Franchise All-Time Passing Leaders: Detroit Lions
The table below shows the all-time passing leaders in Detroit Lions franchise history.
Stats included are only during the players' stint(s) as a member of the Lions.
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- Detroit Lions All-Time Receiving Leaders
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[Note: Stats are through the 2021 NFL season.]
Rank | Player | G | Comp | Att. | Yards | TD | INT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matthew Stafford | 165 | 3898 | 6224 | 45109 | 282 | 144 |
2 | Bobby Layne | 97 | 1074 | 2193 | 15710 | 118 | 142 |
3 | Scott Mitchell | 57 | 1049 | 1850 | 12647 | 79 | 57 |
4 | Greg Landry | 102 | 957 | 1747 | 12451 | 80 | 81 |
5 | Gary Danielson | 85 | 952 | 1684 | 11885 | 69 | 71 |
6 | Eric Hipple | 102 | 830 | 1546 | 10711 | 55 | 70 |
7 | Joey Harrington | 58 | 986 | 1802 | 10242 | 60 | 62 |
8 | Jon Kitna | 36 | 795 | 1277 | 9034 | 44 | 47 |
9 | Charlie Batch | 48 | 743 | 1326 | 9016 | 49 | 40 |
10 | Milt Plum | 65 | 671 | 1315 | 8536 | 55 | 87 |
11 | Bill Munson | 60 | 716 | 1314 | 8461 | 56 | 42 |
12 | Rodney Peete | 47 | 641 | 1125 | 8164 | 38 | 49 |
13 | Earl Morrall | 80 | 431 | 839 | 6280 | 52 | 41 |
14 | Chuck Long | 23 | 330 | 602 | 3743 | 19 | 28 |
15 | Tobin Rote | 34 | 256 | 596 | 3609 | 30 | 39 |
16 | Jim Ninowski | 24 | 251 | 530 | 3520 | 9 | 36 |
17 | Erik Kramer | 25 | 281 | 509 | 3408 | 23 | 19 |
18 | Jared Goff | 14 | 332 | 494 | 3245 | 19 | 8 |
19 | Clyde LeForce | 32 | 197 | 388 | 2961 | 25 | 37 |
20 | Shaun Hill | 15 | 269 | 432 | 2891 | 18 | 12 |
21 | Bob Gagliano | 20 | 204 | 391 | 2861 | 16 | 22 |
22 | Karl Sweetan | 20 | 231 | 486 | 2710 | 14 | 25 |
23 | Fred Enke | 48 | 187 | 425 | 2567 | 22 | 30 |
24 | Jeff Komlo | 23 | 214 | 429 | 2554 | 12 | 27 |
25 | Gus Frerotte | 9 | 175 | 288 | 2117 | 9 | 7 |
26 | Joe Reed | 29 | 145 | 325 | 1920 | 14 | 18 |
27 | Dan Orlovsky | 14 | 172 | 312 | 1880 | 9 | 9 |
28 | Frankie Sinkwich | 20 | 108 | 274 | 1759 | 19 | 40 |
29 | Daunte Culpepper | 13 | 149 | 272 | 1731 | 7 | 12 |
30 | Mike McMahon | 20 | 135 | 308 | 1709 | 10 | 13 |
31 | Glenn Presnell | 74 | 110 | 309 | 1670 | 17 | 37 |
32 | Dave Krieg | 14 | 131 | 212 | 1629 | 14 | 3 |
33 | Rusty Hilger | 11 | 126 | 306 | 1558 | 7 | 12 |
34 | Dutch Clark | 75 | 114 | 250 | 1507 | 11 | 26 |
35 | Joe Ferguson | 14 | 104 | 209 | 1305 | 9 | 10 |
36 | Dave Ryan | 22 | 86 | 198 | 1296 | 9 | 27 |
37 | Tom Dublinski | 25 | 92 | 174 | 1286 | 8 | 13 |
38 | Drew Stanton | 12 | 104 | 187 | 1158 | 5 | 9 |
39 | Andre Ware | 14 | 83 | 161 | 1112 | 5 | 8 |
40 | Chuck Fenenbock | 20 | 65 | 168 | 1092 | 10 | 20 |
41 | David Blough | 7 | 100 | 184 | 1033 | 4 | 7 |
42 | Jeff Garcia | 6 | 102 | 173 | 937 | 3 | 6 |
43 | Harry Gilmer | 19 | 85 | 168 | 936 | 6 | 7 |
44 | Dwight Sloan | 21 | 63 | 148 | 918 | 2 | 11 |
45 | Ty Detmer | 5 | 92 | 151 | 906 | 3 | 10 |
46 | Frank Reich | 12 | 74 | 140 | 889 | 5 | 6 |
47 | Roy Zimmerman | 12 | 57 | 138 | 867 | 7 | 9 |
48 | Frank Tripucka | 6 | 62 | 145 | 833 | 9 | 14 |
49 | Cotton Price | 28 | 58 | 151 | 830 | 6 | 19 |
50 | Whizzer White | 22 | 57 | 142 | 799 | 2 | 17 |
Stats via Pro Football Reference |
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