dallas cowboys all-time rush leader

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries for the Cowboys, with 4,052 rush attempts.

NAME ATT GP RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,052
201
17,162
4.2
85.4
153
3,012
486
91
6.2
15.0
11
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,755
157
12,036
4.4
76.7
72
3,432
382
9.0
21.9
13
3 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,955
118
8,488
4.3
71.9
71
2,405
317
418
7.6
20.4
12
4 Don Perkins
D. Perkins
1,500
107
6,217
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
5 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1,166
73
5,009
4.3
68.6
39
1,359
139
9.8
18.6
6
6 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
1,160
168
4,784
4.1
28.5
31
956
120
8.0
5.7
5
7 Marion Barber
M. Barber
1,042
88
4,358
4.2
49.5
47
1,280
174
223
7.4
14.5
6
8 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
934
53
4,526
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
9 Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
899
119
3,886
4.3
32.7
30
1,794
182
9.9
15.1
9
10 Julius Jones
J. Jones
885
53
3,484
3.9
65.7
18
672
84
112
8.0
12.7
0
11 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
818
81
3,491
4.3
43.1
27
2,556
232
11.0
31.6
8
12 Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
762
79
3,621
4.8
45.8
23
1,319
176
228
7.5
16.7
5
13 Ron Springs
R. Springs
604
88
2,180
3.6
24.8
28
2,028
222
9.1
23.0
10
14 Felix Jones
F. Jones
569
64
2,728
4.8
42.6
11
1,062
127
156
8.4
16.6
3
15 Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
535
100
1,990
3.7
19.9
25
1,693
129
13.1
16.9
17
16 Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
473
51
1,896
4.0
37.2
8
260
42
60
6.2
5.1
0
17 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
434
128
1,987
4.6
15.5
30
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
18 Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
427
54
2,065
4.8
38.2
14
1,011
97
10.4
18.7
4
19 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
410
131
2,264
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
20 Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
342
121
1,226
3.6
10.1
19
1,966
212
9.3
16.2
11
21 Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
331
52
1,464
4.4
28.2
4
393
56
71
7.0
7.6
5
22 Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
327
165
1,016
3.1
6.2
9
-19
2
0
-9.5
-0.1
0
23 Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
326
25
1,596
4.9
63.8
16
226
23
9.8
9.0
2
24 Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
325
79
1,207
3.7
15.3
5
2,274
189
12.0
28.8
11
25 Doug Dennison
D. Dennison
306
52
1,112
3.6
21.4
19
110
14
7.9
2.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

29.7

4th

OPP PPG

30.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

117.2

15th

PASS YDS/G

276.3

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
3
1
.417
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

27

DAL Cowboys

2 - 3 - 1

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM