lions players most single season rushing yards per game

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards per game for the Lions in a season, with 128.3 per game in 1997.

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	128.3	1997	DET	16	2,053	335	6.1	11	305	33		9.2	19.1	3
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	117.7	1994	DET	16	1,883	331	5.7	7	283	44		6.4	17.7	1
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	103.2	1991	DET	15	1,548	342	4.5	16	307	41		7.5	20.5	1
4	Billy Sims B. Sims	102.6	1981	DET	14	1,437	296	4.9	13	451	28		16.1	32.2	2
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	101.4	1993	DET	11	1,115	243	4.6	3	205	36		5.7	18.6	0
6	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	98.0	1989	DET	15	1,470	280	5.3	14	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	97.1	1996	DET	16	1,553	307	5.1	11	147	24		6.1	9.2	0
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	93.8	1995	DET	16	1,500	314	4.8	11	398	48		8.3	24.9	1
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	93.2	1998	DET	16	1,491	343	4.3	4	289	37		7.8	18.1	0
10	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.9	1984	DET	8	687	130	5.3	5	239	31		7.7	29.9	0
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	84.5	1992	DET	16	1,352	312	4.3	9	225	29		7.8	14.1	1
12	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	83.1	2024	DET	17	1,412	250	5.6	16	517	52	63	9.9	30.4	4
13	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	81.5	1990	DET	16	1,304	255	5.1	13	480	36		13.3	30.0	3
14	Billy Sims B. Sims	81.4	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	13	621	51		12.2	38.8	3
15	Billy Sims B. Sims	80.0	1983	DET	13	1,040	220	4.7	7	419	42		10.0	32.2	0
16	Kevin Jones K. Jones	75.5	2004	DET	15	1,133	241	4.7	5	180	28	41	6.4	12.0	1
17	James Stewart J. Stewart	74.0	2000	DET	16	1,184	339	3.5	10	287	32	48	9.0	17.9	1
18	Steve Owens S. Owens	73.9	1971	DET	14	1,035	246	4.2	8	350	32		10.9	25.0	2
19	James Stewart J. Stewart	72.9	2002	DET	14	1,021	231	4.4	4	333	46	70	7.2	23.8	2
20	Nick Pietrosante N. Pietrosante	72.7	1960	DET	12	872	161	5.4	8	129	13		9.9	10.8	0
21	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	72.5	2023	DET	14	1,015	219	4.6	13	117	16	24	7.3	8.4	0
22	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	71.9	2025	DET	17	1,223	243	5.0	13	616	77	94	8.0	36.2	5
23	Reggie Bush R. Bush	71.9	2013	DET	14	1,006	223	4.5	4	506	54	80	9.4	36.1	3
24	Billy Sims B. Sims	71.0	1982	DET	9	639	172	3.7	4	342	34		10.1	38.0	0
25	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	68.9	1936	DET	12	827	191	4.3	6	30	1		30.0	2.5	0

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