Minnesota Vikings Yards per Attempt Leaders

Career totals with the Vikings and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Daunte Culpepper holds the Vikings career record with 7.73 yards per attempt. The single-season record is 8.72, by Randall Cunningham in 1998.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP% Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD% INT INT% SK

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 14 pass attempts per team game with the club, a career 1,500+ pass attempts with the club.

All-time Vikings leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Daunte Culpepper	1999–2005	7.73	81
2	Kirk Cousins	2018–2023	7.55	88
3	Wade Wilson	1981–1991	7.29	76
4	Fran Tarkenton	1961–1978	7.24	177
5	Tommy Kramer	1977–1989	6.79	128
6	Brad Johnson	1994–2006	6.65	64

Single-season Vikings records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Randall Cunningham	1998	8.72	15
2	Daunte Culpepper	2004	8.59	16
3	Jeff George	1999	8.59	12
4	Daunte Culpepper	2000	8.31	16
5	Wade Wilson	1988	8.27	14
6	Kirk Cousins	2020	8.27	16
7	Fran Tarkenton	1964	8.19	14
8	Kirk Cousins	2019	8.11	15
9	Tommy Kramer	1986	8.06	13
10	Wade Wilson	1987	7.98	12
11	Fran Tarkenton	1965	7.93	14
12	Sam Darnold	2024	7.92	17
13	Brett Favre	2009	7.90	16
14	Fran Tarkenton	1962	7.89	14
15	Fran Tarkenton	1963	7.78	14
16	Fran Tarkenton	1973	7.71	14
17	Daunte Culpepper	2003	7.66	14
18	Kirk Cousins	2021	7.52	16
19	Kirk Cousins	2023	7.50	8
20	Fran Tarkenton	1974	7.40	13
21	Case Keenum	2017	7.37	15
22	Joe Kapp	1969	7.28	13
23	Teddy Bridgewater	2014	7.26	13
24	Brad Johnson	1996	7.26	12
25	Teddy Bridgewater	2015	7.23	16