detroit lions rushing yard leaders seasons

Barry Sanders played 10 years for the Lions in his career.

NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
5
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
3Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
11
5,105
150
1,203
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
4Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
7
4,297
91
1,165
3.7
47.2
24
1,523
173
8.8
16.7
6
5Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
7
3,933
89
938
4.2
44.2
28
1,323
134
9.9
14.9
2
6James Jones
J. Jones
6
3,452
85
960
3.6
40.6
23
2,318
285
8.1
27.3
10
7Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3
3,308
43
587
5.6
76.9
36
1,212
152
189
8.0
28.2
8
8Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
7
3,077
77
864
3.6
40.0
20
64
3
21.3
0.8
0
9Mel Farr
M. Farr
7
3,072
69
739
4.2
44.5
26
1,374
146
9.4
19.9
10
10Kevin Jones
K. Jones
4
3,067
53
761
4.0
57.9
24
1,006
141
191
7.1
19.0
3
11James Stewart
J. Stewart
3
2,890
41
713
4.1
70.5
15
862
101
144
8.5
21.0
4
12Dutch Clark
D. Clark
6
2,772
64
606
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
13Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
7
2,698
84
651
4.1
32.1
16
799
68
11.8
9.5
3
14Greg Landry
G. Landry
11
2,502
102
389
6.4
24.5
19
0
0
0.0
0
15Steve Owens
S. Owens
5
2,451
53
635
3.9
46.2
20
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
16Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
6
2,439
59
553
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
17Kevin Smith
K. Smith
5
2,346
54
598
3.9
43.4
17
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
18Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
6
2,311
64
443
5.2
36.1
20
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
19David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
3
2,301
39
519
4.4
59.0
30
593
70
84
8.5
15.2
0
20Joique Bell
J. Bell
4
2,235
60
561
4.0
37.3
22
1,640
161
218
10.2
27.3
1
21Horace King
H. King
9
2,081
123
549
3.8
16.9
9
1,579
198
8.0
12.8
5
22Bobby Layne
B. Layne
9
1,793
97
432
4.2
18.5
13
0
0
0.0
0
23Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
6
1,699
51
450
3.8
33.3
11
168
18
9.3
3.3
1
24D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
3
1,680
40
364
4.6
42.0
18
1,198
156
205
7.7
30.0
7
25Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
2
1,667
30
415
4.0
55.6
20
230
38
44
6.1
7.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

29.6

2nd

OPP PPG

22.1

12th

RUSH YDS/G

139.8

3rd

PASS YDS/G

252.0

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
Lions Lions
7
4
0
.636
Vikings Vikings
4
7
0
.364
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

2 - 10

27

Final

34

DET Lions

7 - 4

Sun 23 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
3
0
.727
Jaguars Jaguars
7
4
0
.636
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Thu
11/27
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
8:20 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Sun
11/30
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM