league wide scrimmage yards per touch among runningbacks by year since 1935

Running backs had 3.7 scrimmage yards per touch in 1935.

POSITIONYDS/TOUCHESYDSTOUCHESSEASONGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1
Running Back
3.7
15,023
4,059
1935
800
11,574
3,812
3.0
14.5
63
3,449
247
14.0
4.3
21
2
Running Back
4.12
19,308
4,692
1936
877
15,253
4,396
3.5
17.4
74
4,055
296
13.7
4.6
28
3
Running Back
4.1
18,017
4,395
1937
874
13,526
4,067
3.3
15.5
64
4,491
328
13.7
5.1
38
4
Running Back
4.04
17,526
4,341
1938
983
13,143
3,987
3.3
13.4
82
4,383
354
12.4
4.5
28
5
Running Back
4.25
18,029
4,244
1939
1,015
12,638
3,831
3.3
12.5
96
5,391
413
13.1
5.3
38
6
Running Back
4.45
18,884
4,242
1940
1,040
12,913
3,804
3.4
12.4
96
5,971
438
13.6
5.7
45
7
Running Back
4.3
18,427
4,290
1941
1,117
12,628
3,864
3.3
11.3
109
5,799
426
13.6
5.2
38
8
Running Back
4.55
19,177
4,215
1942
1,029
12,940
3,751
3.4
12.6
87
6,237
464
13.4
6.1
53
9
Running Back
4.63
14,981
3,238
1943
701
9,433
2,844
3.3
13.5
76
5,548
394
14.1
7.9
52
10
Running Back
4.38
16,271
3,719
1944
821
11,667
3,380
3.5
14.2
106
4,604
339
13.6
5.6
47
11
Running Back
4.69
17,201
3,668
1945
872
12,037
3,274
3.7
13.8
115
5,164
394
13.1
5.9
31
12
Running Back
4.72
19,631
4,159
1946
917
13,621
3,735
3.6
14.9
113
6,010
424
14.2
6.6
46
13
Running Back
5.29
22,827
4,316
1947
983
14,895
3,766
4.0
15.2
112
7,932
550
14.4
8.1
55
14
Running Back
5.1
23,995
4,701
1948
1,009
16,289
4,068
4.0
16.1
128
7,706
633
12.2
7.6
75
15
Running Back
5.08
24,209
4,769
1949
997
16,409
4,170
3.9
16.5
136
7,800
599
13.0
7.8
60
16
Running Back
5.45
30,775
5,651
1950
834
20,372
4,839
4.2
24.4
148
10,403
812
12.8
12.5
72
17
Running Back
5.35
27,905
5,217
1951
824
18,176
4,517
4.0
22.1
132
9,729
700
13.9
11.8
62
18
Running Back
5.16
26,085
5,059
1952
889
16,086
4,266
3.8
18.1
114
9,999
793
12.6
11.2
70
19
Running Back
5.57
28,387
5,092
1953
827
16,954
4,164
4.1
20.5
136
11,433
928
12.3
13.8
71
20
Running Back
5.77
29,379
5,096
1954
756
16,655
4,064
4.1
22.0
116
12,724
1,032
12.3
16.8
72
21
Running Back
5.43
28,403
5,231
1955
741
17,905
4,382
4.1
24.2
121
10,498
849
12.4
14.2
61
22
Running Back
5.18
28,470
5,500
1956
748
19,817
4,724
4.2
26.5
133
8,653
776
11.2
11.6
48
23
Running Back
5.35
29,183
5,450
1957
865
17,866
4,553
3.9
20.7
118
11,317
897
12.6
13.1
71
24
Running Back
6.25
33,378
5,337
1958
844
18,276
4,231
4.3
21.7
147
15,102
1,106
13.7
17.9
104
25
Running Back
5.74
31,000
5,397
1959
778
18,786
4,436
4.2
24.1
138
12,214
961
12.7
15.7
92
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

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Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers

RUSH

958

Warren

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REC

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23.4

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26th

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213.6

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5
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10
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
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.588
8
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11
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7
9
1
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12
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13
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6
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9
8
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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5
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5
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