most rushing yards by a player in cowboys history

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

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17,162
201
4,052
4.2
85.4
153
3,012
486
91
6.2
15.0
11
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,036
157
2,755
4.4
76.7
72
3,432
382
9.0
21.9
13
3 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
8,455
115
1,942
4.4
73.5
70
2,394
316
417
7.6
20.8
12
4 Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
5 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,009
73
1,166
4.3
68.6
39
1,359
139
9.8
18.6
6
6 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,784
168
1,160
4.1
28.5
31
956
120
8.0
5.7
5
7 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4,526
53
934
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
8 Marion Barber
M. Barber
4,358
88
1,042
4.2
49.5
47
1,280
174
223
7.4
14.5
6
9 Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
3,886
119
899
4.3
32.7
30
1,794
182
9.9
15.1
9
10 Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
3,621
79
762
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
11 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,491
81
818
4.3
43.1
27
2,556
232
11.0
31.6
8
12 Julius Jones
J. Jones
3,484
53
885
3.9
65.7
18
672
84
112
8.0
12.7
0
13 Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,728
64
569
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
14 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,264
131
410
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
15 Ron Springs
R. Springs
2,180
88
604
3.6
24.8
28
2,028
222
9.1
23.0
10
16 Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
2,065
54
427
4.8
38.2
14
1,011
97
10.4
18.7
4
17 Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
1,990
100
535
3.7
19.9
25
1,693
129
13.1
16.9
17
18 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
1,938
122
420
4.6
15.9
29
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
19 Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
1,896
51
473
4.0
37.2
8
260
42
60
6.2
5.1
0
20 Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
1,596
25
326
4.9
63.8
16
226
23
9.8
9.0
2
21 Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
1,226
121
342
3.6
10.1
19
1,966
212
9.3
16.2
11
22 Don Meredith
D. Meredith
1,216
104
242
5.0
11.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
23 Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
1,207
79
325
3.7
15.3
5
2,274
189
12.0
28.8
11
24 Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,174
20
264
4.4
58.7
3
345
43
58
8.0
17.3
0
25 Sherman Williams
S. Williams
1,162
60
302
3.8
19.4
4
332
40
0
8.3
5.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.6

21st

OPP PPG

28.2

31st

RUSH YDS/G

91.2

28th

PASS YDS/G

245.7

12th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
5
8
0
.385
Giants Giants
2
11
0
.154
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/15
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

5 - 8 - 0

20

Final

27

CIN Bengals

5 - 8 - 0

Mon 9 Dec 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM