which cowboys player has the most rushing yards in a season

DeMarco Murray has rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys in a season, with 1,845 yards in 2014.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,845
2014
DAL DAL
16
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,773
1995
DAL DAL
16
377
4.7
110.8
25
375
62
6.0
23.4
0
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,713
1992
DAL DAL
16
373
4.6
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
4Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,646
1981
DAL DAL
16
342
4.8
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
5Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
DAL DAL
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,563
1991
DAL DAL
16
365
4.3
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
7Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,514
1988
DAL DAL
16
361
4.2
94.6
5
505
53
9.5
31.6
2
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,486
1993
DAL DAL
14
283
5.3
106.1
9
414
57
7.3
29.6
1
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,484
1994
DAL DAL
15
368
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
10Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,434
2018
DAL DAL
15
304
4.7
95.6
6
567
77
95
7.4
37.8
3
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,397
1999
DAL DAL
15
329
4.2
93.1
11
119
27
32
4.4
7.9
2
12Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,357
2019
DAL DAL
16
301
4.5
84.8
12
420
54
71
7.8
26.3
2
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,332
1998
DAL DAL
16
319
4.2
83.3
13
175
27
6.5
10.9
2
14Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,325
1978
DAL DAL
16
290
4.6
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
15Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,321
1983
DAL DAL
16
289
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
16Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,307
1985
DAL DAL
16
305
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,204
1996
DAL DAL
15
327
3.7
80.3
12
249
47
5.3
16.6
3
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,203
2000
DAL DAL
16
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,189
1984
DAL DAL
16
302
3.9
74.3
6
459
51
9.0
28.7
1
20Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,185
1980
DAL DAL
15
278
4.3
79.0
11
263
34
7.7
17.5
0
21Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1,142
1973
DAL DAL
14
273
4.2
81.6
6
290
32
9.1
20.7
0
22DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,121
2013
DAL DAL
14
217
5.2
80.1
9
350
53
66
6.6
25.0
1
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,107
1979
DAL DAL
14
250
4.4
79.1
6
375
45
8.3
26.8
1
24Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,089
2015
DAL DAL
16
239
4.6
68.1
3
328
40
53
8.2
20.5
0
25Julius Jones
J. Jones
1,084
2006
DAL DAL
16
267
4.1
67.8
4
142
9
15
15.8
8.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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