most rushing touchdowns by a player detroit lions in career

Barry Sanders has scored the most career rushing touchdowns for the Lions, with 99 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
42
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
85.1
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
3Dutch Clark
D. Clark
36
75
2,772
606
4.6
43.3
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
4Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
32
40
2,908
545
5.3
72.7
1,030
133
165
7.7
25.8
6
5David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
30
36
2,185
493
4.4
60.7
564
65
79
8.7
15.7
0
6Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
28
89
3,933
938
4.2
44.2
1,323
134
9.9
14.9
2
7Mel Farr
M. Farr
26
69
3,072
739
4.2
44.5
1,374
146
9.4
19.9
10
8Kevin Jones
K. Jones
24
53
3,067
761
4.0
57.9
1,006
141
191
7.1
19.0
3
9Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
24
91
4,297
1,165
3.7
47.2
1,523
173
8.8
16.7
6
10James Jones
J. Jones
23
85
3,452
960
3.6
40.6
2,318
285
8.1
27.3
10
11Joique Bell
J. Bell
22
63
2,235
561
4.0
35.5
1,638
162
219
10.1
26.0
1
12Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
20
30
1,667
415
4.0
55.6
230
38
44
6.1
7.7
0
13Steve Owens
S. Owens
20
53
2,451
635
3.9
46.2
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
14Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
20
64
2,311
443
5.2
36.1
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
15Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
20
77
3,077
864
3.6
40.0
64
3
21.3
0.8
0
16Greg Landry
G. Landry
19
102
2,502
389
6.4
24.5
0
0
0.0
0
17D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
18
40
1,680
364
4.6
42.0
1,198
156
205
7.7
30.0
7
18Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
18
150
5,105
1,203
4.2
34.0
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
19Glenn Presnell
G. Presnell
18
74
1,593
413
3.9
26.6
192
13
14.8
3.2
2
20Kevin Smith
K. Smith
17
54
2,346
598
3.9
43.4
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
21Gene Gedman
G. Gedman
17
45
1,221
377
3.2
27.1
504
53
9.5
11.2
4
22Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
17
59
2,439
553
4.4
41.3
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
23Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
16
84
2,698
651
4.1
32.1
799
68
11.8
9.5
3
24James Stewart
J. Stewart
15
41
2,890
713
4.1
70.5
862
101
144
8.5
21.0
4
25Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
14
165
1,198
345
3.5
7.3
-3
2
3
-1.5
0.0
0
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Team Rankings

PPG

29.9

3rd

OPP PPG

22.3

13th

RUSH YDS/G

125.1

9th

PASS YDS/G

239.8

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Bears Bears
5
3
0
.625
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
Vikings Vikings
4
4
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

4 - 4 - 0

27

Final

24

DET Lions

5 - 3 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

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
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM