List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections

This format only lasted for three seasons before it reverted to the conference team format from the 2016 to 2021 NFL seasons;[14] this period included the cancellation of the 2021 Pro Bowl due to the COVID-19 pandemic (teams were still selected and players were still recognized as Pro Bowl selectees).

[16] Starting with the 2023 Pro Bowl after the 2022 NFL season, the NFL again changed the format; instead of playing an exhibition game, the Pro Bowl was converted to series of skill competitions that culminated in a non-contact flag football game.

[17] Pro Bowl selections are made by a cumulative vote by three groups that hold equal weight: coaches, players, and fans.

[18] Before the institution of the Pro Bowl Games in 2023, the players with the most votes were named starters, while the remainder of the selectees were reserves.

The Lions' first selections in the inaugural Pro Bowl in 1951 were Cloyce Box, Lou Creekmur, Don Doll, Thurman McGraw, and Doak Walker.

[25] The most recent Pro Bowl selections for the Lions were Brian Branch, Taylor Decker, Jack Fox, Jahmyr Gibbs, Jared Goff, Frank Ragnow, Penei Sewell, and Amon-Ra St. Brown for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games.

Headshot of Augie Lio.
Augie Lio was selected for two All-Star Games. [ 28 ]
Black and white photograph of Don Doll in an unidentified jersey. The jersey has the number 27 on it and he's shown from about the waist up.
Don Doll , in his third of four Pro Bowl appearances for the Lions, was the 1953 Pro Bowl MVP. [ 12 ]
Trading card of Bobby Lane in a Lions uniform and helmet, underhand throwing a football.
Bobby Layne was selected to five Pro Bowls during the 1950s. [ 39 ]
Doak Walker carrying a football and smiling while wearing a shirt with the number 37 on it.
Doak Walker made the Pro Bowl five times, only missing it once during his career. [ 40 ]
Trading card of Jack Christiansen. Shown in a Lions jersey with no helmet, smiling.
Jack Christiansen made five Pro Bowls as a safety during the 1950s before retiring to coach. [ 41 ] [ 42 ]
Black and white head shot from the shoulders up of Dick "Night Train" Lane.
Hall of Fame cornerback Dick "Night Train" Lane started off the 1960s with three consecutive Pro Bowl selections. [ 43 ]
Alex Karras in a jersey and on his hands and toes, as if about to rush a passer.
Hall of Fame defensive tackle Alex Karras made the Pro Bowl four times during the 1960s. [ 44 ]
Lem Barney in a red suit jacket, shown from about the chest up and smiling.
Hall of Fame cornerback and return specialist Lem Barney , pictured here in 2015, was selected to seven Pro Bowls between 1967 and 1976. [ 45 ]
Head shot of Al Baker in a Detroit Lions jersey.
Al Baker , pictured here in 2014, made the Pro Bowl in his rookie season ( 1978 ), setting the unofficial single-season sack record in the process. Baker made three straight Pro Bowls to start his career. [ 46 ] [ 47 ]
Billy Sims with one finger up, posing for a picture.
Billy Sims , pictured here in 2010, made three consecutive Pro Bowls in the 1980s. [ 48 ]
Lomas Thomas mid-play, in a Detroit Lions uniform, about to block a player from the Chicago Bears.
Lomas Brown was selected to six straight Pro Bowls as a Lion during the 1990s. [ 49 ]
Jason Hanson at practice in a Detroit Lions jersey, shorts, and hat while carrying his helmet.
Kicker Jason Hanson made two Pro Bowls with the Lions during the 1990s. He is the team's all-time leader in points scored. [ 50 ] [ 51 ]
Calvin Johnson in a Lions uniform and helmet standing on an NFL field ready for the play to start.
Calvin Johnson , a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver, made six consecutive Pro Bowls in the 2010s. [ 52 ] [ 53 ]
Matthew Stafford in a Detroit Lions uniform and helmet. He's on a football field preparing to throw a pass.
Matthew Stafford was the offensive MVP of the 2015 Pro Bowl . [ 54 ]
Matt Prater in his Lions uniform. He is mid-field goal attempt, with his leg back about to kick the ball.
Kicker Matt Prater was selected for the Pro Bowl once with the team and was the Lions' only representative to the 2017 Pro Bowl . [ 55 ] [ 56 ]
Side view of Don Muhlback in his full Detroit Lions uniform while holding his helmet in his hand.
Don Muhlbach is the first and only player in Lions' history to be selected to the Pro Bowl as a long snapper ( 2013 and 2019 ). [ 57 ] [ 58 ]
Jonah Jackson from the side, from about the thighs up, wearing his Detroit Lions uniform.
Jonah Jackson was the only Lion selected for the 2022 Pro Bowl . [ 59 ]
Penei Sewell from the waist up in a Lions uniform and no helmet wearing eye black.
Offensive tackle Penei Sewell made three consecutive Pro Bowls following the 2022–2024 NFL seasons. [ 60 ]
Trading card image of Yale Lary doing the Heisman pose with a ball in one arm and no helmet.
Yale Lary , in the offseason after being selected to the 1954 Pro Bowl , was ordered to report for duty in the United States Army . After completing his service, which forced him to miss the 1954 and 1955 seasons, Lary returned to the NFL and was selected for eight more Pro Bowls. [ 139 ] [ 140 ] [ 141 ]