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QB fumbles

All-time fumble rates for quarterbacks

Before we move on to bigger and better things, I will throw out more stat chart in regards to Joe Burrow’s undersized hands. I don’t consider them to be much of an issue at all.

Just for the heck of it, I put together the all-time fumble numbers for all quarterbacks who’ve started at least 100 games since the merger in 1970. I figured it would be interesting to see if anything in regards to hand size bubbled to the service.

Dave Krieg is near the bottom; I consider him to be the poster child for small-handed quarterbacks. But otherwise, I don’t see much.

Of the top 5 on the chart (the guys who didn’t tend to fumble), two are definitely small guys – Fran Tarkenton (pictured) and Joe Theismann, and Ken Anderson and Joe Montana were also below average in physical stature.

And if you scroll around down near the bottom, you’ll find plenty of larger quarterbacks with large hands. Drew Bledsoe, for example.

If you had two otherwise identical quarterbacks, I would prefer one with larger hands, but I don’t consider this to be a big deal. I think it’s more about decision making, pocket awareness and developing the proper ball-handling mechanics.

FUMBLES PER GAME
PlayerStartFumFum / G
Fran Tarkenton12032.27
Peyton Manning26577.29
Ken Anderson17252.30
Joe Montana16453.32
Joe Theismann12442.34
Andy Dalton13346.35
Troy Aikman16558.35
Bob Griese11943.36
Matt Ryan18972.38
Jim Hart14957.38
Drew Brees274106.39
Jim Everett15364.42
Matt Hasselbeck16067.42
Jim Plunkett14462.43
Tom Brady283122.43
Cam Newton12455.44
Craig Morton12656.44
Ken Stabler14666.45
Carson Palmer18182.45
Matthew Stafford14968.46
Ben Roethlisberger21699.46
Dan Marino240110.46
Richard Todd10850.46
Aaron Rodgers17481.47
Alex Smith16175.47
Roger Staubach11353.47
Bernie Kosar10851.47
Jim Kelly16076.48
Steve Young14368.48
Joe Ferguson17182.48
Philip Rivers224109.49
Steve Bartkowski12762.49
Bobby Hebert10050.50
Mark Brunell15176.50
Ron Jaworski14372.50
Jim Zorn10654.51
Neil O'Donnell10051.51
Tony Romo12765.51
Brad Johnson12564.51
Jeff Garcia11660.52
Joe Flacco17189.52
Archie Manning13973.53
Trent Green11360.53
Terry Bradshaw15884.53
Eli Manning234125.53
Tommy Kramer11059.54
Vinny Testaverde214116.54
Jake Plummer13675.55
Brian Sipe11262.55
Brett Favre298166.56
Jim Harbaugh14079.56
Jeff George12470.56
Lynn Dickey11164.58
Ryan Fitzpatrick13981.58
Phil Simms15993.58
Dan Pastorini11769.59
Donovan McNabb16195.59
Steve DeBerg14083.59
John Elway231137.59
Rich Gannon13279.60
Steve Grogan13581.60
Russell Wilson12878.61
Dan Fouts171106.62
Jay Cutler15395.62
Neil Lomax10163.62
Drew Bledsoe193123.64
Chris Chandler15298.64
Steve McNair15399.65
Ken O'Brien11072.65
Jeff Blake10068.68
Boomer Esiason173123.71
Trent Dilfer11382.73
Kerry Collins180139.77
Randall Cunningham135105.78
Warren Moon203161.79
Steve Beuerlein10282.80
Michael Vick11598.85
Dave Krieg175153.87
Jon Kitna124109.88
Kurt Warner116102.88
Daunte Culpepper1001021.02

—Ian Allan

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