Minnesota Vikings running backs

60 players

60 running backs have played for the Minnesota Vikings. Adrian Peterson stayed the longest: 10 seasons. On a roster now: Ty Chandler, Ameer Abdullah, Aaron Jones Sr., Kene Nwangwu, and Jordan Mason.

Minnesota Vikings running backs
Player	Pos	With club	Seasons
Adrian Peterson	RB	2007–2016	10
Moe Williams	RB	1996–2005	9
Robert Smith	RB	1993–2000	8
Harold Morrow	FB	1996–2002	7
David Palmer	RB	1994–2000	7
Dalvin Cook	RB	2017–2022	6
Chuck Evans	RB	1993–1998	6
Matt Asiata	RB	2012–2016	5
Michael Bennett	RB	2001–2005	5
Ty Chandler	RB	2022–2025	4
Ameer Abdullah	RB	2018–2021	4
Jerick McKinnon	RB	2014–2017	4
Cordarrelle Patterson	RB	2013–2016	4
Zach Line	FB	2013–2016	4
Toby Gerhart	RB	2010–2013	4
Naufahu Tahi	FB	2007–2010	4
Chester Taylor	RB	2006–2009	4
Mewelde Moore	RB	2004–2007	4
Leroy Hoard	RB	1996–1999	4
Scottie Graham	RB	1993–1996	4
Aaron Jones Sr.	RB	2024–2026	3
Cam Akers	RB	2023–2025	3
Kene Nwangwu	RB	2021–2023	3
Jerome Felton	FB	2012–2014	3
Doug Chapman	RB	2001–2003	3
Amp Lee	RB	1994–1996	3
Terry Allen	RB	1991–1994	3
Herschel Walker	FB	1989–1991	3
Jordan Mason	RB	2025–2026	2
Joe Banyard	RB	2013–2014	2
Lorenzo Booker	RB	2010–2011	2
Albert Young	RB	2009–2010	2
Tony Richardson	FB	2006–2007	2
Ciatrick Fason	RB	2005–2006	2
Larry Ned	RB	2003–2004	2
Onterrio Smith	RB	2003–2004	2
Roger Craig	RB	1992–1993	2
DeeJay Dallas	RB	2026	1
Demond Claiborne	RB	2026	1
Max Bredeson	FB	2026	1
Zavier Scott	RB	2025	1
Ronnie Hillman	RB	2016	1
Ben Tate	RB	2014	1
Maurice Hicks	RB	2008	1
Thomas Tapeh	RB	2008	1
Artose Pinner	RB	2006	1
Adimchinobe Echemandu	RB	2005	1
Charles Stackhouse	RB	2003	1
John Avery	RB	2003	1
James Wofford	RB	2002	1
Matt Snider	RB	2001	1
Travis Prentice	RB	2001	1
John Henry Mills	RB	1999	1
Obafemi Ayanbadejo	RB	1999	1
Robert Green	RB	1997	1
Bobby Phillips	RB	1995	1
James Stewart	RB	1995	1
Barry Word	RB	1993	1
Randy Chadwick Baldwin	RB	1991	1
Cedric Smith	FB	1990	1

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Positions as ESPN lists them: a player who moved is filed under the one he played last. Seasons are on file in full from 1993; before that only some of the stars are, so an older name can be missing.

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