Dick Butkus had the most fumble recoveries by a linebacker in his first 10 seasons, with 27 recoveries.
| NAME | FR | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Butkus | 27 | 119 | 22 | 166 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | | C. Bennett | 21 | 142 | 55.5 | 7 | 112 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | | S. Mills | 21 | 149 | 15.0 | 9 | 91 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | | R. Williams | 20 | 143 | 24.5 | 16 | 194 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | | C. Spielman | 19 | 148 | 10.5 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | | B. Bergey | 19 | 140 | 25 | 390 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 |  | D. Thomas | 18 | 153 | 119.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 8 | | M. Blair | 18 | 143 | 6.0 | 16 | 119 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | | M. Arneson | 18 | 127 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | | G. Fiss | 18 | 125 | 13 | 178 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | J. Reger | 18 | 118 | 12 | 135 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | | L. David | 17 | 149 | 869 | 353 | 1,222 | 26.0 | 171 | 12 | 169 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| 13 |  | K. Greene | 17 | 151 | 105.0 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | R. Jackson | 17 | 147 | 78.5 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | | M. Douglass | 17 | 126 | 19.0 | 10 | 274 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 16 | | J. Lambert | 17 | 138 | 8.0 | 28 | 243 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | | J. Ham | 17 | 142 | 30 | 193 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | | P. Villapiano | 17 | 134 | 11 | 160 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | R. Nitschke | 17 | 128 | 20 | 333 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | B. Koman | 17 | 130 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | C. Bednarik | 17 | 109 | 16 | 235 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | | J. Seau | 16 | 155 | 41.0 | 11 | 181 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 23 | | M. Merriweather | 16 | 148 | 41.0 | 18 | 299 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 24 | | B. Krauss | 16 | 136 | 7.0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | | B. Dusek | 16 | 114 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
StatMuse has season-level data for fumble recoveries going back to the 1945 season.
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