most receiving yards in a game by a lions rb

Jahvid Best has the most receiving yards by a Lions running back in a game, with 154 yards versus the Eagles on September 19, 2010.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a regular-season game by a lions rb
NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jahvid Best
J. Best
154
9/19/2010
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
9
14
17.1
1
78
17
4.6
2
2Dave Middleton
D. Middleton
144
12/14/1958
DET DET
@
CHB CHB
5
28.8
1
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
135
10/14/1990
DET DET
@
KC KC
5
27.0
1
90
16
5.6
1
4Doak Walker
D. Walker
134
11/5/1950
DET DET
vs
CHB CHB
6
22.3
0
-1
4
-0.3
0
5Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
128
11/4/1984
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
8
16.0
0
76
17
4.5
0
6Doak Walker
D. Walker
125
10/24/1954
DET DET
@
SF SF
7
17.9
1
1
1
1.0
0
7Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
122
10/17/1971
DET DET
@
HOU HOU
4
30.5
1
63
16
3.9
0
8Doak Walker
D. Walker
119
11/14/1954
DET DET
vs
SF SF
2
59.5
1
27
5
5.4
0
9Terry Barr
T. Barr
113
11/12/1961
DET DET
@
STL STL
4
28.3
1
8
2
4.0
0
10Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
113
10/20/1957
DET DET
vs
BAL BAL
6
18.8
2
71
7
10.1
0
11Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
107
11/16/2025
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
5
8
21.4
0
39
12
3.3
0
12Doak Walker
D. Walker
105
11/15/1953
DET DET
@
GB GB
3
35.0
1
55
5
11.0
0
13Kevin Smith
K. Smith
104
11/22/2009
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
4
6
26.0
1
45
12
3.8
0
14Billy Sims
B. Sims
103
9/19/1982
DET DET
@
RAM RAM
5
20.6
0
119
25
4.8
0
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
102
9/7/1997
DET DET
vs
TB TB
8
12.8
1
20
10
2.0
0
16Reggie Bush
R. Bush
101
9/8/2013
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
4
8
25.3
1
90
21
4.3
0
17Terry Barr
T. Barr
101
10/8/1961
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
5
20.2
1
0
0
0
18Joe Margucci
J. Margucci
100
10/31/1948
DET DET
vs
GB GB
3
33.3
1
19Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
99
10/18/1959
DET DET
vs
SF SF
4
24.8
1
20James Stewart
J. Stewart
97
12/2/2001
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
5
5
19.4
0
21
11
1.9
1
21Terry Barr
T. Barr
97
11/19/1961
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8
12.1
2
0
0
0
22Doak Walker
D. Walker
97
10/9/1955
DET DET
vs
LA LA
6
16.2
1
23D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
96
10/24/2021
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
8
10
12.0
1
48
13
3.7
0
24Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
96
9/17/1989
DET DET
@
NYG NYG
6
16.0
0
57
12
4.8
1
25Billy Sims
B. Sims
96
11/2/1980
DET DET
vs
SF SF
11
8.7
1
37
17
2.2
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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135.8

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256.7

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
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5
0
.615
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4
8
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.333
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DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Steelers Steelers
6
6
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Eagles Eagles
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.667
Cowboys Cowboys
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6
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Packers Packers
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3
1
.708
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5
0
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6
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3
0
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DAL DAL
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LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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