detroit lions all-time leading rusher

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

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2 Billy Sims
B. Sims
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
3 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
5,105
150
1,203
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
4 Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
4,297
91
1,165
3.7
47.2
24
1,523
173
8.8
16.7
6
5 Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,933
89
938
4.2
44.2
28
1,323
134
9.9
14.9
2
6 James Jones
J. Jones
3,452
85
960
3.6
40.6
23
2,318
285
8.1
27.3
10
7 Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
3,077
77
864
3.6
40.0
20
64
3
21.3
0.8
0
8 Mel Farr
M. Farr
3,072
69
739
4.2
44.5
26
1,374
146
9.4
19.9
10
9 Kevin Jones
K. Jones
3,067
53
761
4.0
57.9
24
1,006
141
191
7.1
19.0
3
10 James Stewart
J. Stewart
2,890
41
713
4.1
70.5
15
862
101
144
8.5
21.0
4
11 Dutch Clark
D. Clark
2,772
64
606
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
12 Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2,747
38
519
5.3
72.3
30
945
127
159
7.4
24.9
6
13 Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
2,698
84
651
4.1
32.1
16
799
68
11.8
9.5
3
14 Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,502
102
389
6.4
24.5
19
0
0
0.0
0
15 Steve Owens
S. Owens
2,451
53
635
3.9
46.2
20
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
16 Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
2,439
59
553
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
17 Kevin Smith
K. Smith
2,346
54
598
3.9
43.4
17
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
18 Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
2,311
64
443
5.2
36.1
20
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
19 Joique Bell
J. Bell
2,235
63
561
4.0
35.5
22
1,638
162
219
10.1
26.0
1
20 David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
2,124
34
469
4.5
62.5
29
536
61
72
8.8
15.8
0
21 Horace King
H. King
2,081
123
549
3.8
16.9
9
1,579
198
8.0
12.8
5
22 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,793
97
432
4.2
18.5
13
0
0
0.0
0
23 Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
1,699
51
450
3.8
33.3
11
168
18
9.3
3.3
1
24 D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
1,680
40
364
4.6
42.0
18
1,198
156
205
7.7
30.0
7
25 Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
1,667
30
415
4.0
55.6
20
230
38
44
6.1
7.7
0
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Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

2nd

OPP PPG

23.7

18th

RUSH YDS/G

128.7

8th

PASS YDS/G

232.2

14th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
Bears Bears
3
2
0
.600
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
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
Last Game
KC Chiefs

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

17

DET Lions

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM