most games by a player with at least 1 or more rushing touchdowns including playoffs lions running back since 1970

Since 1970, Barry Sanders has the most games by a Lions running back in the regular-season and playoffs with 1+ rushing touchdown, with 72 games.

NAMEGPRUSH TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
72
100
8,087
1,468
5.5
112.3
1,441
156
9.2
20.0
5
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
34
44
3,144
666
4.7
92.5
1,189
93
12.8
35.0
3
3Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
30
44
2,631
426
6.2
87.7
1,042
115
140
9.1
34.7
5
4David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
30
35
2,016
421
4.8
67.2
387
44
55
8.8
12.9
0
5Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
23
24
1,397
327
4.3
60.7
304
34
8.9
13.2
0
6Joique Bell
J. Bell
20
22
1,080
257
4.2
54.0
617
54
72
11.4
30.9
1
7Kevin Jones
K. Jones
20
24
1,626
367
4.4
81.3
369
58
73
6.4
18.5
0
8James Jones
J. Jones
18
23
1,141
296
3.9
63.4
509
57
8.9
28.3
2
9D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
16
18
894
170
5.3
55.9
409
61
75
6.7
25.6
1
10Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
16
18
1,066
225
4.7
66.6
249
24
10.4
15.6
1
11Steve Owens
S. Owens
16
20
1,082
289
3.7
67.6
300
34
8.8
18.8
1
12Kevin Smith
K. Smith
15
17
974
243
4.0
64.9
395
50
65
7.9
26.3
3
13Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
13
20
834
192
4.3
64.2
162
21
25
7.7
12.5
0
14James Stewart
J. Stewart
12
15
926
261
3.5
77.2
282
36
51
7.8
23.5
0
15Mel Farr
M. Farr
12
16
836
179
4.7
69.7
189
23
8.2
15.8
1
16Garry James
G. James
11
12
640
155
4.1
58.2
315
31
10.2
28.6
1
17Rick Kane
R. Kane
11
12
603
159
3.8
54.8
119
10
11.9
10.8
0
18Tommy Vardell
T. Vardell
10
13
81
28
2.9
8.1
113
9
12.6
11.3
1
19Horace King
H. King
9
9
410
80
5.1
45.6
118
19
6.2
13.1
0
20Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
8
8
351
92
3.8
43.9
93
13
16
7.2
11.6
1
21Derrick Moore
D. Moore
8
8
106
19
5.6
13.3
14
4
3.5
1.8
0
22Zach Zenner
Z. Zenner
7
8
368
87
4.2
52.6
96
10
16
9.6
13.7
0
23Reggie Bush
R. Bush
7
7
586
103
5.7
83.7
236
34
44
6.9
33.7
0
24Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
7
9
444
123
3.6
63.4
99
14
19
7.1
14.1
0
25Maurice Morris
M. Morris
7
8
401
86
4.7
57.3
121
19
24
6.4
17.3
0
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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PASS

3,672

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,100

Gibbs

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REC

1,140

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30.6

1st

OPP PPG

24.6

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

131.1

5th

PASS YDS/G

262.5

3rd

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.714
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.429
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1
.464
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10
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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.714
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.679
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.571
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8
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.429
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7
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5
9
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10
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NFC WestWLTPCT
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