Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys in 2016, with 1,631 yards in his rookie 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 |  | E. Elliott | 1,631 | 2016 |  DAL | 15 | 322 | 5.1 | 108.7 | 15 | 363 | 32 | 40 | 11.3 | 24.2 | 1 |
| 2 |  | D. Prescott | 282 | 2016 | DAL | 16 | 57 | 4.9 | 17.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | A. Morris | 243 | 2016 | DAL | 14 | 69 | 3.5 | 17.4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 4 | | D. McFadden | 87 | 2016 | DAL | 3 | 24 | 3.6 | 29.0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 5 | | L. Whitehead | 82 | 2016 | DAL | 15 | 10 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 6 | | L. Dunbar | 31 | 2016 | DAL | 13 | 9 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 122 | 16 | 24 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 7 | | C. Jones | 30 | 2016 | DAL | 16 | 1 | 30.0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | C. Beasley | 7 | 2016 | DAL | 16 | 1 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 833 | 75 | 98 | 11.1 | 52.1 | 5 |
| 9 | | K. Smith | 5 | 2016 | DAL | 16 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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PPG
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OPP PPG
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RUSH YDS/G
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eagles | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 |
| Cowboys | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 |
 Commanders | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 |
 Giants | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 |
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