most touches per game by rb in 1981

Earl Campbell averaged the most touches per game by a running back in 1981, with 24.8 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24.8
1981
HOU HOU
16
1,376
361
3.8
86.0
10
156
36
4.3
9.8
0
2George Rogers
G. Rogers
24.6
1981
NO NO
16
1,674
378
4.4
104.6
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
23.8
1981
CHI CHI
16
1,222
339
3.6
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
4Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
23.7
1981
STL STL
16
1,376
328
4.2
86.0
9
387
51
7.6
24.2
0
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
23.4
1981
DAL DAL
16
1,646
342
4.8
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
6Billy Sims
B. Sims
23.1
1981
DET DET
14
1,437
296
4.9
102.6
13
451
28
16.1
32.2
2
7William Andrews
W. Andrews
23.1
1981
ATL ATL
16
1,301
289
4.5
81.3
10
735
81
9.1
45.9
2
8Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
22.3
1981
PHI PHI
15
1,402
286
4.9
93.5
8
521
49
10.6
34.7
2
9Ted Brown
T. Brown
22.3
1981
MIN MIN
16
1,063
274
3.9
66.4
6
694
83
8.4
43.4
2
10Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
20.3
1981
LA LA
15
1,074
260
4.1
71.6
12
436
45
9.7
29.1
5
11Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
20.0
1981
CIN CIN
16
1,077
274
3.9
67.3
12
320
46
7.0
20.0
4
12Joe Washington
J. Washington
20.0
1981
WAS WAS
14
916
210
4.4
65.4
4
558
70
8.0
39.9
3
13Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
19.8
1981
BUF BUF
15
1,097
257
4.3
73.1
3
603
40
15.1
40.2
7
14Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
19.6
1981
SD SD
15
1,144
251
4.6
76.3
19
362
43
8.4
24.1
0
15Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
19.4
1981
CLE CLE
16
1,103
247
4.5
68.9
7
442
63
7.0
27.6
1
16Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
17.5
1981
TOT
14
822
208
4.0
58.7
5
281
37
7.6
20.1
1
17Franco Harris
F. Harris
17.4
1981
PIT PIT
16
987
242
4.1
61.7
8
250
37
6.8
15.6
1
18Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
17.1
1981
KC KC
15
1,121
234
4.8
74.7
3
246
22
11.2
16.4
0
19Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
16.3
1981
GB GB
16
860
196
4.4
53.8
4
499
65
7.7
31.2
3
20Eddie Lee Ivery
E. Lee Ivery
16.0
1981
GB GB
1
72
14
5.1
72.0
1
10
2
5.0
10.0
0
21Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
15.2
1981
MIA MIA
13
782
147
5.3
60.2
5
452
50
9.0
34.8
3
22Dave Preston
D. Preston
14.7
1981
DEN DEN
16
640
183
3.5
40.0
3
507
52
9.8
31.7
0
23Tony Collins
T. Collins
14.4
1981
NE NE
16
873
204
4.3
54.6
7
232
26
8.9
14.5
0
24Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
14.1
1981
NYJ NYJ
11
623
137
4.5
56.6
2
171
18
9.5
15.5
1
25Kenny King
K. King
14.1
1981
OAK OAK
14
828
170
4.9
59.1
0
216
27
8.0
15.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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