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Updated October 7, 2026

Detroit Lions depth chart.

Every position on offense, defense and special teams, ranked from the starter down, as the team published it on October 7, 2026. Names in colour open that player’s full page — career stats, contract and outlook.

QB1Jared Goff
RB1Jahmyr Gibbs
WR1Amon-Ra St. Brown
TE1Sam LaPorta

Quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end

The four positions people look up by name, with the usage behind the ordering. “WR2” and “18% of the targets” are very different claims, and only one of them is worth knowing.

Detroit Lions QB depth chart

  1. QB1Jared Goff100% snaps
  2. QB2Joshua Dobbs

Detroit Lions RB depth chart

  1. RB1Jahmyr Gibbs78% snaps82% carries
  2. RB2Sione Vaki24% snaps9% carries
  3. RB3Jacob Saylors3% snaps0% carries
  4. RB4Isiah Pacheco

Detroit Lions WR depth chart

  1. WR1Amon-Ra St. Brown89% snaps29% targets
  2. WR2Jameson Williams91% snaps16% targets
  3. WR3Isaac TeSlaa68% snaps11% targets
  4. WR4Tom Kennedy1% snaps0% targets
  5. WR5Tay Martin3% snaps0% targets
  6. WR6Kendrick Law

Detroit Lions TE depth chart

  1. TE1Sam LaPorta88% snaps20% targets
  2. TE2Brock Wright43% snaps3% targets
  3. TE3Jackson Meeks9% snaps1% targets
  4. TE4Tyler Conklin10% snaps

The ordering is the team’s current chart. The shares beside it are 2026 rates from the nflverse play-by-play data — how a team actually used a player, not a projection. Where a player has since changed teams the share is tagged with the club he earned it at, because a new arrival’s carry share says nothing yet about how Detroit Lions will use him.

Offense 3WR 1TE

9 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

WRWide Receiver
  1. 1Amon-Ra St. Brown
  2. 2Jameson Williams
  3. 3Isaac TeSlaa
  4. 4Tom Kennedy
  5. 5Tay Martin
  6. 6Kendrick Law
LTLeft Tackle
  1. 1Penei Sewell
  2. 2Giovanni Manu
LGLeft Guard
  1. 1Christian Mahogany
  2. 2Ben Bartch
CCenter
  1. 1Juice Scruggs
  2. 2Seth McLaughlin
  3. 3Cade Mays
RGRight Guard
  1. 1Tate Ratledge
  2. 2Miles Frazier
RTRight Tackle
  1. 1Blake Miller
  2. 2Larry Borom
QBQuarterback
  1. 1Jared Goff
  2. 2Joshua Dobbs
TETight End
  1. 1Sam LaPorta
  2. 2Brock Wright
  3. 3Jackson Meeks
  4. 4Tyler Conklin
RBRunning Back
  1. 1Jahmyr Gibbs
  2. 2Sione Vaki
  3. 3Jacob Saylors
  4. 4Isiah Pacheco

Defense Base 4-3 D

12 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

LDELeft Defensive End
  1. 1Aidan Hutchinson
  2. 2Derrick Moore
  3. 3Eric O'Neill
  4. 4Payton Turner
LDTLeft Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Alim McNeill
  2. 2Mekhi Wingo
RDTRight Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Tyleik Williams
  2. 2Levi Onwuzurike
  3. 3Skyler Gill-Howard
RDERight Defensive End
  1. 1Tyler Lacy
  2. 2DJ Wonnum
  3. 3Trevor Nowaske
  4. 4Ahmed Hassanein
WLBWeakside Linebacker
  1. 1Derrick Barnes
  2. 2Jimmy Rolder
  3. 3Damone Clark
MLBMiddle Linebacker
  1. 1Jack Campbell
  2. 2Amen Ogbongbemiga
SLBStrongside Linebacker
  1. 1Devin White
  2. 2Malcolm Rodriguez
LCBLeft Cornerback
  1. 1D.J. Reed
  2. 2Keith Abney II
SSStrong Safety
  1. 1Christian Izien
  2. 2Brian Branch
  3. 3Thomas Harper
  4. 4Avonte Maddox
FSFree Safety
  1. 1Chuck Clark
  2. 2Bishop Fitzgerald
  3. 3Kerby Joseph
RCBRight Cornerback
  1. 1Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
  2. 2Rock Ya-Sin
  3. 3Khalil Dorsey
NBNickel Back
  1. 1Roger McCreary

Special teams

6 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

PKPlace kicker
  1. 1Jake Bates
PPunter
  1. 1Jack Fox
HHolder
  1. 1Jack Fox
PRPunt Returner
  1. 1Tom Kennedy
  2. 2Tay Martin
KRKick Returner
  1. 1Tom Kennedy
  2. 2Jacob Saylors
  3. 3Sione Vaki
LSLong Snapper
  1. 1Hogan Hatten
Where this comes from. The league’s own published depth chart, via the nflverse open dataset (CC-BY-4.0), re-pulled on a schedule. The snapshot on this page is dated October 7, 2026. Depth charts are a team’s stated ordering, not a guarantee of playing time — see the Detroit Lions team page for snap share and production, and start/sit for what it means this week.