running back with the most touches per game in 2021

Derrick Henry averaged the most touches per game by a running back in 2021, with 29.6 per game.

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  • Data note: Touches Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
29.6
2021
8
937
219
4.3
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
2Najee Harris
N. Harris
22.4
2021
17
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
3Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
22.1
2021
13
898
240
3.7
69.1
4
439
47
67
9.3
33.8
5
4Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
21.9
2021
17
1,811
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
5Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
21.8
2021
13
1,159
249
4.7
89.2
6
224
34
49
6.6
17.2
0
6Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
20.9
2021
16
1,205
292
4.1
75.3
13
314
42
48
7.5
19.6
3
7Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
20.5
2021
11
963
207
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
8David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
20.5
2021
13
849
225
3.8
65.3
7
301
42
51
7.2
23.2
0
9Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
19.4
2021
7
442
99
4.5
63.1
1
343
37
41
9.3
49.0
1
10Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
18.8
2021
16
1,037
258
4.0
64.8
7
294
42
52
7.0
18.4
3
11Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
18.1
2021
15
872
217
4.0
58.1
9
348
54
64
6.4
23.2
0
12Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
17.8
2021
14
812
180
4.5
58.0
8
454
69
84
6.6
32.4
2
13Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
17.7
2021
14
1,259
228
5.5
89.9
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
14Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
17.3
2021
16
911
206
4.4
56.9
12
647
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
15Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
16.7
2021
17
1,002
237
4.2
58.9
10
287
47
65
6.1
16.9
2
16D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
16.4
2021
13
617
151
4.1
47.5
5
452
62
78
7.3
34.8
2
17James Conner
J. Conner
15.9
2021
15
752
202
3.7
50.1
15
375
37
39
10.1
25.0
3
18D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
15.8
2021
9
566
133
4.3
62.9
3
123
9
11
13.7
13.7
0
19Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
15.6
2021
13
593
162
3.7
45.6
2
263
41
57
6.4
20.2
2
20Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
15.0
2021
5
330
71
4.6
66.0
3
41
4
5
10.3
8.2
0
21Chris Carson
C. Carson
15.0
2021
4
232
54
4.3
58.0
3
29
6
6
4.8
7.3
0
22Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
14.9
2021
15
799
171
4.7
53.3
4
391
52
65
7.5
26.1
6
23Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
14.8
2021
12
688
149
4.6
57.3
5
176
29
40
6.1
14.7
3
24Damien Harris
D. Harris
14.7
2021
15
929
203
4.6
61.9
15
132
18
21
7.3
8.8
0
25Javonte Williams
J. Williams
14.5
2021
17
903
203
4.4
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
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