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Detroit Lions Yards per Reception 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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Leonard Thompson holds the Lions career record with 16.90 yards per reception. The single-season record is 23.80, by John Greene in 1948.

YDS REC TD Y/R Y/G TGT CTH% 1D YScm

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 1.875 receptions per team game with the club, a career 200+ receptions with the club.

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club Y/R G
1 Leonard Thompson 1975–1986 16.90 175
2 Terry Barr Terry Barr 1957–1965 16.78 102
3 Freddie Scott 1978–1983 16.37 86
4 Jeff Chadwick 1983–1989 16.31 73
5 Gail Cogdill Gail Cogdill 1960–1968 16.06 103
6 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2007–2015 15.88 135
7 Roy Williams Roy Williams 2004–2008 14.87 59
8 Marvin Jones Marvin Jones 2016–2023 14.73 73
9 Charlie Sanders 1968–1977 14.34 128
10 Johnnie Morton Johnnie Morton 1994–2001 13.86 126
11 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1991–2001 13.69 141
12 David Hill 1976–1982 12.47 100
13 Jim Gibbons Jim Gibbons 1958–1968 12.41 140
14 Brett Perriman 1991–1996 12.25 94
15 Amon-Ra St. Brown Amon-Ra St. Brown 2021–2026 11.43 88
16 Golden Tate Golden Tate 2014–2018 11.40 71
17 Sam LaPorta Sam LaPorta 2023–2026 11.39 48
18 Brandon Pettigrew Brandon Pettigrew 2009–2015 9.84 86
19 Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 1989–1998 8.30 153
20 James Jones James Jones 1983–1988 8.13 85
21 Jahmyr Gibbs Jahmyr Gibbs 2023–2026 8.07 55
22 Theo Riddick Theo Riddick 2013–2018 7.85 81

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season Y/R G
1 John Greene John Greene 1948 23.80 12
2 Cloyce Box Cloyce Box 1952 22.00 12
3 Mark Nichols 1984 21.88 15
4 Gail Cogdill Gail Cogdill 1961 21.24 14
5 John Greene John Greene 1945 21.15 10
6 Ray Jarvis 1976 21.08 14
7 Dorne Dibble Dorne Dibble 1951 20.43 12
8 Cloyce Box Cloyce Box 1950 20.18 12
9 Gail Cogdill Gail Cogdill 1963 19.69 14
10 Leonard Thompson 1982 19.29 9
11 Freddie Scott 1981 19.28 16
12 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1992 18.94 12
13 Jim Doran Jim Doran 1957 18.91 12
14 Pat Studstill Pat Studstill 1966 18.90 14
15 Leon Hart Leon Hart 1953 18.88 12
16 Jeff Chadwick 1986 18.77 15
17 Gail Cogdill Gail Cogdill 1962 18.70 14
18 Dorne Dibble Dorne Dibble 1956 18.66 12
19 Leonard Thompson 1983 18.34 13
20 Leonard Thompson 1981 18.33 16
21 Kenny Golladay Kenny Golladay 2019 18.31 16
22 Robert Clark 1989 18.24 16
23 Terry Barr Terry Barr 1964 18.07 14
24 Marvin Jones Marvin Jones 2017 18.05 16
25 Jim Doran Jim Doran 1956 17.92 11