most passing yards by a lions player through 2013

Before 2014, Matthew Stafford had the most passing yards for the Lions, with 17,457 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
17,457
61
1,485
2,497
59.5
7.0
286.2
109
73
83.1
4.4
2.9
116
842
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
15,710
97
1,074
2,193
49.0
7.2
162.0
118
142
63.7
5.4
6.5
3Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
12,647
57
1,049
1,850
56.7
6.8
221.9
79
57
79.2
4.3
3.1
124
706
4Greg Landry
G. Landry
12,451
102
957
1,747
54.8
7.1
122.1
80
81
73.4
4.6
4.6
261
2,058
5Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
11,885
85
952
1,684
56.5
7.1
139.8
69
71
74.7
4.1
4.2
158
1,271
6Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
10,711
102
830
1,546
53.7
6.9
105.0
55
70
68.7
3.6
4.5
160
1,188
7Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
10,242
58
986
1,802
54.7
5.7
176.6
60
62
68.1
3.3
3.4
77
462
8Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
9,034
36
795
1,277
62.3
7.1
250.9
44
47
79.6
3.4
3.7
129
797
9Charlie Batch
C. Batch
9,016
48
743
1,326
56.0
6.8
187.8
49
40
76.9
3.7
3.0
147
826
10Milt Plum
M. Plum
8,536
65
671
1,315
51.0
6.5
131.3
55
87
58.0
4.2
6.6
11Bill Munson
B. Munson
8,461
60
716
1,314
54.5
6.4
141.0
56
42
75.2
4.3
3.2
70
495
12Rodney Peete
R. Peete
8,164
47
641
1,125
57.0
7.3
173.7
38
49
72.9
3.4
4.4
127
723
13Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
6,280
80
431
839
51.4
7.5
78.5
52
41
76.4
6.2
4.9
14Chuck Long
C. Long
3,743
23
330
602
54.8
6.2
162.7
19
28
64.8
3.2
4.7
43
330
15Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,609
34
256
596
43.0
6.1
106.1
30
39
52.6
5.0
6.5
16Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
3,520
24
251
530
47.4
6.6
146.7
9
36
46.6
1.7
6.8
17Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
3,408
25
281
509
55.2
6.7
136.3
23
19
75.5
4.5
3.7
34
189
18Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
2,961
32
197
388
50.8
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
19Shaun Hill
S. Hill
2,891
15
269
432
62.3
6.7
192.7
18
12
84.2
4.2
2.8
17
113
20Bob Gagliano
B. Gagliano
2,861
20
204
391
52.2
7.3
143.1
16
22
66.2
4.1
5.6
38
236
21Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
2,710
20
231
486
47.5
5.6
135.5
14
25
53.1
2.9
5.1
22Fred Enke
F. Enke
2,567
48
187
425
44.0
6.0
53.5
22
30
51.8
5.2
7.1
23Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,554
23
214
429
49.9
6.0
111.0
12
27
51.6
2.8
6.3
45
406
24Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
2,117
9
175
288
60.8
7.4
235.2
9
7
83.6
3.1
2.4
28
202
25Joe Reed
J. Reed
1,920
29
145
325
44.6
5.9
66.2
14
18
55.2
4.3
5.5
42
314
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,564

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,401

St. Brown

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
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
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176