Dick Butkus had the most fumble recoveries by a linebacker in his first 5 seasons, with 17 recoveries.
| NAME | FR | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Butkus | 17 | 68 | 12 | 138 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | | D. Bunz | 13 | 61 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | | T. Spikes | 12 | 79 | 161 | 61 | 222 | 14.5 | 5 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | | J. Lambert | 12 | 69 | 11 | 132 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | C. Bednarik | 12 | 60 | 10 | 148 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 |  | D. Thomas | 11 | 79 | 66.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | | B. Ray Smith Jr. | 11 | 75 | 22.0 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | | M. Blair | 11 | 72 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 9 | | B. Dusek | 11 | 72 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 10 | | J. Reger | 11 | 60 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | | G. Lloyd | 10 | 72 | 26.5 | 6 | 93 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | | J. Holland | 10 | 73 | 1.0 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | | S. Mills | 10 | 76 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | J. Robinson | 10 | 72 | 2.0 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | | C. Johnson | 10 | 73 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | J. Merlo | 10 | 72 | 8 | 224 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | P. Villapiano | 10 | 70 | 8 | 160 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | | R. Nitschke | 10 | 62 | 10 | 189 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | B. Koman | 10 | 60 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | G. Fiss | 10 | 60 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | J. Fortunato | 10 | 60 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | | D. White | 9 | 76 | 364 | 202 | 566 | 23.0 | 175 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 23 | | C. Greenway | 9 | 80 | 443 | 175 | 618 | 8.5 | 44 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | | K. Dansby | 9 | 74 | 356 | 94 | 450 | 24.5 | 171 | 9 | 135 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | | C. Spielman | 9 | 76 | 9.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
StatMuse has season-level data for fumble recoveries going back to the 1945 season.
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