most passing by a lion in a season

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards for the Lions in a season, with 5,038 yards in 2011.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
2012
16
435
727
59.8
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,650
2013
16
371
634
58.5
7.3
290.6
29
19
84.2
4.6
3.0
23
168
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,629
2024
17
390
539
72.4
8.6
272.3
37
12
111.8
6.9
2.2
31
234
5Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,575
2023
17
407
605
67.3
7.6
269.1
30
12
97.9
5.0
2.0
30
197
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,446
2017
16
371
565
65.7
7.9
277.9
29
10
99.3
5.1
1.8
47
287
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,438
2022
17
382
587
65.1
7.6
261.1
29
7
99.3
4.9
1.2
23
156
8Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4,338
1995
16
346
583
59.3
7.4
271.1
32
12
92.3
5.5
2.1
31
145
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,327
2016
16
388
594
65.3
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,262
2015
16
398
592
67.2
7.2
266.4
32
13
97.0
5.4
2.2
44
251
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,257
2014
16
363
602
60.3
7.1
266.1
22
12
85.7
3.7
2.0
45
254
12Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,233
2025
16
366
536
68.3
7.9
264.6
33
7
107.0
6.2
1.3
36
244
13Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
4,208
2006
16
372
596
62.4
7.1
263.0
21
22
79.9
3.5
3.7
63
388
14Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,084
2020
16
339
528
64.2
7.7
255.3
26
10
96.3
4.9
1.9
38
254
15Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
4,068
2007
16
355
561
63.3
7.3
254.3
18
20
80.9
3.2
3.6
51
320
16Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
3,777
2018
16
367
555
66.1
6.8
236.1
21
11
89.9
3.8
2.0
40
255
17Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
3,484
1997
16
293
509
57.6
6.8
217.8
19
14
79.6
3.7
2.8
41
271
18Jared Goff
J. Goff
3,245
2021
14
332
494
67.2
6.6
231.8
19
8
91.5
3.8
1.6
35
280
19Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
3,223
1980
16
244
417
58.5
7.7
201.4
13
11
82.4
3.1
2.6
44
338
20Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
3,076
1984
15
252
410
61.5
7.5
205.1
17
15
83.1
4.1
3.7
41
335
21Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
3,047
2004
16
274
489
56.0
6.2
190.4
19
12
77.5
3.9
2.5
36
196
22Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
2,952
1985
16
223
406
54.9
7.3
184.5
17
18
73.6
4.2
4.4
49
343
23Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
2,917
1996
14
253
437
57.9
6.7
208.4
17
17
74.9
3.9
3.9
36
199
24Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
2,880
2003
16
309
554
55.8
5.2
180.0
17
22
63.9
3.1
4.0
9
55
25Shaun Hill
S. Hill
2,686
2010
11
257
416
61.8
6.5
244.2
16
12
81.3
3.8
2.9
17
113
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Lions Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,233

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,143

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,262

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

3rd

OPP PPG

24.8

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

119.9

15th

PASS YDS/G

264.8

4th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
Lions Lions
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

8 - 8

10

Final

23

MIN Vikings

8 - 8

Thu 25 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - x
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
31-25
Sat
9/27
@
13-42
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM