most touches by rb 2017 to 2021

Between the 2017 and 2021 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most touches by a running back, with 1,584 touches.

NAMETOUCHESGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,584
73
5,755
1,328
4.3
78.8
41
1,881
256
340
7.3
25.8
11
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,372
71
6,307
1,291
4.9
88.8
60
709
81
110
8.8
10.0
3
3Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
1,285
73
4,238
912
4.6
58.1
47
3,263
373
476
8.7
44.7
20
4Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,275
66
4,564
1,104
4.1
69.2
33
1,322
171
208
7.7
20.0
8
5Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
1,249
71
4,506
1,039
4.3
63.5
43
1,633
210
286
7.8
23.0
12
6Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1,200
56
4,820
1,018
4.7
86.1
39
1,499
182
231
8.2
26.8
3
7Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,182
63
3,810
943
4.0
60.5
31
1,696
239
305
7.1
26.9
4
8Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,138
58
3,587
781
4.6
61.8
30
3,015
357
439
8.4
52.0
17
9Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,132
59
4,091
953
4.3
69.3
51
1,739
179
252
9.7
29.5
12
10Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
1,005
69
4,163
822
5.1
60.3
41
1,448
183
249
7.9
21.0
12
11Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,000
58
4,816
908
5.3
83.0
36
751
92
121
8.2
12.9
3
12Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
948
59
3,557
772
4.6
60.3
28
1,596
176
220
9.1
27.1
16
13Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
940
68
3,640
802
4.5
53.5
32
1,045
138
170
7.6
15.4
6
14Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
917
68
3,188
810
3.9
46.9
24
583
107
161
5.4
8.6
0
15Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
915
73
3,205
725
4.4
43.9
27
1,489
190
260
7.8
20.4
7
16James Conner
J. Conner
895
65
3,051
734
4.2
46.9
37
1,338
161
192
8.3
20.6
7
17Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
889
72
2,812
607
4.6
39.1
21
2,726
282
355
9.7
37.9
24
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
876
61
3,171
812
3.9
52.0
23
529
64
90
8.3
8.7
1
19Chris Carson
C. Carson
876
49
3,502
769
4.6
71.5
24
804
107
131
7.5
16.4
7
20Latavius Murray
L. Murray
871
77
3,214
767
4.2
41.7
29
730
104
125
7.0
9.5
2
21Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
859
49
2,509
687
3.7
51.2
16
1,284
172
211
7.5
26.2
4
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
849
44
2,937
659
4.5
66.8
19
1,482
190
260
7.8
33.7
8
23Frank Gore
F. Gore
840
61
2,935
770
3.8
48.1
7
558
70
89
8.0
9.1
2
24Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
839
43
3,087
732
4.2
71.8
28
752
107
136
7.0
17.5
0
25David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
835
44
2,808
714
3.9
63.8
21
924
121
154
7.6
21.0
3
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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