Between the 1989 and 1998 seasons, Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards for the Lions, with 15,269 yards.
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most rushing yards by a player from 1989 to 1998 on the detroit lions| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 15,269 | 153 | 3,062 | 5.0 | 99.8 | 99 | 2,921 | 352 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 10 | |
| 2 |  | R. Peete | 884 | 47 | 171 | 5.2 | 18.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | D. Moore | 457 | 29 | 115 | 4.0 | 15.8 | 7 | 179 | 22 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| 4 | | R. Rivers | 427 | 62 | 85 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 15.2 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | | B. Gagliano | 337 | 20 | 87 | 3.9 | 16.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | S. Mitchell | 324 | 57 | 132 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | C. Batch | 229 | 12 | 41 | 5.6 | 19.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | A. Ware | 217 | 14 | 38 | 5.7 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | E. Lynch | 209 | 37 | 56 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 2 | 100 | 15 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Perriman | 173 | 94 | 23 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0 | 5,244 | 428 | 12.3 | 55.8 | 25 | |
| 11 | | T. Vardell | 159 | 30 | 50 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 12 | 361 | 30 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| 12 | | J. Morton | 112 | 78 | 16 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 0 | 3,428 | 251 | 13.7 | 43.9 | 23 | |
| 13 | | T. Paige | 105 | 16 | 30 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 13.5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| 14 | | E. Kramer | 65 | 25 | 57 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | C. Painter | 64 | 15 | 15 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 13.7 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| 16 | | D. Overton | 59 | 15 | 14 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| 17 | | C. Jackson | 55 | 8 | 17 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 0 | -2 | 1 | -2.0 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| 18 | | J. Wilder | 51 | 15 | 11 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 19 | | D.J. Dozier | 48 | 6 | 9 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 20 | | J. Arnold | 42 | 80 | 2 | 21.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | D. Majkowski | 39 | 10 | 23 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | R. Johnson | 38 | 32 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 1,818 | 134 | 13.6 | 56.8 | 14 | |
| 23 | | G. Crowell | 35 | 14 | 1 | 35.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 464 | 25 | 18.6 | 33.1 | 3 | |
| 24 | | D. Krieg | 35 | 14 | 23 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | M. Gray | 33 | 84 | 5 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 17.8 | 1.1 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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