most rushing yards lions player since 1970

Since 1970, Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards for the Lions, with 15,269 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
3Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
5,105
150
1,203
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
4Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
3,949
81
1,047
3.8
48.8
24
1,437
160
9.0
17.7
6
5Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3,580
49
675
5.3
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
6James Jones
J. Jones
3,452
85
960
3.6
40.6
23
2,318
285
8.1
27.3
10
7Kevin Jones
K. Jones
3,067
53
761
4.0
57.9
24
1,006
141
191
7.1
19.0
3
8James Stewart
J. Stewart
2,890
41
713
4.1
70.5
15
862
101
144
8.5
21.0
4
9David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
2,506
45
562
4.5
55.7
33
650
76
91
8.6
14.4
0
10Steve Owens
S. Owens
2,451
53
635
3.9
46.2
20
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
11Kevin Smith
K. Smith
2,346
54
598
3.9
43.4
17
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
12Joique Bell
J. Bell
2,235
63
561
4.0
35.5
22
1,638
162
219
10.1
26.0
1
13Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,220
88
349
6.4
25.2
17
0
0
0.0
0
14Horace King
H. King
2,081
123
549
3.8
16.9
9
1,579
198
8.0
12.8
5
15D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
1,680
40
364
4.6
42.0
18
1,198
156
205
7.7
30.0
7
16Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
1,667
30
415
4.0
55.6
20
230
38
44
6.1
7.7
0
17Garry James
G. James
1,510
40
423
3.6
37.8
12
816
89
9.2
20.4
2
18Rick Kane
R. Kane
1,443
113
392
3.7
12.8
12
754
75
10.1
6.7
2
19Mel Farr
M. Farr
1,370
42
347
3.9
32.6
16
588
70
8.4
14.0
3
20Reggie Bush
R. Bush
1,303
25
299
4.4
52.1
6
759
94
136
8.1
30.4
3
21Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
1,251
35
327
3.8
35.7
6
420
57
80
7.4
12.0
3
22Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
1,225
34
283
4.3
36.0
8
527
61
80
8.6
15.5
3
23Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1,198
165
345
3.5
7.3
14
-3
2
3
-1.5
0.0
0
24Shawn Bryson
S. Bryson
1,177
54
274
4.3
21.8
4
1,044
143
184
7.3
19.3
1
25Maurice Morris
M. Morris
1,036
44
263
3.9
23.5
8
610
77
104
7.9
13.9
1
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120.1

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