All-time Detroit Lions bracket

194 players who played for the Lions, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else. Fill out a all-time Detroit Lions bracket.

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1

Barry Sanders1989–1998

2

Joe Schmidt1953–1965

3

Calvin Johnson2007–2015

4

Dutch Clark

5

Dick LeBeau1959–1972

6

Night Train Lane

7

Matthew Stafford2009–2026

8

Jack Christiansen

9

Bill Dudley

10

Charlie Sanders

11

Alex Wojciechowicz

12

Jared Goff2016–2026

13

Ollie Matson

14

Alex Karras

15

Bill Parcells

16

Lem Barney

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Hugh McElhenny

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Bobby Layne

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John Henry Johnson

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Doak Walker

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Amon-Ra St. Brown2021–2026

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Darius Slay2013–2025

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Yale Lary

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LC

Lou Creekmur

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FG

Frank Gatski

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Dick Stanfel

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Ndamukong Suh

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Matt Prater2007–2025

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Jason Hanson1992–2012

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Frank Ragnow2018–2024

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Desmond Howard1992–2002

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Pat Harder

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Aidan Hutchinson2022–2026

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Curley Culp1968–1981

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Byron White

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David Akers

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Garo Yepremian

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Earl Morrall

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Quandre Diggs2015–2025

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T. J. Hockenson2019–2026

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EF

Ed Flanagan1965–1974

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JA

Jim Arnold1983–1994

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Don Muhlbach2004–

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Adrian Peterson2007–2021

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Dwight Freeney2002–2017

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EM

Eddie Murray

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Sam LaPorta2023–2026

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Jim Harbaugh

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Roy Williams2004–2011

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Frank Sinkwich

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BF

Bill Fralic

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Jahmyr Gibbs2023–2026

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PS

Pat Swilling

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Miles Killebrew2016–2026

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GC

George Christensen

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D'Andre Swift2020–2026

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Cliff Avril

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Jamal Agnew

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Brian Branch2023–2025

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Leonard Davis

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RJ

Rudi Johnson

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Billy Sims

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Pepper Johnson

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CM

Chris Miller

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Dré Bly

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Jeff Hartings

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Ty Detmer1992–2003

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Howard Cassady

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Jerome Felton

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Eric Davis

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Kyle Vanden Bosch2001–2012

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GL

Greg Landry

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MC

Mark Carrier

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Dick Jauron

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Brock Marion

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Bennie Blades

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Gary Anderson

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James Wilder

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MC

Mike Cofer

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Lomas Brown

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About this bracket

A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

194 players who played for the Lions, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time Detroit Lions for November 2026.

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