nfl rb touch leaders between 2015 to 2021

From 2015 through 2021, Ezekiel Elliott had the most touches by a running back, with 1,938 touches.

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	NAME	TOUCHES	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,938	88	7,386	1,650	4.5	83.9	56	2,244	288	380	7.8	25.5	12
2	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	1,761	98	6,144	1,477	4.2	62.7	53	2,244	284	380	7.9	22.9	14
3	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	1,703	88	6,082	1,460	4.2	69.1	67	2,254	243	336	9.3	25.6	12
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,495	86	6,797	1,401	4.9	79.0	65	846	94	125	9.0	9.8	3
5	Frank Gore F. Gore	1,435	93	4,927	1,293	3.8	53.0	17	1,102	142	194	7.8	11.8	7
6	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	1,407	96	5,452	1,173	4.6	56.8	44	1,769	234	288	7.6	18.4	10
7	Latavius Murray L. Murray	1,406	107	5,068	1,228	4.1	47.4	47	1,226	178	221	6.9	11.5	2
8	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	1,341	82	4,472	1,073	4.2	54.5	37	2,038	268	338	7.6	24.9	11
9	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	1,332	67	4,333	1,061	4.1	64.7	26	2,036	271	331	7.5	30.4	6
10	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	1,287	88	4,646	1,142	4.1	52.8	33	799	145	209	5.5	9.1	3
11	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	1,285	73	4,238	912	4.6	58.1	47	3,263	373	476	8.7	44.7	20
12	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	1,275	66	4,564	1,104	4.1	69.2	33	1,322	171	208	7.7	20.0	8
13	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,273	80	4,728	1,176	4.0	59.1	34	759	97	132	7.8	9.5	1
14	David Johnson D. Johnson	1,268	87	4,047	995	4.1	46.5	39	2,758	273	397	10.1	31.7	18
15	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	1,214	80	4,310	996	4.3	53.9	29	1,616	218	283	7.4	20.2	6
16	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	1,200	56	4,820	1,018	4.7	86.1	39	1,499	182	231	8.2	26.8	3
17	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	1,182	63	3,810	943	4.0	60.5	31	1,696	239	305	7.1	26.9	4
18	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	1,138	58	3,587	781	4.6	61.8	30	3,015	357	439	8.4	52.0	17
19	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,103	71	4,361	1,018	4.3	61.4	37	653	85	129	7.7	9.2	2
20	Lamar Miller L. Miller	1,051	61	3,806	910	4.2	62.4	21	1,081	141	178	7.7	17.7	7
21	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	1,005	69	4,163	822	5.1	60.3	41	1,448	183	249	7.9	21.0	12
22	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,000	58	4,816	908	5.3	83.0	36	751	92	121	8.2	12.9	3
23	Kenyan Drake K. Drake	957	89	3,384	758	4.5	38.0	29	1,535	199	270	7.7	17.2	7
24	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	948	59	3,557	772	4.6	60.3	28	1,596	176	220	9.1	27.1	16
25	Tevin Coleman T. Coleman	905	89	3,293	777	4.2	37.0	24	1,273	128	185	9.9	14.3	12

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000