cowboys rushing leaders since 2016

Since 2016, 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
2Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
3,621
79
762
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
3Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
2,115
139
473
4.5
15.2
31
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
4Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
1,464
52
331
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
5Javonte Williams
J. Williams
1,201
16
252
4.8
75.1
11
137
35
51
3.9
8.6
2
6Alfred Morris
A. Morris
790
28
184
4.3
28.2
3
56
10
15
5.6
2.0
0
7Malik Davis
M. Davis
411
25
90
4.6
16.4
3
79
8
12
9.9
3.2
0
8CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
390
95
58
6.7
4.1
3
7,416
571
837
13.0
78.1
41
9Rod Smith
R. Smith
359
38
99
3.6
9.4
5
266
29
36
9.2
7.0
1
10KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
308
65
47
6.6
4.7
1
952
70
110
13.6
14.6
7
11Corey Clement
C. Clement
140
17
33
4.2
8.2
0
29
6
7
4.8
1.7
1
12Jaydon Blue
J. Blue
129
5
38
3.4
25.8
1
5
1
1
5.0
1.0
0
13Hunter Luepke
H. Luepke
128
50
34
3.8
2.6
1
238
28
35
8.5
4.8
1
14Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
117
4
20
5.9
29.3
1
30
8
8
3.8
7.5
0
15Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
114
11
28
4.1
10.4
0
-3
1
1
-3.0
-0.3
0
16Deuce Vaughn
D. Vaughn
110
14
40
2.8
7.9
0
58
10
12
5.8
4.1
0
17Tavon Austin
T. Austin
102
21
12
8.5
4.9
1
317
21
37
15.1
15.1
3
18Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
85
4
25
3.4
21.3
0
17
3
5
5.7
4.3
0
19Lucky Whitehead
L. Whitehead
82
15
10
8.2
5.5
0
48
3
3
16.0
3.2
0
20Chris Jones
C. Jones
54
72
3
18.0
0.8
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
50
4
5
10.0
12.5
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Trey Lance
T. Lance
41
5
11
3.7
8.2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Brandin Cooks
B. Cooks
32
26
8
4.0
1.2
0
916
80
135
11.5
35.2
11
24Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
31
56
8
3.9
0.6
0
3,893
292
429
13.3
69.5
27
25Lance Dunbar
L. Dunbar
31
13
9
3.4
2.4
1
122
16
24
7.6
9.4
0
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
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

Schedule

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