most career fumbles by a running back minimum 100 games

Tony Dorsett and Franco Harris were tied for the most fumbles by a running back when playing 100+ games, with 90 fumbles.

NAMEFUMGPLOSTRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
90
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
90
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
86
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
83
158
5,672
1,196
4.7
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
78
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
66
142
4,992
1,143
4.4
35.2
38
2,699
190
14.2
19.0
19
7Joe Perry
J. Perry
66
156
8,378
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
8Marcus Allen
M. Allen
65
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
9Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
64
108
6,378
1,344
4.7
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
10O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
62
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
61
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
12Tommy Mason
T. Mason
61
124
4,203
1,040
4.0
33.9
32
2,324
214
10.9
18.7
13
13John Riggins
J. Riggins
58
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
14Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
57
110
6,702
1,561
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
16Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
57
143
5,281
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
17Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
56
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
18Bill Brown
B. Brown
56
194
5,838
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
19Tiki Barber
T. Barber
53
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
20Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
53
113
3,320
837
4.0
29.4
16
988
104
9.5
8.7
3
21Ricky Williams
R. Williams
52
147
10,009
2,431
4.1
68.1
66
2,606
342
466
7.6
17.7
8
22Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
52
109
5,950
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
23Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
52
112
4,630
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
24James Brooks
J. Brooks
51
162
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
25Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
51
102
5,356
1,309
4.1
52.5
27
2,199
224
9.8
21.6
15
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