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Detroit Lions Passing First Downs Leaders

Career totals with the Lions and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 14: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics. Portsmouth Spartans 1930-1933.

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Matthew Stafford holds the Lions career record with 2,247 passing first downs. The single-season record is 264, by Matthew Stafford in 2012.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP% Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD% INT INT% SK

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club 1D G
1 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2009–2020 2,247 165
2 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2021–2026 1,085 83
3 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2002–2005 496 58
4 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna 2006–2008 437 36
5 Shaun Hill Shaun Hill 2010–2013 142 15
6 Dan Orlovsky Dan Orlovsky 2005–2015 91 14
7 Gus Frerotte Gus Frerotte 1999 90 9
8 Mike McMahon 2001–2004 82 19
9 Daunte Culpepper Daunte Culpepper 2008–2009 75 13
10 Drew Stanton Drew Stanton 2008–2010 57 12
11 David Blough David Blough 2019–2021 48 7
12 Jeff Garcia Jeff Garcia 2005 45 6
13 Ty Detmer 2001 43 4
14 Jeff Driskel Jeff Driskel 2019 31 3
15 Tim Boyle Tim Boyle 2021 28 4
16 Stoney Case 2000 26 5
17 Chase Daniel Chase Daniel 2020 14 4
18 J.T. O'Sullivan J.T. O'Sullivan 2007 7 4
19 Jack Fox Jack Fox 2020–2026 4 98
20 Hendon Hooker Hendon Hooker 2024 3 3
21 Matt Cassel Matt Cassel 2018 2 2
21 David Montgomery David Montgomery 2023–2025 2 45
23 Az-Zahir Hakim 2002–2006 1 38
23 Drew Henson Drew Henson 2008 1 2
23 Matt Prater Matt Prater 2014–2020 1 107

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season 1D G
1 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2012 264 16
2 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2011 246 16
3 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2024 236 17
4 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2023 227 17
4 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2022 227 17
6 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2025 223 17
6 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2015 223 16
8 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2013 221 16
9 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2016 217 16
10 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2017 209 16
10 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2014 209 16
12 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna 2006 208 16
13 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2020 205 16
14 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2018 198 16
15 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna 2007 196 16
16 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2021 162 14
17 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2003 147 16
18 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2004 138 16
19 Shaun Hill Shaun Hill 2010 133 11
20 Charlie Batch Charlie Batch 2000 117 15
20 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2019 117 8
22 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2009 111 10
23 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2002 110 14
24 Charlie Batch Charlie Batch 2001 107 10
25 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2005 101 12