highest touches per game season

James Wilder has averaged the most touches per game in a season, with 30.8 per game in 1984.

Interpreted as:
highest touches per game by a player season
NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1James Wilder
J. Wilder
30.8
1984
16
1,544
407
3.8
96.5
13
685
85
8.1
42.8
0
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
29.6
2021
8
937
219
4.3
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
3Ricky Williams
R. Williams
29.2
2000
10
1,000
248
4.0
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
4Edgerrin James
E. James
29.2
2001
6
662
151
4.4
110.3
3
193
24
29
8.0
32.2
0
5Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
28.6
2006
16
1,789
416
4.3
111.8
17
410
41
67
10.0
25.6
2
6Eddie George
E. George
28.3
2000
16
1,509
403
3.7
94.3
14
453
50
65
9.1
28.3
2
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
28.2
2002
16
1,683
372
4.5
105.2
14
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
8Edgerrin James
E. James
28.1
2000
16
1,709
387
4.4
106.8
13
594
63
87
9.4
37.1
5
9DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
28.1
2014
16
1,845
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
10Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
28.0
2016
12
1,268
261
4.9
105.7
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
11Marcus Allen
M. Allen
27.9
1985
16
1,759
380
4.6
109.9
11
555
67
8.3
34.7
3
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
27.9
1994
15
1,484
368
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
13Edgerrin James
E. James
27.8
2003
13
1,259
310
4.1
96.8
11
292
51
71
5.7
22.5
0
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
27.6
2003
16
1,372
392
3.5
85.8
9
351
50
62
7.0
21.9
1
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
27.6
1983
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
16Curtis Martin
C. Martin
27.5
1998
15
1,287
369
3.5
85.8
8
365
43
8.5
24.3
1
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
27.4
1995
16
1,773
377
4.7
110.8
25
375
62
6.0
23.4
0
18Terrell Davis
T. Davis
27.4
1997
15
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
19Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
27.4
2002
14
1,615
313
5.2
115.4
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
3
20Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
27.3
1998
16
1,846
410
4.5
115.4
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
21Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
27.3
2006
16
1,528
346
4.4
95.5
13
806
90
110
9.0
50.4
3
22Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
27.1
2017
15
1,291
321
4.0
86.1
9
655
85
106
7.7
43.7
2
23Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
27.0
1992
16
1,713
373
4.6
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
24Lionel Vital
L. Vital
27.0
1987
3
346
80
4.3
115.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
25Edgerrin James
E. James
26.9
1999
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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