Detroit Lions Yards per Attempt Leaders

Career totals with the Lions and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 29: 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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Jared Goff holds the Lions career record with 7.68 yards per attempt. The single-season record is 8.59, by Jared Goff in 2024.

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

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 14 pass attempts per team game with the club, a career 1,500+ pass attempts with the club.

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Jared Goff	2021–2026	7.68	88
2	Matthew Stafford	2009–2020	7.25	165
3	Bobby Layne	1950–1958	7.16	97
4	Greg Landry	1968–1978	7.13	102
5	Gary Danielson	1976–1984	7.06	85
6	Eric Hipple	1980–1989	6.93	102
7	Scott Mitchell	1994–1998	6.84	57
8	Joey Harrington	2002–2005	5.68	58

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Jared Goff	2024	8.59	17
2	Matthew Stafford	2019	8.59	8
3	Greg Landry	1971	8.57	14
4	Eric Hipple	1981	8.45	16
5	Earl Morrall	1963	7.99	14
6	Clyde LeForce	1947	7.91	9
7	Jared Goff	2025	7.90	17
8	Matthew Stafford	2017	7.87	16
9	Bobby Layne	1956	7.82	12
10	Milt Plum	1964	7.81	12
11	Jim Ninowski	1961	7.78	13
12	Matthew Stafford	2020	7.73	16
13	Gary Danielson	1980	7.73	16
14	Greg Landry	1972	7.71	14
15	Bobby Layne	1953	7.65	12
16	Matthew Stafford	2011	7.58	16
17	Jared Goff	2023	7.56	17
18	Jared Goff	2022	7.56	17
19	Greg Landry	1976	7.53	14
20	Gary Danielson	1984	7.50	15
21	Scott Mitchell	1995	7.44	16
22	Bobby Layne	1954	7.39	12
23	Gus Frerotte	1999	7.35	9
24	Matthew Stafford	2013	7.33	16
25	Milt Plum	1962	7.32	14