detroit lions all-time kickoff return yards leader

Mel Gray has the most career kick-return yards for the Lions, with 5,478 yards.

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	NAME	KR YDS	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Mel Gray M. Gray	5,478	84	216	25.4	65.2	5	132	1,427	10.8	17.0	2
2	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	5,026	52	213	23.6	96.7	2	108	1,058	9.8	20.3	4
3	Desmond Howard D. Howard	3,732	41	155	24.1	91.0	0	68	821	12.1	20.0	2
4	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	2,942	32	119	24.7	91.9	0	81	717	8.9	22.4	0
5	Stefan Logan S. Logan	2,877	48	116	24.8	59.9	1	100	963	9.6	20.1	0
6	Alvin Hall A. Hall	2,819	76	128	22.0	37.1	1	15	139	9.3	1.8	0
7	Terry Fair T. Fair	2,516	52	101	24.9	48.4	2	47	338	7.2	6.5	0
8	Tom Watkins T. Watkins	2,262	64	91	24.9	35.3	0	94	970	10.3	15.2	3
9	Aveion Cason A. Cason	1,945	40	80	24.3	48.6	0	3	27	9.0	0.7	0
10	Pat Studstill P. Studstill	1,924	77	75	25.7	25.0	1	59	716	12.1	9.3	0
11	Jamal Agnew J. Agnew	1,649	46	64	25.8	35.8	1	74	857	11.6	18.6	4
12	Tom Vaughn T. Vaughn	1,595	88	62	25.7	18.1	0	33	298	9.0	3.4	0
13	Reggie Swinton R. Swinton	1,374	24	58	23.7	57.3	1	39	422	10.8	17.6	1
14	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	1,363	35	49	27.8	38.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jack Christiansen J. Christiansen	1,329	89	59	22.5	14.9	0	85	1,084	12.8	12.2	8
16	Rick Kane R. Kane	1,327	113	61	21.8	11.7	0	1	13	13.0	0.1	0
17	Lem Barney L. Barney	1,274	140	50	25.5	9.1	1	143	1,312	9.2	9.4	2
18	Ron Jessie R. Jessie	1,237	54	47	26.3	22.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
19	Bobby Williams B. Williams	1,219	41	46	26.5	29.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Howard Cassady H. Cassady	1,112	74	53	21.0	15.0	0	35	292	8.3	3.9	0
21	Gary Lee G. Lee	1,074	26	50	21.5	41.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jacob Saylors J. Saylors	1,061	19	39	27.2	55.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Robbie Martin R. Martin	1,061	49	59	18.0	21.7	0	118	1,118	9.5	22.8	2
24	Jeremy Ross J. Ross	1,023	26	38	26.9	39.3	1	47	527	11.2	20.3	1
25	Herman Hunter H. Hunter	1,007	16	49	20.6	62.9	0	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS

802

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RUSH

307

Gibbs

REC

228

St. Brown

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PPG

31.0

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OPP PPG

31.7

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.7

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PASS YDS/G

267.3

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	3	0	1.000
Bears	2	1	.667
Lions	2	1	.667
Packers	1	2	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM
Sun 10/11	DET	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Jets

1 - 2

Final

Lions

2 - 1

Sun 27 Sep 2026

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999

Rodgers

939

Young

917

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

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QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Watt

4.0

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Fannin

Fantasy K Rankings

42

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39

McLaughlin

38

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3-0

2-0-1

3-1

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Worst Record ATS

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
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
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000