who leads the cowboys in rushing yards since 2000

Since 2000, Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys, with 8,488 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,488	118	1,955	4.3	71.9	71	2,405	317	418	7.6	20.4	12
2	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4,526	53	934	4.8	85.4	28	1,200	171	207	7.0	22.6	1
3	Marion Barber M. Barber	4,358	88	1,042	4.2	49.5	47	1,280	174	223	7.4	14.5	6
4	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	3,621	79	762	4.8	45.8	23	1,319	176	228	7.5	16.7	5
5	Julius Jones J. Jones	3,484	53	885	3.9	65.7	18	672	84	112	8.0	12.7	0
6	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	3,199	46	809	4.0	69.5	17	284	44	59	6.5	6.2	0
7	Felix Jones F. Jones	2,728	64	569	4.8	42.6	11	1,062	127	156	8.4	16.6	3
8	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	2,155	141	479	4.5	15.3	31	11	1	2	11.0	0.1	1
9	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	1,896	51	473	4.0	37.2	8	260	42	60	6.2	5.1	0
10	Rico Dowdle R. Dowdle	1,464	52	331	4.4	28.2	4	393	56	71	7.0	7.6	5
11	Javonte Williams J. Williams	1,272	18	276	4.6	70.7	12	188	43	60	4.4	10.4	3
12	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	1,174	20	264	4.4	58.7	3	345	43	58	8.0	17.3	0
13	Tashard Choice T. Choice	1,139	54	250	4.6	21.1	8	497	64	88	7.8	9.2	0
14	Joseph Randle J. Randle	822	35	181	4.5	23.5	9	170	22	25	7.7	4.9	0
15	Alfred Morris A. Morris	790	28	184	4.3	28.2	3	56	10	15	5.6	2.0	0
16	Tony Romo T. Romo	620	156	238	2.6	4.0	5	10	1	1	10.0	0.1	0
17	Richie Anderson R. Anderson	552	27	127	4.3	20.4	2	700	95	128	7.4	25.9	4
18	Michael Wiley M. Wiley	503	42	80	6.3	12.0	1	315	43	74	7.3	7.5	2
19	Quincy Carter Q. Carter	498	31	140	3.6	16.1	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Eddie George E. George	432	13	132	3.3	33.2	4	83	9	13	9.2	6.4	0
21	Lance Dunbar L. Dunbar	422	54	94	4.5	7.8	1	646	68	88	9.5	12.0	0
22	Malik Davis M. Davis	411	25	90	4.6	16.4	3	79	8	12	9.9	3.2	0
23	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	390	97	59	6.6	4.0	3	7,613	584	854	13.0	78.5	44
24	Rod Smith R. Smith	359	48	99	3.6	7.5	5	272	30	38	9.1	5.7	1
25	KaVontae Turpin K. Turpin	309	67	48	6.4	4.6	1	960	71	111	13.5	14.3	7

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454

Prescott

RUSH

71

Williams

REC

197

Lamb

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OPP PPG

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Eagles	2	0	1.000
Giants	1	1	.500
Cowboys	1	1	.500
Commanders	0	2	.000

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Sun 9/27	BAL	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Robinson

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Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

284

Watson

277

Smith-Njigba

274

London

Pass TD Leaders

6

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6

Love

6

Prescott

Rush TD Leaders

4

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Rec TD Leaders

4

Smith-Njigba

4

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QB Rating Leaders

127.3

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125.9

Dart

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

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3.5

Watt

3.0

Hutchinson

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PPG Rankings

38.5

35.5

32.0

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.5

10.0

12.5

13.5

15.0

Total Yards Rankings

457.5

427.5

424.5

409.0

385.5

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

186.0

173.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

283.0

281.3

Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

64.7

Robinson

49

Henry

48.9

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

52.4

Watson

51.7

Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

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Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	1	0	.500
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Rams	1	1	0	.500
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000