Emmitt Smith has the most career touches by a running back, with 4,924 touches.

nfl rb touch leaders
Smith Payton Gore Martin Tomlinson Bettis Allen Faulk Peterson James Sanders Thomas Dorsett Dickerson Harris Jackson Dunn Riggins George Watters Jones McCoy Anderson Forte Dillon Taylor Barber 0 500 1k 2k 2k 3k 3k 4k 4k 5k 4.9k 4.3k 4.2k 4.0k 3.8k 3.7k 3.6k 3.6k 3.5k 3.5k 3.4k 3.3k 3.3k 3.3k 3.3k 3.2k 3.2k 3.2k 3.1k 3.1k 3.0k 3.0k 2.9k 2.9k 2.9k 2.8k 2.8k
NAME TOUCHES GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 4,924 226 18,355 4,409 4.2 81.2 164 3,224 515 130 6.3 14.3 11
Walter Payton Walter Payton 4,330 190 16,726 3,838 4.4 88.0 110 4,538 492 9.2 23.9 15
Frank Gore Frank Gore 4,219 241 16,000 3,735 4.3 66.4 81 3,985 484 696 8.2 16.5 18
Curtis Martin Curtis Martin 4,002 168 14,101 3,518 4.0 83.9 90 3,329 484 409 6.9 19.8 10
LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tomlinson 3,798 170 13,684 3,174 4.3 80.5 145 4,772 624 868 7.6 28.1 17
Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 3,679 192 13,662 3,479 3.9 71.2 91 1,449 200 100 7.2 7.5 3
Marcus Allen Marcus Allen 3,609 222 12,243 3,022 4.1 55.1 123 5,411 587 9.2 24.4 21
Marshall Faulk Marshall Faulk 3,603 176 12,279 2,836 4.3 69.8 100 6,875 767 606 9.0 39.1 36
Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 3,535 184 14,918 3,230 4.6 81.1 120 2,474 305 423 8.1 13.4 6
Edgerrin James Edgerrin James 3,461 148 12,246 3,028 4.0 82.7 80 3,364 433 584 7.8 22.7 11
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 3,414 153 15,269 3,062 5.0 99.8 99 2,921 352 8.3 19.1 10
Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 3,349 182 12,074 2,877 4.2 66.3 65 4,458 472 29 9.4 24.5 23
Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 3,334 173 12,739 2,936 4.3 73.6 77 3,554 398 8.9 20.5 13
Eric Dickerson Eric Dickerson 3,277 146 13,259 2,996 4.4 90.8 90 2,137 281 7.6 14.6 6
Franco Harris Franco Harris 3,256 173 12,120 2,949 4.1 70.1 91 2,287 307 7.4 13.2 9
Steven Jackson Steven Jackson 3,225 160 11,438 2,764 4.1 71.5 69 3,683 461 627 8.0 23.0 9
Warrick Dunn Warrick Dunn 3,179 181 10,967 2,669 4.1 60.6 49 4,339 510 594 8.5 24.0 15
John Riggins John Riggins 3,166 175 11,352 2,916 3.9 64.9 104 2,090 250 8.4 11.9 12
Eddie George Eddie George 3,133 141 10,441 2,865 3.6 74.0 68 2,227 268 269 8.3 15.8 10
Ricky Watters Ricky Watters 3,089 144 10,643 2,622 4.1 73.9 78 4,248 467 176 9.1 29.5 13
Thomas Jones Thomas Jones 2,986 180 10,591 2,678 4.0 58.8 68 2,023 308 410 6.6 11.2 3
LeSean McCoy LeSean McCoy 2,975 170 11,102 2,457 4.5 65.3 73 3,898 518 665 7.5 22.9 16
Ottis Anderson Ottis Anderson 2,938 182 10,273 2,562 4.0 56.4 81 3,062 376 8.1 16.8 5
Matt Forte Matt Forte 2,910 146 9,796 2,356 4.2 67.1 54 4,672 554 724 8.4 32.0 21
Corey Dillon Corey Dillon 2,862 150 11,241 2,618 4.3 74.9 82 1,913 244 278 7.8 12.8 7
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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