Detroit Lions Career Kicking & Punting Leaders

Seasons: 89 (1930 to 2018)

Record (W-L-T): 558-657-32

Playoff Record: 7-13

Super Bowls Won: 0 (0 Appearances)

Championships Won*: 4

All-time Passing Leader: Matthew Stafford 3,334/5,341, 38,144 yds, 235 TD

All-time Rushing Leader: Barry Sanders 3,062 att, 15,269 yds, 99 TD

All-time Receiving Leader: Calvin Johnson 731 rec, 11,619 yds, 83 TD

All-time Scoring Leader: Jason Hanson 2,150 points

All-time AV Leader: Barry Sanders 150 AV

Winningest Coach: Wayne Fontes 66-67-0

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Kicking & Punting

Kicking & Punting Table
							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Punting
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1	Jerry DePoyster	1968	1968	14	P	2			3	1	3	2	8		1		15	3	20.0%	20	18	90.0%	71	2868	60	0	40.4
2	Wilbur Summers	1977	1977	13	P	1																	93	3420	51	1	36.8
3	Doak Walker	1950	1955	67	LH												87	49	56.3%	191	183	95.8%	50	1956	61	1	39.1
4	Roy Zimmerman	1947	1947	12	QB												11	5	45.5%	31	30	96.8%	49	2078	62	1	42.4
5	Larry Swider	1979	1979	14	P	2																	88	3523	72	0	40.0
6	Tom Skladany	1978	1982	57	P	12																	268	11363	74	2	42.4
7	John Jett	1997	2003	95	P	14																	503	21494	62	4	42.7
8	Eddie Murray	1980	1991	174	K	50	10	9	65	59	116	93	100	67	34	16	325	244	75.1%	386	381	98.7%	5	192	46	0	38.4
9	Sam Martin	2013	2018	88	P	13																	387	17905	72	1	46.3
10	Mike Black	1983	1987	58	P	7																	272	11181	63	2	41.1
11	David Akers	2013	2013	16	K	2	1	1	5	5	8	6	7	4	3	3	24	19	79.2%	43	42	97.7%
12	Nick Harris	2003	2012	136	P	20																	694	29857	67	2	43.0
13	Errol Mann	1969	1976	98	K	31	26	25	45	38	78	52	49	20	16	6	214	141	65.9%	222	213	95.9%	2	52	34	0	26.0
14	Greg Montgomery	1994	1994	16	P	3																	63	2782	64	1	44.2
15	Herman Weaver	1970	1976	97	P	16																	436	17715	69	8	40.6
16	Mark Royals	1995	1996	32	P	4																	126	5413	60	3	43.0
17	Whizzer White	1940	1941	22	TB												1		0.0%	4	2	50.0%	100	4129	63	0	41.3
18	Jason Hanson	1992	2012	327	K	83	10	10	134	131	178	166	186	136	93	52	601	495	82.4%	673	665	98.8%	15	534	50	0	35.6
19	Ryan Donahue	2011	2011	8	P	1																	49	2093	60	0	42.7
20	Lem Barney	1967	1977	140	LCB	121																	113	4006	55	1	35.5
21	Matt Prater	2014	2018	73	K	14	2	2	33	33	40	37	40	31	34	25	149	128	85.9%	160	154	96.3%	4	139	47	0	34.8
22	Steve Mike-Mayer	1977	1977	14	K	1			5	2	7	3	7	3			19	8	42.1%	21	19	90.5%
23	Jim Arnold	1986	1993	114	P	19																	536	22893	71	3	42.7
24	Benny Ricardo	1976	1979	40	K	10	4	4	15	14	15	13	23	9	3		60	40	66.7%	80	76	95.0%	1	16	16	0	16.0
25	Garo Yepremian	1966	1967	17	K	3	4	3	6	6	8	5	9	1	1		28	15	53.6%	34	33	97.1%
26	Johnny Pingel	1939	1939	9	P																		32	1368	65	0	42.8
27	Dave Rayner	2010	2010	8	K	2			3	3	3	3	8	5	2	2	16	13	81.3%	16	16	100.0%
28	Bob Cifers	1946	1946	11	P																		30	1369	73	0	45.6
29	George Grimes	1948	1948	9	P															1		0.0%	28	1006	56	1	35.9
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
30	Ben Graham	2011	2012	10	P	1																	34	1483	58	0	43.6
31	Jim O'Brien	1973	1973	10	K	1	2	2	3	1	6	5	2		1		14	8	57.1%	14	14	100.0%
32	Frank Tripucka	1949	1949	6	QB																		28	1074	50	1	38.4
33	Jeff Locke	2017	2017	5	P	1																	27	1222	54	0	45.3
34	Camp Wilson	1946	1949	45	FB																		22	868	69	1	39.5
35	Billy Jefferson	1941	1941	11	HB																		20	750	72	0	37.5
36	Dave Ryan	1945	1947	22	TB												3	1	33.3%				17	669	50	0	39.4
37	Rich Karlis	1990	1990	6	K	0			3	3	3	1			1		7	4	57.1%	12	12	100.0%
38	Augie Lio	1941	1943	31	K												20	2	10.0%	41	38	92.7%	1	28	28	0	28.0
39	Leo Araguz	2001	2001	3	P	1																	17	713	55	0	41.9
40	Tom Colella	1942	1943	17	P																		23	924	63	0	40.2
41	Ray Clemons	1939	1939	6	G																		15	640	57	0	42.7
42	Bill Dudley	1947	1949	28	K												14	5	35.7%	32	30	93.8%	72	2760	68	1	38.3
43	Nate Freese	2014	2014	3	K	-1			2	2	1	1	4				7	3	42.9%	6	6	100.0%
44	John Kidd	1998	1998	2	P	0																	13	520	54	0	40.0
45	Cotton Price	1940	1945	28	TB															4	4	100.0%	18	713	60	0	39.6
46	Mike Prindle	1987	1987	3	K	1			3	3	3	3	1				7	6	85.7%	6	6	100.0%
47	Frankie Sinkwich	1943	1944	20	B												9	2	22.2%	30	24	80.0%	57	2396	73	0	42.0
48	John James	1982	1982	2	P	1																	12	481	50	0	40.1
49	Milt Plum	1962	1967	65	QB	31			4	2	7	2	3	2	2		16	6	37.5%	14	14	100.0%
50	Chet Wetterlund	1942	1942	6	TB																		11	449	56	0	40.8
51	Jack Helms	1946	1946	7	K												4	3	75.0%	6	4	66.7%
52	Alex Henery	2014	2014	2	K	-1							2		3	1	5	1	20.0%	5	5	100.0%
53	Joe Stringfellow	1942	1942	9	TB																		9	363	59	0	40.3
54	Bob Thomas	1982	1982	2	K	3					3	3	2	2			5	5	100.0%	3	3	100.0%
55	Matt Kinzer	1987	1987	1	P	0																	7	238	42	0	34.0
56	Monk Moscrip	1938	1939	22	RE												2		0.0%	18	15	83.3%
57	Mitch Hoopes	1977	1977	1	P	0																	6	235	48	1	39.2
58	Phil Martinovich	1939	1939	4	FB												6	3	50.0%
59	John Misko	1987	1987	1	P	0																	6	242	51	0	40.3
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
60	Emil Banjavic	1942	1942	10	WB																		5	235	58	0	47.0
61	Billy deCorrevont	1946	1946	9	B																		5	293	81	0	58.6
62	Pat Harder	1951	1953	28	FB												28	14	50.0%	35	34	97.1%
63	Yale Lary	1952	1964	133	P	71																	503	22279	73	4	44.3
64	Jackie Lowther	1944	1944	8	B																		5	205	58	0	41.0
65	Robert Malone	2011	2011	1	P	0																	5	245	62	0	49.0
66	Charley Sarratt	1948	1948	8	QB																		5	166	43	0	33.2
67	Ivan Schottel	1946	1948	16	B																		5	208	60	0	41.6
68	Jim Callahan	1946	1946	9	TB																		4	182	63	0	45.5
69	Chuck Fenenbock	1943	1945	20	KR																		33	1265	57	0	38.3
70	Bob Hoernschemeyer	1950	1955	59	RH																		4	147	42	0	36.8
71	Rick Duncan	1969	1969	1	P	0																	3	77	29	0	25.7
72	Chuck DeShane	1945	1949	48	B												3		0.0%	10	10	100.0%
73	Dom Fucci	1955	1955	12	DB																		2	72	55	0	36.0
74	Harry Hopp	1941	1943	30	B																		71	2825	60	0	39.8
75	Joe Krol	1945	1945	2	HB																		2	74	44	0	37.0
76	Bobby Layne	1950	1958	97	QB												26	18	69.2%	65	62	95.4%
77	Dick Booth	1941	1945	15	WB																		1	25	25	0	25.0
78	Sam Busich	1943	1943	1	E															1	1	100.0%
79	Russell Erxleben	1987	1987	1	P	0																	1	52	52	0	52.0
80	Remy Hamilton	2005	2005	1	K	0														1		0.0%
81	Jim Hardy	1952	1952	9	QB															1	1	100.0%
82	Jim Jones	1946	1946	2	T																		1	-9	-9	0	-9.0
83	Ned Mathews	1941	1943	28	WB																		1	26	26	0	26.0
84	Earl Morrall	1958	1964	80	QB	22																	46	1818	66	0	39.5
85	Milt Piepul	1941	1941	11	FB																		1	35	35	0	35.0
86	Kasey Redfern	2017	2017	1	P	0																	1	50	50	0	50.0
87	Mickey Sanzotta	1942	1946	20	FB																		1	42	42	0	42.0
88	Larry Sartori	1942	1945	11	G																		1	42	42	0	42.0
89	Dwight Sloan	1939	1940	21	TB																		3	97	43	0	32.3
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
90	Pat Studstill	1961	1967	77	P	32																	187	7925	78	0	42.4
91	Ndamukong Suh	2010	2014	78	LDT	65														1		0.0%
92	Dick Weber	1945	1945	3	TB																		1	42	42	0	42.0
93	Bob Westfall	1944	1947	41	FB																		1	11	11	0	11.0
94	Bob Wiese	1947	1948	16	B																		1	61	61	0	61.0
95	Bill Callihan	1940	1945	62	BB															27	25	92.6%	1	44	44	0	44.0
96	Dutch Clark	1931	1938	75	TB												2	15	100.0%	2	72	100.0%
97	Dick Compton	1962	1964	35	SE	1																	2	85	44	0	42.5
98	Jug Girard	1952	1956	56	P																		129	5343	65	0	41.4
99	Chuck Hanneman	1937	1941	45	E												13	7	53.8%	19	19	100.0%	1	31	31	0	31.0
100	Ralph Heywood	1947	1948	14	E																		11	372	0	0	33.8
101	Bob Keene	1943	1945	16	B																		1	30	30	0	30.0
102	Bill Malinchak	1966	1969	48	SE	5																	5	184	47	0	36.8
103	Steve Maronic	1939	1940	15	T												1		0.0%
104	Jim Martin	1951	1961	126	K	5	14	6	12	7	11	6	11	7	6	2	125	56	44.8%	95	91	95.8%
105	Regis Monahan	1935	1938	42	G												5	9	80.0%	4	7	50.0%
106	Robert Nelson	1941	1945	18	C												4	1	25.0%
107	Ted Pavelec	1941	1943	25	G												2	1	50.0%
108	Gerry Perry	1954	1959	57	T												10	7	70.0%	19	19	100.0%
109	Merv Pregulman	1947	1948	24	C												6	2	33.3%	27	26	96.3%
110	Kent Ryan	1938	1940	25	HB																		12	462	53	0	38.5
111	Bill Shepherd	1935	1940	51	B												2	3	50.0%	2	10	100.0%	24	890	54	0	37.1
112	Bob Smith	1949	1954	62	DB																		182	7768	73	1	42.7
113	Paul Szakash	1938	1942	38	E															1		0.0%
114	Damon Tassos	1945	1946	20	RG												1		0.0%	3	3	100.0%
115	Art Van Tone	1943	1945	22	WB																		2	94	50	0	47.0
116	Wayne Walker	1958	1972	200	RLB	111	16	11	22	11	34	16	46	15	13		131	53	40.5%	175	172	98.3%
117	Mickey Zofko	1971	1974	37	RB	2														1	1	100.0%

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