most touches per game by rb in 1982

John Riggins averaged the most touches per game by a running back in 1982, with 23.4 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
23.4
1982
8
553
177
3.1
69.1
3
50
10
5.0
6.3
0
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
22.9
1982
9
639
172
3.7
71.0
4
342
34
10.1
38.0
0
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
22.3
1982
9
745
177
4.2
82.8
5
179
24
7.5
19.9
0
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
22.0
1982
9
697
160
4.4
77.4
11
401
38
10.6
44.6
3
5Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
21.0
1982
7
633
134
4.7
90.4
3
99
13
7.6
14.1
0
6George Rogers
G. Rogers
21.0
1982
6
535
122
4.4
89.2
3
21
4
5.3
3.5
0
7Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
20.8
1982
9
622
156
4.0
69.1
7
267
31
8.6
29.7
0
8Tony Collins
T. Collins
20.3
1982
9
632
164
3.9
70.2
1
187
19
9.8
20.8
2
9William Andrews
W. Andrews
20.1
1982
9
573
139
4.1
63.7
5
503
42
12.0
55.9
2
10Andra Franklin
A. Franklin
20.0
1982
9
701
177
4.0
77.9
7
9
3
3.0
1.0
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
20.0
1982
9
596
148
4.0
66.2
1
311
32
9.7
34.6
0
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
19.9
1982
8
587
145
4.0
73.4
3
106
14
7.6
13.3
0
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
19.4
1982
9
538
157
3.4
59.8
2
130
18
7.2
14.4
0
14Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
19.4
1982
9
564
137
4.1
62.7
9
375
38
9.9
41.7
4
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
19.0
1982
9
604
140
4.3
67.1
2
249
31
8.0
27.7
0
16Ted Brown
T. Brown
18.9
1982
8
515
120
4.3
64.4
1
207
31
6.7
25.9
2
17Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
18.6
1982
9
786
151
5.2
87.3
6
187
16
11.7
20.8
1
18Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
18.3
1982
9
516
143
3.6
57.3
3
140
22
6.4
15.6
0
19Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
18.1
1982
9
569
138
4.1
63.2
8
207
25
8.3
23.0
1
20Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
16.8
1982
8
515
114
4.5
64.4
7
258
20
12.9
32.3
2
21Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
16.0
1982
8
413
103
4.0
51.6
3
175
25
7.0
21.9
2
22Eddie Lee Ivery
E. Lee Ivery
15.9
1982
9
453
127
3.6
50.3
9
186
16
11.6
20.7
1
23James Wilder
J. Wilder
15.1
1982
9
324
83
3.9
36.0
3
466
53
8.8
51.8
1
24Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
15.0
1982
9
439
112
3.9
48.8
2
224
23
9.7
24.9
2
25Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
14.8
1982
5
204
67
3.0
40.8
1
29
7
4.1
5.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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