players with most fumble recovery return yards in a career

Brian Mitchell recovered 20 fumbles in his career.

	NAME	FR	RET YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	20	19,013	223	607	14,014	23.1	62.8	4	463	4,999	10.8	22.4	9
2	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	10	15,003	157	514	11,947	23.2	76.1	5	307	3,056	10.0	19.5	3
3	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	14	13,488	136	426	11,113	26.1	81.7	8	222	2,375	10.7	17.5	3
4	Mel Gray M. Gray	11	13,003	169	421	10,250	24.3	60.7	6	252	2,753	10.9	16.3	3
5	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	10	12,772	138	407	9,788	24.0	70.9	2	304	2,984	9.8	21.6	1
6	Dante Hall D. Hall	5	12,397	112	426	10,136	23.8	90.5	6	216	2,261	10.5	20.2	6
7	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	9	11,313	183	332	8,352	25.2	45.6	2	311	2,961	9.5	16.2	7
8	Devin Hester D. Hester	19	11,028	156	295	7,333	24.9	47.0	5	315	3,695	11.7	23.7	14
9	Desmond Howard D. Howard	4	10,854	156	359	7,959	22.2	51.0	0	244	2,895	11.9	18.6	8
10	Kevin Williams K. Williams	11	9,604	121	322	7,309	22.7	60.4	1	231	2,295	9.9	19.0	3
11	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	13	9,523	193	307	6,899	22.5	35.7	3	262	2,624	10.0	13.6	4
12	Leon Washington L. Washington	11	9,346	126	292	7,553	25.9	59.9	8	181	1,793	9.9	14.2	0
13	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	22	9,274	146	252	5,566	22.1	38.1	1	349	3,708	10.6	25.4	7
14	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	11	9,266	179	280	5,813	20.8	32.5	2	351	3,453	9.8	19.3	10
15	Michael Bates M. Bates	7	9,154	145	373	9,110	24.4	62.8	5	10	44	4.4	0.3	0
16	Ron Smith R. Smith	24	8,710	139	275	6,922	25.2	49.8	3	235	1,788	7.6	12.9	2
17	Andre Roberts A. Roberts	9	8,631	182	260	6,751	26.0	37.1	3	219	1,880	8.6	10.3	3
18	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	5	8,410	81	283	6,999	24.7	86.4	3	162	1,411	8.7	17.4	2
19	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	5	8,238	183	284	8,229	29.0	45.0	9	1	9	9.0	0.0	0
20	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	5	8,102	118	235	4,933	21.0	41.8	0	292	3,169	10.9	26.9	4
21	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	9	7,893	111	212	4,611	21.8	41.5	0	295	3,282	11.1	29.6	6
22	Brandon Tate B. Tate	8	7,814	127	247	5,890	23.8	46.4	2	203	1,924	9.5	15.1	1
23	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	6	7,807	76	248	5,989	24.1	78.8	3	186	1,818	9.8	23.9	1
24	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	9	7,628	128	183	4,940	27.0	38.6	5	276	2,688	9.7	21.0	4
25	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	2	7,438	77	226	5,422	24.0	70.4	4	197	2,016	10.2	26.2	4

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Giants	1	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	1.000
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Sun 9/20	WAS	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	SEA	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
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Shough

387

Love

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Flowers

147

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Rec TD Leaders

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Rush Yards Rankings

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Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
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Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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Rams	0	1	0	.000

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Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
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Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chiefs	0	0	0
Broncos	0	0	0
Chargers	0	1	0	.000