Lionel James
Position: RB-WR
Height: 5-6 Weight: 171 lbs.
Born: May 25, 1962 in Albany, GA
College: Auburn (school history)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 5th round (118th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 26 (3709th overall since 1950)
Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $15 on Pro-Football-Reference.com. Your message will replace this ad.
Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| League | NFL | 67 | 27 | 40 | 0 | 231 | 1062 | 4.60 | 3 | 3.4 | 15.9 | 209 | 2278 | 10.90 | 10 | 3.1 | 34.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -22.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 90 | 99 | 2094 | 21.15 | 0 | 124 | 1193 | 9.62 | 2 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Place | Home | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 116 | 535 | 4.61 | 2 | 3.4 | 15.7 | 115 | 1243 | 10.81 | 4 | 3.4 | 36.6 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -22.50 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 1052 | 21.47 | 0 | 61 | 534 | 8.75 | 1 |
| Road | 33 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 115 | 527 | 4.58 | 1 | 3.5 | 16.0 | 94 | 1035 | 11.01 | 6 | 2.8 | 31.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 48 | 50 | 1042 | 20.84 | 0 | 63 | 659 | 10.46 | 1 | |||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Result | Win | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 448 | 5.27 | 3 | 3.1 | 16.6 | 69 | 874 | 12.67 | 5 | 2.6 | 32.4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 54 | 29 | 719 | 24.79 | 0 | 60 | 620 | 10.33 | 1 |
| Loss | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 146 | 614 | 4.21 | 0 | 3.7 | 15.4 | 140 | 1404 | 10.03 | 5 | 3.5 | 35.1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 70 | 1375 | 19.64 | 0 | 64 | 573 | 8.95 | 1 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 31 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 128 | 658 | 5.14 | 3 | 4.1 | 21.2 | 112 | 1265 | 11.29 | 9 | 3.6 | 40.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 78 | 47 | 1018 | 21.66 | 0 | 56 | 579 | 10.34 | 1 |
| 8-14 points | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 46 | 151 | 3.28 | 0 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 44 | 454 | 10.32 | 1 | 2.8 | 28.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 569 | 21.88 | 0 | 30 | 184 | 6.13 | 0 | |||||
| 15+ points | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 57 | 253 | 4.44 | 0 | 2.9 | 12.7 | 53 | 559 | 10.55 | 0 | 2.7 | 28.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 507 | 19.50 | 0 | 38 | 430 | 11.32 | 1 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Month | September | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 502 | 5.58 | 1 | 4.7 | 26.4 | 61 | 692 | 11.34 | 3 | 3.2 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 692 | 20.35 | 0 | 35 | 365 | 10.43 | 1 |
| October | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 55 | 204 | 3.71 | 0 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 52 | 460 | 8.85 | 0 | 3.1 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 604 | 20.13 | 0 | 24 | 221 | 9.21 | 0 | |
| November | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 251 | 4.56 | 2 | 3.2 | 14.8 | 59 | 733 | 12.42 | 5 | 3.5 | 43.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 48 | 15 | 346 | 23.07 | 0 | 26 | 280 | 10.77 | 1 | |||||
| December | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 105 | 3.39 | 0 | 2.2 | 7.5 | 37 | 393 | 10.62 | 2 | 2.6 | 28.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 452 | 22.60 | 0 | 39 | 327 | 8.38 | 0 | |||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Day | Sunday | 62 | 26 | 36 | 0 | 213 | 1007 | 4.73 | 3 | 3.4 | 16.2 | 199 | 2205 | 11.08 | 10 | 3.2 | 35.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 90 | 80 | 1698 | 21.23 | 0 | 113 | 1145 | 10.13 | 2 |
| Monday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 55 | 3.06 | 0 | 3.6 | 11.0 | 10 | 73 | 7.30 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 396 | 20.84 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | AFC | 54 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 199 | 871 | 4.38 | 3 | 3.7 | 16.1 | 189 | 2126 | 11.25 | 10 | 3.5 | 39.4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 84 | 79 | 1608 | 20.35 | 0 | 99 | 941 | 9.51 | 1 |
| NFC | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 191 | 5.97 | 0 | 2.5 | 14.7 | 20 | 152 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 486 | 24.30 | 0 | 25 | 252 | 10.08 | 1 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Division | AFC East | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 103 | 3.96 | 0 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 23 | 171 | 7.43 | 1 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 123 | 24.60 | 0 | 13 | 127 | 9.77 | 0 | ||||
| AFC Central | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 278 | 6.18 | 2 | 4.1 | 25.3 | 43 | 588 | 13.67 | 4 | 3.9 | 53.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 42 | 15 | 307 | 20.47 | 0 | 26 | 318 | 12.23 | 1 | |||||
| AFC West | 34 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 128 | 490 | 3.83 | 1 | 3.8 | 14.4 | 123 | 1367 | 11.11 | 5 | 3.6 | 40.2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 59 | 1178 | 19.97 | 0 | 60 | 496 | 8.27 | 0 | |
| NFC East | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 90 | 5.29 | 0 | 4.3 | 22.5 | 11 | 106 | 9.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 177 | 19.67 | 0 | 7 | 133 | 19.00 | 1 | |||||
| NFC Central | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 90 | 6.43 | 0 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 309 | 28.09 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 5.30 | 0 | |
| NFC West | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 8.25 | 0 | ||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 81.00 | 1 | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | |||||||
| Buffalo Bills | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 11.33 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 44.00 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | |||||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 127 | 10.58 | 1 | 6.0 | 63.5 | 5 | 118 | 23.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 59.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 3.69 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.0 | 14 | 158 | 11.29 | 1 | 7.0 | 79.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | |||||
| Denver Broncos | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 151 | 4.44 | 0 | 3.8 | 16.8 | 38 | 373 | 9.82 | 1 | 4.2 | 41.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 13 | 108 | 8.31 | 0 | |||||
| Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 0 | 10.0 | 58.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 31.00 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | ||||||
| Indianapolis (Bal) Colts | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 1 | 2.0 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | ||||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 123 | 3.97 | 0 | 3.4 | 13.7 | 32 | 376 | 11.75 | 2 | 3.6 | 41.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 290 | 22.31 | 0 | 22 | 215 | 9.77 | 0 | |||||
| Oakland (LA) Raiders | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 116 | 3.63 | 1 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 26 | 331 | 12.73 | 1 | 3.3 | 41.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 423 | 20.14 | 0 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 0 | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 93 | 5.47 | 0 | 5.7 | 31.0 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 24.60 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 20.25 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | ||||||||
| New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 14 | 122 | 8.71 | 1 | 3.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 202 | 20.20 | 0 | 9 | 143 | 15.89 | 1 | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Seattle Seahawks | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 100 | 3.23 | 0 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 27 | 287 | 10.63 | 1 | 3.4 | 35.9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 380 | 20.00 | 0 | 15 | 112 | 7.47 | 0 | |
| St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ten Titans/Hou Oilers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 78 | 6.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 10 | 190 | 19.00 | 1 | 3.3 | 63.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 12 | 113 | 9.42 | 0 | |||||
| Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 0 | 9.0 | 67.0 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | |||||