Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards by a Lions running back in a game, with 237 yards versus the Buccaneers on November 13, 1994.
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most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a lions rb| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 237 | 11/13/1994 |  DET | vs |  TB | 26 | 9.1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| 2 | | B. Sanders | 220 | 11/24/1991 | DET | @ |  MIN | 23 | 9.6 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | J. Gibbs | 219 | 11/23/2025 | DET | vs |  NYG | 15 | 14.6 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 12 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 4 | | B. Sanders | 216 | 11/23/1997 | DET | vs |  IND | 24 | 9.0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | B. Sanders | 215 | 10/12/1997 | DET | @ | TB | 24 | 9.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  | B. Hoernschemeyer | 198 | 11/23/1950 | DET | vs |  NYY | 17 | 11.6 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | | M. Farr | 197 | 11/12/1967 | DET | @ | MIN | 24 | 8.2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | K. Jones | 196 | 12/5/2004 | DET | vs |  ARI | 26 | 7.5 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 9 | | B. Sanders | 194 | 9/19/1994 | DET | @ |  DAL | 40 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | D. Clark | 194 | 10/28/1934 | DET | @ |  CIN | 24 | 8.1 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | | B. Sims | 189 | 11/20/1983 | DET | @ |  GB | 36 | 5.3 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| 12 | | B. Sanders | 188 | 12/4/1994 | DET | vs | GB | 20 | 9.4 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Sanders | 187 | 11/7/1993 | DET | vs | TB | 29 | 6.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | B. Sanders | 185 | 9/13/1998 | DET | vs |  CIN | 26 | 7.1 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sims | 185 | 10/11/1981 | DET | @ |  DEN | 28 | 6.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | B. Sanders | 184 | 12/21/1997 | DET | vs |  NYJ | 23 | 8.0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 17 | | B. Sanders | 184 | 10/29/1989 | DET | @ | GB | 30 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | B. Sanders | 179 | 9/22/1991 | DET | @ | IND | 30 | 6.0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 19 | | B. Sanders | 176 | 12/10/1990 | DET | vs |  RAI | 25 | 7.0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| 20 | | B. Sanders | 175 | 12/23/1996 | DET | @ |  SF | 28 | 6.3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | J. Jones | 174 | 9/7/1986 | DET | @ | MIN | 36 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | J. Stewart | 172 | 10/20/2002 | DET | vs |  CHI | 32 | 5.4 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 |
| 23 | | B. Sanders | 167 | 11/27/1997 | DET | vs | CHI | 19 | 8.8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | B. Sanders | 167 | 10/29/1995 | DET | vs | GB | 22 | 7.6 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| 25 | | B. Sanders | 167 | 10/23/1994 | DET | vs | CHI | 23 | 7.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.
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