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Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards by a rookie for the Vikings, with 1,341 yards in 2007.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,341	2007	MIN	14	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1
2	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	801	1973	MIN	12	182	4.4	66.8	4	362	37		9.8	30.2	2
3	Alfred Anderson A. Anderson	773	1984	MIN	16	201	3.8	48.3	2	102	17		6.0	6.4	1
4	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	682	2001	MIN	13	172	4.0	52.5	2	226	29	38	7.8	17.4	1
5	Onterrio Smith O. Smith	579	2003	MIN	15	107	5.4	38.6	5	129	15	20	8.6	8.6	0
6	Terry Allen T. Allen	563	1991	MIN	15	120	4.7	37.5	2	49	6		8.2	3.3	1
7	Ted Brown T. Brown	551	1979	MIN	14	130	4.2	39.4	1	197	31		6.4	14.1	0
8	Jerick McKinnon J. McKinnon	538	2014	MIN	11	113	4.8	48.9	0	135	27	41	5.0	12.3	0
9	Alexander Mattison A. Mattison	462	2019	MIN	13	100	4.6	35.5	1	82	10	12	8.2	6.3	0
10	Robert Smith R. Smith	399	1993	MIN	10	82	4.9	39.9	2	111	24		4.6	11.1	0
11	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	379	2004	MIN	10	65	5.8	37.9	0	238	27	32	8.8	23.8	0
12	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	354	2017	MIN	4	74	4.8	88.5	2	90	11	16	8.2	22.5	0
13	Toby Gerhart T. Gerhart	322	2010	MIN	15	81	4.0	21.5	1	167	21	29	8.0	11.1	0
14	Ray Hayes R. Hayes	319	1961	MIN	13	73	4.4	24.5	2	121	16		7.6	9.3	0
15	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	308	1961	MIN	14	56	5.5	22.0	5	0	0			0.0	0
16	D.J. Dozier	257	1987	MIN	9	69	3.7	28.6	5	89	12		7.4	9.9	2
17	Tommy Mason T. Mason	226	1961	MIN	13	60	3.8	17.4	3	122	20		6.1	9.4	0
18	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	223	1972	MIN	10	66	3.4	22.3	0	218	28		7.8	21.8	1
19	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	219	2011	MIN	11	28	7.8	19.9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	209	2014	MIN	13	47	4.4	16.1	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Doug Chapman D. Chapman	195	2001	MIN	16	63	3.1	12.2	0	135	16	18	8.4	8.4	1
22	J.J. McCarthy	181	2025	MIN	10	37	4.9	18.1	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Rick Fenney R. Fenney	174	1987	MIN	11	42	4.1	15.8	2	27	7		3.9	2.5	0
24	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	167	1967	MIN	13	27	6.2	12.8	2	0	0			0.0	0
25	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	158	2013	MIN	16	12	13.2	9.9	3	469	45	77	10.4	29.3	4

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276

Wentz

RUSH

203

Jones

REC

179

Jefferson

Team Rankings

PPG

23.7

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	3	0	1.000
Bears	2	1	.667
Lions	2	1	.667
Packers	1	2	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	MIA	@	MIN	4:05 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM

Last Game

Vikings

3 - 0

Final

Buccaneers

0 - 3

Sun 27 Sep 2026

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Young

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Rush Yards Leaders

360

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Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

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Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

4

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QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

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Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Watt

4.0

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NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

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Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

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Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000