cowboys rushing yards leaders since 2005

Since 2005, Ezekiel Elliott has the most rushing 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
5Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,728
64
569
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
6Julius Jones
J. Jones
2,665
45
688
3.9
59.2
11
563
67
86
8.4
12.5
0
7Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
2,115
139
473
4.5
15.2
31
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
8Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
1,464
52
331
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
9Javonte Williams
J. Williams
1,201
16
252
4.8
75.1
11
137
35
51
3.9
8.6
2
10Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,174
20
264
4.4
58.7
3
345
43
58
8.0
17.3
0
11Tashard Choice
T. Choice
1,139
54
250
4.6
21.1
8
497
64
88
7.8
9.2
0
12Joseph Randle
J. Randle
822
35
181
4.5
23.5
9
170
22
25
7.7
4.9
0
13Alfred Morris
A. Morris
790
28
184
4.3
28.2
3
56
10
15
5.6
2.0
0
14Tony Romo
T. Romo
620
150
238
2.6
4.1
5
10
1
1
10.0
0.1
0
15Lance Dunbar
L. Dunbar
422
54
94
4.5
7.8
1
646
68
88
9.5
12.0
0
16Malik Davis
M. Davis
411
25
90
4.6
16.4
3
79
8
12
9.9
3.2
0
17CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
390
95
58
6.7
4.1
3
7,416
571
837
13.0
78.1
41
18Rod Smith
R. Smith
359
48
99
3.6
7.5
5
272
30
38
9.1
5.7
1
19KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
308
65
47
6.6
4.7
1
952
70
110
13.6
14.6
7
20Tyson Thompson
T. Thompson
266
30
73
3.6
8.9
1
16
3
4
5.3
0.5
0
21Lucky Whitehead
L. Whitehead
189
30
20
9.5
6.3
0
64
9
11
7.1
2.1
0
22Phillip Tanner
P. Tanner
149
39
56
2.7
3.8
2
93
9
11
10.3
2.4
0
23Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
145
13
34
4.3
11.2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Corey Clement
C. Clement
140
17
33
4.2
8.2
0
29
6
7
4.8
1.7
1
25Robert Turbin
R. Turbin
139
7
32
4.3
19.9
1
15
5
7
3.0
2.1
0
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27.7

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30.1

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125.6

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