Tony Dorsett has rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys in a playoff game, with 160 yards in the 1980 NFC Wild Card game against the Rams on December 28, 1980.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | ROUND | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Dorsett | 160 | 12/28/1980 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 9.3 | 1 | |||
| 2 |  | E. Smith | 150 | 1/14/1996 | NFC Championship | vs | 35 | 4.3 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8.5 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | F. Jones | 148 | 1/9/2010 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 16 | 9.3 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | D. Thomas | 143 | 1/3/1971 | NFC Championship | @ | 27 | 5.3 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | |||
| 5 |  | E. Elliott | 137 | 1/5/2019 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 26 | 5.3 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | D. Thomas | 135 | 12/26/1970 | NFC Divisional | vs | 30 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | E. Smith | 132 | 1/30/1994 | Super Bowl | @ | 30 | 4.4 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | M. Barber | 129 | 1/13/2008 | NFC Divisional | vs | 27 | 4.8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | E. Elliott | 125 | 1/15/2017 | NFC Divisional | vs | 22 | 5.7 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | -2.0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | C. Hill | 125 | 12/23/1972 | NFC Divisional | @ | 18 | 6.9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | |||
| 11 |  | D. Murray | 123 | 1/11/2015 | NFC Divisional | @ | 25 | 4.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | E. Smith | 116 | 12/28/1996 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 17 | 6.8 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | E. Smith | 114 | 1/17/1993 | NFC Championship | @ | 24 | 4.8 | 1 | 59 | 7 | 8.4 | 1 | |||
| 14 | | E. Smith | 114 | 1/10/1993 | NFC Divisional | vs | 25 | 4.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | J. Jones | 112 | 1/6/2007 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 22 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | T. Dorsett | 110 | 1/9/1983 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 26 | 4.2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | E. Smith | 108 | 1/31/1993 | Super Bowl | vs | 22 | 4.9 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | D. Perkins | 108 | 1/1/1967 | NFL Championship | vs | 17 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | E. Smith | 105 | 12/29/1991 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 26 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | T. Dorsett | 101 | 1/7/1979 | NFC Championship | @ | 17 | 5.9 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | E. Smith | 99 | 1/9/2000 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 15 | 6.6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | E. Smith | 99 | 1/7/1996 | NFC Divisional | vs | 21 | 4.7 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 13.3 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | T. Dorsett | 99 | 1/16/1983 | NFC Divisional | vs | 27 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | C. Hill | 97 | 12/23/1973 | NFC Divisional | vs | 25 | 3.9 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | T. Dorsett | 96 | 1/21/1979 | Super Bowl | vs | 16 | 6.0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 8.8 | 0 | |||
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