most fumbles by a runningback since 1990

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

Regular season

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

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