cowboys last four 1000 yard rushers in a single season

Javonte Williams rushed for 1,201 yards for the Cowboys in 2025.

Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Javonte Williams J. Williams	1,201	2025	DAL	16	252	4.8	75.1	11	137	35	51	3.9	8.6	2
2	Rico Dowdle R. Dowdle	1,079	2024	DAL	16	235	4.6	67.4	2	249	39	49	6.4	15.6	3
3	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	1,005	2023	DAL	17	252	4.0	59.1	6	311	55	67	5.7	18.3	0
4	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	1,007	2022	DAL	16	193	5.2	62.9	9	371	39	55	9.5	23.2	3
5	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,002	2021	DAL	17	237	4.2	58.9	10	287	47	65	6.1	16.9	2
6	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,357	2019	DAL	16	301	4.5	84.8	12	420	54	71	7.8	26.3	2
7	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,434	2018	DAL	15	304	4.7	95.6	6	567	77	95	7.4	37.8	3
8	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
9	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	1,089	2015	DAL	16	239	4.6	68.1	3	328	40	53	8.2	20.5	0
10	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	1,845	2014	DAL	16	392	4.7	115.3	13	416	57	64	7.3	26.0	0
11	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	1,121	2013	DAL	14	217	5.2	80.1	9	350	53	66	6.6	25.0	1
12	Julius Jones J. Jones	1,084	2006	DAL	16	267	4.1	67.8	4	142	9	15	15.8	8.9	0
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,021	2001	DAL	14	261	3.9	72.9	3	116	17	21	6.8	8.3	0
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,203	2000	DAL	16	294	4.1	75.2	9	79	11	14	7.2	4.9	0
15	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,397	1999	DAL	15	329	4.2	93.1	11	119	27	32	4.4	7.9	2
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,332	1998	DAL	16	319	4.2	83.3	13	175	27		6.5	10.9	2
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,074	1997	DAL	16	261	4.1	67.1	4	234	40		5.9	14.6	0
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,204	1996	DAL	15	327	3.7	80.3	12	249	47		5.3	16.6	3
19	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,773	1995	DAL	16	377	4.7	110.8	25	375	62		6.0	23.4	0
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,484	1994	DAL	15	368	4.0	98.9	21	341	50		6.8	22.7	1
21	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,486	1993	DAL	14	283	5.3	106.1	9	414	57		7.3	29.6	1
22	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,713	1992	DAL	16	373	4.6	107.1	18	335	59		5.7	20.9	1
23	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,563	1991	DAL	16	365	4.3	97.7	12	258	49		5.3	16.1	1
24	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,514	1988	DAL	16	361	4.2	94.6	5	505	53		9.5	31.6	2
25	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,307	1985	DAL	16	305	4.3	81.7	7	449	46		9.8	28.1	3

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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
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Titans	0	1	0	.000
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Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
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