most touches per game by rb in 1983

Eric Dickerson had the most touches per game by a running back in 1983, with 27.6 per game in his rookie season.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
27.6
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2John Riggins
J. Riggins
25.3
1983
WAS WAS
15
1,347
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
3William Andrews
W. Andrews
24.4
1983
ATL ATL
16
1,567
331
4.7
97.9
7
609
59
10.3
38.1
4
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24.4
1983
HOU HOU
14
1,301
322
4.0
92.9
12
216
19
11.4
15.4
0
5Curt Warner
C. Warner
23.6
1983
SEA SEA
16
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
6Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
23.3
1983
STL STL
15
1,270
296
4.3
84.7
5
459
54
8.5
30.6
1
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
22.9
1983
CHI CHI
16
1,421
314
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
8James Wilder
J. Wilder
21.8
1983
TB TB
10
640
161
4.0
64.0
4
380
57
6.7
38.0
2
9Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
21.5
1983
CLE CLE
15
1,184
293
4.0
78.9
10
157
30
5.2
10.5
2
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
20.9
1983
RAI RAI
16
1,014
266
3.8
63.4
9
590
68
8.7
36.9
2
11George Rogers
G. Rogers
20.6
1983
NO NO
13
1,144
256
4.5
88.0
5
69
12
5.8
5.3
0
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
20.6
1983
DAL DAL
16
1,321
289
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
13Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
20.5
1983
CIN CIN
11
763
210
3.6
69.4
14
129
15
8.6
11.7
0
14Billy Sims
B. Sims
20.2
1983
DET DET
13
1,040
220
4.7
80.0
7
419
42
10.0
32.2
0
15Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
20.1
1983
NYJ NYJ
9
654
160
4.1
72.7
1
172
21
8.2
19.1
3
16Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
20.0
1983
BUF BUF
16
1,131
263
4.3
70.7
3
524
57
9.2
32.8
7
17Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
19.6
1983
NYG NYG
10
624
170
3.7
62.4
4
258
26
9.9
25.8
2
18Franco Harris
F. Harris
19.6
1983
PIT PIT
16
1,007
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
19Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
18.5
1983
SD SD
15
886
235
3.8
59.1
12
396
42
9.4
26.4
1
20Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
17.4
1983
BAL BAL
16
1,122
254
4.4
70.1
4
483
24
20.1
30.2
3
21Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
17.1
1983
NYG NYG
16
857
246
3.5
53.6
4
368
28
13.1
23.0
0
22Ted Brown
T. Brown
16.1
1983
MIN MIN
10
476
120
4.0
47.6
10
357
41
8.7
35.7
1
23Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
15.6
1983
NO NO
14
787
199
4.0
56.2
9
178
20
8.9
12.7
2
24Sammy Winder
S. Winder
15.6
1983
DEN DEN
14
757
196
3.9
54.1
3
150
23
6.5
10.7
0
25Tony Collins
T. Collins
15.4
1983
NE NE
16
1,049
219
4.8
65.6
10
257
27
9.5
16.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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