most rec yards by cowboys player 1960 to 2008

Between the 1960 and 2008 seasons, Michael Irvin had the most receiving yards for the Cowboys, with 11,904 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
2Tony Hill
T. Hill
7,988
141
479
16.7
56.7
51
84
14
6.0
0.6
0
3Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
7,822
156
489
16.0
50.1
48
189
21
9.0
1.2
0
4Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
7,295
128
365
20.0
57.0
71
70
22
3.2
0.5
2
5Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
5,214
104
281
18.6
50.1
50
231
32
7.2
2.2
1
6Jason Witten
J. Witten
4,935
95
429
618
11.5
51.9
25
0
0
0.0
0
7Doug Cosbie
D. Cosbie
3,728
144
300
12.4
25.9
30
35
7
5.0
0.2
0
8Terrell Owens
T. Owens
3,587
47
235
433
15.3
76.3
38
38
8
4.8
0.8
0
9Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
3,576
95
339
10.5
37.6
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
10Billy Joe DuPree
B. Joe DuPree
3,565
159
267
13.4
22.4
41
178
26
6.8
1.1
1
11Lance Rentzel
L. Rentzel
3,521
53
183
19.2
66.4
31
22
3
7.3
0.4
0
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,432
157
382
9.0
21.9
13
12,036
2,755
4.4
76.7
72
13Terry Glenn
T. Glenn
3,337
54
208
363
16.0
61.8
20
59
9
6.6
1.1
1
14Kelvin Martin
K. Martin
3,083
98
237
13.0
31.5
9
7
10
0.7
0.1
0
15Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3,012
201
486
91
6.2
15.0
11
17,162
4,052
4.2
85.4
153
16Herschel Walker
H. Walker
2,556
81
232
11.0
31.6
8
3,491
818
4.3
43.1
27
17Mike Renfro
M. Renfro
2,525
58
163
15.5
43.5
17
0
0
0.0
0
18Alvin Harper
A. Harper
2,486
65
124
2
20.0
38.2
18
15
1
15.0
0.2
0
19Billy Howton
B. Howton
2,368
50
161
14.7
47.4
17
9
1
9.0
0.2
0
20Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
2,341
48
151
327
15.5
48.8
12
85
11
7.7
1.8
0
21Raghib Ismail
R. Ismail
2,281
39
158
268
14.4
58.5
9
214
29
7.4
5.5
1
22Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
2,274
79
189
12.0
28.8
11
1,207
325
3.7
15.3
5
23Patrick Crayton
P. Crayton
2,266
66
159
249
14.3
34.3
18
11
2
5.5
0.2
0
24Daryl Johnston
D. Johnston
2,227
151
294
2
7.6
14.7
14
753
232
3.2
5.0
8
25Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
2,124
112
132
16.1
19.0
19
19
4
4.8
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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