Barry Sanders has the most rush attempts for the Lions in a game, with 40 rush attempts versus the Cowboys on September 19, 1994.
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most rushing attempts in a regular-season game by a lions player| NAME | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH YDS | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 40 | 9/19/1994 |  DET | @ |  DAL | 194 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | J. Stewart | 37 | 12/17/2000 | DET | @ |  NYJ | 164 | 4.4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 32.0 | 0 |
| 3 | | J. Jones | 36 | 9/7/1986 | DET | @ |  MIN | 174 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | J. Jones | 36 | 10/27/1985 | DET | vs |  MIA | 114 | 3.2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 5 | | B. Sims | 36 | 11/20/1983 | DET | @ |  GB | 189 | 5.3 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | D. Swift | 33 | 11/14/2021 | DET | @ |  PIT | 130 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 7 | | K. Jones | 33 | 12/12/2004 | DET | @ | GB | 156 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | D. Montgomery | 32 | 9/28/2023 | DET | @ | GB | 121 | 3.8 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 9 | | J. Stewart | 32 | 10/20/2002 | DET | vs |  CHI | 172 | 5.4 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 |
| 10 | | B. Sanders | 32 | 9/12/1993 | DET | @ |  NE | 148 | 4.6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Sanders | 32 | 9/15/1991 | DET | vs | MIA | 143 | 4.5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | H. King | 32 | 10/10/1976 | DET | vs | NE | 100 | 3.1 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 12/7/1997 | DET | @ | MIA | 137 | 4.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | E. Lynch | 30 | 1/2/1994 | DET | vs | GB | 115 | 3.8 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 12/13/1992 | DET | vs |  CLE | 87 | 2.9 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 9/22/1991 | DET | @ |  IND | 179 | 6.0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 17 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 10/29/1989 | DET | @ | GB | 184 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | J. Jones | 30 | 10/20/1985 | DET | vs |  SF | 116 | 3.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 19 | | B. Sims | 30 | 11/16/1980 | DET | vs |  BAL | 126 | 4.2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | R. Kane | 30 | 11/13/1977 | DET | @ |  ATL | 81 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | J. Stewart | 29 | 10/19/2000 | DET | @ |  TB | 116 | 4.0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 22 | | B. Sanders | 29 | 11/7/1993 | DET | vs | TB | 187 | 6.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | B. Sanders | 29 | 11/22/1992 | DET | @ |  CIN | 151 | 5.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | J. Jones | 29 | 10/12/1986 | DET | @ | GB | 99 | 3.4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| 25 | | B. Sims | 29 | 12/12/1982 | DET | @ | GB | 109 | 3.8 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 7.8 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.
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