The 2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).
Brett Basanez, Northwestern (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Michael Robinson, Penn State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Laurence Maroney, Minnesota (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jason Avant, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Santonio Holmes, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Greg Eslinger, Minnesota (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Nick Mangold, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Mark Setterstrom, Minnesota (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Rob Sims, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Matt Lentz, Michigan (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Jordan Grimes, Purdue (Coaches-2)
Leo Henige, Michigan (Media-2)
Joe Thomas, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Levi Brown, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Adam Stenavich, Michigan (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Zach Strief, Northwestern (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Matt Spaeth, Minnesota (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Tim Massaquoi, Michigan (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Mike Kudla, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Tamba Hali, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Gabe Watson, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Scott Paxson, Penn State (Coaches-1)
Kenny Iwebema, Iowa (Media-1)
Victor Adeyanju, Indiana (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Anthony Montgomery, Minnesota (Coaches-2)
Barry Cofield, Northwestern (Coaches-2)
Quinn Pitcock, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
Rob Ninkovich, Purdue (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Jay Alford, Penn State (Media-2)
Matthew Rice, Penn State (Media-2)
Chad Greenway, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
A. J. Hawk, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Paul Posluszny, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Abdul Hodge, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Tim McGarigle, Northwestern (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Bobby Carpenter, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Nate Salley, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Ashton Youboty, Ohio State (tie) (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Alan Zemaitis, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Calvin Lowry, Penn State (tie) (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Jovon Johnson, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Donte Whitner, Ohio State (Coaches-1)
Leon Hall, Michigan (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Eric Smith, Michigan State (Coaches-2)
Marquise Cole, Northwestern (Media-2)
Roderick Rogers, Wisconsin (Media-2)
Josh Huston, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Kyle Schlicher, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-s)
Ken Debauche, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Steve Weatherford, Illinois (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel
Coaches = selected by Big Ten Conference coaches
Media = selected by a media panel
HM = Honorable mention