competing in intercollegiate football in 1888,[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in the 1920s. Records from before this decade are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since 1920s, seasons have increased from to 11 and then 12 games in length.
The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
The Trojans have played in 55 bowl games in school history,[2] 35 of which have come since the 1970 season . Although the official NCAA record book does not include bowl games in statistical records until 2002,[3] and most colleges also structure their record books this way, USC counts all bowl games in its records.[1]
These lists are updated through the end of the 2017 season . Recent USC Football Media Guides do not include full top 10 lists for single-game records. However, the 2003 version of the media guide included long lists of top individual single-game performances,[4] and box scores from more recent games are readily available, so the lists are easily derived.
Passing [ ]
Passing yards [ ]
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Matt Barkley
12,327
2009 2010 2011 2012
2
Carson Palmer
11,818
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
3
Matt Leinart
10,693
2002 2003 2004 2005
4
Cody Kessler
10,339[5]
2012 2013 2014 2015
5
Rob Johnson
8,472
1991 1992 1993 1994
6
Rodney Peete
8,225
1985 1986 1987 1988
7
Kedon Slovis
7,576[6]
2019 2020 2021
8
Sam Darnold
7,229[7]
2016 2017
9
John David Booty
6,125
2003 2005 2006 2007
10
Brad Otton
5,359
1994 1995 1996
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
Sam Darnold
4,143[7]
2017
2
Carson Palmer
3,942
2002
3
Cody Kessler
3,826
2014
4
Matt Leinart
3,815
2005
5
Rob Johnson
3,630
1993
6
Matt Leinart
3,556
2003
7
Cody Kessler
3,536[5]
2015
8
Matt Barkley
3,528
2011
9
Kedon Slovis
3,502[6]
2019
10
John David Booty
3,347
2006
Passing touchdowns [ ]
Rushing [ ]
Rushing yards [ ]
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Charles White
6,245
1976 1977 1978 1979
2
Marcus Allen
4,810
1978 1979 1980 1981
3
Anthony Davis
3,724
1972 1973 1974
4
Ricky Bell
3,689
1974 1975 1976 1977
5
Ronald Jones II
3,619[33]
2015 2016 2017
6
O. J. Simpson
3,423
1967 1968
7
Mike Garrett
3,221
1963 1964 1965
8
Reggie Bush
3,169
2003 2004 2005
9
LenDale White
3,159
2003 2004 2005
10
Fred Crutcher
2,815
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
Marcus Allen
2,427
1981
2
Charles White
2,050
1979
3
Ricky Bell
1,957
1975
4
O. J. Simpson
1,880
1968
5
Charles White
1,859
1978
6
Reggie Bush
1,740
2005
7
Marcus Allen
1,563
1980
8
Ronald Jones II
1,550[33]
2017
9
O. J. Simpson
1,543
1967
10
Javorius Allen
1,489
2014
Single game
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
Opponent
1
Ricky Bell
347
1976
Washington State
2
Reggie Bush
294[34]
2005
Fresno State
3
Marcus Allen
274
1981
Indiana
4
Charles White
261
1979
Notre Dame
5
Reggie Bush
260[35]
2005
UCLA
6
Ricky Bell
256
1975
Duke
7
C.R. Roberts
251
1956
Texas
8
Charles White
247
1980
Ohio State
9
Charles White
243
1979
Washington
Marcus Allen
243
1981
California
Rushing touchdowns [ ]
Receiving [ ]
Receptions [ ]
Receiving yards [ ]
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Marqise Lee
3,655
2011 2012 2013
2
Johnnie Morton
3,201
1990 1991 1992 1993
3
Dwayne Jarrett
3,138
2004 2005 2006
4
Kareem Kelly
3,104
1999 2000 2001 2002
5
JuJu Smith-Schuster
3,092[39]
2014 2015 2016
6
Steve Smith
3,019
2003 2004 2005 2006
7
Keary Colbert
2,964
2000 2001 2002 2003
8
Robert Woods
2,930
2010 2011 2012
9
Tyler Vaughns
2,801[38]
2017 2018 2019 2020
10
Keyshawn Johnson
2,796
1994 1995
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
Marqise Lee
1,721
2012
2
Johnnie Morton
1,520
1993
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
1,454[39]
2015
4
Keyshawn Johnson
1,434
1995
5
Keyshawn Johnson
1,362
1994
6
Mike Williams
1,314
2003
7
Nelson Agholor
1,313
2014
8
Robert Woods
1,292
2011
9
Michael Pittman Jr.
1,275
2019
10
Dwayne Jarrett
1,274
2005
Receiving touchdowns [ ]
Total offense [ ]
Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[51]
Total offense yards [ ]
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Matt Barkley
12,214
2009 2010 2011 2012
2
Carson Palmer
11,621
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
3
Matt Leinart
10,623
2003 2004 2005
4
Cody Kessler
9,914 [5]
2012 2013 2014 2015
5
Rodney Peete
8,640
1985 1986 1987 1988
6
Rob Johnson
7,896
1991 1992 1993 1994
7
Sam Darnold
7,561 [7]
2016 2017
8
Kedon Slovis
7,426 [6]
2019 2020 2021
9
Charles White
6,240
1976 1977 1978 1979
10
John David Booty
5,945
2003 2005 2006 2007
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
Sam Darnold
4,225 [7]
2017
2
Matt Leinart
3,851
2005
3
Carson Palmer
3,820
2002
4
Cody Kessler
3,674
2014
5
Matt Barkley
3,542
2011
6
Matt Leinart
3,494
2003
7
Kedon Slovis
3,445 [6]
2019
8
Rob Johnson
3,425
1993
9
Cody Kessler
3,387 [5]
2015
10
Sam Darnold
3,336 [7]
2016
Total touchdowns [ ]
Single season
Rk
Player
TDs
Year
1
Matt Barkley
41
2011
Cody Kessler
41
2014
3
Matt Leinart
38
2003
4
Carson Palmer
37
2002
5
Mark Sanchez
37
2008
6
Matt Leinart
36
2004
Matt Barkley
36
2012
8
Matt Leinart
34
2005
9
Cody Kessler
33 [5]
2015
Sam Darnold
33 [7]
2016
Defense [ ]
Note: The USC Football Media Guide does not generally give a full top 10 in defensive statistics.[1]
Interceptions [ ]
Tackles [ ]
Single season
Rk
Player
Tackles
Year
1
Rex Moore
206
1986
Single game
Rk
Player
Tackles
Year
Opponent
1
Sam Anno
23
1986
Illinois
Sacks [ ]
Single season
Rk
Player
Sacks
Year
1
Tim Ryan
20.0
1989
Special teams [ ]
Field goals made [ ]
Field goal percentage [ ]
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