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Dallas Cowboys Yards from Scrimmage Leaders

Career totals with the Cowboys and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Emmitt Smith holds the Cowboys career record with 20,174 yards from scrimmage. The single-season record is 2,261, by DeMarco Murray in 2014.

YDS REC TD Y/R Y/G TGT CTH% 1D YScm

All-time Cowboys leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club YScm G
1 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1990–2002 20,174 201
2 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1977–1987 15,468 157
3 Jason Witten Jason Witten 2003–2019 12,977 251
4 Michael Irvin Michael Irvin 1988–1999 11,910 159
5 Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 2016–2024 10,893 118
6 CeeDee Lamb CeeDee Lamb 2020–2026 8,377 100
7 Tony Hill Tony Hill 1977–1986 8,072 141
8 Drew Pearson Drew Pearson 1973–1983 8,011 156
9 Don Perkins Don Perkins 1961–1968 7,527 107
10 Dez Bryant Dez Bryant 2010–2017 7,445 113
11 Bob Hayes Bob Hayes 1965–1974 7,365 128
12 Calvin Hill Calvin Hill 1969–1974 6,368 73
13 Herschel Walker Herschel Walker 1986–1997 6,047 81
14 Robert Newhouse Robert Newhouse 1972–1983 5,740 168
15 DeMarco Murray DeMarco Murray 2011–2014 5,726 53
16 Walt Garrison Walt Garrison 1966–1974 5,680 119
17 Marion Barber Marion Barber 2005–2010 5,636 88
18 Frank Clarke Frank Clarke 1960–1967 5,445 104
19 Tony Pollard Tony Pollard 2019–2023 4,940 78
20 Miles Austin Miles Austin 2006–2013 4,575 104
21 Ron Springs 1979–1984 4,208 88
22 Julius Jones Julius Jones 2004–2007 4,152 53
23 Amari Cooper Amari Cooper 2018–2021 3,924 56
24 Felix Jones Felix Jones 2008–2012 3,790 64
25 Doug Cosbie 1979–1988 3,763 144

Single-season Cowboys records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season YScm G
1 DeMarco Murray DeMarco Murray 2014 2,261 16
2 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1995 2,148 16
3 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1992 2,048 16
4 Herschel Walker Herschel Walker 1988 2,019 16
5 Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 2018 2,001 15
6 Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 2016 1,994 15
7 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1981 1,971 16
8 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1993 1,900 14
9 CeeDee Lamb CeeDee Lamb 2023 1,862 17
10 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1994 1,825 15
11 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1991 1,821 16
12 Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 2019 1,777 16
13 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1985 1,756 16
14 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1978 1,703 16
15 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1984 1,648 16
16 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1983 1,608 16
17 Herschel Walker Herschel Walker 1987 1,606 12
18 Michael Irvin Michael Irvin 1995 1,603 16
19 Herschel Walker Herschel Walker 1986 1,574 16
20 Michael Irvin Michael Irvin 1991 1,523 16
21 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1999 1,516 15
22 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1998 1,507 16
23 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1979 1,482 14
24 DeMarco Murray DeMarco Murray 2013 1,471 14
25 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1996 1,453 15