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Detroit Lions Defensive Touchdowns Leaders

Career totals with the Lions and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: 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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Lem Barney holds the Lions career record with 7 defensive touchdowns. The single-season record is 3, by Lem Barney in 1967.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club TD G
1 Lem Barney 1967–1977 7 140
2 Mike Lucci 1965–1973 4 117
3 Jack Christiansen Jack Christiansen 1951–1958 3 89
3 Larry Hand 1965–1977 3 164
3 Levi Johnson 1973–1977 3 59
3 Dick LeBeau Dick LeBeau 1959–1972 3 185
3 Bob Smith Bob Smith 1949–1954 3 62
3 Bryant Westbrook 1997–2001 3 64
9 Dre' Bly Dre' Bly 2003–2006 2 55
9 Reggie Brown 1996–1997 2 26
9 Don Doll Don Doll 1949–1952 2 47
9 Terry Fair 1998–2001 2 52
9 Chris Houston Chris Houston 2010–2013 2 55
9 George Jamison 1987–1998 2 130
9 Yale Lary Yale Lary 1952–1964 2 133
9 Deandre Levy Deandre Levy 2009–2016 2 93
9 Ray Oldham 1980–1982 2 37
9 Glover Quin Glover Quin 2013–2018 2 93
9 Wayne Rasmussen 1964–1972 2 112
9 Joe Schmidt Joe Schmidt 1953–1965 2 155
9 Alphonso Smith Alphonso Smith 2010–2012 2 23
22 Robert Bailey 1997–2001 1 56
22 Lamar Campbell 1998–2002 1 53
22 Chris Claiborne 1999–2002 1 63
22 Willie Clay 1992–1995 1 54

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season TD G
1 Lem Barney 1967 3 14
2 Lem Barney 1970 2 13
2 Reggie Brown 1997 2 16
2 Larry Hand 1967 2 14
2 Chris Houston Chris Houston 2011 2 14
2 Levi Johnson 1974 2 14
2 Mike Lucci 1971 2 14
2 Wayne Rasmussen 1965 2 14
9 Robert Bailey 2001 1 9
9 Dre' Bly Dre' Bly 2004 1 13
9 Dre' Bly Dre' Bly 2003 1 14
9 Lamar Campbell 2000 1 15
9 Chris Claiborne 2002 1 16
9 Willie Clay 1994 1 16
9 Ray Crockett 1991 1 16
9 Terry Fair 2001 1 12
9 Terry Fair 1999 1 11
9 Jamar Fletcher 2006 1 13
9 William James William James 2009 1 16
9 Kenoy Kennedy 2005 1 16
9 Paris Lenon Paris Lenon 2007 1 16
9 Todd Lyght 2001 1 15
9 Bryant Westbrook 1997 1 15
9 Bryant Westbrook 2000 1 13
9 Bryant Westbrook 1998 1 16