Greg Rousseau is among six players with three forced fumbles — and he ranks second in tackles for loss

Six players are tied for the NFL lead in forced fumbles after five weeks of the 2026 regular season. Each has three: Buffalo’s Greg Rousseau, Philadelphia’s Jalen Carter, Las Vegas’s Nakobe Dean, Cleveland’s Quincy Williams, San Francisco’s Fred Warner and Dallas’s Caleb Downs.

Rousseau’s three forced fumbles come with the second-most tackles for loss in the league (8.0) and 6.0 sacks. No other player in the three-forced-fumble club has more than 5.0 tackles for loss. That mix — strip the ball and still live in the backfield — is what separates his line from the rest of the tie.

Forced fumble leaders after Week 5

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	FF	TFL	Sacks	Solo	Total	FR	G
1	Greg Rousseau	BUF	LB	3	8.0	6.0	14	20	0	5
2	Jalen Carter	PHI	DT	3	5.0	3.0	7	13	0	5
3	Nakobe Dean	LV	LB	3	3.5	1.5	30	44	0	5
4	Quincy Williams	CLE	LB	3	3.0	0.0	19	34	0	5
5	Fred Warner	SF	LB	3	1.5	0.5	21	50	0	5
6	Caleb Downs	DAL	S	3	1.0	1.0	21	33	0	5
7	Dallas Turner	MIN	LB	2	5.5	5.5	10	14	0	5
8	Austin Booker	CHI	DE	2	5.0	4.0	10	14	0	5
9	Malcolm Koonce	LV	DE	2	3.0	3.0	5	9	0	5
10	Tuli Tuipulotu	LAC	LB	2	3.0	2.0	12	22	1	5
11	Baron Browning	ARI	LB	2	3.0	1.0	6	9	0	5
12	Troy Dye	LAC	LB	2	2.5	1.5	13	20	0	5
13	Nate Landman	LAR	LB	2	2.0	0.0	22	42	0	5
14	Jeremy Chinn	LV	S	2	1.0	1.0	22	29	1	5
15	Denzel Ward	CLE	CB	2	0.0	0.0	15	24	0	5

Nine more players have two forced fumbles, including Minnesota’s Dallas Turner (5.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks) and Chicago’s Austin Booker (5.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks). Will Anderson Jr., the tackle-for-loss leader, has one forced fumble and one recovery.

The six players with three forced fumbles

Player	Team	Pos	FF	TFL	Sacks	Total tackles	G
Greg Rousseau	BUF	LB	3	8.0	6.0	20	5
Jalen Carter	PHI	DT	3	5.0	3.0	13	5
Nakobe Dean	LV	LB	3	3.5	1.5	44	5
Quincy Williams	CLE	LB	3	3.0	0.0	34	5
Fred Warner	SF	LB	3	1.5	0.5	50	5
Caleb Downs	DAL	S	3	1.0	1.0	33	5

The group spans the defense. Rousseau and Carter are front-line disruptors. Dean, Williams and Warner are linebackers who live near the ball. Downs is a safety with three forced fumbles and 33 total tackles for Dallas.

Carter’s tackle-for-loss and sack totals jumped in Week 5 against Jacksonville (3.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks in the box score). His season line sits at 5.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks to go with the three forced fumbles.

Jalen Carter defensive snaps by week (box score)

Week	Opponent	TFL	Sacks	Solo	Total
1	Washington	0	0	1	3
2	at Tennessee	1	1	1	1
3	at Chicago	1	0	2	3
4	LA Rams	0	0	0	1
5	Jacksonville	3	2	3	5

Players with at least two forced fumbles, sorted by tackles for loss

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	FF	TFL	Sacks	G
1	Greg Rousseau	BUF	LB	3	8.0	6.0	5.0
2	Dallas Turner	MIN	LB	2	5.5	5.5	5.0
3	Jalen Carter	PHI	DT	3	5.0	3.0	5.0
4	Austin Booker	CHI	DE	2	5.0	4.0	5.0
5	Nakobe Dean	LV	LB	3	3.5	1.5	5.0
6	Quincy Williams	CLE	LB	3	3.0	0.0	5.0
7	Malcolm Koonce	LV	DE	2	3.0	3.0	5.0
8	Tuli Tuipulotu	LAC	LB	2	3.0	2.0	5.0
9	Baron Browning	ARI	LB	2	3.0	1.0	5.0
10	Troy Dye	LAC	LB	2	2.5	1.5	5.0
11	Nate Landman	LAR	LB	2	2.0	0.0	5.0
12	Fred Warner	SF	LB	3	1.5	0.5	5.0

Sorted this way, Rousseau is alone at the top. Carter and Turner fill out the next tier of players who both force fumbles and post 5.0-plus tackles for loss. Warner’s three forced fumbles pair with only 1.5 tackles for loss — his game is takeaways more than backfield stops.

Forced fumbles among players with 5.0 or more tackles for loss

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	FF	TFL	Sacks
1	Greg Rousseau	BUF	LB	3	8.0	6.0
2	Jalen Carter	PHI	DT	3	5.0	3.0
3	Dallas Turner	MIN	LB	2	5.5	5.5
4	Austin Booker	CHI	DE	2	5.0	4.0
5	Will Anderson Jr.	HOU	DE	1	11.5	7.5
6	T.J. Watt	PIT	LB	1	6.5	4.5
7	Elijah Ponder	NE	LB	1	6.5	4.5
8	David Bailey	NYJ	LB	1	6.0	5.0
9	Andrew Van Ginkel	MIN	LB	1	5.0	4.0
10	Jonathan Allen	CIN	DT	1	5.0	3.0

Only a short list clears both bars. Rousseau leads that cross-section, then Turner, Booker and Carter. Anderson appears with one forced fumble despite leading the league in tackles for loss.

Rousseau and the Bills visit Las Vegas on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET (11:25 p.m. Cairo). Carter and Philadelphia host Carolina at 1 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Cairo). Warner’s 49ers host Washington on Monday night.

Forced fumbles are official season totals. The board was built from league defensive statistics aggregated across tackle, sack and tackle-for-loss leader groups through Monday night of Week 5 and does not include Thursday night’s Seahawks-Broncos game.