detroit lions player most rushing yard in a game

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards for the Lions in a game, with 237 yards against the Buccaneers on November 13, 1994.

Interpreted as:
detroit lions player most rushing yard in a regular-season game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
237
11/13/1994
vs
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
220
11/24/1991
@
23
9.6
4
31
4
7.8
0
3Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
219
11/23/2025
vs
15
14.6
2
45
11
12
4.1
1
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
216
11/23/1997
vs
24
9.0
2
10
2
5.0
0
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
215
10/12/1997
@
24
9.0
2
7
1
7.0
1
6Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
198
11/23/1950
vs
17
11.6
1
7Mel Farr
M. Farr
197
11/12/1967
@
24
8.2
0
10
2
5.0
0
8Kevin Jones
K. Jones
196
12/5/2004
vs
26
7.5
1
22
4
5
5.5
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
194
9/19/1994
@
40
4.9
0
0
0
0
10Dutch Clark
D. Clark
194
10/28/1934
@
24
8.1
2
11Billy Sims
B. Sims
189
11/20/1983
@
36
5.3
0
47
5
9.4
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
188
12/4/1994
vs
20
9.4
1
17
3
5.7
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
187
11/7/1993
vs
29
6.4
0
2
2
1.0
0
14Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
185
9/13/1998
vs
26
7.1
3
44
1
44.0
0
15Billy Sims
B. Sims
185
10/11/1981
@
28
6.6
2
0
0
0
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
184
12/21/1997
vs
23
8.0
1
10
3
3.3
0
17Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
184
10/29/1989
@
30
6.1
0
0
0
0
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
179
9/22/1991
@
30
6.0
2
10
3
3.3
0
19Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
176
12/10/1990
vs
25
7.0
2
16
3
5.3
0
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
175
12/23/1996
@
28
6.3
1
4
1
4.0
0
21James Jones
J. Jones
174
9/7/1986
@
36
4.8
1
0
0
0
22James Stewart
J. Stewart
172
10/20/2002
vs
32
5.4
2
28
2
2
14.0
0
23Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
167
11/27/1997
vs
19
8.8
3
8
2
4.0
0
24Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
167
10/29/1995
vs
22
7.6
0
31
3
10.3
0
25Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
167
10/23/1994
vs
23
7.3
0
4
1
4.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,564

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,401

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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9 - 8

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16

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
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13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176