most fumbles by a rb since 1990

Since 1990, Emmitt Smith has the most fumbles by a running back, with 61 fumbles.

NAMEFUMLOSTGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
61
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Tiki Barber
T. Barber
53
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
3Ricky Williams
R. Williams
52
147
10,009
2,431
4.1
68.1
66
2,606
342
466
7.6
17.7
8
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
49
29
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
46
30
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
6Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
46
223
1,967
388
5.1
8.8
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
10.5
4
7Edgerrin James
E. James
44
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
8Ricky Watters
R. Watters
43
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
41
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
10Terry Allen
T. Allen
41
130
8,614
2,152
4.0
66.3
73
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
11Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
39
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
12Ahman Green
A. Green
37
148
9,205
2,056
4.5
62.2
60
2,883
378
495
7.6
19.5
14
13Eddie George
E. George
37
141
10,441
2,865
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
14Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
37
130
1,567
370
4.2
12.1
8
2,507
302
8.3
19.3
7
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
36
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
16Leroy Hoard
L. Hoard
35
144
3,964
1,008
3.9
27.5
36
2,430
238
20
10.2
16.9
15
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
34
151
9,949
2,372
4.2
65.9
57
3,581
394
29
9.1
23.7
17
18Reggie Bush
R. Bush
33
18
134
5,490
1,286
4.3
41.0
36
3,598
477
661
7.5
26.9
18
19Dexter Carter
D. Carter
33
100
1,042
247
4.2
10.4
5
656
61
10.8
6.6
2
20Chris Warren
C. Warren
33
162
7,696
1,791
4.3
47.5
52
1,935
273
89
7.1
11.9
5
21Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
32
158
5,088
1,359
3.7
32.2
58
2,284
305
280
7.5
14.5
13
22Travis Henry
T. Henry
31
90
6,086
1,488
4.1
67.6
38
951
141
199
6.7
10.6
2
23LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
31
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
24Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
31
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
25Michael Pittman
M. Pittman
31
151
5,627
1,392
4.0
37.3
25
3,512
425
629
8.3
23.3
8
StatMuse has season-level data for fumbles going back to the 1945 season.

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