most fumbles recovered by a quarterback in a single playoff game

C.J. Stroud, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are tied for the most fumble recoveries by a quarterback in a playoff game, with 3 recoveries.

NAMEFRDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
3
1/12/2026
AFC Wild Card
@
21
32
65.6
250
7.8
1
1
86.7
3.1
3.1
3
6
2Josh Allen
J. Allen
3
1/26/2025
AFC Championship
@
22
34
64.7
237
7.0
2
0
104.7
5.9
0.0
2
10
3Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
3
1/16/2021
AFC Divisional
@
14
24
58.3
162
6.8
0
1
61.5
0.0
4.2
3
24
4Josh McCown
J. McCown
2
1/5/2020
NFC Wild Card
vs
18
24
75.0
174
7.3
0
0
94.8
0.0
0.0
6
14
5Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
2
1/10/2016
NFC Wild Card
vs
29
46
63.0
329
7.2
1
0
91.7
2.2
0.0
6
59
6Tony Romo
T. Romo
2
1/11/2015
NFC Divisional
@
15
19
78.9
191
10.1
2
0
143.6
10.5
0.0
4
21
7Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
2
1/10/2015
NFC Divisional
vs
15
22
68.2
268
12.2
3
0
149.2
13.6
0.0
2
20
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2
1/23/2011
AFC Championship
vs
10
19
52.6
133
7.0
0
2
35.5
0.0
10.5
2
12
9Tom Brady
T. Brady
2
1/7/2006
AFC Wild Card
vs
15
27
55.6
201
7.4
3
0
116.4
11.1
0.0
4
12
10Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
1
1/25/2026
NFC Championship
vs
25
36
69.4
346
9.6
3
0
127.8
8.3
0.0
3
25
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1
1/18/2026
NFC Divisional
@
20
42
47.6
258
6.1
0
0
67.4
0.0
0.0
4
29
12Josh Allen
J. Allen
1
1/17/2026
AFC Divisional
@
25
39
64.1
283
7.3
3
2
90.0
7.7
5.1
3
17
13Bo Nix
B. Nix
1
1/17/2026
AFC Divisional
vs
26
46
56.5
279
6.1
3
1
87.1
6.5
2.2
0
0
14Jordan Love
J. Love
1
1/10/2026
NFC Wild Card
@
24
46
52.2
323
7.0
4
0
103.8
8.7
0.0
1
1
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
1
2/9/2025
Super Bowl
@
21
32
65.6
257
8.0
3
2
95.4
9.4
6.3
6
31
16Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
1
1/18/2025
AFC Divisional
vs
16
25
64.0
177
7.1
1
0
98.3
4.0
0.0
3
15
17Jordan Love
J. Love
1
1/12/2025
NFC Wild Card
@
20
33
60.6
212
6.4
0
3
41.5
0.0
9.1
2
17
18C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
1
1/11/2025
AFC Wild Card
vs
22
33
66.7
282
8.5
1
1
90.7
3.0
3.0
3
21
19Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
1
2/11/2024
Super Bowl
vs
34
46
73.9
333
7.2
2
1
99.3
4.3
2.2
3
8
20Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
1
1/28/2024
AFC Championship
@
30
39
76.9
241
6.2
1
0
100.5
2.6
0.0
2
11
21Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
1
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
vs
23
41
56.1
262
6.4
1
0
83.6
2.4
0.0
0
0
22Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
1
2/12/2023
Super Bowl
@
21
27
77.8
182
6.7
3
0
131.8
11.1
0.0
0
0
23Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
1
1/21/2023
NFC Divisional
vs
16
24
66.7
154
6.4
2
0
112.2
8.3
0.0
1
6
24Tom Brady
T. Brady
1
1/16/2023
NFC Wild Card
vs
35
66
53.0
351
5.3
2
1
72.2
3.0
1.5
2
17
25Tyler Huntley
T. Huntley
1
1/15/2023
AFC Wild Card
@
17
29
58.6
226
7.8
2
1
92.0
6.9
3.4
2
17
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for fumble recoveries going back to the 2001 playoffs.

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