who leads the league in forced fumbles as defender

50 players are tied for the fewest career fumbles, with 0 fumbles. The first three are Shane Buechele, Haggai Ndubuisi and Marquis Hayes.

	NAME	FUM	LOST	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Shane Buechele S. Buechele	0	0	1	3	3.0	0	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Haggai Ndubuisi H. Ndubuisi	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Marquis Hayes M. Hayes	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Zaire Mitchell-Paden Z. Mitchell-Paden	0	0	8	17	2.1	0	0	0.0	0	17	2.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Elijah Jones E. Jones	0	0	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Sal Cannella S. Cannella	0	0	2	11	5.5	0	0	0.0	0	11	5.5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Cameron Latu C. Latu	0	0	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Daniel Scott D. Scott	0	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Erick Hallett II E. Hallett II	0	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Lew Nichols L. Nichols	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Austin Ajiake A. Ajiake	0	0	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Tanner Ingle T. Ingle	0	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jacob Saylors J. Saylors	0	0	16	908	56.8	0	11	0.7	0	0	0.0	0	897	56.1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Chukwuebuka Godrick C. Godrick	0	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	C.J. Okoye	0	0	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Andre Szmyt A. Szmyt	0	0	17	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jerome Carvin J. Carvin	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Rejzohn Wright R. Wright	0	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Luke Haggard L. Haggard	0	0	11	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Henry Byrd H. Byrd	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Dalton Wagner D. Wagner	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Durell Nchami D. Nchami	0	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Charlie Smyth C. Smyth	0	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tyler McLellan T. McLellan	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Giovanni Manu G. Manu	0	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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