Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Billy Sims rushed for the most yards by a Lions running back, with 5,106 yards.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sims | 5,106 | 60 | 1,131 | 4.5 | 85.1 | 42 | 2,072 | 186 | 11.1 | 34.5 | 5 | |
| 2 | | J. Jones | 3,452 | 85 | 960 | 3.6 | 40.6 | 23 | 2,318 | 285 | 8.1 | 27.3 | 10 | |
| 3 | | D. Bussey | 1,642 | 72 | 387 | 4.2 | 22.8 | 3 | 706 | 90 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| 4 | | G. James | 1,510 | 40 | 423 | 3.6 | 37.8 | 12 | 816 | 89 | 9.2 | 20.4 | 2 | |
| 5 |  | B. Sanders | 1,470 | 15 | 280 | 5.3 | 98.0 | 14 | 282 | 24 | 11.8 | 18.8 | 0 | |
| 6 | | R. Kane | 537 | 68 | 130 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 2 | 303 | 32 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 7 | | K. Jenkins | 358 | 26 | 78 | 4.6 | 13.8 | 1 | 246 | 21 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| 8 | | V. Thompson | 349 | 23 | 75 | 4.7 | 15.2 | 2 | 56 | 8 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| 9 | | T. Paige | 325 | 37 | 86 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 0 | 128 | 15 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | | A. Moore | 294 | 29 | 99 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 4 | 201 | 27 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 11 | | W. Montgomery | 251 | 7 | 75 | 3.3 | 35.9 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| 12 | | G. Ellerson | 196 | 8 | 47 | 4.2 | 24.5 | 3 | 48 | 5 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| 13 | | K. Bernard | 187 | 8 | 45 | 4.2 | 23.4 | 2 | 91 | 13 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| 14 | | H. King | 155 | 57 | 46 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1 | 551 | 58 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 3 | |
| 15 | | C. Wester | 113 | 3 | 33 | 3.4 | 37.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | C. Painter | 106 | 27 | 32 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 10.5 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| 17 | | B. Woolfolk | 86 | 15 | 13 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0 | 166 | 19 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| 18 | | S. Williams | 73 | 32 | 30 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | 71 | 9 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| 19 | | S. Edwards | 69 | 3 | 32 | 2.2 | 23.0 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 11.7 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| 20 | | D. D'Addio | 46 | 16 | 7 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| 21 | | T. Dollinger | 22 | 2 | 8 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| 22 | | H. Hunter | 22 | 16 | 3 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 0 | 218 | 25 | 8.7 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| 23 | | M. Meade | 18 | 31 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 24 | | N. Kowgios | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | A.J. Jones | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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