what is the record for most touches in a football game

LaDainian Tomlinson and James Wilder are tied for the most touches in a game, with 48 touches.

Interpreted as:
What is the record for most touches by a player in a football regular-season game?
NAMETOUCHESDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
48
12/1/2002
SD SD
vs
DEN DEN
220
37
5.9
3
51
11
14
4.6
0
2James Wilder
J. Wilder
48
10/30/1983
TB TB
@
PIT PIT
126
42
3.0
0
48
6
8.0
0
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
47
10/26/1997
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
207
42
4.9
1
29
5
5.8
0
4James Wilder
J. Wilder
47
9/30/1984
TB TB
vs
GB GB
172
43
4.0
1
44
4
11.0
0
5Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
46
11/17/1985
ATL ATL
vs
RAM RAM
123
41
3.0
3
16
5
3.2
0
6Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
45
11/9/2003
CIN CIN
vs
HOU HOU
182
43
4.2
2
18
2
2
9.0
0
7Ricky Williams
R. Williams
45
9/21/2003
MIA MIA
vs
BUF BUF
153
42
3.6
1
-4
3
4
-1.3
0
8Jamie Morris
J. Morris
45
12/17/1988
WAS WAS
@
CIN CIN
152
45
3.4
0
0
0
0
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
44
10/20/2002
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
153
39
3.9
1
28
5
6
5.6
1
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
44
1/2/1994
RAM RAM
vs
CHI CHI
146
39
3.7
1
71
5
14.2
0
11Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
44
9/19/1993
NYG NYG
vs
RAM RAM
134
41
3.3
1
40
3
13.3
0
12Ricky Williams
R. Williams
43
10/31/1999
NO NO
vs
CLE CLE
179
40
4.5
0
8
3
3
2.7
0
13Natrone Means
N. Means
43
10/11/1998
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
101
37
2.7
0
66
6
11.0
0
14Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
43
12/22/1985
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
158
39
4.1
1
25
4
6.3
0
15Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
43
11/20/1983
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
159
43
3.7
1
0
0
0
16Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
42
12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
236
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0
17Nick Goings
N. Goings
42
12/5/2004
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
122
36
3.4
1
46
6
6
7.7
0
18Edgerrin James
E. James
42
11/16/2003
IND IND
vs
NYJ NYJ
127
36
3.5
3
33
6
7
5.5
0
19Curtis Martin
C. Martin
42
11/7/1999
NYJ NYJ
vs
ARI ARI
131
38
3.4
0
2
4
5
0.5
0
20Curtis Martin
C. Martin
42
9/14/1997
NE NE
vs
NYJ NYJ
199
40
5.0
1
15
2
7.5
0
21Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
42
1/2/1994
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
168
32
5.3
0
61
10
6.1
1
22Johnny Hector
J. Hector
42
10/12/1986
NYJ NYJ
@
NE NE
143
40
3.6
3
8
2
4.0
0
23Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
42
10/11/1981
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
186
39
4.8
2
16
3
5.3
0
24Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
42
10/20/1974
BAL BAL
@
NYJ NYJ
156
40
3.9
1
6
2
3.0
0
25Derrick Henry
D. Henry
41
9/19/2021
TEN TEN
@
SEA SEA
182
35
5.2
3
55
6
6
9.2
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for touches going back to the 1960 season.

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