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Minnesota Vikings Career Passing Leaders

Team Names: Minnesota Vikings

Seasons: 66 (1961 to 2026)

Record (W-L-T): 546-446-11

Playoff Record: 21-32

Super Bowls Won: 0 (4 Appearances)

Championships Won*: 0

All-time Passing Leader: Fran Tarkenton 2,635/4,569, 33,098 yds, 239 TD

All-time Rushing Leader: Adrian Peterson 2,418 att, 11,747 yds, 97 TD

All-time Receiving Leader: Cris Carter 1,004 rec, 12,383 yds, 110 TD

All-time Scoring Leader: Fred Cox 1,365 points

All-time AV Leader: Carl Eller 177 AV

Winningest Coach (including playoffs): Bud Grant 168-108-5

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Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Fran Tarkenton	1961	1978	177	QB	158	91-73-6	2635	4569	57.7	33098	239	5.2	194	4.2	89	7.2	6.4	12.6	187.0	80.1		415	3899	8.3	5.86	5.07	19	19
2	Tommy Kramer	1977	1989	128	QB	84	54-56-0	2011	3648	55.1	24775	159	4.4	157	4.3	76	6.8	5.7	12.3	193.6	72.9		247	1575	6.3	5.96	4.96	15	19
3	Kirk Cousins	2018	2023	88	QB	73	50-37-1	2093	3081	67.9	23265	171	5.6	55	1.8	75	7.6	7.9	11.1	264.4	101.2		198	1360	6.0	6.68	6.97	14	16
4	Daunte Culpepper	1999	2005	81	QB	89	38-42-0	1678	2607	64.4	20162	135	5.2	86	3.3	82	7.7	7.3	12.0	248.9	91.5		228	1214	8.0	6.68	6.27	10	15
5	Wade Wilson	1981	1991	76	QB	38	27-21-0	929	1665	55.8	12135	66	4.0	75	4.5	75	7.3	6.1	13.1	159.7	73.4		151	1069	8.3	6.09	4.96	4	5
6	Brad Johnson	1994	2006	68	QB	34	28-18-0	1036	1670	62.0	11098	65	3.9	48	2.9	82	6.6	6.1	10.7	163.2	82.5		100	670	5.6	5.89	5.41	7	13
7	Warren Moon	1994	1996	39	QB	28	21-18-0	882	1454	60.7	10102	58	4.0	42	2.9	85	6.9	6.4	11.5	259.0	82.8		86	634	5.6	6.15	5.67	5	10
8	Brett Favre	2009	2010	29	QB	21	17-12-0	580	889	65.2	6711	44	4.9	26	2.9	63	7.5	7.2	11.6	231.4	92.2		56	386	5.9	6.69	6.39	3	4
9	Christian Ponder	2011	2014	38	QB	23	14-21-1	632	1057	59.8	6658	38	3.6	36	3.4	72	6.3	5.5	10.5	175.2	75.9		95	501	8.2	5.34	4.60	2	3
10	Rich Gannon	1987	1992	48	QB	26	19-16-0	561	1003	55.9	6457	40	4.0	36	3.6	78	6.4	5.6	11.5	134.5	73.9		81	478	7.5	5.52	4.76	4	5
11	Teddy Bridgewater	2014	2017	30	QB	23	17-11-0	551	851	64.7	6150	28	3.3	22	2.6	87	7.2	6.7	11.2	205.0	86.3		83	556	8.9	5.99	5.53	4	4
12	Randall Cunningham	1997	1999	27	QB	26	16-7-0	427	713	59.9	5680	48	6.7	23	3.2	67	8.0	7.9	13.3	210.4	94.2		42	293	5.6	7.14	7.04	0	1
13	Joe Kapp	1967	1969	40	QB	25	23-12-3	351	699	50.2	4807	37	5.3	47	6.7	85	6.9	4.9	13.7	120.2	62.2		82	676	10.5	5.29	3.53	4	4
14	Sam Darnold	2024	2024	17	QB	14	14-3-0	361	545	66.2	4319	35	6.4	12	2.2	97	7.9	8.2	12.0	254.1	102.5		48	335	8.1	6.72	6.99	3	5
15	Sam Bradford	2016	2017	17	QB	12	9-8-0	427	595	71.8	4259	23	3.9	5	0.8	71	7.2	7.6	10.0	250.5	101.1		42	316	6.6	6.19	6.56	1	1
16	Tarvaris Jackson	2006	2010	36	QB	14	10-10-0	354	603	58.7	3984	24	4.0	22	3.6	71	6.6	5.8	11.3	110.7	76.6		47	247	7.2	5.75	4.96	3	4
17	Steve Dils	1979	1984	47	QB	11	6-9-0	336	623	53.9	3867	15	2.4	18	2.9	68	6.2	5.4	11.5	82.3	68.9		50	360	7.4	5.21	4.45	1	3
18	Gary Cuozzo	1968	1971	33	QB	17	16-5-0	276	556	49.6	3552	18	3.2	23	4.1	72	6.4	5.2	12.9	107.6	63.6		46	344	7.6	5.33	4.21	3	4
19	Case Keenum	2017	2017	15	QB	14	11-3-0	325	481	67.6	3547	22	4.6	7	1.5	65	7.4	7.6	10.9	236.5	98.3		22	136	4.4	6.78	7.03	1	3
20	Gus Frerotte	2003	2008	43	QB	8	10-3-0	216	367	58.9	2847	19	5.2	17	4.6	99	7.8	6.7	13.2	66.2	81.4		34	186	8.5	6.64	5.68	3	3
21	Jeff George	1999	1999	12	QB	11	8-2-0	191	329	58.1	2816	23	7.0	12	3.6	80	8.6	8.3	14.7	234.7	94.2		28	228	7.8	7.25	7.03	2	4
22	Sean Salisbury	1992	1994	22	QB	10	5-4-0	228	404	56.4	2772	14	3.5	9	2.2	55	6.9	6.6	12.2	126.0	80.0		28	199	6.5	5.96	5.67	1	2
23	Matt Cassel	2013	2014	12	QB	7	4-5-0	194	325	59.7	2232	14	4.3	13	4.0	79	6.9	5.9	11.5	186.0	78.1		22	124	6.3	6.07	5.20	2	2
24	Bob Lee	1969	1978	52	QB	13	9-2-0	159	306	52.0	2153	15	4.9	17	5.6	63	7.0	5.5	13.5	41.4	67.9		30	241	8.9	5.69	4.31	0	1
25	Jim McMahon	1993	1993	12	QB	6	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4	58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2		23	104	6.5	5.27	4.76	2	2
26	J.J. McCarthy	2025	2025	10	QB	4	6-4-0	140	243	57.6	1632	11	4.5	12	4.9	62	6.7	5.4	11.7	163.2	72.6		27	149	10.0	5.49	4.31	1	1
27	Nick Mullens	2022	2024	13	QB	5	0-3-0	123	175	70.3	1568	8	4.6	9	5.1	47	9.0	7.6	12.7	120.6	91.8		12	105	6.4	7.82	6.51	0	1
28	Ron Vander Kelen	1963	1967	29	QB	6	1-4-0	107	252	42.5	1375	6	2.4	11	4.4	53	5.5	4.0	12.9	47.4	50.0		25	224	9.0	4.16	2.80
29	Carson Wentz	2025	2025	5	QB	4	2-3-0	110	169	65.1	1216	6	3.6	5	3.0	81	7.2	6.6	11.1	243.2	85.8		19	125	10.1	5.80	5.24	1	1
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
30	Donovan McNabb	2011	2011	6	QB	4	1-5-0	94	156	60.3	1026	4	2.6	2	1.3	60	6.6	6.5	10.9	171.0	82.9		16	113	9.3	5.31	5.25
31	Joshua Dobbs	2023	2023	5	QB	1	2-2-0	95	151	62.9	895	5	3.3	5	3.3	29	5.9	5.1	9.4	179.0	76.4		13	91	7.9	4.90	4.14	1	1
32	Todd Bouman	2001	2002	6	QB	3	1-2-0	54	95	56.8	880	8	8.4	4	4.2	80	9.3	9.1	16.3	146.7	98.6		6	49	5.9	8.23	8.03
33	Joe Webb	2010	2013	33	QB	4	1-1-0	88	152	57.9	853	3	2.0	5	3.3	46	5.6	4.5	9.7	25.8	66.6		11	69	6.7	4.81	3.80	0	1
34	Bob Berry	1965	1975	24	QB	4	1-1-0	63	124	50.8	708	7	5.6	8	6.5	52	5.7	3.9	11.2	29.5	60.1		17	131	12.1	4.09	2.53
35	Tony Adams	1987	1987	3	QB	2	0-3-0	49	89	55.1	607	3	3.4	5	5.6	63	6.8	5.0	12.4	202.3	64.2		18	120	16.8	4.55	3.01
36	Archie Manning	1983	1984	8	QB	2	0-2-0	52	94	55.3	545	2	2.1	3	3.2	56	5.8	4.8	10.5	68.1	66.1		18	153	16.1	3.50	2.65
37	Brooks Bollinger	2006	2007	7	QB	1	0-1-0	46	68	67.6	537	1	1.5	2	2.9	50	7.9	6.9	11.7	76.7	84.0		13	78	16.0	5.67	4.80	1	1
38	George Shaw	1961	1961	8	QB	2	1-3-0	46	91	50.5	530	4	4.4	4	4.4	42	5.8	4.7	11.5	66.3	64.8		13	122	12.5	3.92	2.96
39	Kelly Holcomb	2007	2007	3	QB	2	0-3-0	42	83	50.6	515	2	2.4	1	1.2	40	6.2	6.1	12.3	171.7	73.1		12	87	12.6	4.51	4.45
40	Norm Snead	1971	1971	7	QB	2	2-0-0	37	75	49.3	470	1	1.3	6	8.0	55	6.3	2.9	12.7	67.1	40.4		7	67	8.5	4.91	1.87	0	1
41	Spergon Wynn	2001	2001	3	QB	2	0-2-0	48	98	49.0	418	1	1.0	6	6.1	47	4.3	1.7	8.7	139.3	38.6		10	65	9.3	3.27	0.95
42	Max Brosmer	2025	2025	7	QB	1	1-1-0	47	71	66.2	328	0	0.0	4	5.6	29	4.6	2.1	7.0	46.9	53.0		14	100	16.5	2.68	0.56	0	1
43	Sean Mannion	2019	2021	4	QB	1	0-2-0	34	57	59.6	315	1	1.8	2	3.5	35	5.5	4.3	9.3	78.8	66.0		2	15	3.4	5.08	3.90
44	Shaun Hill	2005	2016	7	QB	1	1-0-0	21	42	50.0	257	0	0.0	0	0.0	33	6.1	6.1	12.2	36.7	69.2		2	18	4.5	5.43	5.43	0	1
45	Josh Freeman	2013	2013	1	QB	1	0-1-0	20	53	37.7	190	0	0.0	1	1.9	22	3.6	2.7	9.5	190.0	40.6		1	14	1.9	3.26	2.43
46	Jaren Hall	2023	2023	3	QB	1	1-1-0	13	20	65.0	168	0	0.0	1	5.0	47	8.4	6.2	12.9	56.0	70.4		4	28	16.7	5.83	3.96
47	Alfred Anderson	1984	1991	108	FB	25		4	9	44.4	112	2	22.2	1	11.1	43	12.4	11.9	28.0	1.0	91.0		2	8	18.2	9.45	9.00
48	Randy Moss	1998	2010	113	WR	101		4	8	50.0	106	2	25.0	1	12.5	37	13.3	12.6	26.5	0.9	95.8		0	0	0.0	13.25	12.63
49	John McCormick	1962	1962	13	QB	1		7	18	38.9	104	0	0.0	5	27.8	53	5.8	-6.7	14.9	8.0	19.0		3	33	14.3	3.38	-7.33
50	Sidney Rice	2007	2010	48	WR	21		2	4	50.0	94	0	0.0	0	0.0	79	23.5	23.5	47.0	2.0	95.8		0	0	0.0	23.50	23.50
51	Justin Jefferson	2020	2025	94	WR	73		5	8	62.5	91	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	11.4	11.4	18.2	1.0	101.6		0	0	0.0	11.38	11.38
52	Bubby Brister	2000	2000	2	QB	0		10	20	50.0	82	0	0.0	1	5.0	20	4.1	1.9	8.2	41.0	40.0		1	6	4.8	3.62	1.48
53	Bill Cappleman	1970	1970	1	QB	0		4	7	57.1	49	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	7.0	7.0	12.3	49.0	78.9		0	0	0.0	7.00	7.00
54	Jay Fiedler	1998	1998	5	QB	0		3	7	42.9	41	0	0.0	1	14.3	19	5.9	-0.6	13.7	8.2	22.6		0	0	0.0	5.86	-0.57
55	Keith Henderson	1992	1992	13	RB	2		1	1	100.0	36	1	100.0	0	0.0	36	36.0	56.0	36.0	2.8	158.3		0	0	0.0	36.00	56.00
56	Cam Akers	2023	2025	21	RB	3		1	1	100.0	32	1	100.0	0	0.0	32	32.0	52.0	32.0	1.5	158.3		1	7	50.0	12.50	22.50
57	Jay Walker	1996	1997	1	QB	0		2	2	100.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	15.5	15.5	15.5	31.0	118.7		0	0	0.0	15.50	15.50
58	Tommy Mason	1961	1966	70	HB	43		1	4	25.0	30	1	25.0	2	50.0	30	7.5	-10.0	30.0	0.4	58.3		0	0	0.0	15.00	2.50
59	Chris Kluwe	2005	2012	127	P	19		1	1	100.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	27.0	27.0	27.0	0.2	118.7		0	0	0.0	27.00	27.00
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
60	Darrin Nelson	1982	1992	129	RB	52		1	1	100.0	25	1	100.0	0	0.0	25	25.0	45.0	25.0	0.2	158.3		0	0	0.0	25.00	45.00
61	D.J. Dozier	1987	1990	37	RB	8		1	1	100.0	19	1	100.0	0	0.0	19	19.0	39.0	19.0	0.5	158.3		0	0	0.0	19.00	39.00
62	Hassan Jones	1986	1992	100	WR	35		1	1	100.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	18.0	18.0	18.0	0.2	118.7		1	0	50.0	9.00	9.00
63	Ryan Longwell	2006	2011	96	K	22		1	1	100.0	16	1	100.0	0	0.0	16	16.0	36.0	16.0	0.2	158.3		0	0	0.0	16.00	36.00
64	Mewelde Moore	2004	2007	54	RB	19		1	3	33.3	15	1	33.3	0	0.0	15	5.0	11.7	15.0	0.3	90.3		0	0	0.0	5.00	11.67
65	Ryan Wright	2022	2025	68	P	10		1	2	50.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	6.5	6.5	13.0	0.2	70.8		0	0	0.0	6.50	6.50
66	Herschel Walker	1989	1991	42	RB	22		1	2	50.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	6.0	6.0	12.0	0.3	68.7		0	0	0.0	6.00	6.00
67	Paul Krause	1968	1979	172	FS	122		1	2	50.0	11	1	50.0	0	0.0	11	5.5	15.5	11.0	0.1	106.2		0	0	0.0	5.50	15.50
68	Phil King	1965	1966	28	HB	5		1	1	100.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.3	104.2		0	0	0.0	9.00	9.00
69	Steve Bono	1985	1986	2	QB	0		2	11	18.2	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.7	0.7	4.0	4.0	39.6		2	13	15.4	-0.38	-0.38
70	Mike Eischeid	1972	1974	42	P	6		1	1	100.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	6.0	6.0	6.0	0.1	91.7		0	0	0.0	6.00	6.00
71	Kellen Mond	2021	2021	1	QB	0		2	3	66.7	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	1.7	1.7	2.5	5.0	70.1		0	0	0.0	1.67	1.67
72	Chester Taylor	2006	2009	61	RB	29		1	2	50.0	4	1	50.0	0	0.0	4	2.0	12.0	4.0	0.1	95.8		0	0	0.0	2.00	12.00
73	Bill Brown	1962	1974	180	FB	87		1	2	50.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	56.2		0	0	0.0	1.50	1.50
74	Larry Miller	1987	1987	2	QB	0		1	6	16.7	2	0	0.0	1	16.7	2	0.3	-7.2	2.0	1.0	0.0		1	10	14.3	-1.14	-7.57
75	Jerry Reichow	1961	1964	54	E	23		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0		0	0
76	Mitch Berger	1996	2001	90	P	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0		0	0	0.0	0.00	-22.50
77	Ted Brown	1979	1986	104	FB	58		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0		0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
78	Jamie Caleb	1961	1961	10	HB	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
79	Anthony Carter	1985	1993	133	WR	74		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
80	Greg Coleman	1978	1987	138	P	23		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
81	Stefon Diggs	2015	2019	70	WR	45		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
82	Bob Grim	1967	1977	79	WR	18		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
83	Jim Lash	1973	1976	42	WR	17		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
84	Terry LeCount	1979	1987	67	WR	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		1	9	50.0	-4.50	-4.50
85	Hugh McElhenny	1961	1962	24	RH	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
86	Jerick McKinnon	2014	2017	58	RB	22		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
87	Harry Newsome	1990	1993	64	P	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
88	Ryan Quigley	2017	2017	16	P	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
89	Allen Rice	1984	1990	89	RB	17		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		1	10	50.0	-5.00	-5.00
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
90	Mike Saxon	1994	1995	32	P	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
91	Joe Senser	1980	1984	49	TE	17		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
92	Chris Walsh	1994	2002	134	WR	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
93	Fred Cox	1963	1977	210	K	62		1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.0	79.2		0	0	0.0	-1.00	-1.00

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