Top 9 all-time Detroit Lions

194 players who played for the Lions, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else. Put your favorite all-time Detroit Lions in order, best first, in a 3×3 you can share.
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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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194 players who played for the Lions, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else.

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