who has the most targets in a season for a running back

Christian McCaffrey has been targeted the most times by a running back in a season, with 142 targets in 2019.

	NAME	TRG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	142	2019	CAR	16	116	1,005	8.7	62.8	4	1,387	287	4.8	86.7	15
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	137	2003	SD	16	100	725	7.3	45.3	4	1,645	313	5.3	102.8	13
3	Matt Forte M. Forte	130	2014	CHI	16	102	808	7.9	50.5	4	1,038	266	3.9	64.9	6
4	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	129	2025	SF	17	102	924	9.1	54.4	7	1,202	311	3.9	70.7	10
5	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	127	2022	LAC	17	107	722	6.7	42.5	5	915	204	4.5	53.8	13
6	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	124	2018	CAR	16	107	867	8.1	54.2	6	1,098	219	5.0	68.6	7
7	Richie Anderson R. Anderson	124	2000	NYJ	16	88	853	9.7	53.3	2	63	27	2.3	3.9	0
8	James White J. White	123	2018	NE	16	87	751	8.6	46.9	7	425	94	4.5	26.6	5
9	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	121	2018	NYG	16	91	721	7.9	45.1	4	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
10	Reggie Bush R. Bush	121	2006	NO	16	88	742	8.4	46.4	2	565	155	3.6	35.3	6
11	David Johnson D. Johnson	120	2016	ARI	16	80	879	11.0	54.9	4	1,239	293	4.2	77.4	16
12	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	120	2007	PHI	15	90	771	8.6	51.4	5	1,333	278	4.8	88.9	7
13	Michael Pittman M. Pittman	120	2003	TB	16	75	597	8.0	37.3	2	751	187	4.0	46.9	0
14	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	113	2017	CAR	16	80	651	8.1	40.7	5	435	117	3.7	27.2	2
15	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	113	2000	STL	14	81	830	10.2	59.3	8	1,359	253	5.4	97.1	18
16	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	112	2011	NO	16	86	710	8.3	44.4	7	603	87	6.9	37.7	2
17	Charlie Garner C. Garner	111	2002	OAK	16	91	941	10.3	58.8	4	962	182	5.3	60.1	7
18	J.D. McKissic	110	2020	WAS	16	80	589	7.4	36.8	2	365	85	4.3	22.8	1
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	110	2006	STL	16	90	806	9.0	50.4	3	1,528	346	4.4	95.5	13
20	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	109	2006	PHI	15	77	699	9.1	46.6	4	1,217	240	5.1	81.1	7
21	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	108	2022	TOT	17	85	741	8.7	43.6	5	1,139	244	4.7	67.0	8
22	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	108	2019	LAC	16	92	993	10.8	62.1	8	557	132	4.2	34.8	3
23	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	107	2020	NO	15	83	756	9.1	50.4	5	932	187	5.0	62.1	16
24	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	106	2017	PIT	15	85	655	7.7	43.7	2	1,291	321	4.0	86.1	9
25	Danny Woodhead D. Woodhead	106	2015	SD	16	80	755	9.4	47.2	6	336	98	3.4	21.0	3

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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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