Fumble Rates: 2016 NFL Season

Fumble Rate is a statistic in football that measures the percentage of rushing attempts that are fumbled. Fumble Rate is calculated by taking the total number of rushing fumbles and dividing it by the number of rushing attempts.

The lower the fumble rate the better as it demonstrates that the player is

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Fumble rate uses total fumbles instead of fumbles lost as the recovery of a fumble is generally considered to be random while total fumbles (lost and recovered) is more representative of the rushers ability to hold onto the ball during rushing attempts.