who led the nfl in targets attempts in 2021

Najee Harris had the most attempts with more than 0 targets in 2021, with 382 attempts in his rookie season.

NAMEATTTRGSEASONTMGPRECREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSRUSH ATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Najee Harris
N. Harris
382
94
2021
17
74
467
6.3
27.5
3
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
2Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
375
51
2021
17
40
360
9.0
21.2
2
1,811
332
5.5
106.5
18
3Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
336
48
2021
16
42
314
7.5
19.6
3
1,205
292
4.1
75.3
13
4Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
300
52
2021
16
42
294
7.0
18.4
3
1,037
258
4.0
64.8
7
5Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
291
67
2021
13
47
439
9.3
33.8
5
898
240
3.7
69.1
4
6Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
286
65
2021
17
47
287
6.1
16.9
2
1,002
237
4.2
58.9
10
7Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
283
49
2021
13
34
224
6.6
17.2
0
1,159
249
4.7
89.2
6
8Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
276
94
2021
16
70
647
9.2
40.4
8
911
206
4.4
56.9
12
9Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
271
64
2021
15
54
348
6.4
23.2
0
872
217
4.0
58.1
9
10David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
268
51
2021
13
42
301
7.2
23.2
0
849
225
3.8
65.3
7
11Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
249
84
2021
14
69
454
6.6
32.4
2
812
180
4.5
58.0
8
12Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
249
25
2021
14
20
174
8.7
12.4
1
1,259
228
5.5
89.9
8
13Javonte Williams
J. Williams
247
53
2021
17
43
316
7.3
18.6
3
903
203
4.4
53.1
4
14James Conner
J. Conner
240
39
2021
15
37
375
10.1
25.0
3
752
202
3.7
50.1
15
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
238
20
2021
8
18
154
8.6
19.3
0
937
219
4.3
117.1
10
16Sony Michel
S. Michel
233
33
2021
17
21
128
6.1
7.5
1
845
208
4.1
49.7
4
17Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
231
38
2021
16
28
213
7.6
13.3
2
918
203
4.5
57.4
8
18Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
230
50
2021
17
40
228
5.7
13.4
1
870
188
4.6
51.2
7
19Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
226
69
2021
16
52
548
10.5
34.3
5
618
153
4.0
38.6
6
20Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
226
20
2021
11
19
137
7.2
12.5
1
963
207
4.7
87.5
5
21Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
225
65
2021
15
52
391
7.5
26.1
6
799
171
4.7
53.3
4
22Myles Gaskin
M. Gaskin
225
63
2021
17
49
234
4.8
13.8
4
612
173
3.5
36.0
3
23Damien Harris
D. Harris
223
21
2021
15
18
132
7.3
8.8
0
929
203
4.6
61.9
15
24AJ Dillon
AJ Dillon
222
37
2021
17
34
313
9.2
18.4
2
803
187
4.3
47.2
5
25D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
213
78
2021
13
62
452
7.3
34.8
2
617
151
4.1
47.5
5
StatMuse has season-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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