most touches per game by rb in 1979

Walter Payton averaged the most touches per game by a running back in 1979, with 25.0 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
25.0
1979
CHI CHI
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
2Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24.0
1979
HOU HOU
16
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
19
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
3Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
23.7
1979
PHI PHI
16
1,512
338
4.5
94.5
9
494
41
12.0
30.9
5
4Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
23.3
1979
STL STL
16
1,605
331
4.8
100.3
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
5Joe Washington
J. Washington
21.6
1979
BAL BAL
15
884
242
3.7
58.9
4
750
82
9.1
50.0
3
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
21.1
1979
DAL DAL
14
1,107
250
4.4
79.1
6
375
45
8.3
26.8
1
7Franco Harris
F. Harris
20.2
1979
PIT PIT
15
1,186
267
4.4
79.1
11
291
36
8.1
19.4
1
8Ricky Bell
R. Bell
19.3
1979
TB TB
16
1,263
283
4.5
78.9
7
248
25
9.9
15.5
2
9Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
19.1
1979
CLE CLE
16
1,294
264
4.9
80.9
9
372
41
9.1
23.3
2
10William Andrews
W. Andrews
18.5
1979
ATL ATL
15
1,023
239
4.3
68.2
3
309
39
7.9
20.6
2
11John Riggins
J. Riggins
18.0
1979
WAS WAS
16
1,153
260
4.4
72.1
9
163
28
5.8
10.2
3
12Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
17.4
1979
NO NO
16
1,198
238
5.0
74.9
11
308
40
7.7
19.3
0
13Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
17.1
1979
OAK OAK
16
818
223
3.7
51.1
7
474
51
9.3
29.6
2
14Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
16.7
1979
CIN CIN
16
865
243
3.6
54.1
14
154
24
6.4
9.6
1
15Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
16.5
1979
NO NO
15
708
189
3.7
47.2
9
484
58
8.3
32.3
1
16Rickey Young
R. Young
16.3
1979
MIN MIN
16
708
188
3.8
44.3
3
519
72
7.2
32.4
4
17Clarence Williams
C. Williams
15.7
1979
SD SD
16
752
200
3.8
47.0
12
352
51
6.9
22.0
0
18Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
15.7
1979
NE NE
12
563
159
3.5
46.9
5
236
29
8.1
19.7
0
19Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
15.6
1979
LA LA
16
1,109
218
5.1
69.3
9
308
32
9.6
19.3
1
20Sherman Smith
S. Smith
15.1
1979
SEA SEA
16
775
194
4.0
48.4
11
499
48
10.4
31.2
4
21Horace Ivory
H. Ivory
15.1
1979
NE NE
11
522
143
3.7
47.5
1
216
23
9.4
19.6
2
22Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
14.8
1979
MIA MIA
16
837
220
3.8
52.3
12
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
23Delvin Williams
D. Williams
14.6
1979
MIA MIA
14
703
184
3.8
50.2
3
175
21
8.3
12.5
1
24Art Whittington
A. Whittington
14.2
1979
OAK OAK
9
397
109
3.6
44.1
2
240
19
12.6
26.7
0
25Billy Taylor
B. Taylor
14.1
1979
NYG NYG
16
700
198
3.5
43.8
7
253
28
9.0
15.8
4
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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