Dallas Cowboys Yards per Attempt 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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Tony Romo holds the Cowboys career record with 7.88 yards per attempt. The single-season record is 8.92, by Roger Staubach in 1971.

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 14 pass attempts per team game with the club, a career 1,500+ pass attempts with the club.

All-time Cowboys leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Tony Romo	2005–2016	7.88	132
2	Roger Staubach	1969–1979	7.67	131
3	Dak Prescott	2016–2026	7.52	145
4	Don Meredith	1960–1968	7.45	104
5	Danny White	1976–1988	7.44	166
6	Troy Aikman	1989–2000	6.99	165

Single-season Cowboys records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Roger Staubach	1971	8.92	13
2	Craig Morton	1970	8.79	12
3	Craig Morton	1969	8.67	13
4	Tony Romo	2006	8.61	13
5	Tony Romo	2014	8.52	15
6	Roger Staubach	1973	8.49	14
7	Danny White	1982	8.42	9
8	Dak Prescott	2019	8.22	16
9	Don Meredith	1966	8.15	13
10	Tony Romo	2009	8.15	16
11	Tony Romo	2007	8.10	16
12	Don Meredith	1968	8.09	13
13	Tony Romo	2011	8.02	16
14	Dak Prescott	2016	7.99	16
15	Danny White	1981	7.92	16
16	Don Meredith	1962	7.92	13
17	Don Meredith	1965	7.92	14
18	Troy Aikman	1993	7.91	14
19	Roger Staubach	1979	7.78	16
20	Roger Staubach	1978	7.72	15
21	Eddie LeBaron	1960	7.72	11
22	Don Meredith	1963	7.68	14
23	Roger Staubach	1975	7.66	13
24	Dak Prescott	2023	7.65	17
25	Troy Aikman	1995	7.65	16