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Players who played for the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints

95 NFL players have played for both the Detroit Lions and the New Orleans Saints, regular season or playoffs, listed by career games. Teams that moved count for the team they became: the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders count for Las Vegas, the San Diego Chargers for the Los Angeles Chargers, the Houston Oilers for Tennessee and the Baltimore Colts for Indianapolis. Season stats count from 1999 on.

1. Mark Royals209 GP
2. Adrian Peterson184 GP
3. Grady Jackson172 GP
4. Garo Yepremian168 GP
5. Shaun Rogers158 GP
6. Chris Oldham146 GP
7. Darryl Tapp145 GP
8. Dave Whitsell144 GP
9. Jim Kearney144 GP
10. Jim Ninowski144 GP
11. Mel Gray144 GP
12. Pat Swilling144 GP
13. Brett Perriman132 GP
14. Dave Washington132 GP
15. Reggie Bush131 GP
16. Lance Moore123 GP
17. Jamaal Williams116 GP
18. Alex Anzalone115 GP
19. Dwight Smith115 GP
20. Dave Kopay108 GP
21. Desmond Trufant108 GP
22. Don Morrison108 GP
23. Robert Massey108 GP
24. Az-Zahir Hakim107 GP
25. Kwon Alexander107 GP
26. Andy McCollum101 GP
27. Al-Quadin Muhammad100 GP
28. Ben Graham99 GP
29. Willie Clay99 GP
30. Walter Rasby98 GP
31. Benny Ricardo96 GP
32. Bill Saul96 GP
33. Clarence Chapman96 GP
34. Ernie Jackson96 GP
35. Milton Mack96 GP
36. Tom Hall96 GP
37. C.J. Gardner-Johnson93 GP
38. David Sloan93 GP
39. Mario Bates88 GP
40. Will Harris88 GP
41. Earl McCullouch84 GP
42. Rocky Rasley84 GP
43. Alex Molden81 GP
44. Johnson Bademosi81 GP
45. Rafael Bush81 GP
46. Teddy Bridgewater81 GP
47. Michael Burton79 GP
48. Arthur Maulet77 GP
49. Terrelle Smith76 GP
50. Nick Fairley75 GP
51. Bill Cody72 GP
52. Bobby Thompson72 GP
53. Dan Goich72 GP
54. Isa Abdul-Quddus72 GP
55. Joe Don Looney72 GP
56. Russell Erxleben72 GP
57. Steve Mike-Mayer72 GP
58. Moran Norris71 GP
59. Marcus Davenport70 GP
60. Eric Frampton66 GP
61. Brian Williams65 GP
62. Joique Bell64 GP
63. Terrence Holt61 GP
64. Dave Thompson60 GP
65. Doug Wyatt60 GP
66. Karl Sweetan60 GP
67. Robert Clark60 GP
68. Tom Wickert60 GP
69. Aldrick Rosas59 GP
70. Turk McBride58 GP
71. Keyunta Dawson56 GP
72. Donovan Greer55 GP
73. Dwayne Washington53 GP
74. Jed Collins50 GP
75. Tyrunn Walker50 GP
76. Gary Anderson48 GP
77. Antwan Lake47 GP
78. Jonah Williams45 GP
79. Ty Summers38 GP
80. George Johnson37 GP
81. Bill Fifer36 GP
82. Brad Leggett36 GP
83. John Owens35 GP
84. Chase Daniel33 GP
85. Jonathan Williams33 GP
86. Zach Zenner32 GP
87. Darian Barnes29 GP
88. Christian Ringo25 GP
89. Jimmy Stewart24 GP
90. Larry Warford21 GP
91. Corey Fuller20 GP
92. Marcus McCauley16 GP
93. Devine Ozigbo14 GP
94. Tommy Kraemer3 GP
95. Mitchell Loewen1 GP

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