most career rushing yards for lions

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing yards for the Lions, with 15,269 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career rushing yards by a player for lions
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
3Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
5,105
150
1,203
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
4Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
4,297
91
1,165
3.7
47.2
24
1,523
173
8.8
16.7
6
5Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,933
89
938
4.2
44.2
28
1,323
134
9.9
14.9
2
6Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3,580
49
675
5.3
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
7James Jones
J. Jones
3,452
85
960
3.6
40.6
23
2,318
285
8.1
27.3
10
8Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
3,077
77
864
3.6
40.0
20
64
3
21.3
0.8
0
9Mel Farr
M. Farr
3,072
69
739
4.2
44.5
26
1,374
146
9.4
19.9
10
10Kevin Jones
K. Jones
3,067
53
761
4.0
57.9
24
1,006
141
191
7.1
19.0
3
11James Stewart
J. Stewart
2,890
41
713
4.1
70.5
15
862
101
144
8.5
21.0
4
12Dutch Clark
D. Clark
2,772
64
606
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
13Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
2,698
84
651
4.1
32.1
16
799
68
11.8
9.5
3
14David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
2,506
45
562
4.5
55.7
33
650
76
91
8.6
14.4
0
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,502
102
389
6.4
24.5
19
0
0
0.0
0
16Steve Owens
S. Owens
2,451
53
635
3.9
46.2
20
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
17Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
2,439
59
553
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
18Kevin Smith
K. Smith
2,346
54
598
3.9
43.4
17
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
19Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
2,311
64
443
5.2
36.1
20
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
20Joique Bell
J. Bell
2,235
63
561
4.0
35.5
22
1,638
162
219
10.1
26.0
1
21Horace King
H. King
2,081
123
549
3.8
16.9
9
1,579
198
8.0
12.8
5
22Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,793
97
432
4.2
18.5
13
0
0
0.0
0
23Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
1,699
51
450
3.8
33.3
11
168
18
9.3
3.3
1
24D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
1,680
40
364
4.6
42.0
18
1,198
156
205
7.7
30.0
7
25Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
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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4,564

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RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

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REC

1,401

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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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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
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14
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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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