2018 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Zimmer (8-7-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
2018 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2018 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
The Vikings scored 360 points, while the defense allowed 341. Kirk Cousins directed the offense, passing for 4,298 yards. Adam Thielen paced pass catchers, snagging 113 passes for 1,373 yards. Stefon Diggs provided receiving help, too.
Dalvin Cook carried the ball for a team-best 615 yards for Minnesota, and Latavius Murray additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Anthony Harris and Harrison Smith each intercepted 3 opponent throws. Danielle Hunter topped the defensive unit with 14.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 50 sacks.
Mike Zimmer coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Kirk Cousins | 606 | 425 | 70.1 | 4298 | 7.1 | 30 | 5.0 | 10 | 1.7 | 75 | 40 | 262 | 99.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 606 | 425 | 70.1 | 4298 | 7.1 | 30 | 5.0 | 10 | 1.7 | 75 | 40 | 262 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dalvin Cook | 133 | 615 | 4.6 | 70 | 2 | Latavius Murray | 140 | 578 | 4.1 | 38 | 6 | Kirk Cousins | 44 | 123 | 2.8 | 19 | 1 | Stefon Diggs | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 | Mike Boone | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 | Adam Thielen | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 | Roc Thomas | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 | C.J. Ham | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 357 | 1493 | 4.2 | 70 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Adam Thielen | 113 | 1373 | 12.2 | 68 | 9 | Stefon Diggs | 102 | 1021 | 10.0 | 75 | 9 | Kyle Rudolph | 64 | 634 | 9.9 | 44 | 4 | Dalvin Cook | 40 | 305 | 7.6 | 27 | 2 | Laquon Treadwell | 35 | 302 | 8.6 | 22 | 1 | Latavius Murray | 22 | 141 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 | Aldrick Robinson | 17 | 231 | 13.6 | 40 | 5 | C.J. Ham | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 | Tyler Conklin | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 33 | 0 | David Morgan | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 13 | 0 | Chad Beebe | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 | Roc Thomas | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 | Mike Boone | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Brandon Zylstra | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Ameer Abdullah | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Kirk Cousins | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 425 | 4298 | 10.1 | 75 | 30 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Dan Bailey | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 28 | 21 | 75.0 | 69 | 4164 | 60.3 | 93 | Daniel Carlson | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 10 | 627 | 62.7 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 36 | 97.3 | 32 | 22 | 68.8 | 79 | 4791 | 60.6 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marcus Sherels | 23 | 276 | 12.0 | 70 | 0 | Brandon Zylstra | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | Mike Hughes | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29 | 315 | 10.9 | 70 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ameer Abdullah | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 33 | 0 | Mike Hughes | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 46 | 0 | Holton Hill | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 30 | 0 | Marcus Sherels | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Aldrick Robinson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Roc Thomas | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Brandon Zylstra | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 540 | 24.5 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Harrison Smith | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 52 | 0 | Anthony Harris | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 33 | 0 | Eric Kendricks | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Mike Hughes | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 1 | Trae Waynes | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Xavier Rhodes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Holton Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 159 | 13.2 | 52 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Danielle Hunter | 14.5 | 0.0 | Everson Griffen | 5.5 | 0.0 | Sheldon Richardson | 4.5 | 0.0 | Tom Johnson | 4.5 | 0.0 | Mackensie Alexander | 4.0 | 0.0 | Stephen Weatherly | 3.0 | 0.0 | Anthony Barr | 3.0 | 0.0 | Harrison Smith | 3.0 | 0.0 | Eric Wilson | 2.0 | 0.0 | David Parry | 1.0 | 0.0 | Kentrell Brothers | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jalyn Holmes | 1.0 | 0.0 | Linval Joseph | 1.0 | 0.0 | Eric Kendricks | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jayron Kearse | 0.5 | 0.0 | Jaleel Johnson | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | TFL | TFLY | Brup | PD | QBH | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Harrison Smith | 75.5 | 67 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Eric Kendricks | 85.5 | 63 | 45 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Danielle Hunter | 61.5 | 51 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | Xavier Rhodes | 44 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Barr | 47 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Linval Joseph | 47 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 1 | Mackensie Alexander | 39.5 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Anthony Harris | 40 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Trae Waynes | 39 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Eric Wilson | 36.5 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Holton Hill | 33 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Ben Gedeon | 41 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jayron Kearse | 29.5 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Sheldon Richardson | 37.5 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 0 | Stephen Weatherly | 29 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Everson Griffen | 27.5 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | Andrew Sendejo | 24 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mike Hughes | 20.5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tom Johnson | 19.5 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Iloka | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kentrell Brothers | 8.5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jaleel Johnson | 9.5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tashawn Bower | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | David Parry | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jalyn Holmes | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Roc Thomas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Devante Downs | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Zylstra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ameer Abdullah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | C.J. Ham | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kirk Cousins | 9 | 3 | -31 | 0 | 0 | Marcus Sherels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stefon Diggs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Elflein | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Dalvin Cook | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Thielen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 832 | 689 | 286 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 94 | 15 | 13 | 64 | 2 | 8 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Dan Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 93 | Stefon Diggs | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | Adam Thielen | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | Latavius Murray | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | Aldrick Robinson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Kyle Rudolph | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dalvin Cook | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Daniel Carlson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Laquon Treadwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Danielle Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Linval Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kirk Cousins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 360 |
