dallas career rushing yards leaders

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards for the Cowboys, with 17,162 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17,162
201
4,052
4.2
85.4
153
3,012
486
91
6.2
15.0
11
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,036
157
2,755
4.4
76.7
72
3,432
382
9.0
21.9
13
3Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
8,488
118
1,955
4.3
71.9
71
2,405
317
418
7.6
20.4
12
4Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
5Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,009
73
1,166
4.3
68.6
39
1,359
139
9.8
18.6
6
6Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,784
168
1,160
4.1
28.5
31
956
120
8.0
5.7
5
7DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4,526
53
934
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
8Marion Barber
M. Barber
4,358
88
1,042
4.2
49.5
47
1,280
174
223
7.4
14.5
6
9Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
3,886
119
899
4.3
32.7
30
1,794
182
9.9
15.1
9
10Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
3,621
79
762
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
11Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,491
81
818
4.3
43.1
27
2,556
232
11.0
31.6
8
12Julius Jones
J. Jones
3,484
53
885
3.9
65.7
18
672
84
112
8.0
12.7
0
13Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,728
64
569
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
14Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,264
131
410
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
15Ron Springs
R. Springs
2,180
88
604
3.6
24.8
28
2,028
222
9.1
23.0
10
16Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
2,116
138
471
4.5
15.3
31
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
17Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
2,065
54
427
4.8
38.2
14
1,011
97
10.4
18.7
4
18Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
1,990
100
535
3.7
19.9
25
1,693
129
13.1
16.9
17
19Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
1,896
51
473
4.0
37.2
8
260
42
60
6.2
5.1
0
20Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
1,596
25
326
4.9
63.8
16
226
23
9.8
9.0
2
21Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
1,464
52
331
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
22Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
1,226
121
342
3.6
10.1
19
1,966
212
9.3
16.2
11
23Don Meredith
D. Meredith
1,216
104
242
5.0
11.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
24Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
1,207
79
325
3.7
15.3
5
2,274
189
12.0
28.8
11
25Javonte Williams
J. Williams
1,201
16
252
4.8
75.1
11
137
35
51
3.9
8.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Cowboys Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,482

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,420

Pickens

George Pickens
Team Rankings

PPG

28.4

4th

OPP PPG

29.8

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

124.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

287.0

1st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
Cowboys Cowboys
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 8 - 1

30

Final

23

WAS Commanders

4 - 12

Thu 25 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
31-25
Sat
9/27
@
13-42
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM