Top 20 Dallas Cowboys Career Rushing Records

[Mavs Man]

I was reading about Julius Jones' rushing stats in another thread and was curious to see where our current backs stood in the Cowboys' record books. I ended up researching most of the RBs in Cowboys history, and hopefully this is a complete record - please let me know if I left anyone out.

Dallas Cowboys Career Rushing Records

ATTEMPTS
1. Emmitt Smith, 4,052
2. Tony Dorsett, 2,755
3. Don Perkins, 1,500
4. Calvin Hill, 1,166
5. Robert Newhouse, 1,160
6. Walt Garrison, 899
7. Julius Jones, 879
8. Herschel Walker, 818
9. Ron Springs, 604
10. Dan Reeves, 535
11. Troy Hambrick, 473
12. Marion Barber III, 470
13. Amos Marsh, 427
14. Roger Staubach, 410
15. Timmy Newhouse, 342
16. Troy Aikman, 327
17. Duane Thomas, 326
18. Preston Pearson, 325
19. Doug Dennison, 306
20. Sherman Williams, 302

YARDS
1. Emmitt Smith, 17,162
2. Tony Dorsett, 12,036
3. Don Perkins, 6,217
4. Calvin Hill, 5,009
5. Robert Newhouse, 4,784
6. Walt Garrison, 3,886
7. Herschel Walker, 3,491
8. Julius Jones, 3,473
9. Roger Staubach, 2,264
10. Ron Springs, 2,180
11. Marion Barber III, 2,171
12. Amos Marsh, 2,065
13. Dan Reeves, 1,990
14. Troy Hambrick, 1,896
15. Duane Thomas, 1,596
16. Timmy Newhouse, 1,226
17. Don Meredith, 1,216
18. Preston Pearson, 1,207
19. Sherman Williams, 1,162
20. Doug Dennison, 1,112
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21. Troy Aikman, 1,016
22. Scott Laidlaw, 997
23. Chris Warren, 948

TOUCHDOWNS
1. Emmitt Smith, 153
2. Tony Dorsett, 72
3. Don Perkins, 42
4. Calvin Hill, 39
5. Robert Newhouse, 31
6. Walt Garrison, 30
7. Marion Barber III, 29
8. Ron Springs, 28
9. Herschel Walker, 27
10. Dan Reeves, 25
11. Roger Staubach, 20
12T. Timmy Newsome, 19
12T. Doug Dennison, 19
14. Julius Jones, 18
15. Duane Thomas, 16
16. Don Meredith, 15
17. Amos Marsh, 14
18T. Troy Aikman, 9
18T. Scott Laidlaw, 9
20T. Troy Hambrick, 8
20T. Chris Warren, 8

[Hostile]

I love this stuff. I had done a top 10 for seasons, but only a top 3 for career marks.

Thanks.

[Mavs Man]

I love this stuff. I had done a top 10 for seasons, but only a top 3 for career marks.

Thanks.

I grew up tracking Emmitt as he chased Cowboys franchise marks and eventually the all-time mark. Since then I've always been fascinated in records, especially franchise records since those are so hard to find outside of the top five (though mostly the current leader is the only one listed).

There could be some players I left out between 10-20, but I'm confident in each of the top 10 marks.

I expect Julius and Marion to both move up a spot in the yardage rankings Sunday. Barber should move into the top three for TDs by 2009 (though he has a really good shot of doing so next year).

[Mavs Man]

UPDATES (2007 final):

Attempts: Julius Jones remains at #7 with 886 attempts; Marion Barber passes Troy Hambrick to move to #11 with 477 attempts.

Yards: Both Jones and Barber remain in their same positions; Jones finishing with 3,481 yards, and Barber with 2,167 yards.

Touchdowns: No change.

[BraveHeartFan]

I really don't think Marion, much as i love him, will ever get near Emmitt's rushing yards record. He may, possibly, catch him in TD's by the time it's over though.

[locked&loaded]

I really don't think Marion, much as i love him, will ever get near Emmitt's rushing yards record. He may, possibly, catch him in TD's by the time it's over though.

dude....

[Juke99]

Great stuff. THank you.

Man, I remember how much I liked Don Perkins.

Duane Thomas behind Troy Hambrick. What a waste of potential

[BraveHeartFan]

dude....


I'm not saying he will. He probably wont, cause Emmitt was a scoring machine for years and years and years.

But if there were anything on that list that he caught him on it would be that.

[Mavs Man]

I'm not saying he will. He probably wont, cause Emmitt was a scoring machine for years and years and years.

But if there were anything on that list that he caught him on it would be that.

I don't know if he'll come anywhere close to 153 rushing touchdowns, but I definitely think he's in reach of passing Tony Dorsett (72 TDs) at #2 with four or five more years at his current production.

[Mavs Man]

Marion Barber III passed Troy Hambrick yesterday for 11th place on the all-time franchise rushing attempts list, Ron Springs for 10th place for rushing yards, and tied Robert Newhouse (and passed Walt Garrison) for 5th place for rushing touchdowns.