Justin Jefferson is primed to rewrite several Vikings history books in 2025

The Minnesota Vikings have employed some phenomenal wide receivers over the years, a list that includes Cris Carter, Randy Moss, Anthony Carter, Adam Thielen, Sammy White, Ahmad Rashad, and, of course, Justin Jefferson.

Now, given the numbers the first two names on that list mentioned above put up during their respective runs with the Purple & Gold, it's difficult to call Jefferson the greatest wide receiver in Vikings history at this point. But if he keeps doing what he's been doing through his first five seasons, it won't be long before he takes that top spot.

Since being taken by Minnesota with the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 draft, the LSU alum has tallied 495 regular-season receptions for 7,432 yards with 40 touchdowns. And that's with missing seven games during the 2023 campaign.

Not only are Jefferson's 7,432 yards easily the most by a player in his first five seasons (by 648 yards), but his 96.5 yards per game are also the most in NFL history. He's also one of just five players with three 100-catch, 1,500-yard campaigns, joining Marvin Harrison Sr., Andre Johnson, Julio Jones, and Antonio Brown, but he's the only one to achieve the feat in his first five years.

Yeah, he's pretty good.

Now, as far as where Jefferson ranks among all Vikings pass-catchers, he currently sits fifth in receptions, fourth in receiving yards, and seventh in receiving touchdowns. But as you'll see below, he'll be vaulting up each leaderboard as the upcoming 2025 season progresses.

Justin Jefferson needs 93 catches to move into second on the Minnesota Vikings' all-time receptions list

Here's how the top five on the Vikings' all-time receptions list shakes out.

As you can see, Jefferson needs just four receptions to surpass tight end Steve Jordan for fourth, 40 to supplant Adam Thielen for third, and 93 to pass Randy Moss to move into solo second.

Assuming the 26-year-old doesn't suffer some sort of serious injury, the four and 40 are a given. And the 93 are definitely doable as well, as he's only failed to reach that figure twice, first as a rookie (88) and then again during the aforementioned 2023 campaign (68), when he sat out seven games.

JJ needs 1,885 yards to move into second on Minnesota's all-time receiving yards list

Now, let's have a look at Minnesota's all-time receiving yards list.

It'll be far more challenging for Jefferson to take over solo second here.

Moving into third won't take long at all, as JJ needs just 205 yards to supplant Anthony Carter. To catch Moss, however, he'll need 1,885, a figure only two receivers in history have ever hit. Calvin Johnson went for an NFL-record 1,964 yards in 2012 for the Detroit Lions, while Cooper Kupp fell just a little short, posting 1,947 for the Los Angeles Rams in 2021.

That said, however, Jefferson got close during the first of his two First-Team All-Pro campaigns in 2022, amassing a league-best 1,809 yards, which serves as the sixth-highest single-season total in NFL history. So, don't count him out just yet.

Jefferson needs 11 TDs to move into the top five on the Vikings' all-time receiving touchdowns list

And finally, we come to the Vikings' all-time receiving touchdowns list.

Here, Jefferson would need nine touchdowns to take over sixth place from Kyle Rudolph, 10 to tie Sammy White for fifth, and 11 to get to No. 5 on his own.

To take solo fifth, Jefferson will need to set a new career-high in this regard, as it currently stands at 10, a figure he first hit in 2021 and matched in 2024. So, this could be close.

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