what top 20 all-time leading rusher in nfl has the least fumbles

Emmitt Smith had 61 fumbles in his career.

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NAMEFUMRUSH YDSLOSTGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
61
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
86
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
46
16,000
30
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
41
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
49
14,918
29
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
29
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
31
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
41
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Derrick Henry
D. Henry
25
13,650
14
161
2,820
4.8
84.8
130
1,876
201
259
9.3
11.7
6
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
78
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
90
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
36
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
44
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
65
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
90
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
50
12,074
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
27
11,695
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
23
11,438
15
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
58
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
28
11,241
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
62
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
25
11,102
15
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
26
10,967
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
43
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13

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