which lions rookie has the most rushes in a season

Billy Sims has the most rush attempts by a Lions rookie, with 313 carries in 1980.

NAME ATT SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Billy Sims
B. Sims
313
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
4.2
81.4
13
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
280
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
3 Kevin Jones
K. Jones
241
2004
DET DET
15
1,133
4.7
75.5
5
180
28
41
6.4
12.0
1
4 Kevin Smith
K. Smith
238
2008
DET DET
16
976
4.1
61.0
8
286
39
54
7.3
17.9
0
5 Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
215
2012
DET DET
14
798
3.7
57.0
9
214
34
48
6.3
15.3
0
6 Mel Farr
M. Farr
206
1967
DET DET
13
860
4.2
66.2
3
317
39
8.1
24.4
3
7 Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
182
2023
DET DET
15
945
5.2
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
8 Jahvid Best
J. Best
171
2010
DET DET
16
555
3.2
34.7
4
487
58
80
8.4
30.4
2
9 Garry James
G. James
159
1986
DET DET
16
688
4.3
43.0
3
219
34
6.4
13.7
0
10 Lawrence Gaines
L. Gaines
155
1976
DET DET
14
659
4.3
47.1
4
130
23
5.7
9.3
1
11 Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
143
2015
DET DET
16
597
4.2
37.3
2
183
25
38
7.3
11.4
1
12 James Jones
J. Jones
135
1983
DET DET
14
475
3.5
33.9
6
467
46
10.2
33.4
1
13 Elmer Schaake
E. Schaake
125
1933
POR POR
10
412
3.3
41.2
0
23
4
5.8
2.3
1
14 Rick Kane
R. Kane
124
1977
DET DET
14
421
3.4
30.1
4
186
18
10.3
13.3
0
15 Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
118
2018
DET DET
10
641
5.4
64.1
3
213
32
39
6.7
21.3
1
16 Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
118
1969
DET DET
10
348
2.9
34.8
0
86
13
6.6
8.6
0
17 D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
114
2020
DET DET
13
521
4.6
40.1
8
357
46
57
7.8
27.5
2
18 Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
97
1956
DET DET
12
413
4.3
34.4
0
83
9
9.2
6.9
0
19 Bill Bowman
B. Bowman
96
1954
DET DET
12
397
4.1
33.1
2
288
34
8.5
24.0
2
20 Frank Christensen
F. Christensen
96
1934
DET DET
11
304
3.2
27.6
2
43
1
43.0
3.9
0
21 Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
93
1943
DET DET
10
266
2.9
26.6
1
8
1
8.0
0.8
0
22 Dwayne Washington
D. Washington
90
2016
DET DET
12
265
2.9
22.1
1
62
10
15
6.2
5.2
0
23 Bo Scarbrough
B. Scarbrough
89
2019
DET DET
6
377
4.2
62.8
1
5
1
4
5.0
0.8
0
24 Derrick Moore
D. Moore
88
1993
DET DET
13
405
4.6
31.2
3
169
21
8.0
13.0
1
25 Bo Robinson
B. Robinson
87
1979
DET DET
14
302
3.5
21.6
2
118
14
8.4
8.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

32.1

1st

OPP PPG

18.0

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

151.1

4th

PASS YDS/G

258.0

5th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
.692
Bears Bears
4
9
0
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Sun
1/5
MIN MIN
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DET DET
1:00 PM
Mon
12/30
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@
SF SF
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12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
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12/15
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
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34

Final

31

GB Packers

9 - 4 - 0

Thu 5 Dec 2024

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Eagles Eagles
11
2
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.846
Commanders Commanders
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5
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.615
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Lions Lions
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3
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5
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7
0
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AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
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1
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5
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12/8
CIN CIN
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Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
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Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
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SF SF
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BUF BUF
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LAR LAR
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12/7
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12/22
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1:00 PM