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Minnesota Vikings D/ST
Minnesota Vikings · Defense/Special teams
Week 5 stats
Sun Oct 11, at NO: Minnesota Vikings Defense allowed 13 points with 1 sack and 3 takeaways.
Week 7 projection
Fantasy points
9.1
vs IND
Opponent implied total
17.5
the market’s view
A defense's own recent form is a fifth as informative as the market's view of its opponent: implied opponent total correlates -0.29 with next week’s points against +0.11 for trailing production. Defensive touchdowns reproduce at 0.02, so nothing here tries to predict one.
2026 game log
| Week | Sacks | Takeaways | Pts allowed | Def TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 11.0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8.0 |
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 17.0 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 8.0 |
Minnesota Vikings D/ST 2026 stats
The Minnesota Vikings defense is allowing 12.8 points a game in 2026, with 17 sacks and 10 takeaways over 5 games.
Points allowed
12.8
per game
Sacks
17
3.4 a game
Takeaways
10
2.0 a game
Fantasy points
11.8
per game
Minnesota Vikings D/ST 2025 stats
In 2025 the Minnesota Vikings defense allowed 19.6 points a game, with 49 sacks and 22 takeaways over 17 games.
Career by season
| Season | Games | Sacks/ | Takeaways/ | Pts allowed | Def TD | Pts/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 12.8 | 1 | 11.8 |
| 2025 | 17 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 19.6 | 2 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | 17 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 19.5 | 3 | 9.3 |
| 2023 | 17 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 2 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 17 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 25.1 | 2 | 5.4 |
| 2021 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 25.1 | 4 | 7.0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 29.7 | 0 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 18.9 | 2 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 21.3 | 3 | 7.1 |
| 2017 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 15.8 | 1 | 7.2 |
| 2016 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 19.2 | 7 | 9.8 |