How many rushing yards did Matthew Stafford have in 2016?
2072016 Regular Season
Matthew Stafford recorded 207 rushing yards in the 2016 regular season, 63rd in the NFL.
- Matthew Stafford's best regular season for rushing yards in 18 seasons on file.
- Up 48 from 159 in 2015.
- 31% of the Detroit Lions' rushing yards that regular season.
Best of 18 regular seasons, 2009 through 2026. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  DET | 10 | 108 | 2 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | DET | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | DET | 16 | 78 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 2012 | DET | 16 | 126 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2013 | DET | 16 | 69 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | DET | 16 | 93 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2015 | DET | 16 | 159 | 1 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | DET | 16 | 207 | 2 | 5.6 |
| 2017 | DET | 16 | 98 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | DET | 16 | 71 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | DET | 8 | 66 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | DET | 16 | 112 | 0 | 3.9 |
| 2021 |  LAR | 17 | 43 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | LAR | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | LAR | 15 | 65 | 0 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | LAR | 16 | 41 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | LAR | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 | LAR | 2 | -2 | 0 | -0.3 |
