most touches career

Emmitt Smith has the most career touches, with 4,924 touches.

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