cowboys all-time rushing yards leaders

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career 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
4Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
5Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,009
73
1,166
4.3
68.6
39
1,359
139
9.8
18.6
6
6Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,784
168
1,160
4.1
28.5
31
956
120
8.0
5.7
5
7DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4,526
53
934
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
8Marion Barber
M. Barber
4,358
88
1,042
4.2
49.5
47
1,280
174
223
7.4
14.5
6
9Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
3,886
119
899
4.3
32.7
30
1,794
182
9.9
15.1
9
10Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
3,621
79
762
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
11Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,491
81
818
4.3
43.1
27
2,556
232
11.0
31.6
8
12Julius Jones
J. Jones
3,484
53
885
3.9
65.7
18
672
84
112
8.0
12.7
0
13Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,728
64
569
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
14Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,264
131
410
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
15Ron Springs
R. Springs
2,180
88
604
3.6
24.8
28
2,028
222
9.1
23.0
10
16Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
2,065
54
427
4.8
38.2
14
1,011
97
10.4
18.7
4
17Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
2,059
131
449
4.6
15.7
30
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
18Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
1,990
100
535
3.7
19.9
25
1,693
129
13.1
16.9
17
19Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
1,896
51
473
4.0
37.2
8
260
42
60
6.2
5.1
0
20Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
1,596
25
326
4.9
63.8
16
226
23
9.8
9.0
2
21Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
1,464
52
331
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
22Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
1,226
121
342
3.6
10.1
19
1,966
212
9.3
16.2
11
23Don Meredith
D. Meredith
1,216
104
242
5.0
11.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
24Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
1,207
79
325
3.7
15.3
5
2,274
189
12.0
28.8
11
25Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,174
20
264
4.4
58.7
3
345
43
58
8.0
17.3
0
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Team Rankings

PPG

29.2

4th

OPP PPG

30.8

31st

RUSH YDS/G

120.7

13th

PASS YDS/G

268.7

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
Commanders Commanders
3
6
0
.333
Giants Giants
2
7
0
.222
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

3 - 5 - 0

27

Final

17

DAL Cowboys

3 - 5 - 1

Mon 3 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
8
2
0
.800
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM