Barry Sanders had his fewest rushing yards in a game versus the Steelers on October 1, 1989, with 1 yard.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 1 | 10/1/1989 |  DET | vs |  PIT | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | | B. Sanders | 10 | 10/28/1990 | DET | @ |  NO | 12 | 0.8 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| 3 | | B. Sanders | 16 | 9/11/1994 | DET | @ |  MIN | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | | B. Sanders | 20 | 9/7/1997 | DET | vs |  TB | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 102 | 8 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| 5 | | B. Sanders | 23 | 12/30/1990 | DET | @ |  SEA | 9 | 2.6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | B. Sanders | 24 | 9/25/1995 | DET | vs |  SF | 17 | 1.4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 10/20/1991 | DET | @ | SF | 7 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | B. Sanders | 28 | 12/14/1998 | DET | @ | SF | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | B. Sanders | 28 | 10/4/1998 | DET | @ |  CHI | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Sanders | 33 | 11/26/1998 | DET | vs | PIT | 20 | 1.7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Sanders | 33 | 8/31/1997 | DET | vs |  ATL | 15 | 2.2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | B. Sanders | 34 | 9/20/1992 | DET | @ |  WAS | 14 | 2.4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Sanders | 35 | 9/10/1995 | DET | @ | MIN | 13 | 2.7 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| 14 | | B. Sanders | 36 | 10/13/1996 | DET | @ |  OAK | 9 | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sanders | 36 | 10/4/1992 | DET | vs | NO | 9 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | B. Sanders | 38 | 11/1/1992 | DET | vs |  GB | 12 | 3.2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | B. Sanders | 41 | 12/27/1998 | DET | @ |  BAL | 19 | 2.2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 18 | | B. Sanders | 42 | 11/20/1994 | DET | @ | CHI | 11 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 19 | | B. Sanders | 42 | 9/8/1991 | DET | vs | GB | 18 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | B. Sanders | 44 | 11/5/1995 | DET | @ | ATL | 12 | 3.7 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| 21 | | B. Sanders | 45 | 11/24/1994 | DET | vs |  BUF | 19 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | B. Sanders | 47 | 10/27/1996 | DET | vs |  NYG | 16 | 2.9 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| 23 | | B. Sanders | 47 | 11/6/1994 | DET | @ | GB | 15 | 3.1 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| 24 | | B. Sanders | 48 | 12/23/1995 | DET | @ | TB | 18 | 2.7 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| 25 | | B. Sanders | 49 | 9/15/1996 | DET | @ |  PHI | 16 | 3.1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.
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