lions rb most rushing touchdowns in a season

Jamaal Williams has the most rushing touchdowns by a Lions running back in a season, with 17 touchdowns in 2022.

	NAME	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jamaal Williams J. Williams	17	2022	DET	17	1,066	262	4.1	62.7	73	12	16	6.1	4.3	0
2	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	16	2024	DET	17	1,412	250	5.6	83.1	517	52	63	9.9	30.4	4
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	16	1991	DET	15	1,548	342	4.5	103.2	307	41		7.5	20.5	1
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14	1989	DET	15	1,470	280	5.3	98.0	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
5	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	13	2025	DET	16	1,143	224	5.1	71.4	583	74	89	7.9	36.4	4
6	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	13	2023	DET	14	1,015	219	4.6	72.5	117	16	24	7.3	8.4	0
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13	1990	DET	16	1,304	255	5.1	81.5	480	36		13.3	30.0	3
8	Billy Sims B. Sims	13	1981	DET	14	1,437	296	4.9	102.6	451	28		16.1	32.2	2
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	13	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	621	51		12.2	38.8	3
10	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	12	2024	DET	14	775	185	4.2	55.4	341	36	38	9.5	24.4	0
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	11	1997	DET	16	2,053	335	6.1	128.3	305	33		9.2	19.1	3
12	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	11	1996	DET	16	1,553	307	5.1	97.1	147	24		6.1	9.2	0
13	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	11	1995	DET	16	1,500	314	4.8	93.8	398	48		8.3	24.9	1
14	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	10	2023	DET	15	945	182	5.2	63.0	316	52	71	6.1	21.1	1
15	James Stewart J. Stewart	10	2000	DET	16	1,184	339	3.5	74.0	287	32	48	9.0	17.9	1
16	Mikel Leshoure M. Leshoure	9	2012	DET	14	798	215	3.7	57.0	214	34	48	6.3	15.3	0
17	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	9	1992	DET	16	1,352	312	4.3	84.5	225	29		7.8	14.1	1
18	Mel Farr M. Farr	9	1970	DET	12	717	166	4.3	59.8	213	29		7.3	17.8	2
19	Dutch Clark D. Clark	9	1931	POR	11										0
20	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	8	2025	DET	16	674	150	4.5	42.1	179	23	28	7.8	11.2	0
21	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	8	2020	DET	13	521	114	4.6	40.1	357	46	57	7.8	27.5	2
22	Joique Bell J. Bell	8	2013	DET	16	650	166	3.9	40.6	547	53	69	10.3	34.2	0
23	Kevin Smith K. Smith	8	2008	DET	16	976	238	4.1	61.0	286	39	54	7.3	17.9	0
24	Kevin Jones K. Jones	8	2007	DET	13	581	153	3.8	44.7	197	32	44	6.2	15.2	0
25	James Jones J. Jones	8	1986	DET	16	903	252	3.6	56.4	334	54		6.2	20.9	1

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Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
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