4 players are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a Lions rookie in a game, with 3 touchdowns. The first three are Mikel Leshoure on November 4, 2012, Barry Sanders on December 24, 1989 and James Jones on October 9, 1983.
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most rushing tds by a lions rookie in a regular-season game| NAME | RUSH TD | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Leshoure | 3 | 11/4/2012 |  DET | @ |  JAX | 70 | 16 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | B. Sanders | 3 | 12/24/1989 | DET | @ |  ATL | 158 | 20 | 7.9 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | J. Jones | 3 | 10/9/1983 | DET | vs |  GB | 64 | 19 | 3.4 | 22 | 3 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| 4 | | B. Sims | 3 | 9/7/1980 | DET | @ |  LA | 153 | 22 | 7.0 | 64 | 2 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | J. Gibbs | 2 | 12/24/2023 | DET | @ |  MIN | 80 | 15 | 5.3 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 6 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 11/12/2023 | DET | @ |  LAC | 77 | 14 | 5.5 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 7 |  | D. Swift | 2 | 12/20/2020 | DET | @ |  TEN | 67 | 15 | 4.5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 8 | | D. Swift | 2 | 10/18/2020 | DET | @ | JAX | 116 | 14 | 8.3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 9 | | W. Hills | 2 | 12/15/2019 | DET | vs |  TB | 21 | 10 | 2.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 10 | | J. Best | 2 | 9/19/2010 | DET | vs |  PHI | 78 | 17 | 4.6 | 154 | 9 | 14 | 17.1 | 1 |
| 11 | | J. Best | 2 | 9/12/2010 | DET | @ |  CHI | 20 | 14 | 1.4 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 12 | | B. Sanders | 2 | 12/10/1989 | DET | @ | CHI | 120 | 26 | 4.6 | 39 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Sanders | 2 | 11/5/1989 | DET | @ |  HOU | 91 | 19 | 4.8 | -3 | 1 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | J. Jones | 2 | 10/30/1983 | DET | @ | CHI | 25 | 7 | 3.6 | 20 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sims | 2 | 10/26/1980 | DET | @ |  KC | 155 | 28 | 5.5 | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| 16 | | B. Sims | 2 | 10/12/1980 | DET | vs |  NO | 91 | 23 | 4.0 | 62 | 4 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| 17 | | R. Kane | 2 | 11/6/1977 | DET | vs | SD | 105 | 24 | 4.4 | 12 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| 18 | | L. Gaines | 2 | 11/7/1976 | DET | @ | MIN | 116 | 22 | 5.3 | 44 | 6 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| 19 | | S. Owens | 2 | 12/14/1970 | DET | @ | LA | 66 | 17 | 3.9 | 19 | 3 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| 20 | | D. Middleton | 2 | 10/16/1955 | DET | vs |  SF | 69 | 17 | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | D. Walker | 2 | 12/3/1950 | DET | @ |  BAL | 43 | 10 | 4.3 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 22 | | J. Gibbs | 1 | 1/7/2024 | DET | vs | MIN | 30 | 13 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | | J. Gibbs | 1 | 12/16/2023 | DET | vs |  DEN | 100 | 11 | 9.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 24 | | J. Gibbs | 1 | 12/10/2023 | DET | @ |  CHI | 66 | 11 | 6.0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 25 | | J. Gibbs | 1 | 11/19/2023 | DET | vs | CHI | 36 | 8 | 4.5 | 59 | 6 | 6 | 9.8 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.
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