Minnesota Vikings

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Minnesota Vikingsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room Minnesota Vikings has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 4 holders across 36 years, a new one every 9 on average.

1. Specialists4 holders · 3 handoffs · 1990–2025 · one every 9y
   Harry Newsome1990–1993→Mitch Berger1996–2001→Ryan Longwell2006–2011→Ryan Wright2022–2025
2. QB14 holders · 13 handoffs · 1981–2024 · one every 3.1y
   Wade Wilson1981–1991→Rich Gannon1987–1992→Warren Moon1994–1996→Brad Johnson1994–2006→Randall Cunningham1997–1999→Daunte Culpepper1999–2005→Gus Frerotte2003–2008→Shaun Hill2005–2016→Tarvaris Jackson2006–2010→Brett Favre2009–2010→Christian Ponder2011–2014→Teddy Bridgewater2014–2017→Kirk Cousins2018–2023→Sam Darnold2024
3. TE14 holders · 13 handoffs · 1982–2025 · one every 3.1y
   Steve Jordan1982–1994→Mike Mularkey1983–1988→Andrew Jordan1994–2001→Greg DeLong1995–1998→Hunter Goodwin1996–2003→Andrew Glover1997–1999→Jimmy Kleinsasser1999–2011→Byron Chamberlain2001–2002→Jermaine Wiggins2004–2006→Visanthe Shiancoe2007–2011→Kyle Rudolph2011–2020→Tyler Conklin2018–2021→T.J. Hockenson2022–2025→Josh Oliver2023–2025
4. WR17 holders · 16 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 2.4y
   Anthony Carter1985–1993→Hassan Jones1986–1992→Cris Carter1990–2001→Jake Reed1991–2001→Chris Walsh1995–2002→Randy Moss1998–2010→Nate Burleson2003–2005→Marcus Robinson2004–2006→Sidney Rice2007–2010→Bernard Berrian2008–2011→Percy Harvin2009–2012→Jarius Wright2012–2017→Adam Thielen2014–2025→Stefon Diggs2015–2019→K.J. Osborn2020–2023→Justin Jefferson2020–2025→Jordan Addison2023–2025
5. RB25 holders · 24 handoffs · 1982–2025 · one every 1.8y
   Darrin Nelson1982–1992→Allen Rice1984–1990→Alfred Anderson1984–1991→D.J. Dozier1987–1990→Rick Fenney1987–1991→Herschel Walker1989–1991→Terry Allen1991–1994→Roger Craig1992–1993→Scottie Graham1993–1996→David Palmer1994–2000→Leroy Hoard1996–1999→Moe Williams1997–2005→Michael Bennett2001–2005→Onterrio Smith2003–2004→Mewelde Moore2004–2007→Chester Taylor2006–2009→Toby Gerhart2010–2013→Matt Asiata2012–2016→Cordarrelle Patterson2013–2016→Jerick McKinnon2014–2017→Latavius Murray2017–2018→Dalvin Cook2017–2022→C.J. Ham2017–2025→Ameer Abdullah2018–2021→Alexander Mattison2019–2023
6. LB24 holders · 23 handoffs · 1986–2025 · one every 1.7y
   Jesse Solomon1986–1989→Jack Del Rio1992–1995→Ed McDaniel1992–2001→Jeff Brady1995–1997→Dwayne Rudd1997–2000→Kailee Wong1998–2001→Greg Biekert2002–2003→Chris Claiborne2003–2004→E.J. Henderson2003–2011→Napoleon Harris2005–2008→Ben Leber2006–2010→Chad Greenway2007–2016→Erin Henderson2008–2013→Jasper Brinkley2009–2014→Anthony Barr2014–2023→Eric Kendricks2015–2022→D.J. Wonnum2020–2023→Patrick Jones II2021–2024→Jordan Hicks2022–2023→Ivan Pace Jr.2023–2025→Andrew Van Ginkel2024–2025→Blake Cashman2024–2025→Dallas Turner2024–2025→Jonathan Greenard2024–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1981–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.