2021 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Zimmer (8-9)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

2021 Minnesota Vikings Roster
2021 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2021 season with a record of 8 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.

Minnesota chalked up 425 points, while the defensive squad yielded 426. Kirk Cousins led the charge, passing for 4,221 yards. Justin Jefferson snagged 108 passes for 1,616 yards.

Dalvin Cook carried the ball for a team-best 1,159 yards for the Vikings.

Xavier Woods and Anthony Barr each seized 3 opponent throws. D.J. Wonnum sacked quarterbacks 8 times, leading the way for a team which created 51 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	561	372	66.3	4221	7.5	33	5.9	7	1.2	64	28	197	103.1
Sean Mannion	36	22	61.1	189	5.2	1	2.8	0	0.0	30	2	15	84.1
Justin Jefferson	4	2	50.0	35	8.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	0	0	80.2
Kellen Mond	3	2	66.7	5	1.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	0	0	70.1
Totals	604	398	65.9	4450	7.4	34	5.6	7	1.2	64	30	212

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dalvin Cook	249	1159	4.7	66	6
Alexander Mattison	134	491	3.7	48	3
Kirk Cousins	29	115	4.0	29	1
Kene Nwangwu	13	61	4.7	19	0
C.J. Ham	7	34	4.9	30	0
Ameer Abdullah	7	30	4.3	9	0
Sean Mannion	2	14	7.0	11	0
Justin Jefferson	6	14	2.3	11	0
K.J. Osborn	1	10	10.0	10	0
Adam Thielen	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	449	1930	4.3	66	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Justin Jefferson	108	1616	15.0	56	10
Adam Thielen	67	726	10.8	35	10
Tyler Conklin	61	593	9.7	40	3
K.J. Osborn	50	655	13.1	64	7
Dalvin Cook	34	224	6.6	24	0
Alexander Mattison	32	228	7.1	24	1
C.J. Ham	17	125	7.4	27	0
Dede Westbrook	10	68	6.8	17	0
Ihmir Smith-Marsette	5	116	23.2	44	2
Christopher Herndon	4	40	10.0	17	1
Kene Nwangwu	4	9	2.2	6	0
Ameer Abdullah	3	17	5.7	10	0
Luke Stocker	2	12	6.0	7	0
Garrett Bradbury	1	21	21.0	21	0
Totals	398	4450	11.2	64	34

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Greg Joseph	40	36	90.0	38	33	86.8	94	6004	63.9			135
Totals	40	36	90.0	38	33	86.8	94	6004	63.9	0	0	135

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jordan Berry	78	3624	46.5	64
Totals	78	3624	46.5	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dede Westbrook	22	183	8.3	45
K.J. Osborn	4	23	5.8	11
Totals	26	206	7.9	45

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kene Nwangwu	18	579	32.2	99	2
Ameer Abdullah	7	162	23.1	45	0
Ihmir Smith-Marsette	4	83	20.8	24	0
Alexander Mattison	1	18	18.0	18	0
Wayne Gallman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Josh Metellus	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	32	849	26.5	99	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Xavier Woods	3	54	18.0	27	0
Anthony Barr	3	11	3.7	8	0
Bashaud Breeland	2	26	13.0	18	0
Eric Kendricks	2	22	11.0	22	0
Patrick Peterson	1	66	66.0	66	1
Nick Vigil	1	38	38.0	38	1
Camryn Bynum	1	27	27.0	27	0
Harrison Smith	1	10	10.0	10	0
Blake Lynch	1	2	2.0	2	0
Cameron Dantzler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	256	16.0	66	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
D.J. Wonnum	8.0
Danielle Hunter	6.0
Armon Watts	5.0
Everson Griffen	5.0
Eric Kendricks	5.0
Michael Pierce	3.0
Harrison Smith	3.0
Kenny Willekes	2.5
Anthony Barr	2.5
Sheldon Richardson	2.5
Dalvin Tomlinson	2.5
Blake Lynch	2.0
Nick Vigil	1.0
Xavier Woods	1.0
Camryn Bynum	1.0
James Lynch	1.0
Totals	51.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	TFL	TFLY	Brup	PD	QBH	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Harrison Smith	98.5	83	31	3			7	5	0	0	0	1
Eric Kendricks	112	81	62	8			4	4	0	1	2	0
Xavier Woods	90	72	36	1			10	1	0	0	0	2
Bashaud Breeland	55	47	16	1			5	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Vigil	65	45	40	4			1	3
Cameron Dantzler	48.5	44	9	0			8	0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Barr	55	38	34	3			5	6	0	2	0	0
Patrick Peterson	39.5	34	11	2			5	0
Mackensie Alexander	42	33	18	1			5	0
D.J. Wonnum	38	29	18	7			4	15	0	0	0	1
Sheldon Richardson	31.5	24	15	6			4	13	0	1	0	1
Danielle Hunter	30.5	23	15	6				10
Blake Lynch	29	23	12	1			2	1	0	1	0	1
Kris Boyd	23.5	21	5	0				0	0	2	0	0
Armon Watts	33	20	26	3				10	0	0	0	2
Camryn Bynum	24	20	8	1			3	1
James Lynch	24	18	12	2				1	0	1	0	0
Dalvin Tomlinson	28	17	22	2			2	7	0	1	0	0
Troy Dye	16.5	12	9	0				0
Michael Pierce	16	12	8	3				4	0	0	0	1
Kenny Willekes	14.5	11	7	2			1	7
Everson Griffen	12.5	10	5	4				10	0	0	0	1
Josh Metellus	10.5	8	5	0			1	0
Stephen Weatherly	7.5	6	3	1				0
Tye Smith	5.5	5	1	0				0
Harrison Hand	5	5	0	0				0
Patrick Jones	5.5	4	3	0				0
Andrew DePaola	3	2	2	0				0
Dan Chisena	2.5	2	1	0				0
Ryan Connelly	2.5	2	1	0				0
Ezra Cleveland	2	2	0	0				0
K.J. Osborn	2	2	0	0				0
Luke Stocker	2	2	0	0				0
T.J. Smith	2	1	2	0				0
Myles Dorn	2	1	2	0				0
Kirk Cousins	1	1	0	0				0	12	4	0	0
Dede Westbrook	1	1	0	0				0	2	1	0	0
Brian O'Neill	1	1	0	0				0	0	1	0	0
Parry Nickerson	1	1	0	0				0
Tashawn Bower	1	1	0	0				0
Ben Ellefson	1	0	2	0				0
T.Y. McGill	0.5	0	1	0			1	1
C.J. Ham	0.5	0	1	0				0
Garrett Bradbury	0.5	0	1	0				0
Christian Darrisaw									0	3	5	0
Tyler Conklin									1	1	0	0
Adam Thielen									1	1	0	0
Alexander Mattison									1	1	1	0
Justin Jefferson									1	0	0	0
Dalvin Cook									3	0	0	0
Totals	986	764	444	61	0	0	68	99	21	21	8	13

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Greg Joseph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	36	0			135
Adam Thielen	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Justin Jefferson	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
K.J. Osborn	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Dalvin Cook	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		38
Alexander Mattison	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Tyler Conklin	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Kene Nwangwu	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ihmir Smith-Marsette	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Kirk Cousins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Patrick Peterson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Christopher Herndon	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Nick Vigil	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	10	34	0	2	0	2	0	0	33	36	0	1	0	425