All-time Detroit Lions pyramid

194 players who played for the Lions, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else. Rank all-time Detroit Lions in a pyramid with one spot at the top, two below it, and more on every level down.
Fill every level to submit your ranking (31 spots left).

Save to my profile keeps it to come back to and keep ranking. Submit your ranking adds it to this month's top list.

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80 to place · each level holds only what fits
Barry Sanders
DET
Joe Schmidt
LB · DET
Calvin Johnson
WR · DET
Dutch Clark
QB · DET
Dick LeBeau
CB · DET
Night Train Lane
CB · DET
Matthew Stafford
QB · DET
Jack Christiansen
DET
Bill Dudley
DET
Charlie Sanders
TE · DET
Alex Wojciechowicz
C · DET
Jared Goff
QB · DET
Ollie Matson
DET
Alex Karras
DT · DET
Bill Parcells
LB · DET
Lem Barney
CB · DET
Hugh McElhenny
DET
Bobby Layne
QB · DET
John Henry Johnson
DET
Doak Walker
DET
Amon-​Ra St. Brown
WR · DET
Darius Slay
CB · DET
Yale Lary
S · DET
LCLou Creekmur
OT · DET
FGFrank Gatski
C · DET
Dick Stanfel
DET
Ndamukong Suh
DT · DET
Matt Prater
K · DET
Jason Hanson
K · DET
Frank Ragnow
C · DET
Desmond Howard
WR · DET
Pat Harder
DET
Aidan Hutchinson
DET
Curley Culp
DT · DET
Byron White
DET
David Akers
K · DET
Garo Yepremian
K · DET
Earl Morrall
QB · DET
Quandre Diggs
CB · DET
T. J. Hockenson
TE · DET
EFEd Flanagan
C · DET
JAJim Arnold
P · DET
Don Muhlbach
DET
Adrian Peterson
RB · DET
Dwight Freeney
DE · DET
EMEddie Murray
K · DET
Sam LaPorta
DET
Jim Harbaugh
QB · DET
Roy Williams
WR · DET
Frank Sinkwich
DET
BFBill Fralic
DET
Jahmyr Gibbs
DET
PSPat Swilling
LB · DET
Miles Killebrew
S · DET
GCGeorge Christensen
DET
D'Andre Swift
RB · DET
Cliff Avril
DE · DET
Jamal Agnew
CB · DET
Brian Branch
DET
Leonard Davis
DET
RJRudi Johnson
RB · DET
Billy Sims
RB · DET
Pepper Johnson
LB · DET
CMChris Miller
QB · DET
Dré Bly
CB · DET
Jeff Hartings
C · DET
Ty Detmer
QB · DET
Howard Cassady
DET
Jerome Felton
DET
Eric Davis
CB · DET
Kyle Vanden Bosch
DE · DET
GLGreg Landry
QB · DET
MCMark Carrier
S · DET
Dick Jauron
S · DET
Brock Marion
S · DET
Bennie Blades
DET
Gary Anderson
RB · DET
James Wilder
RB · DET
MCMike Cofer
LB · DET
Lomas Brown
DET

Top all-time Detroit Lions — November 2026

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About this pyramid

The narrow top makes a pyramid good for settling the debate over number one, while the wide base still has room for the rest.

Try filling the bottom first and working up, so the last choices you make are the toughest ones.

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.

How to use it

  1. Start with your number one and place it at the top.
  2. Fill each level below; a full level won't take another until you move one out.
  3. Move a tile between levels by dragging it.
  4. If someone is missing, use + Add or the search box under the board to bring them in.
  5. When you're done, download the picture or copy a link that opens your board as you left it.