most touches by player from 1900

Since 1900, Emmitt Smith has the most touches, with 4,924 touches.

NAMETOUCHESGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,924
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
4,330
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
4,219
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4,002
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,798
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,679
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,609
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
8Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
3,603
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,535
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
10Edgerrin James
E. James
3,461
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,414
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
3,349
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,334
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,277
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
3,256
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
3,225
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
17Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
3,179
181
10,967
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
18John Riggins
J. Riggins
3,166
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
19Eddie George
E. George
3,133
141
10,441
2,865
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
3,089
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
21Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,986
180
10,591
2,678
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,975
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,938
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
24Matt Forte
M. Forte
2,910
146
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,862
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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