who has the most career forced fumbles all-time for a defensive lineman

Robert Mathis has the most career forced fumbles by a defensive lineman, with 47 forced fumbles.

NAME FF GP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FR FR TD
1 Robert Mathis
R. Mathis
47
151
349
108
457
103.0
723.5
0
0
0
14
1
2 Dwight Freeney
D. Freeney
43
173
267
41
308
108.5
813
0
0
0
3
1
3 Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
43
218
487
127
614
134.5
813.5
9
192
2
17
2
4 John Abraham
J. Abraham
42
169
414
87
501
117.5
748.5
1
6
0
6
1
5 Osi Umenyiora
O. Umenyiora
35
145
295
129
424
82.5
576
1
68
1
13
3
6 Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
34
125
336
152
488
89.5
588
5
108
3
18
3
7 Leonard Little
L. Little
32
121
301
50
351
82.0
501.5
2
64
1
9
2
8 Jared Allen
J. Allen
31
187
503
145
648
136.0
851.5
6
55
1
19
1
9 Cliff Avril
C. Avril
29
140
207
91
298
74.0
507
1
4
1
7
1
10 J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
27
151
449
137
586
114.5
808.5
2
99
2
17
1
11 Robert Quinn
R. Quinn
25
138
226
61
287
75.0
527
0
0
0
3
1
12 Simeon Rice
S. Rice
25
95
214
38
252
70.5
491
4
48
0
1
0
13 Aaron Donald
A. Donald
24
154
340
203
543
111.0
813
0
0
0
7
0
14 Justin Tuck
J. Tuck
22
147
354
154
508
66.5
433.5
3
46
1
6
0
15 Yannick Ngakoue
Y. Ngakoue
21
123
176
48
224
69.0
429
2
32
1
3
1
16 DeMarcus Lawrence
D. Lawrence
21
141
285
165
450
61.5
482.5
2
53
1
8
1
17 Carlos Dunlap
C. Dunlap
21
180
360
183
543
91.5
606.5
2
30
2
9
1
18 Myles Garrett
M. Garrett
20
122
264
109
373
106.5
691.5
0
0
0
6
1
19 Jason Pierre-Paul
J. Pierre-Paul
20
153
416
154
570
89.0
609.5
4
67
2
10
1
20 Will Smith
W. Smith
20
139
329
134
463
67.5
445.5
2
4
0
7
0
21 Patrick Kerney
P. Kerney
20
127
315
93
408
77.5
455.5
2
0
0
11
1
22 Aaron Schobel
A. Schobel
20
133
334
149
483
78.0
514.5
3
32
1
8
0
23 Kyle Vanden Bosch
K. Vanden Bosch
20
152
336
130
466
58.0
388
0
0
0
6
1
24 Charles Johnson
C. Johnson
19
143
228
95
323
67.5
494
0
0
0
4
0
25 Cameron Wake
C. Wake
18
109
178
64
242
72.5
477.5
1
12
0
2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for forced fumbles going back to the 2001 season.

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