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

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NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 15,269 153 3,062 5.0 99.8 99 2,921 352 8.3 19.1 10
Billy Sims Billy Sims 5,106 60 1,131 4.5 85.1 42 2,072 186 11.1 34.5 5
Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey 5,105 150 1,203 4.2 34.0 18 1,616 193 8.4 10.8 5
Altie Taylor Altie Taylor 4,297 91 1,165 3.7 47.2 24 1,523 173 8.8 16.7 6
Nick Pietrosante Nick Pietrosante 3,933 89 938 4.2 44.2 28 1,323 134 9.9 14.9 2
James Jones James Jones 3,452 85 960 3.6 40.6 23 2,318 285 8.1 27.3 10
Ace Gutowsky Ace Gutowsky 3,077 77 864 3.6 40.0 20 64 3 21.3 0.8 0
Mel Farr Mel Farr 3,072 69 739 4.2 44.5 26 1,374 146 9.4 19.9 10
Kevin Jones Kevin Jones 3,067 53 761 4.0 57.9 24 1,006 141 191 7.1 19.0 3
James Stewart James Stewart 2,890 41 713 4.1 70.5 15 862 101 144 8.5 21.0 4
Dutch Clark Dutch Clark 2,772 64 606 4.6 43.3 27 341 28 12.2 5.3 6
Dan Lewis Dan Lewis 2,698 84 651 4.1 32.1 16 799 68 11.8 9.5 3
Greg Landry Greg Landry 2,502 102 389 6.4 24.5 19 0 0 0.0 0
Steve Owens Steve Owens 2,451 53 635 3.9 46.2 20 861 99 8.7 16.2 2
Bob Hoernschemeyer Bob Hoernschemeyer 2,439 59 553 4.4 41.3 17 951 96 9.9 16.1 7
Kevin Smith Kevin Smith 2,346 54 598 3.9 43.4 17 1,082 123 171 8.8 20.0 5
Ernie Caddel Ernie Caddel 2,311 64 443 5.2 36.1 20 641 54 11.9 10.0 5
Joique Bell Joique Bell 2,235 63 561 4.0 35.5 22 1,638 162 219 10.1 26.0 1
Horace King Horace King 2,081 123 549 3.8 16.9 9 1,579 198 8.0 12.8 5
Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 1,793 97 432 4.2 18.5 13 0 0 0.0 0
Bill Shepherd Bill Shepherd 1,699 51 450 3.8 33.3 11 168 18 9.3 3.3 1
D'Andre Swift D'Andre Swift 1,680 40 364 4.6 42.0 18 1,198 156 205 7.7 30.0 7
Jamaal Williams Jamaal Williams 1,667 30 415 4.0 55.6 20 230 38 44 6.1 7.7 0
Glenn Presnell Glenn Presnell 1,593 60 413 3.9 26.6 15 192 13 14.8 3.2 2
Tom Watkins Tom Watkins 1,582 64 425 3.7 24.7 10 524 51 10.3 8.2 3
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