Otto Greule Jr/Getty ImagesDeMarco Murray (29) is on pace for a record-breaking seasonDeMarco Murray leads a 5-1 Dallas Cowboys team that ranks first in the NFL with 160 rushing yards per game.
Here are the top 10 stats to know about Murray’s incredible start.
1. Murray has six straight 100-yard rushing games to begin the season, tying Jim Brown in 1958 for the longest streak of its kind in NFL history.
2. Murray leads the NFL in rushing by 243 yards over Le'Veon Bell through Week 6. That's the largest rushing lead through Week 6 since 1998 when Terrell Davis led Natrone Means by 269 yards.
3. Murray's 785 rush yards are the 6th-most by any running back in his team's first six games since the merger, and most by any Cowboys player.
4. Only O.J. Simpson (171 in 1975), Eddie George (165 in 2000) and Ricky Williams (161 in 2003) had more rush attempts through six games than Murray’s 159.
5. Murray is averaging 26.5 rushes per game, over 10 more than his previous career-high (16.1 in 2012).
6. Twenty-eight NFL teams have fewer rushes of at least 10 yards than Murray’s 23
7. Twenty-seven NFL teams have fewer rushing first downs than Murray’s 41.
8. Four teams have rushed for fewer total yards this season than Murray’s 474 rush yards before contact.
9. No player has more total rush yards than Murray has on first down alone (594).
10. The Cowboys are 16-1 when Murray has at least 20 rushes in a game during his career.
