most receptions by a player for the minnesota vikings in a game

Rickey Young has the most catches for the Vikings in a game, with 15 catches versus the Patriots on December 16, 1979.

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most receptions by a player for the minnesota vikings in a regular-season game

	NAME	REC	DATE	TM		OPP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Rickey Young R. Young	15	12/16/1979	MIN	@	NE		116	7.7	1	80	16	5.0	0
2	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	14	9/23/2018	MIN	vs	BUF	19	105	7.5	0	0	0		0
3	Cris Carter C. Carter	14	10/2/1994	MIN	@	ARI		167	11.9	0	0	0		0
4	T.J. Hockenson	13	12/24/2022	MIN	vs	NYG	16	109	8.4	2	0	0		0
5	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	13	11/18/2018	MIN	@	CHI	18	126	9.7	1	0	0		0
6	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	13	11/13/2016	MIN	@	WAS	15	164	12.6	0	0	0		0
7	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	13	11/6/2016	MIN	vs	DET	14	80	6.2	0	12	1	12.0	0
8	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	12	1/7/2024	MIN	@	DET	14	192	16.0	1	-12	1	-12.0	0
9	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	12	12/24/2022	MIN	vs	NYG	16	133	11.1	1	0	0		0
10	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	12	12/17/2022	MIN	vs	IND	16	123	10.3	1	0	0		0
11	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	12	10/9/2022	MIN	vs	CHI	13	154	12.8	0	0	0		0
12	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	12	9/16/2018	MIN	@	GB	13	131	10.9	1	0	0		0
13	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	12	12/24/2016	MIN	@	GB	15	202	16.8	2	4	1	4.0	0
14	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	12	9/16/2012	MIN	@	IND	13	104	8.7	0	13	2	6.5	0
15	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	12	10/10/2004	MIN	@	HOU	14	90	7.5	0	92	20	4.6	0
16	Randy Moss R. Moss	12	11/14/1999	MIN	@	CHI	21	204	17.0	0	0	0		0
17	Jake Reed J. Reed	12	9/7/1997	MIN	@	CHI		118	9.8	1	0	0		0
18	Cris Carter C. Carter	12	12/18/1995	MIN	@	SF		88	7.3	2	0	1	0.0	0
19	Cris Carter C. Carter	12	11/19/1995	MIN	vs	NO		137	11.4	2	0	0		0
20	Cris Carter C. Carter	12	11/12/1995	MIN	@	ARI		157	13.1	2	0	0		0
21	Cris Carter C. Carter	12	10/8/1995	MIN	vs	HOU		115	9.6	2	0	0		0
22	Cris Carter C. Carter	12	11/6/1994	MIN	vs	NO		151	12.6	0	0	0		0
23	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	12	10/20/1985	MIN	vs	SD		67	5.6	0	41	13	3.2	0
24	Ted Brown T. Brown	12	9/5/1981	MIN	@	TB		77	6.4	0	79	20	4.0	0
25	Rickey Young R. Young	12	9/3/1978	MIN	@	NO		134	11.2	2	31	10	3.1	0

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