lions running back with most rush attempts

Barry Sanders has the most career carries by a Lions running back, with 3,062 rush attempts.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
1,203
150
5,105
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
3Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
1,165
91
4,297
3.7
47.2
24
1,523
173
8.8
16.7
6
4Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,131
60
5,106
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
5James Jones
J. Jones
960
85
3,452
3.6
40.6
23
2,318
285
8.1
27.3
10
6Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
938
89
3,933
4.2
44.2
28
1,323
134
9.9
14.9
2
7Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
864
77
3,077
3.6
40.0
20
64
3
21.3
0.8
0
8Kevin Jones
K. Jones
761
53
3,067
4.0
57.9
24
1,006
141
191
7.1
19.0
3
9Mel Farr
M. Farr
739
69
3,072
4.2
44.5
26
1,374
146
9.4
19.9
10
10James Stewart
J. Stewart
713
41
2,890
4.1
70.5
15
862
101
144
8.5
21.0
4
11Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
675
49
3,580
5.3
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
12Steve Owens
S. Owens
635
53
2,451
3.9
46.2
20
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
13Dutch Clark
D. Clark
606
64
2,772
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
14Kevin Smith
K. Smith
598
54
2,346
3.9
43.4
17
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
15David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
562
45
2,506
4.5
55.7
33
650
76
91
8.6
14.4
0
16Joique Bell
J. Bell
561
63
2,235
4.0
35.5
22
1,638
162
219
10.1
26.0
1
17Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
553
59
2,439
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
18Horace King
H. King
549
123
2,081
3.8
16.9
9
1,579
198
8.0
12.8
5
19Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
541
71
2,247
4.2
31.6
12
681
60
11.4
9.6
3
20Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
450
51
1,699
3.8
33.3
11
168
18
9.3
3.3
1
21Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
443
64
2,311
5.2
36.1
20
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
22Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
425
64
1,582
3.7
24.7
10
524
51
10.3
8.2
3
23Garry James
G. James
423
40
1,510
3.6
37.8
12
816
89
9.2
20.4
2
24Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
415
30
1,667
4.0
55.6
20
230
38
44
6.1
7.7
0
25Glenn Presnell
G. Presnell
413
60
1,593
3.9
26.6
15
192
13
14.8
3.2
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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120.1

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