cowboys player with most rushing yards since 1995

Since 1995, Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys, with 9,979 yards.

	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	9,979	124	2,422	4.1	80.5	82	1,436	247	91	5.8	11.6	7
2	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,488	118	1,955	4.3	71.9	71	2,405	317	418	7.6	20.4	12
3	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4,526	53	934	4.8	85.4	28	1,200	171	207	7.0	22.6	1
4	Marion Barber M. Barber	4,358	88	1,042	4.2	49.5	47	1,280	174	223	7.4	14.5	6
5	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	3,621	79	762	4.8	45.8	23	1,319	176	228	7.5	16.7	5
6	Julius Jones J. Jones	3,484	53	885	3.9	65.7	18	672	84	112	8.0	12.7	0
7	Felix Jones F. Jones	2,728	64	569	4.8	42.6	11	1,062	127	156	8.4	16.6	3
8	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	2,116	138	471	4.5	15.3	31	11	1	2	11.0	0.1	1
9	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	1,896	51	473	4.0	37.2	8	260	42	60	6.2	5.1	0
10	Rico Dowdle R. Dowdle	1,464	52	331	4.4	28.2	4	393	56	71	7.0	7.6	5
11	Javonte Williams J. Williams	1,201	16	252	4.8	75.1	11	137	35	51	3.9	8.6	2
12	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	1,174	20	264	4.4	58.7	3	345	43	58	8.0	17.3	0
13	Sherman Williams S. Williams	1,162	60	302	3.8	19.4	4	332	40	0	8.3	5.5	0
14	Tashard Choice T. Choice	1,139	54	250	4.6	21.1	8	497	64	88	7.8	9.2	0
15	Chris Warren C. Warren	948	38	217	4.4	24.9	8	592	78	88	7.6	15.6	2
16	Joseph Randle J. Randle	822	35	181	4.5	23.5	9	170	22	25	7.7	4.9	0
17	Alfred Morris A. Morris	790	28	184	4.3	28.2	3	56	10	15	5.6	2.0	0
18	Tony Romo T. Romo	620	156	238	2.6	4.0	5	10	1	1	10.0	0.1	0
19	Richie Anderson R. Anderson	552	27	127	4.3	20.4	2	700	95	128	7.4	25.9	4
20	Michael Wiley M. Wiley	503	42	80	6.3	12.0	1	315	43	74	7.3	7.5	2
21	Quincy Carter Q. Carter	498	31	140	3.6	16.1	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Eddie George E. George	432	13	132	3.3	33.2	4	83	9	13	9.2	6.4	0
23	Lance Dunbar L. Dunbar	422	54	94	4.5	7.8	1	646	68	88	9.5	12.0	0
24	Malik Davis M. Davis	411	25	90	4.6	16.4	3	79	8	12	9.9	3.2	0
25	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	390	94	58	6.7	4.1	3	7,412	570	836	13.0	78.9	41

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Bills - x	11	5	0	.688
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Jets - e	3	13	0	.188
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Ravens	8	8	0	.500
Bengals - e	6	10	0	.375
Browns - e	4	12	0	.250
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Falcons - e	6	9	0	.400
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Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
Cardinals - e	3	13	0	.188