Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards per game for the Lions when playing 5+ games, with 99.8 per game.
| NAME | RUSH YDS/G | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 99.8 | 153 | 15,269 | 3,062 | 5.0 | 99 | 2,921 | 352 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 10 | |
| 2 |  | B. Sims | 85.1 | 60 | 5,106 | 1,131 | 4.5 | 42 | 2,072 | 186 | 11.1 | 34.5 | 5 | |
| 3 |  | J. Gibbs | 73.9 | 39 | 2,883 | 536 | 5.4 | 32 | 1,027 | 130 | 162 | 7.9 | 26.3 | 6 |
| 4 | | J. Stewart | 70.5 | 41 | 2,890 | 713 | 4.1 | 15 | 862 | 101 | 144 | 8.5 | 21.0 | 4 |
| 5 | | B. Scarbrough | 62.8 | 6 | 377 | 89 | 4.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 6 |  | D. Montgomery | 61.3 | 35 | 2,145 | 482 | 4.5 | 29 | 554 | 63 | 75 | 8.8 | 15.8 | 0 |
| 7 | | K. Jones | 57.9 | 53 | 3,067 | 761 | 4.0 | 24 | 1,006 | 141 | 191 | 7.1 | 19.0 | 3 |
| 8 |  | J. Williams | 55.6 | 30 | 1,667 | 415 | 4.0 | 20 | 230 | 38 | 44 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 0 |
| 9 | | R. Bush | 52.1 | 25 | 1,303 | 299 | 4.4 | 6 | 759 | 94 | 136 | 8.1 | 30.4 | 3 |
| 10 | | M. Leshoure | 47.5 | 17 | 807 | 217 | 3.7 | 9 | 214 | 34 | 48 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 11 | | A. Taylor | 47.2 | 91 | 4,297 | 1,165 | 3.7 | 24 | 1,523 | 173 | 8.8 | 16.7 | 6 | |
| 12 | | S. Owens | 46.2 | 53 | 2,451 | 635 | 3.9 | 20 | 861 | 99 | 8.7 | 16.2 | 2 | |
| 13 | | M. Farr | 44.5 | 69 | 3,072 | 739 | 4.2 | 26 | 1,374 | 146 | 9.4 | 19.9 | 10 | |
| 14 | | N. Pietrosante | 44.2 | 89 | 3,933 | 938 | 4.2 | 28 | 1,323 | 134 | 9.9 | 14.9 | 2 | |
| 15 | | K. Smith | 43.4 | 54 | 2,346 | 598 | 3.9 | 17 | 1,082 | 123 | 171 | 8.8 | 20.0 | 5 |
| 16 | | D. Clark | 43.3 | 64 | 2,772 | 606 | 4.6 | 27 | 341 | 28 | 12.2 | 5.3 | 6 | |
| 17 | | J. Best | 43.0 | 22 | 945 | 255 | 3.7 | 6 | 774 | 85 | 120 | 9.1 | 35.2 | 3 |
| 18 |  | D. Swift | 42.0 | 40 | 1,680 | 364 | 4.6 | 18 | 1,198 | 156 | 205 | 7.7 | 30.0 | 7 |
| 19 | | F. Sinkwich | 41.5 | 20 | 829 | 243 | 3.4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| 20 | | B. Hoernschemeyer | 41.3 | 59 | 2,439 | 553 | 4.4 | 17 | 951 | 96 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 7 | |
| 21 | | D. McIlhenny | 41.3 | 9 | 372 | 87 | 4.3 | 3 | 70 | 8 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| 22 | | E. Schaake | 41.2 | 10 | 412 | 125 | 3.3 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| 23 | | J. Jones | 40.6 | 85 | 3,452 | 960 | 3.6 | 23 | 2,318 | 285 | 8.1 | 27.3 | 10 | |
| 24 | | A. Gutowsky | 40.0 | 77 | 3,077 | 864 | 3.6 | 20 | 64 | 3 | 21.3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| 25 | | G. Hill | 38.7 | 14 | 542 | 144 | 3.8 | 2 | 77 | 13 | 23 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.
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