5 absolute best Minnesota Vikings offenses of all-time

1. 1998 Vikings

Notable Key Players:

• Randall Cunningham
• Robert Smith
• Randy Moss
• Cris Carter
• Jake Reed
• Randall McDaniel

Team Record:

• 15-1

Any other consideration to top this list is absurd. The 1998 Vikings offense was the most flammable the NFL had seen to that point.

Minnesota’s 1998 team tallied a total of 556 points or 35 per game. In their 16 regular-season contests, the Vikings never scored less than 24 points in a single game.

Minnesota rookie Randy Moss grabbed 17 touchdowns in 1998, the most by a rookie wide receiver in NFL history. His 1,313 receiving yards are also the third-most by a rookie wideout ever.

The man throwing Moss the pigskin was a 35-year-old quarterback named Randall Cunningham. It would arguably be Cunningham’s best season of his career and it was also the last year he would be effective in the league.

After 1998, Cunningham went on to start 11 more games with three teams before retiring in 2002. This storybook season with the Vikings in 1998 was his swan song.

Other notables on Minnesota’s 1998 roster included Robert Smith, Cris Carter, Jake Reed, Randall McDaniel, Todd Steussie, and Jeff Christy.

This Vikings team collapsed in the 1998 NFC Championship to the Atlanta Falcons. But undeniably, this 1998 team was the best Minnesota offense ever. It likely will not be bested in this regard for decades, if ever.