most career fumble recoveries linebacker

Cornelius Bennett, Rickey Jackson and Dick Butkus are tied for the most career fumble recoveries by a linebacker, with 27 recoveries.

NAMEFRGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFR TD
1Cornelius Bennett
C. Bennett
27
206
71.5
7
112
1
1
2Rickey Jackson
R. Jackson
27
195
115.0
7
67
0
0
3Dick Butkus
D. Butkus
27
119
22
166
0
1
4Kevin Greene
K. Greene
26
212
157.0
5
53
1
2
5Sam Mills
S. Mills
23
181
20.5
11
119
1
3
6Reggie Williams
R. Williams
23
206
41.0
16
194
1
1
7Ray Nitschke
R. Nitschke
23
190
25
385
2
0
8Joe Fortunato
J. Fortunato
22
155
16
156
1
1
9Lavonte David
L. David
21
215
1,172
544
1,716
42.5
311
14
179
2
33
1
10Jack Ham
J. Ham
21
162
3.0
32
218
1
1
11Bill Bergey
B. Bergey
21
159
27
397
0
0
12Ray Lewis
R. Lewis
20
228
978
365
1,343
41.5
31
503
3
17
0
13Matt Blair
M. Blair
20
160
8.0
16
119
0
1
14John Reger
J. Reger
20
144
15
162
1
1
15Derrick Thomas
D. Thomas
19
169
126.5
1
20
0
4
16Chris Spielman
C. Spielman
19
148
10.5
6
36
0
1
17Andre Tippett
A. Tippett
19
151
100.0
1
42
0
2
18Bill Koman
B. Koman
19
144
7
27
0
0
19Takeo Spikes
T. Spikes
18
219
728
354
1,082
29.0
19
276
3
11
1
20Junior Seau
J. Seau
18
268
379
167
546
56.5
18
238
0
2
1
21Bill Romanowski
B. Romanowski
18
243
136
44
180
39.5
18
98
1
2
0
22Mark Arneson
M. Arneson
18
127
5
42
0
1
23Phil Villapiano
P. Villapiano
18
163
0.0
11
160
1
0
24Willie Lanier
W. Lanier
18
149
27
440
2
0
25Lee Roy Jordan
L. Roy Jordan
18
186
32
472
3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for fumble recoveries going back to the 1945 season.

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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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14
3
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.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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10
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.412
Jets Jets - e
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14
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.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
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.588
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11
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11
6
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7
9
1
.441
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12
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.294
4
13
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
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