Who is the best linebacker in Vikings history? Here are the top 12, ranked by their rating in 17-0 — the free game where you draft an all-time roster and simulate whether it can go a perfect 17-0 season. Anthony Barr (2010s) tops the list at 84.
The ranking
Best Vikings linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Anthony Barr
Vikings · 2010s84 - 2Eric Kendricks
Vikings · 2020s83 - 3Chad Greenway
Vikings · 2000s80 - 4E.J. Henderson
Vikings · 2000s80 - 5Matt Blair
Vikings · 1980s78 - 6Ed McDaniel
Vikings · 1990s76 - 7Jack Del Rio
Vikings · 1990s76 - 8Ivan Pace Jr.
Vikings · 2020s76 - 9Wally Hilgenberg
Vikings · 1970s76 - 10Dwayne Rudd
Vikings · 1990s74 - 11Ben Leber
Vikings · 2000s74 - 12Roy Winston
Vikings · 1970s74
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