most touches per game by rb in 1978

Walter Payton had the most touches per game by a running back in 1978, with 23.9 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
23.9
1978
CHI CHI
16
1,395
333
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
2Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
21.3
1978
MIN MIN
14
749
237
3.2
53.5
5
396
61
6.5
28.3
2
3Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
20.9
1978
HOU HOU
15
1,450
302
4.8
96.7
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
4Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
20.9
1978
PHI PHI
14
1,220
259
4.7
87.1
9
195
34
5.7
13.9
1
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
20.8
1978
PIT PIT
16
1,082
310
3.5
67.6
8
144
22
6.5
9.0
0
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
20.4
1978
DAL DAL
16
1,325
290
4.6
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
7Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
19.9
1978
GB GB
16
1,116
284
3.9
69.8
11
332
34
9.8
20.8
1
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
18.6
1978
WAS WAS
15
1,014
248
4.1
67.6
5
299
31
9.6
19.9
0
9Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
18.6
1978
OAK OAK
16
1,080
270
4.0
67.5
9
291
27
10.8
18.2
0
10O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
18.2
1978
SF SF
10
593
161
3.7
59.3
1
172
21
8.2
17.2
2
11Delvin Williams
D. Williams
18.1
1978
MIA MIA
16
1,258
272
4.6
78.6
8
192
18
10.7
12.0
0
12Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
17.8
1978
CLE CLE
12
960
176
5.5
80.0
3
292
38
7.7
24.3
2
13Joe Washington
J. Washington
17.8
1978
BAL BAL
16
956
240
4.0
59.8
0
377
45
8.4
23.6
1
14Roland Harper
R. Harper
17.7
1978
CHI CHI
16
992
240
4.1
62.0
6
340
43
7.9
21.3
2
15David Sims
D. Sims
17.0
1978
SEA SEA
12
752
174
4.3
62.7
14
195
30
6.5
16.3
1
16Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
16.9
1978
SD SD
16
820
214
3.8
51.3
3
500
57
8.8
31.3
2
17Ricky Bell
R. Bell
16.7
1978
TB TB
12
679
185
3.7
56.6
6
122
15
8.1
10.2
0
18Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
16.3
1978
NO NO
16
635
186
3.4
39.7
5
582
74
7.9
36.4
2
19Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
16.3
1978
LA LA
8
420
118
3.6
52.5
0
76
12
6.3
9.5
2
20Terry Miller
T. Miller
16.3
1978
BUF BUF
16
1,060
238
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
21Sherman Smith
S. Smith
16.1
1978
SEA SEA
12
805
165
4.9
67.1
6
366
28
13.1
30.5
1
22Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
16.0
1978
DET DET
16
924
225
4.1
57.8
5
275
31
8.9
17.2
1
23Wayne Morris
W. Morris
15.9
1978
STL STL
13
631
174
3.6
48.5
1
298
33
9.0
22.9
1
24Tony Reed
T. Reed
15.9
1978
KC KC
16
1,053
206
5.1
65.8
5
483
48
10.1
30.2
1
25Jimmy DuBose
J. DuBose
15.7
1978
TB TB
6
358
93
3.8
59.7
4
3
1
3.0
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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