California Golden Bears football statistical leaders

The California Golden Bears football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the California Golden Bears football program in various categories, ^[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Golden Bears represent the University of California, Berkeley in the NCAA's Pac-12 Conference.

Although California began competing in intercollegiate football in 1886, ^[1] the school's official record book generally does not include entries from before the 1940s, as records from earlier times are often incomplete and inconsistent.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since the 1940s, seasons have increased from 10 games 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.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002. ^[2] The Golden Bears have played in nine bowl games since this decision, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
• California's 11 highest seasons in total offensive output have all come since 2003 under head coaches Jeff Tedford and Sonny Dykes. The 4 seasons under coach Dykes have been Cal's four highest passing yards seasons in school history, leading to quarterbacks Jared Goff and Davis Webb putting up unprecedented passing totals.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2020 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Jared Goff 12,200 2013 2014 2015 2 Troy Taylor 8,126 1986 1987 1988 1989 3 Kyle Boller 7,980 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Pat Barnes 7,360 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Rich Campbell 7,174 1977 1978 1979 1980 6 Nate Longshore 6,783 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 Chase Garbers 6,580 [3] 2018 2019 2020 2021 8 Gale Gilbert 6,566 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 9 Dave Barr 6,305 1992 1993 1994 10 Kevin Riley 6,182 2007 2008 2009 2010

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Jared Goff 4,719 2015 2 Davis Webb 4,295 [4] 2016 3 Jared Goff 3,973 2014 4 Jared Goff 3,508 2013 5 Pat Barnes 3,499 1996 6 Jack Plummer 3,095 [5] 2022 7 Ross Bowers 3,039 2017 8 Nate Longshore 3,021 2006 9 Fernando Mendoza 3,004 [6] 2024 10 Zach Maynard 2,990 2011

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jared Goff 542 [7] 2015 Arizona State 2 Jared Goff 527 [8] 2014 Washington State 3 Davis Webb 522 [9] 2016 San Diego State 4 Jared Goff 504 [10] 2013 Washington State 5 Pat Barnes 503 1996 Arizona 6 Jared Goff 485 [11] 2013 Portland State 7 Davis Webb 478 [12] 2016 Arizona State 8 Jared Goff 467 [13] 2015 Air Force 9 Jared Goff 458 [14] 2014 Colorado 10 Jared Goff 453 [15] 2015 Oregon State

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Jared Goff 96 2013 2014 2015 2 Kyle Boller 64 1999 2000 2001 2002 3 Pat Barnes 54 1993 1994 1995 1996 4 Troy Taylor 51 1986 1987 1988 1989 Nate Longshore 51 2005 2006 2007 2008 6 Kevin Riley 50 2007 2008 2009 2010 Chase Garbers 50 [3] 2018 2019 2020 2021 8 Dave Barr 48 1992 1993 1994 9 Aaron Rodgers 43 2003 2004 10 Mike Pawlawski 40 1988 1989 1990 1991

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Jared Goff 43 2015 2 Davis Webb 37 [4] 2016 3 Jared Goff 35 2014 4 Pat Barnes 31 1996 5 Kyle Boller 28 2002 6 Aaron Rodgers 24 2004 Nate Longshore 24 2006 8 Mike Pawlawski 21 1991 Dave Barr 21 1993 Jack Plummer 21 [5] 2022

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Pat Barnes 8 1996 Arizona 2 Jared Goff 7 [14] 2014 Colorado 3 Mike Pawlawski 6 1991 Pacific Jared Goff 6 [13] 2015 Air Force

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Russell White 3,367 1990 1991 1992 2 Marshawn Lynch 3,230 2004 2005 2006 3 Justin Forsett 3,220 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Joe Igber 3,124 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Chuck Muncie 3,052 1973 1974 1975 6 Paul Jones 2,930 1975 1977 1978 1979 7 Shane Vereen 2,834 2008 2009 2010 8 Jahvid Best 2,668 2007 2008 2009 9 J. J. Arrington 2,625 2003 2004 10 Jaydn Ott 2,587 [16] 2022 2023 2024

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 J. J. Arrington 2,018 2004 2 Jahvid Best 1,580 2008 3 Justin Forsett 1,546 2007 4 Chuck Muncie 1,460 1975 5 Marshawn Lynch 1,356 2006 6 Isi Sofele 1,322 2011 7 Jaydn Ott 1,305 [16] 2023 8 Marshawn Lynch 1,246 2005 9 Adimchinobe Echemandu 1,195 2003 10 Russell White 1,177 1991

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jahvid Best 311 2008 Washington 2 Jerry Drew 283 1954 Oregon State 3 Jaydn Ott 274 [17] 2022 Arizona 4 Johnny Olszewski 269 1951 Washington State 5 J. J. Arrington 261 2004 Southern Miss 6 Justin Forsett 235 2005 New Mexico State 7 Paul Jones 232 1978 Washington State 8 Russell White 229 1991 USC 9 Joe Igber 226 2002 Stanford 10 Russell White 216 1992 San Jose State

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Russell White 35 1990 1991 1992 2 Chuck Muncie 32 1973 1974 1975 3 Marshawn Lynch 29 2004 2005 2006 Jahvid Best 29 2007 2008 2009 Shane Vereen 29 2008 2009 2010 6 Justin Forsett 26 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Jaydn Ott 24 [16] 2022 2023 2024 8 Paul Jones 22 1975 1977 1978 1979 Lindsey Chapman 22 1991 1992 1993 10 J. J. Arrington 20 2003 2004

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 J. J. Arrington 15 2004 Justin Forsett 15 2007 Jahvid Best 15 2008 4 Russell White 14 1991 Lindsey Chapman 14 1993 6 Chuck Muncie 13 1975 Adimchinobe Echemandu 13 2003 Shane Vereen 13 2010 9 Jim Monachino 12 1949 Jahvid Best 12 2009 Shane Vereen 12 2009 Daniel Lasco 12 2014 Jaydn Ott 12 [16] 2023

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Duke Morrison 5 1921 Washington Jahvid Best 5 2009 Minnesota 3 Don Johnson 4 1952 Minnesota Carl Montgomery 4 1981 Oregon State Jahvid Best 4 2008 Washington Lindsey Chapman 4 1993 Stanford Lindsey Chapman 4 1993 Hawaii

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Keenan Allen 205 2010 2011 2012 2 Geoff McArthur 202 2000 2001 2002 2003 3 Dameane Douglas 195 1995 1996 1997 1998 Bryce Treggs 195 2012 2013 2014 2015 5 Bobby Shaw 180 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Brian Treggs 167 1988 1989 1990 1991 7 Na’il Benjamin 165 1993 1994 1995 1996 8 DeSean Jackson 162 2005 2006 2007 9 Chris Harper 159 2012 2013 2014 10 Robert Jordan 156 2004 2005 2006 2007 Marvin Jones 156 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Dameane Douglas 100 1998 2 Keenan Allen 98 2011 3 Chad Hansen 92 [18] 2016 4 Geoff McArthur 85 2003 5 Bryce Treggs 77 2013 6 Bobby Shaw 75 1997 7 Lavelle Hawkins 72 2007 8 Chris Harper 70 2013 9 Vic Wharton III 67 2017 10 Sean Dawkins 65 1992 DeSean Jackson 65 2007 J. Michael Sturdivant 65 [19] 2022

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Geoff McArthur 16 2003 Stanford 2 Dameane Douglas 15 1998 Oregon State 3 Chris Harper 14 2013 Washington State Chad Hansen 14 [20] 2016 Hawaii Chad Hansen 14 [9] 2016 San Diego State 6 Jack Schraub 13 1964 Illinois Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 13 1994 Washington Dameane Douglas 13 1998 Stanford Dameane Douglas 13 1998 USC Keenan Allen 13 [21] 2011 USC Bryce Treggs 13 [22] 2013 Northwestern Jacob De Jesus 13 [23] 2025 North Carolina

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Geoff McArthur 3,188 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2 Bobby Shaw 2,731 1994 1995 1996 1997 3 Keenan Allen 2,570 2010 2011 2012 4 Bryce Treggs 2,506 2012 2013 2014 2015 5 DeSean Jackson 2,423 2005 2006 2007 6 Brian Treggs 2,335 1988 1989 1990 1991 Dameane Douglas 2,335 1995 1996 1997 1998 8 Marvin Jones 2,270 2008 2009 2010 2011 9 Wesley Walker 2,206 1973 1974 1975 1976 10 Na’il Benjamin 2,196 1993 1994 1995 1996

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Geoff McArthur 1,504 2003 2 Keenan Allen 1,343 2011 3 Chad Hansen 1,249 [18] 2016 4 Dameane Douglas 1,150 1998 5 Bobby Shaw 1,093 1997 6 Sean Dawkins 1,070 1992 7 DeSean Jackson 1,060 2006 8 Jeremiah Hunter 965 [24] 2022 9 Mike Caldwell 962 1993 10 Bryce Treggs 956 2015

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Wesley Walker 289 1976 San Jose State 2 Geoff McArthur 245 2003 Stanford 3 Chris Harper 231 [10] 2013 Washington State 4 Steve Rivera 205 1974 Stanford 5 Bobby Shaw 204 1997 Houston 6 Keenan Allen 197 [25] 2011 Washington 7 Chad Hansen 196 [26] 2016 Texas 8 Steve Sweeney 195 1971 Oregon State 9 Robert Jordan 192 2005 Washington Lavelle Hawkins 192 2007 Oregon State

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Sean Dawkins 31 1990 1991 1992 2 Bobby Shaw 27 1994 1995 1996 1997 Kenny Lawler 27 2012 2013 2014 2015 4 Wesley Walker 23 1973 1974 1975 5 DeSean Jackson 22 2005 2006 2007 6 Steve Sweeney 21 1970 1971 1972 7 Geoff McArthur 20 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Keenan Allen 17 2010 2011 2012 9 Brian Treggs 15 1988 1989 1990 1991 Bryce Treggs 15 2012 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Sean Dawkins 14 1992 2 Steve Sweeney 13 1972 Kenny Lawler 13 2015 4 Chad Hansen 11 [18] 2016 5 Bobby Shaw 10 1997 Geoff McArthur 10 2003 7 Bobby Shaw 9 1996 DeSean Jackson 9 2006 Kenny Lawler 9 2014 10 Cameron Morrah 8 2008

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Steve Sweeney 3 1971 Oregon State Steve Sweeney 3 1972 Washington Wesley Walker 3 1976 San Jose State Floyd Eddings 3 1981 Texas A&M Brian Treggs 3 1991 Pacific Sean Dawkins 3 1991 USC Sean Dawkins 3 1992 San Jose State Bobby Shaw 3 1996 Oregon State Chase Lyman 3 2004 Oregon State Robert Jordan 3 2005 Washington DeSean Jackson 3 2006 Minnesota Kenny Lawler 3 [27] 2013 Arizona Kenny Lawler 3 [28] 2014 BYU Kenny Lawler 3 [29] 2015 Grambling State

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[30]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Jared Goff 12,086 2013 2014 2015 2 Troy Taylor 8,236 1986 1987 1988 1989 3 Kyle Boller 7,811 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Chase Garbers 7,754 [3] 2018 2019 2020 2021 5 Pat Barnes 7,001 1993 1994 1995 1996 6 Rich Campbell 6,799 1977 1978 1979 1980 7 Nate Longshore 6,599 2005 2006 2007 2008 8 Kevin Riley 6,136 2007 2008 2009 2010 9 Dave Barr 5,920 1992 1993 1994 10 Aaron Rodgers 5,805 2003 2004

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Jared Goff 4,711 2015 2 Davis Webb 4,185 [4] 2016 3 Jared Goff 3,929 2014 4 Jared Goff 3,446 2013 5 Pat Barnes 3,416 1996 6 Aaron Rodgers 3,113 2003 7 Fernando Mendoza 3,109 [6] 2024 8 Zach Maynard 3,098 2011 9 Chase Garbers 2,987 [3] 2021 10 Nate Longshore 2,969 2006 Jack Plummer 2,969 [5] 2022

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jared Goff 573 [7] 2015 Arizona State 2 Pat Barnes 528 1996 Arizona 3 Jared Goff 527 [8] 2014 Washington State 4 Davis Webb 503 [9] 2016 San Diego State 5 Jared Goff 487 [10] 2013 Washington State 6 Jared Goff 484 [11] 2013 Portland State 7 Davis Webb 457 [12] 2016 Arizona State 8 Jared Goff 451 [13] 2015 Air Force 9 Jared Goff 446 [14] 2014 Colorado 10 Jared Goff 440 [15] 2015 Oregon State

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns. ^[31]

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Jared Goff 97 2013 2014 2015 2 Kyle Boller 70 1999 2000 2001 2002 3 Chase Garbers 61 [3] 2018 2019 2020 2021 4 Pat Barnes 56 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Nate Longshore 55 2005 2006 2007 2008 Kevin Riley 55 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 Troy Taylor 53 1986 1987 1988 1989 8 Aaron Rodgers 51 2003 2004 9 Dave Barr 49 1992 1993 1994 10 Mike Pawlawski 44 1988 1989 1990 1991

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Jared Goff 43 2015 Davis Webb 43 [18] 2016 3 Jared Goff 35 2014 4 Pat Barnes 32 1996 5 Kyle Boller 31 2002 6 Aaron Rodgers 27 2004 Nate Longshore 27 2006 8 Aaron Rodgers 24 2003 9 Mike Pawlawski 22 1991 Jack Plummer 22 [5] 2022

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Ken Wiedemann 16 1967 1968 1969 2 Daymeion Hughes 15 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Paul Keckley 12 1946 1947 1948 Paul Larson 12 1951 1952 1953 1954 Ray Youngblood 12 1969 1970 1971 6 Ron Coccimiglio 11 1978 1979 1980 Deltha O'Neal 11 1996 1997 1998 1999 8 Matt Hazeltine 10 1951 1952 1953 1954 Ken Moulton 10 1963 1964 1965 Anthony Green 10 1975 1976 1977 Jaylinn Hawkins 10 [32] 2016 2017 2018 2019

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Deltha O'Neal 9 1999 2 Daymeion Hughes 8 2006 3 Joe Stuart 7 1944 Jackie Jensen 7 1947 Paul Keckley 7 1948 Jim Hunt 7 1964 Ken Wiedemann 7 1968 Nohl Williams 7 [33] 2024

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Herm Edwards 4 1974 Washington State

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 David Ortega 525 1986 1987 1988 1989 2 Hardy Nickerson 501 1983 1984 1985 1986 3 Jerrott Willard 469 1991 1992 1993 1994 4 Evan Weaver 407 2016 2017 2018 2019 5 Mike Mohamed 340 2007 2008 2009 2010 6 Ron Rivera 336 1980 1981 1982 1983 7 Eddie Walsh 288 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Steve Hendrickson 286 1985 1986 1987 1988 9 Jordan Kunaszyk 273 2016 2017 2018 10 Majett Whiteside 268 1985 1986 1987 1988

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Evan Weaver 182 2019 2 Hardy Nickerson 167 1985 3 David Ortega 159 1989 4 Evan Weaver 155 2018 5 Jordan Kunaszyk 148 2018 6 Jerrott Willard 147 1993 7 David Ortega 142 1987 8 Hardy Nickerson 141 1984 9 Ron Rivera 138 1983 10 Steve Hendrickson 134 1988

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Andre Carter 31.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Regan Upshaw 28.0 1993 1994 1995 3 Tully Banta-Cain 26.5 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Mawuko Tugbenyo 25.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 5 Brandon Whiting 24.5 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Zack Follett 23.5 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 Ron Rivera 22.0 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Ryan Riddle 21.0 2003 2004 Cameron Goode 21.0 [34] 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 10 Joel Dickson 20.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Sekou Sanyika 20.0 1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Ryan Riddle 14.5 2004 2 Andre Carter 13.5 2000 3 Ron Rivera 13.0 1983 Tully Banta-Cain 13.0 2002 5 Mawuko Tugbenyo 12.5 1999 6 Tom Canada 12.0 2002 7 Regan Upshaw 11.0 1994 8 Duane Clemons 10.5 1995 Zack Follett 10.5 2008 10 Andre Carter 10.0 1999

Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Tully Banta-Cain 4.5 2002 New Mexico State 2 Mawuko Tugbenyo 4.0 1999 USC Tully Banta-Cain 4.0 2001 Rutgers

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Doug Brien 56 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Randy Pratt 22 1983 Matt Anderson 22 [35] 2016

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Mark Jensen 5 2002 Air Force Derek Morris 5 [36] 2024 Oregon State

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