Arian Foster had the most touches by a running back in 2012, with 391 touches.

running backs with the most touches in 2012
2012 Foster 2012 Peterson 2012 Martin 2012 Morris 2012 Lynch 2012 Charles 2012 Rice 2012 Richardson 2012 Johnson 2012 Green-Ellis 2012 Jackson 2012 Ridley 2012 Greene 2012 Forte 2012 Gore 2012 Bush 2012 McFadden 2012 McCoy 2012 Spiller 2012 Leshoure 2012 Bradshaw 2012 Turner 2012 Ballard 2012 Mathews 2012 Murray 2012 McGahee 2012 Williams 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 391 388 368 346 338 320 318 318 312 300 296 296 295 292 286 262 258 254 250 249 244 241 228 223 196 193 186
NAME SEASON TM GP TOUCHES RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Arian Foster illustration Arian Foster
2012
HOU logo HOU
16 391 1,424 351 4.1 89.0 15 217 40 58 5.4 13.6 2
Adrian Peterson illustration Adrian Peterson
2012
MIN logo MIN
16 388 2,097 348 6.0 131.1 12 217 40 51 5.4 13.6 1
Doug Martin illustration Doug Martin
2012
TB logo TB
16 368 1,454 319 4.6 90.9 11 472 49 70 9.6 29.5 1
Alfred Morris illustration Alfred Morris
2012
WAS logo WAS
16 346 1,613 335 4.8 100.8 13 77 11 16 7.0 4.8 0
Marshawn Lynch illustration Marshawn Lynch
2012
SEA logo SEA
16 338 1,590 315 5.0 99.4 11 196 23 30 8.5 12.3 1
Jamaal Charles illustration Jamaal Charles
2012
KC logo KC
16 320 1,509 285 5.3 94.3 5 236 35 48 6.7 14.8 1
Ray Rice illustration Ray Rice
2012
BAL logo BAL
16 318 1,143 257 4.4 71.4 9 478 61 83 7.8 29.9 1
Trent Richardson illustration Trent Richardson
2012
CLE logo CLE
15 318 950 267 3.6 63.3 11 367 51 70 7.2 24.5 1
Chris Johnson illustration Chris Johnson
2012
TEN logo TEN
16 312 1,243 276 4.5 77.7 6 232 36 49 6.4 14.5 0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis illustration BenJarvus Green-Ellis
2012
CIN logo CIN
15 300 1,094 278 3.9 72.9 6 104 22 29 4.7 6.9 0
Steven Jackson illustration Steven Jackson
2012
STL logo STL
16 296 1,045 258 4.1 65.3 4 321 38 53 8.4 20.1 0
Stevan Ridley illustration Stevan Ridley
2012
NE logo NE
16 296 1,263 290 4.4 78.9 12 51 6 14 8.5 3.2 0
Shonn Greene illustration Shonn Greene
2012
NYJ logo NYJ
16 295 1,063 276 3.9 66.4 8 151 19 31 7.9 9.4 0
Matt Forte illustration Matt Forte
2012
CHI logo CHI
15 292 1,094 248 4.4 72.9 5 340 44 60 7.7 22.7 1
Frank Gore illustration Frank Gore
2012
SF logo SF
16 286 1,214 258 4.7 75.9 8 234 28 36 8.4 14.6 1
Reggie Bush illustration Reggie Bush
2012
MIA logo MIA
16 262 986 227 4.3 61.6 6 292 35 51 8.3 18.3 2
Darren McFadden illustration Darren McFadden
2012
OAK logo OAK
12 258 707 216 3.3 58.9 2 258 42 62 6.1 21.5 1
LeSean McCoy illustration LeSean McCoy
2012
PHI logo PHI
12 254 840 200 4.2 70.0 2 373 54 67 6.9 31.1 3
C.J. Spiller illustration C.J. Spiller
2012
BUF logo BUF
16 250 1,244 207 6.0 77.8 6 459 43 57 10.7 28.7 2
Mikel Leshoure illustration Mikel Leshoure
2012
DET logo DET
14 249 798 215 3.7 57.0 9 214 34 48 6.3 15.3 0
Ahmad Bradshaw illustration Ahmad Bradshaw
2012
NYG logo NYG
14 244 1,015 221 4.6 72.5 6 245 23 31 10.7 17.5 0
Michael Turner illustration Michael Turner
2012
ATL logo ATL
16 241 800 222 3.6 50.0 10 128 19 30 6.7 8.0 1
Vick Ballard illustration Vick Ballard
2012
IND logo IND
16 228 814 211 3.9 50.9 2 152 17 27 8.9 9.5 1
Ryan Mathews illustration Ryan Mathews
2012
SD logo SD
12 223 707 184 3.8 58.9 1 252 39 57 6.5 21.0 0
DeMarco Murray illustration DeMarco Murray
2012
DAL logo DAL
10 196 663 161 4.1 66.3 4 251 35 42 7.2 25.1 0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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