all-time rushing leaders in cowboys history

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards for the Cowboys, with 17,162 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	17,162	201	4,052	4.2	85.4	153	3,012	486	91	6.2	15.0	11
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,036	157	2,755	4.4	76.7	72	3,432	382		9.0	21.9	13
3	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,488	118	1,955	4.3	71.9	71	2,405	317	418	7.6	20.4	12
4	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146		9.0	12.2	3
5	Calvin Hill C. Hill	5,009	73	1,166	4.3	68.6	39	1,359	139		9.8	18.6	6
6	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	4,784	168	1,160	4.1	28.5	31	956	120		8.0	5.7	5
7	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4,526	53	934	4.8	85.4	28	1,200	171	207	7.0	22.6	1
8	Marion Barber M. Barber	4,358	88	1,042	4.2	49.5	47	1,280	174	223	7.4	14.5	6
9	Walt Garrison W. Garrison	3,886	119	899	4.3	32.7	30	1,794	182		9.9	15.1	9
10	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	3,621	79	762	4.8	45.8	23	1,319	176	228	7.5	16.7	5
11	Herschel Walker H. Walker	3,491	81	818	4.3	43.1	27	2,556	232		11.0	31.6	8
12	Julius Jones J. Jones	3,484	53	885	3.9	65.7	18	672	84	112	8.0	12.7	0
13	Felix Jones F. Jones	2,728	64	569	4.8	42.6	11	1,062	127	156	8.4	16.6	3
14	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	2,264	131	410	5.5	17.3	20	-13	1		-13.0	-0.1	0
15	Ron Springs R. Springs	2,180	88	604	3.6	24.8	28	2,028	222		9.1	23.0	10
16	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	2,129	140	475	4.5	15.2	31	11	1	2	11.0	0.1	1
17	Amos Marsh A. Marsh	2,065	54	427	4.8	38.2	14	1,011	97		10.4	18.7	4
18	Dan Reeves D. Reeves	1,990	100	535	3.7	19.9	25	1,693	129		13.1	16.9	17
19	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	1,896	51	473	4.0	37.2	8	260	42	60	6.2	5.1	0
20	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	1,596	25	326	4.9	63.8	16	226	23		9.8	9.0	2
21	Rico Dowdle R. Dowdle	1,464	52	331	4.4	28.2	4	393	56	71	7.0	7.6	5
22	Javonte Williams J. Williams	1,242	17	264	4.7	73.1	12	168	40	56	4.2	9.9	3
23	Timmy Newsome T. Newsome	1,226	121	342	3.6	10.1	19	1,966	212		9.3	16.2	11
24	Don Meredith D. Meredith	1,216	104	242	5.0	11.7	15	0	0			0.0	0
25	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	1,207	79	325	3.7	15.3	5	2,274	189		12.0	28.8	11

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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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