most rushing touchdowns in a game by a lion

Barry Sanders has scored the most rushing touchdowns for the Lions in a game, with 4 touchdowns versus the Vikings on November 24, 1991.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns in a regular-season game by a lion
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4
11/24/1991
@
220
23
9.6
31
4
7.8
0
2Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3
12/4/2025
vs
43
12
3.6
77
7
7
11.0
0
3Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3
1/5/2025
vs
139
23
6.0
31
5
5
6.2
1
4David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
3
9/28/2023
@
121
32
3.8
20
2
2
10.0
0
5Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
3
11/20/2022
@
64
17
3.8
0
0
0
0
6Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
3
11/4/2012
@
70
16
4.4
0
0
2
0
7James Stewart
J. Stewart
3
10/19/2000
@
116
29
4.0
8
2
6
4.0
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3
9/13/1998
vs
185
26
7.1
44
1
44.0
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3
11/27/1997
vs
167
19
8.8
8
2
4.0
0
10Tommy Vardell
T. Vardell
3
11/16/1997
vs
45
5
9.0
4
1
4.0
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3
10/8/1995
vs
157
18
8.7
27
4
6.8
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3
9/29/1991
vs
160
27
5.9
2
2
1.0
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3
12/24/1989
@
158
20
7.9
3
1
3.0
0
14James Jones
J. Jones
3
10/9/1983
vs
64
19
3.4
22
3
7.3
0
15Billy Sims
B. Sims
3
9/7/1980
@
153
22
7.0
64
2
32.0
0
16Greg Landry
G. Landry
3
10/1/1972
@
87
9
9.7
0
0
0
17Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
3
10/30/1960
@
25
8
3.1
0
0
0
18Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
11/23/2025
vs
219
15
14.6
45
11
12
4.1
1
19Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
11/9/2025
@
142
15
9.5
30
3
4
10.0
1
20Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
10/20/2025
vs
136
17
8.0
82
3
3
27.3
0
21David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
2
9/22/2025
@
151
12
12.6
13
1
1
13.0
0
22Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
9/22/2025
@
67
22
3.0
32
5
6
6.4
0
23Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
11/24/2024
@
90
21
4.3
9
3
3
3.0
0
24David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
2
11/17/2024
vs
75
15
5.0
20
3
3
6.7
0
25Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
10/20/2024
@
116
15
7.7
44
4
4
11.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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