Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards for the Lions in a game, with 237 yards against the Buccaneers on November 13, 1994.

most rushing yards in a game lions player
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most rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game lions player
11/13/1994 Sanders 11/24/1991 Sanders 11/23/1997 Sanders 10/12/1997 Sanders 11/23/1950 Hoernschemeyer 11/12/1967 Farr 12/5/2004 Jones 9/19/1994 Sanders 10/28/1934 Clark 11/20/1983 Sims 12/4/1994 Sanders 11/7/1993 Sanders 9/13/1998 Sanders 10/11/1981 Sims 12/21/1997 Sanders 10/29/1989 Sanders 9/22/1991 Sanders 12/10/1990 Sanders 12/23/1996 Sanders 9/7/1986 Jones 10/20/2002 Stewart 11/27/1997 Sanders 10/29/1995 Sanders 10/23/1994 Sanders 10/2/1994 Sanders 12/17/2000 Stewart 10/10/2011 Best 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 237 220 216 215 198 197 196 194 194 189 188 187 185 185 184 184 179 176 175 174 172 167 167 167 166 164 163
NAME DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 11/13/1994
DET DET
vs
TB TB
237 26 9.1 0 16 1 16.0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 11/24/1991
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
220 23 9.6 4 31 4 7.8 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 11/23/1997
DET DET
vs
IND IND
216 24 9.0 2 10 2 5.0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 10/12/1997
DET DET
@
TB TB
215 24 9.0 2 7 1 7.0 1
Bob Hoernschemeyer Bob Hoernschemeyer 11/23/1950
DET DET
vs
NYY NYY
198 17 11.6 1
Mel Farr Mel Farr 11/12/1967
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
197 24 8.2 0 10 2 5.0 0
Kevin Jones Kevin Jones 12/5/2004
DET DET
vs
ARI ARI
196 26 7.5 1 22 4 5 5.5 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 9/19/1994
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
194 40 4.9 0 0 0 0
Dutch Clark Dutch Clark 10/28/1934
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
194 24 8.1 2
Billy Sims Billy Sims 11/20/1983
DET DET
@
GB GB
189 36 5.3 0 47 5 9.4 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 12/4/1994
DET DET
vs
GB GB
188 20 9.4 1 17 3 5.7 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 11/7/1993
DET DET
vs
TB TB
187 29 6.4 0 2 2 1.0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 9/13/1998
DET DET
vs
CIN CIN
185 26 7.1 3 44 1 44.0 0
Billy Sims Billy Sims 10/11/1981
DET DET
@
DEN DEN
185 28 6.6 2 0 0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 12/21/1997
DET DET
vs
NYJ NYJ
184 23 8.0 1 10 3 3.3 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 10/29/1989
DET DET
@
GB GB
184 30 6.1 0 0 0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 9/22/1991
DET DET
@
IND IND
179 30 6.0 2 10 3 3.3 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 12/10/1990
DET DET
vs
RAI RAI
176 25 7.0 2 16 3 5.3 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 12/23/1996
DET DET
@
SF SF
175 28 6.3 1 4 1 4.0 0
James Jones James Jones 9/7/1986
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
174 36 4.8 1 0 0 0
James Stewart James Stewart 10/20/2002
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
172 32 5.4 2 28 2 2 14.0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 11/27/1997
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
167 19 8.8 3 8 2 4.0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 10/29/1995
DET DET
vs
GB GB
167 22 7.6 0 31 3 10.3 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 10/23/1994
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
167 23 7.3 0 4 1 4.0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 10/2/1994
DET DET
@
TB TB
166 20 8.3 0 10 2 5.0 0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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