who went the longest without fumbling in the nfl running back

Tony Dorsett and Franco Harris are tied for the most career fumbles by a running back, with 90 fumbles.

NAMEFUMLOSTGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
90
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
90
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
86
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
83
158
5,672
1,196
4.7
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
78
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
66
142
4,992
1,143
4.4
35.2
38
2,699
190
14.2
19.0
19
7Joe Perry
J. Perry
66
156
8,378
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
8Marcus Allen
M. Allen
65
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
9Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
64
108
6,378
1,344
4.7
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
10Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
62
81
3,498
766
4.6
43.2
24
2,457
245
10.0
30.3
9
11O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
62
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
61
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
13Tommy Mason
T. Mason
61
124
4,203
1,040
4.0
33.9
32
2,324
214
10.9
18.7
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
58
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
57
110
6,702
1,561
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
16Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
17Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
57
143
5,281
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
18Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
56
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
19Bill Brown
B. Brown
56
194
5,838
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
20Tiki Barber
T. Barber
53
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
21Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
53
113
3,320
837
4.0
29.4
16
988
104
9.5
8.7
3
22Ricky Williams
R. Williams
52
147
10,009
2,431
4.1
68.1
66
2,606
342
466
7.6
17.7
8
23Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
52
109
5,950
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
24Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
52
112
4,630
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
25James Brooks
J. Brooks
51
162
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
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