vikings reception leaders by season 1980 to 2025

From 1980 through 2025, Justin Jefferson had the most receptions for the Vikings in a season, with 128 catches in 2022.

Regular season

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	128	2022	MIN	17	184	1,809	14.1	106.4	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
2	Cris Carter C. Carter	122	1995	MIN	16		1,371	11.2	85.7	17	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
3	Cris Carter C. Carter	122	1994	MIN	16		1,256	10.3	78.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
4	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	113	2018	MIN	16	153	1,373	12.2	85.8	9	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
5	Randy Moss R. Moss	111	2003	MIN	16	172	1,632	14.7	102.0	17	18	6	3.0	1.1	0
6	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	108	2021	MIN	17	167	1,616	15.0	95.1	10	14	6	2.3	0.8	0
7	Randy Moss R. Moss	106	2002	MIN	16	184	1,347	12.7	84.2	7	51	6	8.5	3.2	0
8	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	103	2024	MIN	17	154	1,533	14.9	90.2	10	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
9	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	102	2018	MIN	15	149	1,021	10.0	68.1	9	62	10	6.2	4.1	0
10	Cris Carter C. Carter	96	2000	MIN	16	159	1,274	13.3	79.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
11	Cris Carter C. Carter	96	1996	MIN	16		1,163	12.1	72.7	10	0	0		0.0	0
12	T.J. Hockenson	95	2023	MIN	15	127	960	10.1	64.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
13	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	91	2017	MIN	16	142	1,276	14.0	79.8	4	11	1	11.0	0.7	0
14	Cris Carter C. Carter	90	1999	MIN	16	136	1,241	13.8	77.6	13	0	0		0.0	0
15	Cris Carter C. Carter	89	1997	MIN	16		1,069	12.0	66.8	13	0	0		0.0	0
16	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	88	2020	MIN	16	125	1,400	15.9	87.5	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
17	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	87	2011	MIN	16	122	967	11.1	60.4	6	345	52	6.6	21.6	2
18	Cris Carter C. Carter	86	1993	MIN	16		1,071	12.5	66.9	9	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jake Reed J. Reed	85	1994	MIN	16		1,175	13.8	73.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	84	2025	MIN	17	141	1,048	12.5	61.6	2	7	2	3.5	0.4	0
21	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	84	2016	MIN	13	112	903	10.8	69.5	3	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
22	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	83	2016	MIN	16	132	840	10.1	52.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
23	Sidney Rice S. Rice	83	2009	MIN	16	121	1,312	15.8	82.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ted Brown T. Brown	83	1981	MIN	16		694	8.4	43.4	2	1,063	274	3.9	66.4	6
25	Randy Moss R. Moss	82	2001	MIN	16	153	1,233	15.0	77.1	10	38	3	12.7	2.4	0

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Sun 9/20	MIN	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	MIN	@	TB	4:05 PM
Sun 10/4	MIA	@	MIN	4:05 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
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Rush Yards Leaders

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Flowers

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Rush TD Leaders

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Sack Leaders

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Opp PPG Rankings

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419.0

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Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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387.0

361.0

334.0

324.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

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

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