most rushing yards cowboys player since 1970

Since 1970, Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most 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
4Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,784
168
1,160
4.1
28.5
31
956
120
8.0
5.7
5
5DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4,526
53
934
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
6Marion Barber
M. Barber
4,358
88
1,042
4.2
49.5
47
1,280
174
223
7.4
14.5
6
7Calvin Hill
C. Hill
4,067
60
962
4.2
67.8
31
1,127
119
9.5
18.8
6
8Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
3,621
79
762
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
9Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,491
81
818
4.3
43.1
27
2,556
232
11.0
31.6
8
10Julius Jones
J. Jones
3,484
53
885
3.9
65.7
18
672
84
112
8.0
12.7
0
11Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,728
64
569
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
12Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
2,589
65
638
4.1
39.8
22
1,517
158
9.6
23.3
9
13Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,204
125
395
5.6
17.6
19
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
14Ron Springs
R. Springs
2,180
88
604
3.6
24.8
28
2,028
222
9.1
23.0
10
15Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
2,115
139
473
4.5
15.2
31
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
16Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
1,896
51
473
4.0
37.2
8
260
42
60
6.2
5.1
0
17Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
1,596
25
326
4.9
63.8
16
226
23
9.8
9.0
2
18Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
1,464
52
331
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
19Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
1,226
121
342
3.6
10.1
19
1,966
212
9.3
16.2
11
20Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
1,207
79
325
3.7
15.3
5
2,274
189
12.0
28.8
11
21Javonte Williams
J. Williams
1,201
16
252
4.8
75.1
11
137
35
51
3.9
8.6
2
22Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,174
20
264
4.4
58.7
3
345
43
58
8.0
17.3
0
23Sherman Williams
S. Williams
1,162
60
302
3.8
19.4
4
332
40
0
8.3
5.5
0
24Tashard Choice
T. Choice
1,139
54
250
4.6
21.1
8
497
64
88
7.8
9.2
0
25Doug Dennison
D. Dennison
1,112
52
306
3.6
21.4
19
110
14
7.9
2.1
0
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