which runing back has the most fumbles in nfl history

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

NAME FUM LOST GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
90
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
2 Franco Harris
F. Harris
90
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
86
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
83
158
5,672
1,196
4.7
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
5 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
78
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
66
142
4,992
1,143
4.4
35.2
38
2,699
190
14.2
19.0
19
7 Joe Perry
J. Perry
66
156
8,378
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
8 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
65
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
9 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
64
108
6,378
1,344
4.7
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
10 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
62
81
3,498
766
4.6
43.2
24
2,457
245
10.0
30.3
9
11 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
62
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
12 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
61
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
13 Tommy Mason
T. Mason
61
124
4,203
1,040
4.0
33.9
32
2,324
214
10.9
18.7
13
14 John Riggins
J. Riggins
58
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
57
110
6,702
1,561
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
16 Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
17 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
57
143
5,281
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
18 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
56
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
19 Bill Brown
B. Brown
56
194
5,838
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
20 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
53
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
21 Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
53
113
3,320
837
4.0
29.4
16
988
104
9.5
8.7
3
22 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
52
147
10,009
2,431
4.1
68.1
66
2,606
342
466
7.6
17.7
8
23 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
52
109
5,950
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
24 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
52
112
4,630
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
25 James Brooks
J. Brooks
51
162
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
StatMuse has season-level data for fumbles going back to the 1945 season.

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