nfl most catches by running back targets between 2021 to 2022

Between the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Austin Ekeler had the most receptions by a running back, with 177 catches.

NAMERECTRGGPREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
177
221
33
1,369
7.7
41.5
13
1,826
410
4.5
55.3
25
2Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
142
167
30
977
6.9
32.6
5
1,480
369
4.0
49.3
11
3Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
122
149
24
1,084
8.9
45.2
6
1,581
343
4.6
65.9
9
4Najee Harris
N. Harris
115
147
34
696
6.1
20.5
6
2,234
579
3.9
65.7
14
5Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
111
137
32
786
7.1
24.6
11
1,920
384
5.0
60.0
6
6D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
110
148
27
841
7.6
31.1
5
1,159
250
4.6
42.9
10
7Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
107
128
32
748
7.0
23.4
0
2,525
557
4.5
78.9
21
8Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
104
144
28
929
8.9
33.2
7
1,795
463
3.9
64.1
6
9Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
102
123
30
755
7.4
25.2
5
2,019
502
4.0
67.3
20
10Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
98
133
29
601
6.1
20.7
2
1,905
457
4.2
65.7
12
11Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
88
110
31
647
7.4
20.9
5
1,583
407
3.9
51.1
10
12James Conner
J. Conner
83
97
28
675
8.1
24.1
4
1,534
385
4.0
54.8
22
13Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
83
106
29
544
6.6
18.8
1
1,646
343
4.8
56.8
10
14Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
78
102
33
508
6.5
15.4
2
1,689
365
4.6
51.2
12
15Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
78
101
31
708
9.1
22.8
3
1,726
323
5.3
55.7
11
16Michael Carter
M. Carter
77
109
30
613
8.0
20.4
0
1,041
261
4.0
34.7
7
17David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
76
91
29
617
8.1
21.3
1
1,650
426
3.9
56.9
12
18Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
73
100
29
670
9.2
23.1
5
1,313
297
4.4
45.3
14
19Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
73
105
30
519
7.1
17.3
2
2,332
513
4.5
77.7
14
20J.D. McKissic
J.D. McKissic
70
93
19
570
8.1
30.0
2
307
70
4.4
16.2
2
21Nyheim Miller-Hines
N. Miller-Hines
70
94
33
551
7.9
16.7
2
309
80
3.9
9.4
3
22Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
69
91
30
619
9.0
20.6
10
353
84
4.2
11.8
1
23Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
68
91
28
503
7.4
18.0
2
2,672
524
5.1
95.4
22
24Samaje Perine
S. Perine
65
82
32
483
7.4
15.1
5
640
150
4.3
20.0
3
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
64
88
32
379
5.9
11.8
2
1,878
468
4.0
58.7
22
StatMuse has season-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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10
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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.588
8
9
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.471
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11
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12
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12
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8
9
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9
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8
9
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11
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3
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12
5
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