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2016 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Zimmer (8-8)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
2016 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2016 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
The Vikings racked up 327 points, and the rigid defensive squad conceded 307. Sam Bradford directed the offense, passing for 3,877 yards. Stefon Diggs snagged 84 passes, while Adam Thielen accumulated 967 receiving yards. Kyle Rudolph contributed to the receiving game, too.
Jerick McKinnon carried the ball for a team-best 539 yards for Minnesota.
The sticky-fingered defense manufactured 27 turnovers. Xavier Rhodes intercepted 5 opponent throws. Danielle Hunter topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 41 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Bradford | 552 | 395 | 71.6 | 3877 | 7.0 | 20 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.9 | 71 | 37 | 276 | 99.3 |
Shaun Hill | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 242 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 76.1 |
Jerick McKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 588 | 414 | 70.4 | 4119 | 7.0 | 20 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 71 | 38 | 283 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerick McKinnon | 159 | 539 | 3.4 | 36 | 2 |
Matt Asiata | 121 | 402 | 3.3 | 29 | 6 |
Adrian Peterson | 37 | 72 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
Sam Bradford | 20 | 53 | 2.6 | 24 | 0 |
Ronnie Hillman | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
Cordarrelle Patterson | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 22 | 0 |
Adam Thielen | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
Zach Line | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
Stefon Diggs | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
Shaun Hill | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
Rhett Ellison | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 380 | 1205 | 3.2 | 36 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stefon Diggs | 84 | 903 | 10.8 | 46 | 3 |
Kyle Rudolph | 83 | 840 | 10.1 | 44 | 7 |
Adam Thielen | 69 | 967 | 14.0 | 71 | 5 |
Cordarrelle Patterson | 52 | 453 | 8.7 | 39 | 2 |
Jerick McKinnon | 43 | 255 | 5.9 | 41 | 2 |
Matt Asiata | 32 | 263 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 |
Charles Johnson | 20 | 232 | 11.6 | 40 | 0 |
Jarius Wright | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 11 | 1 |
Rhett Ellison | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 21 | 0 |
Ronnie Hillman | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 32 | 0 |
Adrian Peterson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
Laquon Treadwell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
MyCole Pruitt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Sam Bradford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
David Morgan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 414 | 4119 | 9.9 | 71 | 20 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kai Forbath | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 56 |
Blair Walsh | 19 | 15 | 78.9 | 16 | 12 | 75.0 | 51 |
Totals | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 31 | 27 | 87.1 | 107 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Locke | 74 | 3155 | 42.6 | 72 |
Totals | 74 | 3155 | 42.6 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcus Sherels | 21 | 292 | 13.9 | 79 | 2 |
Stefon Diggs | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Adam Thielen | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 354 | 10.4 | 79 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cordarrelle Patterson | 25 | 792 | 31.7 | 104 | 1 |
Marcus Sherels | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
David Morgan | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
Adam Thielen | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Charles Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Matt Asiata | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Laquon Treadwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 902 | 27.3 | 104 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xavier Rhodes | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 100 | 1 |
Trae Waynes | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
Andrew Sendejo | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
Eric Kendricks | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77 | 1 |
Chad Greenway | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Tom Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Terence Newman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 253 | 18.1 | 100 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Danielle Hunter | 12.5 | 0.0 | |
Everson Griffen | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
Brian Robison | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Linval Joseph | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Eric Kendricks | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Tom Johnson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Harrison Smith | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Anthony Barr | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Andrew Sendejo | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | PD | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Kendricks | 89.5 | 70 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Harrison Smith | 80 | 69 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Xavier Rhodes | 48 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Andrew Sendejo | 54 | 42 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Trae Waynes | 43.5 | 40 | 7 | 11 | ||||||
Captain Munnerlyn | 46.5 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Linval Joseph | 57 | 37 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Anthony Barr | 53.5 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Everson Griffen | 42 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | |
Terence Newman | 35.5 | 33 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
Danielle Hunter | 43 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | |
Chad Greenway | 33.5 | 26 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
Anthony Harris | 29.5 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Robison | 23 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Shamar Stephen | 28 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Johnson | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Emmanuel Lamur | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Mackensie Alexander | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
Jayron Kearse | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Toby Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Audie Cole | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zach Line | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Sam Bradford | 10 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Adam Thielen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Charles Johnson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Alex Boone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Marcus Sherels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cordarrelle Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Nick Easton | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Matt Asiata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 738 | 586 | 304 | 0 | 59 | 20 | 22 | 44 | 2 | 13 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Kai Forbath | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 56 | |||||||||
Blair Walsh | 0 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 51 | |||||||||
Kyle Rudolph | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Matt Asiata | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
Adam Thielen | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
Jerick McKinnon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
Stefon Diggs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Cordarrelle Patterson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
Marcus Sherels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Danielle Hunter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
Xavier Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Rhett Ellison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Everson Griffen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Eric Kendricks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Jarius Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 327 |