Forced Fumbles FF

FF stands for forced fumbles in football. Times a defender knocked the ball loose from a ball carrier, whichever team recovered it.

How FF is calculated

Counted. Recovering the ball is a separate stat (FR).

Who falls on a loose ball is close to a coin flip, so forcing fumbles says more about a defender than the takeaways that follow from them.

What counts as a good FF?

Half of the 69 qualified NFL players in 2026 were at or below 1. Clearing 2 put a season in the top tenth of the league.

Median
1
Top 10%
2
Leader
4

By position, the median was 1 for CB, 1 for DT, 1 for LB and 1 for S.

Qualified: 8+ games, non-zero, 2026 regular season.

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