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Single-Season Fumbles Recovered Leaders

Football Leaders & Football Records : Single-Season  · Career  · Active  · Year-by-Year

Rank Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active FR Year Teams
1. David Carr (23) 12 2002 HOU
2. Jon Kitna (28) 9 2000 SEA
Brian Griese (24) 9 1999 DEN
Dave Krieg (31) 9 1989 SEA
Don Hultz (23) 9 1963 MIN
6. Paul Christman (27) 8 1945 CRD
Tommy Thompson (31) 8 1947 PHI
Joe Schmidt+ (23) 8 1955 DET
Bill Butler (26) 8 1963 MIN
Kermit Alexander (24) 8 1965 SFO
Jack Lambert+ (24) 8 1976 PIT
Danny White (29) 8 1981 DAL
Dan Marino+ (27) 8 1988 MIA
Tony Banks (25) 8 1998 STL
15. Gary Huff (23) 7 1974 CHI
Joe Ferguson (27) 7 1977 BUF
Fran Tarkenton+ (38) 7 1978 MIN
Steve Fuller (23) 7 1980 KAN
Greg Pruitt (32) 7 1983 RAI
Terry Metcalf (23) 7 1974 STL
Alan Page+ (25) 7 1970 MIN
Dick Butkus+ (23) 7 1965 CHI
Jack Larscheid (27) 7 1960 OAK
John Roach (27) 7 1960 STL
Bob Gage (21) 7 1949 PIT
Sammy Baugh+ (33) 7 1947 WAS
Bill Dudley+ (27) 7 1946 PIT
Warren Moon+ (28) 7 1984 HOU
Ray Childress (26) 7 1988 HOU
Jon Kitna (35) 7 2007 DET
Vince Young (24) 7 2007 TEN
Kerry Collins (29) 7 2001 NYG
Daunte Culpepper (24) 7 2001 MIN
Stephen Davis (27) 7 2001 WAS
Jon Kitna (29) 7 2001 CIN
Jeff Blake (29) 7 1999 CIN
Steve McNair (24) 7 1997 TEN
Tim Brown (22) 7 1988 RAI
Jack Trudeau (27) 7 1989 IND
Rickey Jackson (32) 7 1990 NOR
Dave Krieg (37) 7 1995 ARI
Stan Humphries (30) 7 1995 SDG
43. Merv Krakau (25) 6 1976 BUF
Bill Bergey (30) 6 1975 PHI
Roman Gabriel (33) 6 1973 PHI
Steve Preece (26) 6 1973 RAM
Ron Smith (30) 6 1973 SDG
Bob Griese+ (26) 6 1971 MIA
Jack Concannon (27) 6 1970 CHI
Jack Kemp (32) 6 1967 BUF
Reggie Wilkes (22) 6 1978 PHI
Fred McNeill (26) 6 1978 MIN
Steve Dils (28) 6 1983 MIN
Eric Hipple (26) 6 1983 DET
Ricky Smith (23) 6 1983 NWE
Jimmy Edwards (27) 6 1979 MIN
Dan Fouts+ (28) 6 1979 SDG
Jeff Komlo (23) 6 1979 DET
Brian Sipe (30) 6 1979 CLE
Roger Staubach+ (37) 6 1979 DAL
Roman Gabriel (26) 6 1966 RAM
Jack Kemp (30) 6 1965 BUF
Larry Craig (30) 6 1946 GNB
Charley Brock (30) 6 1946 GNB
Frank Maznicki (27) 6 1947 BOS
Don Kindt (22) 6 1947 CHI
Bobby Layne+ (23) 6 1949 NYY
Emlen Tunnell+ (27) 6 1952 NYG
Barney Poole (30) 6 1953 BAL
Rob Goode (27) 6 1954 WAS
Gene Brito (30) 6 1955 WAS
Billy Wells (26) 6 1957 2TM
Earl Morrall (23) 6 1957 PIT
Tony Teresa (27) 6 1960 OAK
Sam Etcheverry (31) 6 1961 STL
Babe Parilli (33) 6 1963 BOS
Don Meredith (27) 6 1965 DAL
Cannonball Butler (22) 6 1965 PIT
Timmy Brown (28) 6 1965 PHI
John Lucente (23) 6 1945 PIT
Lynn Dickey (34) 6 1983 GNB
Trent Dilfer (35) 6 2007 SFO
Craig Erickson (24) 6 1993 TAM
Jeff George (27) 6 1994 ATL
Jon Kitna (27) 6 1999 SEA
Drew Bledsoe (27) 6 1999 NWE
Brett Favre (32) 6 2001 GNB
Tim Couch (24) 6 2001 CLE
Aaron Brooks (25) 6 2001 NOR
Tiki Barber (26) 6 2001 NYG
Steve McNair (29) 6 2002 TEN
Daunte Culpepper (25) 6 2002 MIN
Chad Pennington (27) 6 2003 NYJ
Daunte Culpepper (26) 6 2003 MIN
Jake Plummer (30) 6 2004 DEN
Aaron Brooks (28) 6 2004 NOR
Alex Smith (21) 6 2005 SFO
David Carr (26) 6 2005 HOU
Jared Allen (24) 6 2006 KAN
Boomer Esiason (31) 6 1992 CIN
Dave Krieg (34) 6 1992 KAN
Randall Cunningham (24) 6 1987 PHI
Steve Grogan (34) 6 1987 NWE
Warren Moon+ (31) 6 1987 HOU
Neil Lomax (27) 6 1986 STL
Jack Trudeau (24) 6 1986 IND
Dan Fouts+ (34) 6 1985 SDG
William Gay (30) 6 1985 DET
Joe Theismann (35) 6 1984 WAS
Merril Hoge (23) 6 1988 PIT
Randall Cunningham (25) 6 1988 PHI
Jeff Hostetler (30) 6 1991 NYG
Reggie Cobb (22) 6 1990 TAM
Rich Gannon (25) 6 1990 MIN
Dan Saleaumua (26) 6 1990 KAN
Carnell Lake (22) 6 1989 PIT
Don Majkowski (25) 6 1989 GNB
Warren Moon+ (33) 6 1989 HOU
Deron Cherry (29) 6 1988 KAN
120. Noland Smith (24) 5 1967 KAN
Floyd Little (25) 5 1967 DEN
Willis Crenshaw (27) 5 1968 STL
Lem Barney+ (23) 5 1968 DET
Chuck Walker (28) 5 1969 STL
Walter Roberts (27) 5 1969 WAS
Roman Gabriel (29) 5 1969 RAM
Greg Brezina (23) 5 1969 ATL
Jack Kemp (34) 5 1969 BUF
Ron Smith (27) 5 1970 CHI
John Fuqua (24) 5 1970 PIT
Karl Sweetan (24) 5 1966 DET
Ron McDole (26) 5 1965 BUF
Ernie Green (27) 5 1965 CLE
Don Healy (25) 5 1961 DAL
Bob Dee (28) 5 1961 BOS
Ed O'Bradovich (22) 5 1962 CHI
Lee Roy Caffey (22) 5 1963 PHI
Johnny Unitas+ (31) 5 1964 BAL
Clarence Childs (26) 5 1964 NYG
Kermit Alexander (23) 5 1964 SFO
Lionel Aldridge (23) 5 1964 GNB
Charley Taylor+ (24) 5 1965 WAS
Paul Krause+ (23) 5 1965 WAS
Eddie Meador (24) 5 1961 RAM
Nate Ramsey (30) 5 1971 PHI
Bill Nelsen (30) 5 1971 CLE
Mike Phipps (28) 5 1975 CLE
Ralph McGill (25) 5 1975 SFO
Mike Livingston (30) 5 1975 KAN
Joe Federspiel (25) 5 1975 NOR
Bobby Bryant (31) 5 1975 MIN
Robert Brazile (22) 5 1975 HOU
Mo Spencer (24) 5 1976 NOR
Willie Shelby (23) 5 1976 CIN
Jake Scott (31) 5 1976 WAS
Terry Metcalf (25) 5 1976 STL
Bill Simpson (24) 5 1975 RAM
Joe Ferguson (24) 5 1974 BUF
Pete Athas (27) 5 1973 NYG
Chip Myrtle (26) 5 1971 DEN
L.C. Greenwood (25) 5 1971 PIT
Bobby Douglass (25) 5 1972 CHI
Elvin Bethea+ (26) 5 1972 HOU
Dick Anderson (26) 5 1972 MIA
Lyle Alzado (23) 5 1972 DEN
Stan White (24) 5 1973 BAL
Mike Wagner (24) 5 1973 PIT
Dick Jauron (23) 5 1973 DET
Ken Houston+ (29) 5 1973 WAS
Bruce Laird (26) 5 1976 BAL
Don Meredith (23) 5 1961 DAL
Charley Brock (29) 5 1945 GNB
Fred Enke (25) 5 1949 DET
Russ Craft (30) 5 1949 PHI
Buddy Young (24) 5 1950 NYY
Tom Wham (26) 5 1950 CRD
George Taliaferro (23) 5 1950 NYY
Gene Roberts (27) 5 1950 NYG
Herb Rich (22) 5 1950 BAL
Ray Poole (29) 5 1950 NYG
Joe Perry+ (23) 5 1950 SFO
Thurman McGraw (23) 5 1950 DET
Charlie Conerly (27) 5 1948 NYG
Fred Enke (24) 5 1948 DET
Joe Golding (27) 5 1948 BOS
Steve Van Buren+ (26) 5 1946 PHI
Bill Osmanski (31) 5 1946 CHI
Paul Lipscomb (23) 5 1946 GNB
Abe Karnofsky (24) 5 1946 BOS
Marshall Goldberg (29) 5 1946 CRD
Merl Condit (29) 5 1946 PIT
Tony Compagno (25) 5 1946 PIT
Bosh Pritchard (29) 5 1948 PHI
Bill Paschal (27) 5 1948 BOS
George McAfee+ (30) 5 1948 CHI
Bobby Layne+ (24) 5 1950 DET
Tony Adamle (26) 5 1950 CLE
Adrian Burk (24) 5 1951 PHI
Charlie Conerly (36) 5 1957 NYG
Frank Gifford+ (28) 5 1958 NYG
Billy Ray Barnes (23) 5 1958 PHI
Norm Van Brocklin+ (33) 5 1959 PHI
Bob Toneff (29) 5 1959 WAS
George Tarasovic (29) 5 1959 PIT
Bill Jobko (24) 5 1959 RAM
Henry Jordan+ (25) 5 1960 GNB
Willie Wood+ (25) 5 1961 GNB
Joel Wells (26) 5 1961 NYG
Gary Glick (27) 5 1957 PIT
Jerry Norton (26) 5 1957 PHI
John Reger (26) 5 1957 PIT
Stan Williams (23) 5 1952 DTX
Skeets Quinlan (24) 5 1952 RAM
Blaine Earon (25) 5 1952 DET
Otto Graham+ (32) 5 1953 CLE
Len Ford+ (28) 5 1954 CLE
Adrian Burk (27) 5 1954 PHI
Andy Robustelli+ (30) 5 1955 RAM
John Reger (24) 5 1955 PIT
Bob Hudson (25) 5 1955 PHI
Ed Beatty (24) 5 1956 SFO
Fran Tarkenton+ (21) 5 1961 MIN
Matt Blair (26) 5 1976 MIN
Jeff Hostetler (29) 5 1990 NYG
Chris Chandler (30) 5 1995 HOU
Louis Oliver (30) 5 1996 MIA
Scott Mitchell (28) 5 1996 DET
Jeff Hostetler (35) 5 1996 OAK
Brett Favre (27) 5 1996 GNB
Mark Brunell (26) 5 1996 JAX
Charles Way (25) 5 1997 NYG
Vinny Testaverde (34) 5 1997 BAL
Leon Johnson (23) 5 1997 NYJ
Chris Oldham (30) 5 1998 PIT
Warren Moon+ (39) 5 1995 MIN
Rodney Peete (29) 5 1995 PHI
Dave Meggett (28) 5 1994 NYG
Jerome Brown (25) 5 1990 PHI
Mike Johnson (30) 5 1992 CLE
Donald Hollas (25) 5 1992 CIN
Warren Moon+ (37) 5 1993 HOU
Rick Mirer (23) 5 1993 SEA
Boomer Esiason (32) 5 1993 NYJ
John Elway+ (33) 5 1993 DEN
Drew Bledsoe (21) 5 1993 NWE
Michael Bankston (23) 5 1993 PHO
Stevon Moore (27) 5 1994 CLE
Eddie George (25) 5 1998 TEN
Steve Beuerlein (33) 5 1998 CAR
Jake Plummer (25) 5 1999 ARI
Takeo Spikes (26) 5 2002 CIN
Brian Mitchell (34) 5 2002 PHI
Tommy Maddox (31) 5 2002 PIT
Brett Favre (33) 5 2002 GNB
Tom Brady (25) 5 2002 NWE
Brian Young (26) 5 2003 STL
Jake Delhomme (29) 5 2004 CAR
Reuben Droughns (27) 5 2005 CLE
David Carr (27) 5 2006 HOU
Kurt Warner (36) 5 2007 ARI
Doug Flutie (39) 5 2001 SDG
Jeff Garcia (31) 5 2001 SFO
Trent Green (31) 5 2001 KAN
Tiki Barber (24) 5 1999 NYG
Marquez Pope (30) 5 2000 OAK
Doug Evans (30) 5 2000 CAR
Daunte Culpepper (23) 5 2000 MIN
Rob Burnett (33) 5 2000 BAL
Tiki Barber (25) 5 2000 NYG
Vinny Testaverde (38) 5 2001 NYJ
Kordell Stewart (29) 5 2001 PIT
Jake Plummer (27) 5 2001 ARI
Sammy Knight (26) 5 2001 NOR
Tony Romo (27) 5 2007 DAL
Kevin Mack (28) 5 1990 CLE
Walter Payton+ (23) 5 1977 CHI
Freddie Solomon (27) 5 1980 SFO
Rod Kush (24) 5 1980 BUF
Johnnie Johnson (24) 5 1980 RAM
Gerry Ellis (23) 5 1980 GNB
Lynn Dickey (31) 5 1980 GNB
Beasley Reece (27) 5 1981 NYG
Johnnie Johnson (25) 5 1981 RAM
Jack Thompson (27) 5 1983 TAM
Dwaine Board (27) 5 1983 SFO
Paul McDonald (26) 5 1984 CLE
Eddie Brown (27) 5 1979 RAM
Dan Bunz (24) 5 1979 SFO
Ron Jaworski (28) 5 1979 PHI
Ralph Ortega (24) 5 1977 ATL
Tony Davis (24) 5 1977 CIN
Donnie Shell (26) 5 1978 PIT
Frank Reed (24) 5 1978 ATL
Jim Merlo (27) 5 1978 NOR
Randy McClanahan (24) 5 1978 BUF
Ernie Jones (25) 5 1978 NYG
Joe Greene+ (32) 5 1978 PIT
Jeff Yeates (28) 5 1979 ATL
Ken Stabler (34) 5 1979 OAK
John Elway+ (24) 5 1984 DEN
Phil Simms (31) 5 1985 NYG
Randy Scott (26) 5 1985 GNB
Dave Krieg (29) 5 1987 SEA
Ken O'Brien (28) 5 1988 NYJ
Rusty Hilger (26) 5 1988 DET
John Elway+ (28) 5 1988 DEN
Chris Chandler (23) 5 1988 IND
Dan Saleaumua (25) 5 1989 KAN
Chris Miller (24) 5 1989 ATL
Nesby Glasgow (32) 5 1989 SEA
Jumpy Geathers (29) 5 1989 NOR
Chris Doleman (28) 5 1989 MIN
Mark Malone (29) 5 1987 PIT
Brian Noble (25) 5 1987 GNB
Boomer Esiason (25) 5 1986 CIN
Warren Moon+ (29) 5 1985 HOU
Bill Kenney (30) 5 1985 KAN
Demetrious Johnson (24) 5 1985 DET
Henry Ellard (24) 5 1985 RAM
Lynn Dickey (36) 5 1985 GNB
Jack Del Rio (22) 5 1985 NOR
Bud Brown (24) 5 1985 MIA
Curt Warner (25) 5 1986 SEA
Jay Schroeder (25) 5 1986 WAS
Ken O'Brien (26) 5 1986 NYJ
Ken Bell (25) 5 1989 DEN