most passing yards as a cowboy before 2000

Before 2000, Troy Aikman had the most passing yards for the Cowboys, with 31,310 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
31,310
154
2,742
4,453
61.6
7.0
203.3
158
127
82.6
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
2Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
22,700
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
7.7
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
3Danny White
D. White
21,959
166
1,761
2,950
59.7
7.4
132.3
155
132
81.7
5.3
4.5
241
2,083
4Don Meredith
D. Meredith
17,199
104
1,170
2,308
50.7
7.5
165.4
135
111
74.8
5.8
4.8
5Craig Morton
C. Morton
10,279
101
685
1,308
52.4
7.9
101.8
80
73
75.6
6.1
5.6
82
667
6Steve Pelluer
S. Pelluer
6,555
47
520
922
56.4
7.1
139.5
28
38
71.7
3.0
4.1
73
509
7Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
5,331
52
359
692
51.9
7.7
102.5
45
53
67.2
6.5
7.7
8Gary Hogeboom
G. Hogeboom
3,550
45
279
518
53.9
6.9
78.9
13
23
65.4
2.5
4.4
40
329
9Jason Garrett
J. Garrett
2,042
23
165
294
56.1
6.9
88.8
11
5
83.2
3.7
1.7
20
110
10Steve Walsh
S. Walsh
1,411
9
114
228
50.0
6.2
156.8
5
9
60.4
2.2
3.9
11
84
11Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
1,061
24
80
155
51.6
6.8
44.2
5
3
76.3
3.2
1.9
6
49
12Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
605
6
47
106
44.3
5.7
100.8
7
6
61.2
6.6
5.7
12
95
13Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
585
17
58
96
60.4
6.1
34.4
1
4
63.9
1.0
4.2
9
62
14Jerry Rhome
J. Rhome
496
33
39
75
52.0
6.6
15.0
1
3
60.8
1.3
4.0
15Rodney Peete
R. Peete
470
7
33
56
58.9
8.4
67.1
4
1
102.5
7.1
1.8
4
21
16Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
410
4
36
63
57.1
6.5
102.5
3
0
92.7
4.8
0.0
2
4
17Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
371
12
23
61
37.7
6.1
30.9
3
3
54.7
4.9
4.9
18Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
370
100
14
32
43.8
11.6
3.7
2
4
68.0
6.3
12.5
2
14
19John Roach
J. Roach
349
9
32
68
47.1
5.1
38.8
1
6
30.8
1.5
8.8
20Clint Longley
C. Longley
311
6
19
44
43.2
7.1
51.8
3
1
80.8
6.8
2.3
5
47
21Glenn Carano
G. Carano
304
36
21
57
36.8
5.3
8.4
3
1
65.2
5.3
1.8
2
11
22Babe Laufenberg
B. Laufenberg
279
7
24
67
35.8
4.2
39.9
1
6
16.9
1.5
9.0
4
29
23Calvin Hill
C. Hill
204
73
5
12
41.7
17.0
2.8
3
1
93.8
25.0
8.3
0
0
24Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
192
156
5
7
71.4
27.4
1.2
3
2
113.7
42.9
28.6
0
0
25Reggie Collier
R. Collier
96
4
8
15
53.3
6.4
24.0
1
2
55.8
6.7
13.3
3
38
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

4,482

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

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REC

1,420

Pickens

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PPG

28.4

5th

OPP PPG

29.8

31st

RUSH YDS/G

124.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

287.0

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TEAMWLTPCT
10
5
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.667
Cowboys Cowboys
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
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7 - 8 - 1

30

Final

23

WAS Commanders

4 - 12

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
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0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
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.733
6
9
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.400
Jets Jets - e
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
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.600
7
8
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.467
5
10
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.333
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12
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13
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.813
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.733
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10
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13
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10
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.667
7
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.469
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12
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.250
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13
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.133
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11
4
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.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
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.500
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8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
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.200

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9/20
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