who was detroit's best running back in total yards

Barry Sanders has gained the most career all-purpose yards for the Lions by a running back, with 18,308 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,308	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Billy Sims B. Sims	7,161	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
3	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	6,832	150	5,105	1,203	4.2	34.0	18	1,616	193		8.4	10.8	5
4	Altie Taylor A. Taylor	6,115	91	4,297	1,165	3.7	47.2	24	1,523	173		8.8	16.7	6
5	James Jones J. Jones	5,749	85	3,452	960	3.6	40.6	23	2,318	285		8.1	27.3	10
6	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5,492	52	3,887	740	5.3	74.8	43	1,605	199	249	8.1	30.9	12
7	Nick Pietrosante N. Pietrosante	5,424	89	3,933	938	4.2	44.2	28	1,323	134		9.9	14.9	2
8	Doak Walker D. Walker	5,371	67	1,520	309	4.9	22.7	12	2,539	152		16.7	37.9	21
9	Tom Watkins T. Watkins	5,360	64	1,582	425	3.7	24.7	10	524	51		10.3	8.2	3
10	Mel Farr M. Farr	4,446	69	3,072	739	4.2	44.5	26	1,374	146		9.4	19.9	10
11	Kevin Jones K. Jones	4,096	53	3,067	761	4.0	57.9	24	1,006	141	191	7.1	19.0	3
12	Horace King H. King	3,943	123	2,081	549	3.8	16.9	9	1,579	198		8.0	12.8	5
13	Joique Bell J. Bell	3,942	63	2,235	561	4.0	35.5	22	1,638	162	219	10.1	26.0	1
14	James Stewart J. Stewart	3,752	41	2,890	713	4.1	70.5	15	862	101	144	8.5	21.0	4
15	Howard Cassady H. Cassady	3,667	62	1,195	298	4.0	19.3	5	1,175	77		15.3	19.0	15
16	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	3,590	59	2,439	553	4.4	41.3	17	951	96		9.9	16.1	7
17	Rick Kane R. Kane	3,537	113	1,443	392	3.7	12.8	12	754	75		10.1	6.7	2
18	Kevin Smith K. Smith	3,428	54	2,346	598	3.9	43.4	17	1,082	123	171	8.8	20.0	5
19	Steve Owens S. Owens	3,338	53	2,451	635	3.9	46.2	20	861	99		8.7	16.2	2
20	Theo Riddick T. Riddick	3,273	84	1,023	288	3.6	12.2	5	2,238	285	369	7.9	26.6	14
21	Dan Lewis D. Lewis	3,249	71	2,247	541	4.2	31.6	12	681	60		11.4	9.6	3
22	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	3,147	45	2,506	562	4.5	55.7	33	650	76	91	8.6	14.4	0
23	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	3,141	77	3,077	864	3.6	40.0	20	64	3		21.3	0.8	0
24	Dutch Clark D. Clark	3,113	75	2,772	606	4.6	43.3	36	341	28		12.2	5.3	6
25	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	3,034	35	1,251	327	3.8	35.7	6	420	57	80	7.4	12.0	3

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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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