cowboys rushing leaders since 2000

Since 2000, Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys, with 8,488 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
8,488
118
1,955
4.3
71.9
71
2,405
317
418
7.6
20.4
12
2DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4,526
53
934
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
3Marion Barber
M. Barber
4,358
88
1,042
4.2
49.5
47
1,280
174
223
7.4
14.5
6
4Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
3,621
79
762
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
5Julius Jones
J. Jones
3,484
53
885
3.9
65.7
18
672
84
112
8.0
12.7
0
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3,199
46
809
4.0
69.5
17
284
44
59
6.5
6.2
0
7Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,728
64
569
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
8Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
2,115
139
473
4.5
15.2
31
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
9Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
1,896
51
473
4.0
37.2
8
260
42
60
6.2
5.1
0
10Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
1,464
52
331
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
11Javonte Williams
J. Williams
1,201
16
252
4.8
75.1
11
137
35
51
3.9
8.6
2
12Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,174
20
264
4.4
58.7
3
345
43
58
8.0
17.3
0
13Tashard Choice
T. Choice
1,139
54
250
4.6
21.1
8
497
64
88
7.8
9.2
0
14Joseph Randle
J. Randle
822
35
181
4.5
23.5
9
170
22
25
7.7
4.9
0
15Alfred Morris
A. Morris
790
28
184
4.3
28.2
3
56
10
15
5.6
2.0
0
16Tony Romo
T. Romo
620
156
238
2.6
4.0
5
10
1
1
10.0
0.1
0
17Richie Anderson
R. Anderson
552
27
127
4.3
20.4
2
700
95
128
7.4
25.9
4
18Michael Wiley
M. Wiley
503
42
80
6.3
12.0
1
315
43
74
7.3
7.5
2
19Quincy Carter
Q. Carter
498
31
140
3.6
16.1
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Eddie George
E. George
432
13
132
3.3
33.2
4
83
9
13
9.2
6.4
0
21Lance Dunbar
L. Dunbar
422
54
94
4.5
7.8
1
646
68
88
9.5
12.0
0
22Malik Davis
M. Davis
411
25
90
4.6
16.4
3
79
8
12
9.9
3.2
0
23CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
390
95
58
6.7
4.1
3
7,416
571
837
13.0
78.1
41
24Rod Smith
R. Smith
359
48
99
3.6
7.5
5
272
30
38
9.1
5.7
1
25KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
308
65
47
6.6
4.7
1
952
70
110
13.6
14.6
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Cowboys Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,552

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,429

Pickens

George Pickens
Team Rankings

PPG

27.7

7th

OPP PPG

30.1

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

278.5

1st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
Cowboys Cowboys
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/27
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

17

Final

34

NYG Giants

4 - 13

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
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25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/27
@
4:25 PM