| Year | Player | Touch | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ray Rice (25) | 92 | BAL |
| 2011 | Ahmad Bradshaw (25) | 79 | NYG |
| 2010 | James Starks (24) | 89 | GNB |
| 2009 | Shonn Greene (24) | 55 | NYJ |
| 2008 | Willie Parker (28) | 72 | PIT |
| 2007 | Laurence Maroney (22) | 72 | NWE |
| 2006 | Joseph Addai (23) | 98 | IND |
| 2005 | Willie Parker (25) | 67 | PIT |
| 2004 | Corey Dillon (30) | 74 | NWE |
| 2003 | Edgerrin James (25) | 70 | IND |
| 2002 | Michael Pittman (27) | 60 | TAM |
| 2001 | Marshall Faulk+ (28) | 79 | STL |
| 2000 | Jamal Lewis (21) | 104 | BAL |
| 1999 | Eddie George (26) | 118 | TEN |
| 1998 | Terrell Davis (26) | 82 | DEN |
| 1997 | Terrell Davis (25) | 120 | DEN |
| 1996 | Natrone Means (24) | 76 | JAX |
| 1995 | Emmitt Smith+ (26) | 80 | DAL |
| 1994 | Natrone Means (22) | 63 | SDG |
| 1993 | Emmitt Smith+ (24) | 79 | DAL |
| 1992 | Emmitt Smith+ (23) | 84 | DAL |
| 1991 | Thurman Thomas+ (25) | 69 | BUF |
| 1990 | Thurman Thomas+ (24) | 85 | BUF |
| 1989 | Roger Craig (29) | 70 | SFO |
| 1988 | Ickey Woods (22) | 72 | CIN |
| 1987 | Timmy Smith (23) | 54 | WAS |
| 1986 | Joe Morris (26) | 78 | NYG |
| 1985 | Craig James (24) | 78 | NWE |
| 1984 | Tony Nathan (28) | 64 | MIA |
| 1983 | John Riggins+ (34) | 88 | WAS |
| 1982 | John Riggins+ (33) | 137 | WAS |
| 1981 | Pete Johnson (27) | 58 | CIN |
| 1980 | Wilbert Montgomery (26) | 77 | PHI |
| Mark van Eeghen (28) | 77 | OAK | |
| 1979 | Franco Harris+ (29) | 76 | PIT |
| 1978 | Earl Campbell+ (23) | 78 | HOU |
| 1977 | Chuck Foreman (27) | 58 | MIN |
| 1976 | Chuck Foreman (26) | 62 | MIN |
| 1975 | Franco Harris+ (25) | 87 | PIT |
| 1974 | Franco Harris+ (24) | 88 | PIT |
| 1973 | Larry Csonka+ (27) | 82 | MIA |
| 1972 | Larry Brown (25) | 84 | WAS |
| 1971 | Duane Thomas (24) | 60 | DAL |
| 1970 | Duane Thomas (23) | 81 | DAL |
| 1969 | Mike Garrett (25) | 45 | KAN |
| 1968 | Matt Snell (27) | 54 | NYJ |
| 1967 | Donny Anderson (24) | 52 | GNB |
| 1966 | Mike Garrett (22) | 34 | KAN |
| 1965 | Jim Taylor+ (30) | 54 | GNB |
| 1964 | Jim Brown+ (28) | 30 | CLE |