most qb rushing yards in a game by a player detroit lions in a season

Greg Landry has rushed for the most yards by a Lions quarterback in a season, with 530 yards in 1971.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Greg Landry
G. Landry
530
1971
DET DET
14
76
7.0
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
2Greg Landry
G. Landry
524
1972
DET DET
14
81
6.5
37.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
3Bobby Layne
B. Layne
411
1952
DET DET
12
94
4.4
34.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
366
1957
DET DET
12
70
5.2
30.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Fred Enke
F. Enke
365
1948
DET DET
12
74
4.9
30.4
0
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
6Rodney Peete
R. Peete
363
1990
DET DET
11
47
7.7
33.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Tobin Rote
T. Rote
351
1958
DET DET
12
77
4.6
29.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Greg Landry
G. Landry
350
1970
DET DET
12
35
10.0
29.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Bobby Layne
B. Layne
343
1953
DET DET
12
87
3.9
28.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Bobby Layne
B. Layne
290
1951
DET DET
12
61
4.8
24.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Greg Landry
G. Landry
267
1973
DET DET
7
42
6.4
38.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Bobby Layne
B. Layne
250
1950
DET DET
12
56
4.5
20.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Greg Landry
G. Landry
243
1969
DET DET
10
33
7.4
24.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
238
1961
DET DET
13
33
7.2
18.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
234
1976
DET DET
14
43
5.4
16.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
232
1980
DET DET
16
48
4.8
14.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Charlie Batch
C. Batch
229
1998
DET DET
12
41
5.6
19.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
219
1966
DET DET
10
34
6.4
21.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
218
1984
DET DET
15
41
5.3
14.5
3
22
1
22.0
1.5
1
20Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
207
2016
DET DET
16
37
5.6
12.9
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Charlie Batch
C. Batch
199
2000
DET DET
15
44
4.5
13.3
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Joe Reed
J. Reed
193
1975
DET DET
10
34
5.7
19.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Bob Gagliano
B. Gagliano
192
1989
DET DET
11
41
4.7
17.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
175
2004
DET DET
16
48
3.6
10.9
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
171
1983
DET DET
16
41
4.2
10.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

30.7

3rd

OPP PPG

21.6

11th

RUSH YDS/G

133.7

7th

PASS YDS/G

233.4

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

5 - 2 - 0

9

Final

24

DET Lions

5 - 2 - 0

Mon 20 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM