what detroit lions player has the most combined return yards in franchise history

Mel Gray has the most career return yards for the Lions, with 6,905 yards.

NAMERET YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Mel Gray
M. Gray
6,905
84
216
5,478
25.4
65.2
5
132
1,427
10.8
17.0
2
2Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
6,084
52
213
5,026
23.6
96.7
2
108
1,058
9.8
20.3
4
3Desmond Howard
D. Howard
4,553
41
155
3,732
24.1
91.0
0
68
821
12.1
20.0
2
4Stefan Logan
S. Logan
3,840
48
116
2,877
24.8
59.9
1
100
963
9.6
20.1
0
5Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
3,659
32
119
2,942
24.7
91.9
0
81
717
8.9
22.4
0
6Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
3,232
64
91
2,262
24.9
35.3
0
94
970
10.3
15.2
3
7Alvin Hall
A. Hall
2,958
76
128
2,819
22.0
37.1
1
15
139
9.3
1.8
0
8Terry Fair
T. Fair
2,854
52
101
2,516
24.9
48.4
2
47
338
7.2
6.5
0
9Pat Studstill
P. Studstill
2,640
77
75
1,924
25.7
25.0
1
59
716
12.1
9.3
0
10Lem Barney
L. Barney
2,586
140
50
1,274
25.5
9.1
1
143
1,312
9.2
9.4
2
11Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
2,506
46
64
1,649
25.8
35.8
1
74
857
11.6
18.6
4
12Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
2,413
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
85
1,084
12.8
12.2
8
13Robbie Martin
R. Martin
2,179
49
59
1,061
18.0
21.7
0
118
1,118
9.5
22.8
2
14Aveion Cason
A. Cason
1,972
40
80
1,945
24.3
48.6
0
3
27
9.0
0.7
0
15Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
1,939
74
30
579
19.3
7.8
0
143
1,360
9.5
18.4
2
16Tom Vaughn
T. Vaughn
1,893
88
62
1,595
25.7
18.1
0
33
298
9.0
3.4
0
17Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
1,796
24
58
1,374
23.7
57.3
1
39
422
10.8
17.6
1
18Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
1,550
26
38
1,023
26.9
39.3
1
47
527
11.2
20.3
1
19Kalif Raymond
K. Raymond
1,520
69
5
151
30.2
2.2
0
112
1,369
12.2
19.8
3
20Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
1,404
74
53
1,112
21.0
15.0
0
35
292
8.3
3.9
0
21Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
1,363
35
49
1,363
27.8
38.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Rick Kane
R. Kane
1,340
113
61
1,327
21.8
11.7
0
1
13
13.0
0.1
0
23Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,257
28
38
809
21.3
28.9
0
30
448
14.9
16.0
2
24Yale Lary
Y. Lary
1,253
133
22
495
22.5
3.7
0
126
758
6.0
5.7
3
25Doak Walker
D. Walker
1,252
67
38
968
25.5
14.4
0
18
284
15.8
4.2
1

More Lions Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

30.7

3rd

OPP PPG

21.6

11th

RUSH YDS/G

133.7

8th

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

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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

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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
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM