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Detroit Lions Rushing Career Register

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Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Barry Sanders 1989 1998 153 3062 15269 99 85 5.0 99.8 41
2 Dexter Bussey 1974 1984 150 1203 5105 18 46 4.2 34.0 36
3 Altie Taylor 1969 1975 91 1165 4297 24 38 3.7 47.2 33
4 Billy Sims 1980 1984 60 1131 5106 42 81 4.5 85.1 40
5 James R. Jones 1983 1988 85 960 3452 23 39 3.6 40.6 27
6 Nick Pietrosante 1959 1965 89 938 3933 28 57 4.2 44.2 29
7 Ace Gutowsky 1932 1938 77 864 3077 20 0 3.6 40.0 0
8 Kevin Jones 2004 2007 53 761 3067 24 74 4.0 57.9 11
9 Mel Farr 1967 1973 69 739 3072 26 57 4.2 44.5 19
10 James Stewart 2000 2002 41 713 2890 15 56 4.1 70.5 4
11 Dan Lewis 1958 1964 84 651 2698 16 74 4.1 32.1 22
12 Steve Owens 1970 1974 53 635 2451 20 27 3.9 46.2 11
13 Dutch Clark 1932 1938 64 606 2772 27 0 4.6 43.3 0
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer 1950 1955 59 553 2439 17 96 4.4 41.3 14
15 Horace King 1975 1983 123 549 2081 9 75 3.8 16.9 12
16 Bill Shepherd 1935 1940 51 450 1699 11 0 3.8 33.3 0
17 Ernie Caddel 1933 1938 64 443 2311 20 0 5.2 36.1 0
18 Bobby Layne 1950 1958 97 432 1793 13 36 4.2 18.5 48
19 Tom Watkins 1962 1967 64 425 1582 10 60 3.7 24.7 21
20 Garry James 1986 1988 40 423 1510 12 60 3.6 37.8 9
21 Glenn Presnell 1932 1936 60 413 1593 15 0 3.9 26.6 0
22 Rick Kane 1977 1985 113 392 1443 12 35 3.7 12.8 21
23 Greg Landry 1968 1978 102 389 2502 19 76 6.4 24.5 31
24 Camp Wilson 1946 1949 45 378 1453 6 48 3.8 32.3 17
25 Gene Gedman 1953 1958 45 377 1221 17 59 3.2 27.1 7
26 Amos Marsh 1965 1967 41 323 1157 11 62 3.6 28.2 9
27 Howard Cassady 1956 1961 72 315 1223 6 57 3.9 17.0 12
28 Doak Walker 1950 1955 67 309 1520 12 51 4.9 22.7 9
29 Bill Triplett 1968 1972 68 300 969 4 33 3.2 14.3 7
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
30 Tom Nowatzke 1965 1968 56 284 989 12 21 3.5 17.7 12
31 Shawn Bryson 2003 2006 54 274 1177 4 77 4.3 21.8 4
32 John Henry Johnson 1957 1959 31 267 1145 7 62 4.3 36.9 16
33 Ken Webb 1958 1962 61 252 833 8 29 3.3 13.7 14
34 Lew Carpenter 1953 1955 35 248 1043 9 60 4.2 29.8 8
35 Frankie Sinkwich 1943 1944 20 243 829 7 72 3.4 41.5 0
36 Bill Dudley 1947 1949 28 238 801 5 28 3.4 28.6 18
37 Whizzer White 1940 1941 22 235 754 7 20 3.2 34.3 0
38 Lawrence Gaines 1976 1979 43 232 892 5 26 3.8 20.7 9
39 Bob Westfall 1944 1947 41 209 697 11 75 3.3 17.0 4
40 Lloyd Cardwell 1937 1943 57 205 905 8 80 4.4 15.9 0
41 Artose Pinner 2003 2005 28 202 622 5 19 3.1 22.2 0
42 Harry Hopp 1941 1943 30 191 531 4 44 2.8 17.7 0
43 Pat Harder 1951 1953 28 190 645 8 28 3.4 23.0 5
44 Tobin Rote 1957 1959 34 182 873 6 27 4.8 25.7 15
45 Rodney Peete 1989 1993 47 171 884 13 37 5.2 18.8 37
46 Ron Rivers 1995 1999 69 167 722 3 37 4.3 10.5 2
47 Cory Schlesinger 1995 2005 151 167 473 5 26 2.8 3.1 7
48 Gary Danielson 1977 1984 84 156 728 7 40 4.7 8.7 33
49 Nick Eddy 1968 1972 29 152 523 3 26 3.4 18.0 6
50 Eric Hipple 1981 1989 87 145 550 13 27 3.8 6.3 47
51 Greg Hill 1999 1999 14 144 542 2 45 3.8 38.7 1
52 Leon Hart 1951 1957 68 143 612 5 46 4.3 9.0 7
53 Dwight Sloan 1939 1940 21 137 450 4 0 3.3 21.4 0
54 Scott Mitchell 1994 1998 57 132 324 10 18 2.5 5.7 41
55 Ollie Cline 1950 1953 42 127 447 3 41 3.5 10.6 8
56 Charlie Batch 1998 2001 48 125 560 5 19 4.5 11.7 18
57 Elmer Hackney 1942 1945 36 125 492 8 78 3.9 13.7 1
58 Elmer Schaake 1933 1933 10 125 412 0 0 3.3 41.2 0
59 Fred Enke 1948 1951 48 123 521 1 41 4.2 10.9 17
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
60 Joe Don Looney 1965 1966 12 122 398 6 35 3.3 33.2 10
61 Chuck Fenenbock 1943 1945 20 118 323 1 37 2.7 16.2 4
62 Bill Bowman 1954 1956 18 116 481 3 61 4.1 26.7 8
63 Jug Girard 1952 1956 56 116 425 2 36 3.7 7.6 5
64 Earl Morrall 1958 1964 80 116 516 3 40 4.4 6.5 25
65 Howie Weiss 1939 1940 20 116 448 3 0 3.9 22.4 0
66 Derrick Moore 1993 1994 29 115 457 7 48 4.0 15.8 6
67 Olandis Gary 2003 2003 13 113 384 2 27 3.4 29.5 1
68 Frank Christensen 1934 1936 34 109 308 2 0 2.8 9.1 0
69 Joey Harrington 2002 2005 58 109 345 0 26 3.2 5.9 21
70 Dave Ryan 1945 1946 21 107 158 2 27 1.5 7.5 11
71 Vern Huffman 1937 1938 22 104 368 1 0 3.5 16.7 0
72 Alvin Moore 1985 1986 29 99 294 4 18 3.0 10.1 7
73 Ned Mathews 1941 1943 28 90 259 1 42 2.9 9.3 0
74 Bo Robinson 1979 1980 28 90 304 2 29 3.4 10.9 3
75 Milt Plum 1962 1967 65 89 325 5 45 3.7 5.0 17
76 Bob Gagliano 1989 1990 20 87 337 4 22 3.9 16.9 8
77 Don McIlhenny 1956 1956 9 87 372 3 30 4.3 41.3 0
78 Tony Paige 1987 1989 37 86 325 0 20 3.8 8.8 2
79 Cotton Price 1940 1945 28 82 229 2 14 2.8 8.2 3
80 Ken Jenkins 1984 1984 14 78 358 1 25 4.6 25.6 0
81 Bill Munson 1968 1975 60 77 252 2 20 3.3 4.2 17
82 Mickey Sanzotta 1942 1946 20 77 340 0 51 4.4 17.0 1
83 Wilbert Montgomery 1985 1985 7 75 251 0 22 3.3 35.9 0
84 Vince Thompson 1981 1983 23 75 349 2 30 4.7 15.2 2
85 Johnny Pingel 1939 1939 9 74 301 1 0 4.1 33.4 0
86 Aveion Cason 2001 2007 33 72 270 0 40 3.8 8.2 3
87 John Cavosie 1932 1933 20 69 192 2 0 2.8 9.6 0
88 Jim Hooks 1973 1975 31 67 245 0 24 3.7 7.9 2
89 Dave Middleton 1955 1960 43 67 210 2 16 3.1 4.9 0
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
90 Wally Triplett 1949 1950 18 67 313 1 80 4.7 17.4 4
91 Lamont Warren 2001 2002 19 67 199 3 18 3.0 10.5 1
92 T.J. Duckett 2007 2007 12 65 335 3 53 5.2 27.9 1
93 Jon Kitna 2006 2008 36 65 253 2 18 3.9 7.0 31
94 Jim Ninowski 1960 1961 24 65 319 10 40 4.9 13.3 6
95 Buddy Parker 1935 1936 21 65 177 0 0 2.7 8.4 0
96 Bobby Felts 1965 1967 31 64 207 2 22 3.2 6.7 4
97 Bobby Thompson 1975 1976 28 64 310 1 46 4.8 11.1 1
98 Leonard Thompson 1975 1984 143 64 327 3 40 5.1 2.3 12
99 Larry Watkins 1969 1969 14 62 201 1 12 3.2 14.4 0
100 Joe Margucci 1947 1948 22 60 111 4 26 1.9 5.0 5
101 Clyde LeForce 1947 1949 32 59 287 2 32 4.9 9.0 11
102 Erik Kramer 1991 1993 25 57 65 1 12 1.1 2.6 13
103 Billy Jefferson 1941 1941 11 56 164 1 20 2.9 14.9 0
104 Eric Lynch 1993 1996 32 56 209 2 15 3.7 6.5 2
105 Lindy Pearson 1950 1952 26 56 170 2 25 3.0 6.5 4
106 Kent Ryan 1938 1940 25 54 263 1 0 4.9 10.5 0
107 Dave Kopay 1968 1968 14 53 207 0 22 3.9 14.8 1
108 Jim Callahan 1946 1946 9 52 86 2 40 1.7 9.6 4
109 Karl Sweetan 1966 1967 20 51 312 2 34 6.1 15.6 10
110 Tommy Vardell 1997 1998 30 50 159 12 41 3.2 5.3 2
111 Arlen Harris 2006 2006 10 49 158 1 20 3.2 15.8 0
112 Joe Reed 1975 1979 29 49 270 2 22 5.5 9.3 6
113 Bill Stits 1955 1956 24 49 165 0 15 3.4 6.9 4
114 Mike McMahon 2001 2004 20 48 291 4 22 6.1 14.6 11
115 Gary Ellerson 1987 1987 8 47 196 3 33 4.2 24.5 0
116 Karl Bernard 1987 1987 8 45 187 2 14 4.2 23.4 3
117 Sedrick Irvin 1999 2000 20 45 182 4 51 4.0 9.1 3
118 Tatum Bell 2007 2007 5 44 182 1 24 4.1 36.4 1
119 John Panelli 1949 1950 19 42 119 0 14 2.8 6.3 2
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
120 Ike Peterson 1936 1936 11 41 278 3 84 6.8 25.3 0
121 Tom Colella 1942 1943 17 38 75 0 34 2.0 4.4 0
122 Marv Hubbard 1977 1977 13 38 150 1 16 3.9 11.5 1
123 Father Lumpkin 1932 1934 36 38 117 1 0 3.1 3.3 0
124 Andre Ware 1990 1993 14 38 217 0 32 5.7 15.5 7
125 Frank Grigonis 1942 1942 10 37 131 1 12 3.5 13.1 0
126 Kevin Smith 2008 2008 4 37 133 2 14 3.6 33.3 0
127 Jeff Komlo 1979 1981 19 36 110 2 16 3.1 5.8 13
128 Bob Smith 1949 1952 24 36 174 0 20 4.8 7.3 5
129 Chuck Long 1986 1989 23 34 88 0 15 2.6 3.8 13
130 Dick Booth 1941 1945 15 33 100 1 17 3.0 6.7 1
131 Bill Callihan 1943 1945 30 33 105 1 16 3.2 3.5 2
132 Cleve Wester 1987 1987 3 33 113 0 14 3.4 37.7 0
133 Terry Barr 1959 1965 72 32 151 2 37 4.7 2.1 7
134 Stan Edwards 1987 1987 3 32 69 0 13 2.2 23.0 3
135 Jimmie Jones 1974 1974 14 32 147 1 21 4.6 10.5 4
136 Carl Painter 1988 1989 27 32 106 0 13 3.3 3.9 2
137 Gene Alford 1932 1933 20 31 109 0 0 3.5 5.5 0
138 Mario Bates 2000 2000 13 31 127 2 23 4.1 9.8 0
139 Cloyce Box 1949 1954 21 31 82 0 20 2.6 3.9 2
140 Andy Farkas 1945 1945 8 31 137 0 27 4.4 17.1 1
141 Elmer Madarik 1945 1948 22 31 48 1 9 1.5 2.2 0
142 Darrell Tully 1939 1939 9 31 50 1 0 1.6 5.6 0
143 Joe Watt 1947 1948 20 31 61 0 10 2.0 3.1 1
144 Reuben Droughns 2001 2001 9 30 72 0 15 2.4 8.0 0
145 Johnny Olszewski 1961 1961 14 30 109 0 15 3.6 7.8 0
146 Art Van Tone 1943 1945 22 30 45 1 26 1.5 2.0 1
147 Scott Williams 1986 1988 32 30 73 3 8 2.4 2.3 0
148 Steve Belichick 1941 1941 6 28 118 2 11 4.2 19.7 0
149 Tom Dublinski 1952 1954 25 28 118 1 17 4.2 4.7 7
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
150 Tom Tracy 1956 1957 13 28 78 0 17 2.8 6.0 2
151 Bill McKalip 1934 1936 23 26 102 0 0 3.9 4.4 0
152 Jim A. McDonald 1939 1939 9 25 80 0 0 3.2 8.9 0
153 Leon Crosswhite 1973 1974 21 23 79 2 9 3.4 3.8 1
154 Harry Gilmer 1955 1956 19 23 86 0 19 3.7 4.5 3
155 Rudi Johnson 2008 2008 4 23 122 0 27 5.3 30.5 1
156 Dave Krieg 1994 1994 14 23 35 0 15 1.5 2.5 4
157 Don Majkowski 1995 1996 13 23 39 0 12 1.7 3.0 5
158 Brett Perriman 1991 1996 78 23 173 0 25 7.5 2.2 3
159 Freddie Scott 1978 1982 71 23 179 1 48 7.8 2.5 6
160 Paul Szakash 1938 1939 18 23 66 0 0 2.9 3.7 0
161 Chet Wetterlund 1942 1942 6 23 6 0 12 0.3 1.0 0
162 Hugh McElhenny 1964 1964 8 22 48 0 14 2.2 6.0 0
163 Johnnie Morton 1995 2001 96 21 143 0 27 6.8 1.5 6
164 Nick Ryder 1963 1964 24 21 34 1 12 1.6 1.4 1
165 Mickey Zofko 1972 1974 26 21 67 0 9 3.2 2.6 4
166 Ed Klewicki 1937 1938 21 20 129 0 0 6.5 6.1 0
167 Dick Nardi 1938 1938 8 20 109 0 0 5.5 13.6 0
168 Milt Piepul 1941 1941 11 20 56 0 13 2.8 5.1 0
169 Bob Wiese 1947 1947 12 20 61 0 21 3.1 5.1 2
170 Byron Bailey 1952 1952 8 19 74 2 11 3.9 9.3 0
171 Jack Christiansen 1952 1952 11 19 148 2 65 7.8 13.5 2
172 Joel McCoy 1946 1946 10 19 -29 0 15 -1.5 -2.9 2
173 Paul Sarringhaus 1948 1948 5 19 38 0 7 2.0 7.6 0
174 Rusty Hilger 1988 1988 11 18 27 0 11 1.5 2.5 7
175 Jeff Garcia 2005 2005 6 17 51 1 14 3.0 8.5 1
176 Cedric Jackson 1991 1991 8 17 55 0 10 3.2 6.9 1
177 John Polanski 1942 1942 3 17 67 0 13 3.9 22.3 0
178 Stoney Case 2000 2000 5 16 117 1 27 7.3 23.4 1
179 Bruce McLenna 1966 1966 9 16 51 0 19 3.2 5.7 0
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
180 Jerry Reichow 1956 1959 29 16 108 0 46 6.8 3.7 0
181 Bob Rowe 1934 1934 11 16 44 0 0 2.8 4.0 0
182 Joe Stringfellow 1942 1942 9 16 41 0 11 2.6 4.6 0
183 Gus Frerotte 1999 1999 9 15 33 0 8 2.2 3.7 3
184 Brian Calhoun 2006 2007 11 14 54 0 17 3.9 4.9 1
185 Pete Kmetovic 1947 1947 11 14 23 0 6 1.6 2.1 0
186 Don Overton 1991 1991 14 14 59 0 9 4.2 4.2 1
187 Harry Seltzer 1942 1942 6 14 44 0 24 3.1 7.3 0
188 Larry Ferguson 1963 1963 7 13 23 0 5 1.8 3.3 2
189 Ollie Matson 1963 1963 8 13 20 0 9 1.5 2.5 0
190 Pug Vaughan 1935 1935 7 13 51 0 0 3.9 7.3 0
191 Larry Walton 1969 1976 81 13 127 1 57 9.8 1.6 2
192 Butch Woolfolk 1987 1988 15 13 86 0 31 6.6 5.7 2
193 Roy Zimmerman 1947 1947 12 13 28 1 10 2.2 2.3 8
194 Rafael Cooper 2002 2002 5 12 57 0 18 4.8 11.4 0
195 Ron Jessie 1971 1974 40 12 48 2 18 4.0 1.2 7
196 Richard Johnson 1989 1989 16 12 38 0 14 3.2 2.4 3
197 Bob Keene 1943 1945 16 12 29 0 7 2.4 1.8 1
198 Frank Tripucka 1949 1949 6 12 36 1 18 3.0 6.0 1
199 Emil Banjavic 1942 1942 10 11 67 0 45 6.1 6.7 0
200 James Wilder 1990 1990 15 11 51 0 13 4.6 3.4 0
201 Avon Cobourne 2003 2003 7 10 27 0 19 2.7 3.9 0
202 Yale Lary 1953 1964 107 10 153 0 32 15.3 1.4 8
203 Frank Reich 1997 1998 12 10 -1 0 5 -0.1 -0.1 2
204 Ty Detmer 2001 2001 4 9 26 0 9 2.9 6.5 3
205 D.J. Dozier 1991 1991 6 9 48 0 29 5.3 8.0 0
206 Joe Ferguson 1985 1986 14 9 37 1 15 4.1 2.6 4
207 Az-Zahir Hakim 2002 2006 42 9 55 0 35 6.1 1.3 2
208 Jackie Lowther 1944 1944 8 9 18 0 11 2.0 2.3 0
209 Mark Nichols 1981 1985 64 9 108 0 30 12.0 1.7 4
Rushing
Rk From To G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
210 Bob L. Smith 1953 1954 15 9 52 0 30 5.8 3.5 1
211 Troy Stradford 1992 1992 6 9 29 0 11 3.2 4.8 0
212 Jim Thomason 1945 1945 5 9 9 0 10 1.0 1.8 3
213 Mike Black 1983 1987 58 8 -24 0 4 -3.0 -0.4 4
214 Bob Cifers 1946 1946 11 8 18 0 6 2.3 1.6 2
215 Germane Crowell 1998 2001 44 8 91 0 35 11.4 2.1 3
216 Billy deCorrevont 1946 1946 9 8 -32 0 -5 -4.0 -3.6 4
217 Don Doll 1949 1949 12 8 25 1 10 3.1 2.1 2
218 Tony Dollinger 1987 1987 2 8 22 0 8 2.8 11.0 0
219 Eddie Drummond 2002 2006 52 8 49 0 23 6.1 0.9 8
220 Gordon Gore 1939 1939 7 8 7 0 0 0.9 1.0 0