most receiving yards by a cowboys player before 2000

Before 2000, Michael Irvin had the most yards on receptions 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
6Doug Cosbie
D. Cosbie
3,728
144
300
12.4
25.9
30
35
7
5.0
0.2
0
7Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
3,576
95
339
10.5
37.6
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
8Billy Joe DuPree
B. Joe DuPree
3,565
159
267
13.4
22.4
41
178
26
6.8
1.1
1
9Lance Rentzel
L. Rentzel
3,521
53
183
19.2
66.4
31
22
3
7.3
0.4
0
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,432
157
382
9.0
21.9
13
12,036
2,755
4.4
76.7
72
11Kelvin Martin
K. Martin
3,083
98
237
13.0
31.5
9
7
10
0.7
0.1
0
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,728
155
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
13,963
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
13Herschel Walker
H. Walker
2,556
81
232
11.0
31.6
8
3,491
818
4.3
43.1
27
14Mike Renfro
M. Renfro
2,525
58
163
15.5
43.5
17
0
0
0.0
0
15Alvin Harper
A. Harper
2,486
65
124
2
20.0
38.2
18
15
1
15.0
0.2
0
16Billy Howton
B. Howton
2,368
50
161
14.7
47.4
17
9
1
9.0
0.2
0
17Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
2,274
79
189
12.0
28.8
11
1,207
325
3.7
15.3
5
18Daryl Johnston
D. Johnston
2,227
151
294
2
7.6
14.7
14
753
232
3.2
5.0
8
19Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
2,124
112
132
16.1
19.0
19
19
4
4.8
0.2
0
20Ron Springs
R. Springs
2,028
88
222
9.1
23.0
10
2,180
604
3.6
24.8
28
21Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
1,966
121
212
9.3
16.2
11
1,226
342
3.6
10.1
19
22Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
1,794
119
182
9.9
15.1
9
3,886
899
4.3
32.7
30
23Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
1,693
100
129
13.1
16.9
17
1,990
535
3.7
19.9
25
24Pettis Norman
P. Norman
1,672
121
124
13.5
13.8
14
178
20
8.9
1.5
0
25Golden Richards
G. Richards
1,650
66
90
18.3
25.0
16
15
5
3.0
0.2
0
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