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

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

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