most touches from scrimmage by a running backs all-time

Emmitt Smith has the most career touches by a running back, with 4,924 touches.

	NAME	TOUCHES	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,924	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,330	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	4,219	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4,002	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,798	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
6	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,679	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,609	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	3,603	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,535	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
10	Edgerrin James E. James	3,461	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,414	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,349	182	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,334	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,277	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	3,256	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	3,225	160	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	3,179	181	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	3,166	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
19	Eddie George E. George	3,133	141	10,441	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	3,089	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
21	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,986	180	10,591	2,678	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,975	170	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
23	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,938	182	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
24	Matt Forte M. Forte	2,910	146	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
25	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,876	154	13,162	2,686	4.9	85.5	125	1,820	190	246	9.6	11.8	5

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Rush Yards Rankings

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152.0

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Giants	0	0	0
Cowboys	0	0	0
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
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Saints	0	1	0	.000
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Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
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