most rushing yards in a single game by a lion

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

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards in a single regular-season game by a lion
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
237
11/13/1994
DET DET
vs
TB TB
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
220
11/24/1991
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
23
9.6
4
31
4
7.8
0
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
216
11/23/1997
DET DET
vs
IND IND
24
9.0
2
10
2
5.0
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
215
10/12/1997
DET DET
@
TB TB
24
9.0
2
7
1
7.0
1
5Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
198
11/23/1950
DET DET
vs
NYY NYY
17
11.6
1
6Mel Farr
M. Farr
197
11/12/1967
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
24
8.2
0
10
2
5.0
0
7Kevin Jones
K. Jones
196
12/5/2004
DET DET
vs
ARI ARI
26
7.5
1
22
4
5
5.5
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
194
9/19/1994
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
40
4.9
0
0
0
0
9Dutch Clark
D. Clark
194
10/28/1934
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
24
8.1
2
10Billy Sims
B. Sims
189
11/20/1983
DET DET
@
GB GB
36
5.3
0
47
5
9.4
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
188
12/4/1994
DET DET
vs
GB GB
20
9.4
1
17
3
5.7
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
187
11/7/1993
DET DET
vs
TB TB
29
6.4
0
2
2
1.0
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
185
9/13/1998
DET DET
vs
CIN CIN
26
7.1
3
44
1
44.0
0
14Billy Sims
B. Sims
185
10/11/1981
DET DET
@
DEN DEN
28
6.6
2
0
0
0
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
184
12/21/1997
DET DET
vs
NYJ NYJ
23
8.0
1
10
3
3.3
0
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
184
10/29/1989
DET DET
@
GB GB
30
6.1
0
0
0
0
17Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
179
9/22/1991
DET DET
@
IND IND
30
6.0
2
10
3
3.3
0
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
176
12/10/1990
DET DET
vs
RAI RAI
25
7.0
2
16
3
5.3
0
19Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
175
12/23/1996
DET DET
@
SF SF
28
6.3
1
4
1
4.0
0
20James Jones
J. Jones
174
9/7/1986
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
36
4.8
1
0
0
0
21James Stewart
J. Stewart
172
10/20/2002
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
32
5.4
2
28
2
2
14.0
0
22Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
167
11/27/1997
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
19
8.8
3
8
2
4.0
0
23Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
167
10/29/1995
DET DET
vs
GB GB
22
7.6
0
31
3
10.3
0
24Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
167
10/23/1994
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
23
7.3
0
4
1
4.0
0
25Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
166
10/2/1994
DET DET
@
TB TB
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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Team Rankings

PPG

30.7

3rd

OPP PPG

21.6

11th

RUSH YDS/G

133.7

7th

PASS YDS/G

233.4

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
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
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

5 - 2 - 0

9

Final

24

DET Lions

5 - 2 - 0

Mon 20 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM