most touches by rb from 2016 to 2021

Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most touches by a running back, with 1,938 touches.

NAMETOUCHESGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,938
88
7,386
1,650
4.5
83.9
56
2,244
288
380
7.8
25.5
12
2Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
1,544
84
5,503
1,293
4.3
65.5
53
2,052
251
343
8.2
24.4
14
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,495
86
6,797
1,401
4.9
79.0
65
846
94
125
9.0
9.8
3
4Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,453
75
4,976
1,231
4.0
66.3
57
2,066
222
310
9.3
27.5
12
5Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
1,285
73
4,238
912
4.6
58.1
47
3,263
373
476
8.7
44.7
20
6Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,275
66
4,564
1,104
4.1
69.2
33
1,322
171
208
7.7
20.0
8
7Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1,200
56
4,820
1,018
4.7
86.1
39
1,499
182
231
8.2
26.8
3
8Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,195
61
3,777
948
4.0
61.9
23
1,900
247
305
7.7
31.1
6
9Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
1,191
84
4,683
1,007
4.7
55.8
38
1,364
184
228
7.4
16.2
10
10Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,182
63
3,810
943
4.0
60.5
31
1,696
239
305
7.1
26.9
4
11Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
1,161
81
4,176
1,027
4.1
51.6
30
746
134
194
5.6
9.2
3
12Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,141
77
3,960
1,033
3.8
51.4
11
835
108
136
7.7
10.8
6
13Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,138
58
3,587
781
4.6
61.8
30
3,015
357
439
8.4
52.0
17
14David Johnson
D. Johnson
1,107
71
3,466
870
4.0
48.8
31
2,301
237
340
9.7
32.4
14
15Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,103
71
4,361
1,018
4.3
61.4
37
653
85
129
7.7
9.2
2
16Latavius Murray
L. Murray
1,099
91
4,002
962
4.2
44.0
41
994
137
168
7.3
10.9
2
17Aaron 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
18Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
1,003
67
3,416
808
4.2
51.0
26
1,460
195
241
7.5
21.8
8
19Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,000
58
4,816
908
5.3
83.0
36
751
92
121
8.2
12.9
3
20LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
979
68
3,415
793
4.3
50.2
26
1,324
186
233
7.1
19.5
4
21Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
957
89
3,384
758
4.5
38.0
29
1,535
199
270
7.7
17.2
7
22Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
948
59
3,557
772
4.6
60.3
28
1,596
176
220
9.1
27.1
16
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
916
64
3,243
849
3.8
50.7
23
537
67
96
8.0
8.4
1
24James Conner
J. Conner
895
65
3,051
734
4.2
46.9
37
1,338
161
192
8.3
20.6
7
25Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
889
72
2,812
607
4.6
39.1
21
2,726
282
355
9.7
37.9
24
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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