Minnesota Vikings statistics

This page details statistics about the Minnesota Vikings American football team.

Season records

Year	Record				Coach	Leaders			Off Ranks		Def Ranks		Out of
	W	L	T	Pct		Pass	Rush	Receive	Points	Yards	Points	Yards
1961	3	11	0	.214	Van Brocklin	Tarkenton	McElhenny	Reichow	9	12	14	14	14
1962	2	11	1	.154	Van Brocklin	Tarkenton	Mason	Mason	13	12	14	12	14
1963	5	8	1	.385	Van Brocklin	Tarkenton	Mason	Flatley	8	11	12	9	14
1964	8	5	1	.615	Van Brocklin	Tarkenton	Brown	Brown	4	6	6	10	14
1965	7	6	0	.538	Van Brocklin	Tarkenton	Brown	Flatley	4	4	14	7	14
1966	4	9	1	.308	Van Brocklin	Tarkenton	Brown	Flatley	9	4	8	5	15
1967	3	8	3	.273	Grant	Kapp	Osborn	Washington	14	14	7	6	16
1968	8	6	0	.571	Grant	Kapp	Brown	Washington	8	14	6	5	16
1969	12	2	0	.857	Grant	Kapp	Osborn	Washington	1	10	1	1	16
1970	12	2	0	.857	Grant	Cuozzo	Osborn	Washington	3	19	1	1	26
1971	11	3	0	.786	Grant	Cuozzo	Jones	Grim	18	23	1	2	26
1972	7	7	0	.500	Grant	Tarkenton	Reed	Gilliam	12	12	12	3	26
1973	12	2	0	.857	Grant	Tarkenton	Foreman	Gilliam	9	7	2	11	26
1974	10	4	0	.714	Grant	Tarkenton	Foreman	Lash	5	5	3	10	26
1975	12	2	0	.857	Grant	Tarkenton	Foreman	Gilliam	3	4	3	1	26
1976	11	2	1	.846	Grant	Tarkenton	Foreman	White	9	6	2	4	28
1977	9	5	0	.643	Grant	Tarkenton	Foreman	White	16	11	13	8	28
1978	8	7	1	.533	Grant	Tarkenton	Foreman	Rashad	12	15	20	13	28
1979	7	9	0	.438	Grant	Kramer	Young	Rashad	24	20	18	17	28
1980	9	7	0	.563	Grant	Kramer	Brown	Rashad	15	11	11	26	28
1981	7	9	0	.438	Grant	Kramer	Brown	Senser	13	6	21	17	28
1982	5	4	0	.556	Grant	Kramer	Brown	White	13	15	20	18	28
1983	8	8	0	.500	Grant	Dils	Nelson	Nelson	18	22	17	19	28
1984	3	13	0	.188	Steckel	Kramer	Anderson	Lewis	24	25	28	28	28
1985	7	9	0	.438	Grant	Kramer	Nelson	A. Carter	14	19	17	16	28
1986	9	7	0	.563	Burns	Kramer	Nelson	Jordan	4	5	5	9	28
1987	8	7	0	.533	Burns	Wilson	Nelson	A. Carter	13	15	16	12	28
1988	11	5	0	.687	Burns	Wilson	Nelson	A. Carter	4	5	2	1	28
1989	10	6	0	.625	Burns	Wilson	Walker	A. Carter	11	13	6	2	28
1990	6	10	0	.375	Burns	Gannon	Walker	A. Carter	9	10	16	13	28
1991	8	8	0	.500	Burns	Gannon	Walker	C. Carter	13	14	16	14	28
1992	11	5	0	.687	Green	Gannon	Allen	C. Carter	4	10	7	9	28
1993	9	7	0	.563	Green	McMahon	Graham	C. Carter	20	19	12	1	28
1994	10	6	0	.625	Green	Moon	Allen	C. Carter	7	3	13	5	28
1995	8	8	0	.500	Green	Moon	Smith	C. Carter	4	4	27	21	30
1996	9	7	0	.563	Green	Johnson	Smith	Reed	23	12	15	16	30
1997	9	7	0	.563	Green	Johnson	Smith	Reed	11	8	20	29	30
1998	15	1	0	.938	Green	Cunningham	Smith	Moss	1	2	6	15	30
1999	10	6	0	.625	Green	George	Smith	Moss	5	3	18	27	31
2000	11	5	0	.687	Green	Culpepper	Smith	Moss	5	5	24	29	31
2001	5	11	0	.313	Green, Tice	Culpepper	Bennett	Moss	24	12	26	28	31
2002	6	10	0	.375	Tice	Culpepper	Bennett	Moss	9	1	30	26	32
2003	9	7	0	.563	Tice	Culpepper	Williams	Moss	6	1	23	25	32
2004	8	8	0	.500	Tice	Culpepper	Smith	Burleson	6	3	26	28	32
2005	9	7	0	.563	Tice	Johnson	Moore	Taylor	19	25	19	21	32
2006	6	10	0	.375	Childress	Johnson	Taylor	Taylor	26	21	14	8	32
2007	8	8	0	.500	Childress	Jackson	Peterson	Wade	15	13	12	20	32
2008	10	6	0	.625	Childress	Frerotte	Peterson	Berrian	12	17	13	6	32
2009	12	4	0	.750	Childress	Favre	Peterson	Rice	5	2	6	10	32
2010	6	10	0	.375	Childress, Frazier	Favre	Peterson	Harvin	29	23	18	8	32

All-time series

Updated through the 2009 season.

Team	Overall				Home				Road				PF	PA
	W	L	T		W	L	T		W	L	T
Arizona	10	10	0		4	4	0		6	6	0		458	464
Atlanta	14	9	0		8	3	0		6	6	0		557	387
Baltimore	2	2	0		1	0	0		1	2	0		97	107
Buffalo	7	4	0		3	1	0		4	3	0		260	191
Carolina	5	3	0		5	2	0		0	2	0		129	165
Chicago	50	43	2		30	18	0		20	25	2		1,931	1,726
Cincinnati	6	5	0		5	0	0		1	5	0		239	194
Cleveland	10	3	0		6	1	0		4	2	0		350	193
Dallas	10	9	0		4	7	0		6	2	0		574	563
Denver	7	4	0		4	2	0		3	2	0		234	236
Detroit	64	29	2		34	12	1		30	17	1		1,995	1,672
Green Bay	47	47	1		25	22	0		22	25	1		1,784	1,838
Houston	2	0	0		1	0	0		1	0	0		34	28
Indianapolis	7	14	1		7	5	1		0	9	0		123	168
Jacksonville	3	1	0		2	1	0		1	0	0		80	59
Kansas City	4	4	0		3	2	0		1	2	0		198	141
Miami	4	5	0		3	2	0		1	3	0		174	203
New England	4	6	0		2	2	0		2	4	0		219	202
New Orleans	18	7	0		11	2	0		7	5	0		679	419
NY Giants	12	8	0		6	4	0		6	4	0		491	391
NY Jets	1	7	0		1	3	0		0	4	0		122	197
Oakland	3	8	0		2	3	0		1	5	0		214	304
Philadelphia	11	8	0		6	2	0		5	6	0		430	450
Pittsburgh	8	7	0		4	2	0		4	5	0		331	250
Saint Louis	18	14	2		10	3	2		8	11	0		818	859
San Diego	4	5	0		3	3	0		1	2	0		196	245
San Francisco	19	18	1		13	8	0		6	10	1		926	983
Seattle	5	6	0		3	2	0		2	4	0		277	265
Tampa Bay	31	19	0		18	7	0		13	12	0		1,080	891
Tennessee	7	3	0		6	1	0		1	2	0		273	151
Washington	6	7	0		2	4	0		4	3	0		406	365
Totals	377	308	9		218	126	4		159	182	5		15,199	14,006

Career rushing yardage leaders

• All career statistics updated through week 15 of 2011 season.

Rank	Player	Total yards
1	Robert Smith	6,818
2	Adrian Peterson	6,714
3	Chuck Foreman	5,887
4	Bill Brown	5,757
5	Ted Brown	4,546
6	Dave Osborn	4,320
7	Darrin Nelson	4,231
8	Tommy Mason	3,252
9	Michael Bennett	3,174
10	Chester Taylor	2,797

Career Rushing TD Leaders

Rank	Player	Touchdowns
1.	Adrian Peterson	63
2.	Chuck Foreman	52
2.	Bill Brown	52
4.	Ted Brown	40
5.	Robert Smith	32
6.	Daunte Culpepper	29
6.	Dave Osborn	29
8.	Tommy Mason	28
9.	Leroy Hoard	26
10.	Terry Allen	23

Career Passing Yardage Leaders

Rank	Player	Total Yards
1.	Fran Tarkenton	33098
2.	Tommy Kramer	24775
3.	Daunte Culpepper	20162
4.	Wade Wilson	12135
5.	Brad Johnson	11098
6.	Warren Moon	10102
7.	Brett Favre	6711
8.	Rich Gannon	6457
9.	Randall Cunningham	5680
10.	Joe Kapp	4807

Career Passing TD Leaders

Rank	Player	TD Passes
1.	Fran Tarkenton	239
2.	Tommy Kramer	159
3.	Daunte Culpepper	139
4.	Wade Wilson	66
5.	Brad Johnson	65
6.	Warren Moon	58
7.	Randall Cunningham	48
8.	Brett Favre	44
9.	Rich Gannon	40
10.	Joe Kapp	37

Career Receiving Yardage Leaders

Rank	Player	Total Yards
1.	Cris Carter	12383
2.	Randy Moss	9316
3.	Anthony Carter	7636
4.	Jake Reed	6433
5.	Sammy White	6400
6.	Steve Jordan	6307
7.	Ahmad Rashad	5489
8.	Hassan Jones	3733
9.	John Gilliam	3297
10.	Paul Flatley	3222

Career Receiving TD Leaders

Rank	Player	Touchdowns
1.	Cris Carter	110
2.	Randy Moss	92
3.	Anthony Carter	52
4.	Sammy White	50
5.	Ahmad Rashad	34
6.	Jake Reed	33
7.	Steve Jordan	28
8.	John Gilliam	27
9.	Hassan Jones	24
9.	Visanthe Shiancoe	24
10.	Gene Washington	23
10.	Bill Brown	23
10.	Chuck Foreman	23

Career Wins by Starting QBs

Rank	Player	Wins
1.	Fran Tarkenton	92
2.	Tommy Kramer	54
3.	Daunte Culpepper	38
4.	Wade Wilson	27
5.	Joe Kapp	23
5.	Brad Johnson	23

Fastest Vikings QB to 20 wins

Rank	Player	Games
1	Brad Johnson	28 (20-8)
2.	Wade Wilson	32 (20-12)

Career Sack Leaders

Rank	Player	Sacks
1	Carl Eller	130
2.	Jim Marshall	127
3.	John Randle	114
4.	Alan Page	108.5
5.	Chris Doleman	96.5