Welcome to the All-Time Favorite Viking Team series. We’re going through and voting by position for your favorite Viking players. There are no set criteria other than they played for the Minnesota Vikings. It’s your favorite player at that position.
Today we’re on the most important position in football. The QB position hasn’t always been a beacon of stability for the Vikings. They’ve had a lot of spurts of great play with a lot of messes in between.
Fran Tarkenton (1961-1966, 1972-1978)
47,003 Yards, 342 TDs, 266 INTs
Tarkenton was a 9x Pro Bowler, 1x First Team All-Pro, 1x Second Team All-Pro, 1x Offensive Player of the Year, 50 Greatest Vikings, Vikings Ring of Honor, 1x MVP, Hall of Famer and his #10 is retired by the Minnesota Vikings.