LaDainian Tomlinson has been targeted the most career times by a running back, with 868 targets.

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Tomlinson Sproles Forte Barber Gore McCoy Bush Kamara McCaffrey Pittman Jackson Faulk Westbrook Dunn James Faulk Ekeler White Bell Green Bernard Rice Jackson Elliott Williams Jones-Drew Garner 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 868 748 724 707 696 665 661 639 630 629 627 606 604 594 584 571 556 511 502 495 487 487 478 468 466 464 456
NAME GP TRG REC REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tomlinson 170 868 624 4,772 7.6 28.1 17 13,684 3,174 4.3 80.5 145
Darren Sproles Darren Sproles 183 748 553 4,840 8.8 26.4 32 3,552 732 4.9 19.4 23
Matt Forte Matt Forte 146 724 554 4,672 8.4 32.0 21 9,796 2,356 4.2 67.1 54
Tiki Barber Tiki Barber 126 707 510 4,536 8.9 36.0 8 9,772 2,029 4.8 77.6 52
Frank Gore Frank Gore 241 696 484 3,985 8.2 16.5 18 16,000 3,735 4.3 66.4 81
LeSean McCoy LeSean McCoy 170 665 518 3,898 7.5 22.9 16 11,102 2,457 4.5 65.3 73
Reggie Bush Reggie Bush 134 661 477 3,598 7.5 26.9 18 5,490 1,286 4.3 41.0 36
Alvin Kamara Alvin Kamara 101 639 505 4,219 8.4 41.8 23 5,829 1,315 4.4 57.7 54
Christian McCaffrey Christian McCaffrey 91 630 509 4,320 8.5 47.5 29 6,185 1,297 4.8 68.0 52
Michael Pittman Michael Pittman 136 629 425 3,512 8.3 25.8 8 5,536 1,363 4.1 40.7 25
Steven Jackson Steven Jackson 160 627 461 3,683 8.0 23.0 9 11,438 2,764 4.1 71.5 69
Marshall Faulk Marshall Faulk 99 606 470 4,071 8.7 41.1 27 6,959 1,447 4.8 70.3 58
Brian Westbrook Brian Westbrook 121 604 442 3,940 8.9 32.6 30 6,335 1,385 4.6 52.4 41
Warrick Dunn Warrick Dunn 149 594 427 3,533 8.3 23.7 12 8,963 2,200 4.1 60.2 43
Edgerrin James Edgerrin James 148 584 433 3,364 7.8 22.7 11 12,246 3,028 4.0 82.7 80
Kevin Faulk Kevin Faulk 161 571 431 3,701 8.6 23.0 15 3,607 864 4.2 22.4 16
Austin Ekeler Austin Ekeler 103 556 440 3,884 8.8 37.7 30 4,355 990 4.4 42.3 39
James White James White 95 511 381 3,278 8.6 34.5 25 1,278 319 4.0 13.5 11
Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 96 502 399 3,289 8.2 34.3 9 6,554 1,595 4.1 68.3 42
Ahman Green Ahman Green 132 495 375 2,881 7.7 21.8 14 8,996 2,021 4.5 68.2 59
Giovani Bernard Giovani Bernard 135 487 367 2,989 8.1 22.1 14 3,783 937 4.0 28.0 22
Ray Rice Ray Rice 92 487 369 3,034 8.2 33.0 6 6,180 1,430 4.3 67.2 37
Fred Jackson Fred Jackson 122 478 354 2,897 8.2 23.7 9 5,746 1,305 4.4 47.1 30
Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 120 468 356 2,649 7.4 22.1 14 8,904 2,065 4.3 74.2 71
Ricky Williams Ricky Williams 147 466 342 2,606 7.6 17.7 8 10,009 2,431 4.1 68.1 66
StatMuse has season-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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AFC North W L T PCT
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13 4 0 .765
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11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
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11 6 0 .647
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11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
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11 6 0 .647
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Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
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Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
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Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
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Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
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49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
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Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
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Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529