DG: Delay of Game, FS: False Start, HLD: Holding, OFF: Offsides, IC: Illegal Contact, PI: Pass Interference, RP: Roughing the Passer, PF: Personal Foul, UR: Unnecessary Roughness, UC: Unsportsmanlike Conduct
| Penalties | Penalty Breakdown | |||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Team | Num | Yds | FS | HLD | OFF | IC | PI | RP | PF | UR | UC | Other |
| Fairley, Nick | DT | Det | 9 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Suh, Ndamukong | DT | Det | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Vanden Bosch, Kyle | DE | Det | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Young, Willie | DE | Det | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Logan, Stefan | RB | Det | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stafford, Matthew | QB | Det | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cherilus, Gosder | OT | Det | 9 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Reiff, Riley | OT | Det | 4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Green, Jonte | DB | Det | 3 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lacey, Jacob | DB | Det | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jackson, Lawrence | DE | Det | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Avril, Cliff | DE | Det | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Florence, Drayton | DB | Det | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Smith, Alphonso | DB | Det | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pettigrew, Brandon | TE | Det | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scheffler, Tony | TE | Det | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Williams, Corey | DT | Det | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bell, Joique | RB | Det | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Broyles, Ryan | WR | Det | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Osgood, Kassim | WR | Det | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Palmer, Ashlee | LB | Det | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hogue, Doug | LB | Det | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Levy, DeAndre | LB | Det | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peterman, Stephen | OG | Det | 5 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bentley, Dwight | DB | Det | 4 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sims, Rob | OT | Det | 4 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Backus, Jeff | OT | Det | 4 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Young, Titus | WR | Det | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tulloch, Stephen | LB | Det | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston, Chris | DB | Det | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Calvin | WR | Det | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raiola, Dominic | C | Det | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hill, Sammie Lee | DT | Det | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee, Patrick | DB | Det | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Durant, Justin | LB | Det | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burleson, Nate | WR | Det | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delmas, Louis | DB | Det | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitehead, Tahir | LB | Det | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carey, Don | DB | Det | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
