most career fumb by a running back vs years played

Tony Dorsett and Franco Harris are tied for the most career fumbles by a running back when playing >0 seasons, with 90 fumbles.

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Data note: Fumbles: player season data complete from 1945

	NAME	FUM	SEAS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	90	12	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
2	Franco Harris F. Harris	90	13	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	86	13	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
4	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	83	12	158	5,672	1,196	4.7	35.9	27	3,069	328		9.4	19.4	18
5	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	78	11	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
6	Ollie Matson O. Matson	66	12	142	4,992	1,143	4.4	35.2	38	2,699	190		14.2	19.0	19
7	Joe Perry J. Perry	66	14	156	8,378	1,737	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
8	Marcus Allen M. Allen	65	16	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
9	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	64	10	108	6,378	1,344	4.7	59.1	50	1,816	202		9.0	16.8	16
10	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	62	6	81	3,498	766	4.6	43.2	24	2,457	245		10.0	30.3	9
11	O.J. Simpson	62	11	135	11,236	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	61	15	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
13	Tommy Mason T. Mason	61	11	124	4,203	1,040	4.0	33.9	32	2,324	214		10.9	18.7	13
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	58	14	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	57	9	110	6,702	1,561	4.3	60.9	71	2,323	263		8.8	21.1	3
16	Jim Brown J. Brown	57	9	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
17	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	57	13	143	5,281	1,124	4.7	36.9	38	3,247	264		12.3	22.7	20
18	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	56	14	182	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
19	Bill Brown B. Brown	56	14	194	5,838	1,649	3.5	30.1	52	3,183	286		11.1	16.4	23
20	Tiki Barber T. Barber	53	10	154	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
21	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	53	10	113	3,320	837	4.0	29.4	16	988	104		9.5	8.7	3
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	52	11	147	10,009	2,431	4.1	68.1	66	2,606	342	466	7.6	17.7	8
23	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	52	8	109	5,950	1,556	3.8	54.6	53	3,156	350		9.0	29.0	23
24	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	52	8	112	4,630	1,036	4.5	41.3	46	3,535	287		12.3	31.6	20
25	James Brooks J. Brooks	51	12	162	7,962	1,685	4.7	49.1	49	3,621	383		9.5	22.4	30

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