History: Single-Season Records

Single-season records for the Minnesota Vikings.

Vikings Team Records (Season)

Career | Game | Rookies
Longest | Miscellaneous NFL Records
1998's Record-Breaking Year
2001 Records

Items in bold are NFL records.

Individual Season Records

• Blocked Kicks, 2 times by Alan Page: 1976 and by Matt Blair: 1979, 5
• Combined Kickoff/Punt Return - Attempts, Kevin Miller: 1978, 88
• Combined Kickoff/Punt Return - Touchdowns, Many Times: Last time by Robert Tate: 1999 (1k), Randy Moss: 1999 (1p) and Moe Williams: 199 (1k), 1
• Combined Kickoff/Punt Return - Yards Gained, Robert Smith: 2000, 1,869
• Combined Rushing/Receiving - Attempts Total, Ted Brown: 1981, 357
• Combined Rushing/Receiving - Yards Total, Chuck Foreman: 1975, 1,761
• Combined Total Net - Attempts (rushing, Receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, fumble returns), Ted Brown: 1981, 357
• Combined Total Net - Yards (rushing, Receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, fumble returns), Herschel Walker: 1990, 2,051
• Fumbles Opponent's Recovered - Total, Don Hultz: 1963, 9
• Fumbles Opponent's Returned for a TD, Dwayne Rudd: 1998, 2
• Interceptions By - Total, Paul Krause: 1975, 10
• Interceptions By - Touchdowns (returned for), Jimmy Hitchcock: 1998, 3
• Interceptions By - Yards, Jimmy Hitchcock: 1998, 242
• Kicking - Field Goals Most Attempted, Fred Cox: 1970, 46
• Kicking - Field Goals Most Made, Gary Anderson: 1998, 35
• Kicking - Field Goals Most Made 50 or More Yards, 2 times. Last time by Fuad Reveiz: 1992, 3
• Kicking - Field Goals Percentage (qualifiers), Gary Anderson: 1998, 100.0
• Kicking - PAT Most Attempted, Gary Anderson: 1998, 59
• Kicking - PAT Most Made, Gary Anderson: 1998, 59
• Kicking - PAT/FG Most Points Made, Gary Anderson: 1998, 164
• Kicking - KO Most Touchbacks on kickoff (from 30 yard line), Mitch Berger: 1998, 40
• Kickoff Return - Attempts, Eddie Payton: 1980 and Buster Rymes: 1985, 53
• Kickoff Return - Avg. Gain (qualifiers), John Gilliam: 1972, 26.3
• Kickoff Return - Touchdowns, 9 Times: Last by Robert Tate: 1999 and Moe Williams: 1999, 1
• Kickoff Return - Yards Gained, Buster Rhymes: 1985, 1,345
• Passing - Attempts (qualifiers), Warren Moon: 1995, 606
• Passing - Avg. Gain (qualifiers), Randall Cunningham: 1998, 8.72
• Passing - Completions, Warren Moon: 1995, 377
• Passing - Completion Percentage (qualifiers), Daunte Culpepper 2003: 65.0
• Passing - Had Intercepted, Fran Tarkenton: 1978, 32
• Passing - Had Intercepted Lowest Precentage (qualifiers), Rich Gannon: 1991, 1.7
• Passing - Highest Rating (qualifiers), Randall Cunningham: 1998, 106.0
• Passing - Times Sacked, Daunte Culpepper: 2002, 47
• Passing - Touchdowns, Randall Cunningham: 1998, 34
• Passing - Most Games, Touchdowns 4 or more, Randall Cunningham: 1998, 4
• Passing - Yards, 300-yard Games, Warren Moon: 1994, 6
• Passing - Yards, Warren Moon: 1994, 4,264
• Points - Gary Anderson: 1998, 164
• Punt Return - Attempts, Leo Lewis: 1988, 58
• Punt Return - Avg. Gain (qualifyers), David Palmer: 1995, 13.2
• Punt Return - Fair Catches, Leo Lewis: 1987, 27
• Punt Return - Touchdowns, 7 times: Last time by Randy Moss: 1999, 1
• Punt Return - Yards Gained, Leo Lewis: 1988, 550
• Punting - Attempts, Greg Coleman: 1983, 91
• Punting - Avg. Yards (qualifiers), Bobby Walden: 1964, 46.4
• Punting - Avg. Yards Net, Bobby Walden: 1964, 41.8
• Punting - Had Blocked, 5 times: Last time by Mitch Berger: 1996, 2
• Punting - Inside 20, 2 times: Last time by Mike Saxon: 1994, 28
• Receiving - 100+ Yard Games, 3 times: Last time by Randy Moss: 1998, 8
• Receiving - Avg. Gain (200 receptions), Anthony Carter: 1987, 24.3
• Receiving - Receptions 2 times by Cris Carter: 1994 and 1995, 122
• Receiving - Touchdowns, 3 times: Last time by Randy Moss: 2003, 17
• Receiving - Most Touchdowns by a tandem, Cris Carter - Randy Moss: 1998, 29 (Randy Moss 17, Cris Carter 12) NFL Tie
• Receiving - Yards, Randy Moss: 2003, 1,632
• Rushing - 100-yard Games, Robert Smith: 2000, 8
• Rushing - Attempts, Robert Smith: 2000, 295
• Rushing - Avg. Gain (qualifers), Daunte Culpepper: 2002, 5.7
• Rushing - Touchdowns, 3 times by Chuck Foreman (twice): 1975 and 1976 and by Terry Allen: 1992, 13
• Rushing - Yards, Robert Smith: 2000, 1,521
• Sacks, Chris Doleman: 1989, 21
• Safties, Alan Page: 1971, 2 (tied)
• Tackles - Assists, Scott Studwell: 1985, 97
• Tackles - Combined, Scott Studwell: 1981, 230
• Tackles - Solo, Jeff Siemon: 1978, 170
• Touchdowns - Chuck Foreman: 1975, 22

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