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Players who played for the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings

82 NFL players have played for both the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings, regular season or playoffs, listed by career games. Teams that moved count for the team they became: the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders count for Las Vegas, the San Diego Chargers for the Los Angeles Chargers, the Houston Oilers for Tennessee and the Baltimore Colts for Indianapolis. Season stats count from 1999 on.

1. Eddie Murray226 GP
2. Adrian Peterson184 GP
3. Grady Alderman180 GP
4. Wally Hilgenberg180 GP
5. Henry Thomas174 GP
6. Kyle Van Noy166 GP
7. Everson Griffen162 GP
8. Al Baker156 GP
9. Hugh McElhenny156 GP
10. Jimmy Williams156 GP
11. Ameer Abdullah152 GP
12. Charlie West144 GP
13. Za'Darius Smith143 GP
14. Al Randolph132 GP
15. Bill Gay132 GP
16. Jerry Ball131 GP
17. Nate Burleson131 GP
18. Anthony Carter120 GP
19. Jessie Clark120 GP
20. Ken Sanders120 GP
21. Nate Allen120 GP
22. Dwight Smith115 GP
23. Gus Frerotte115 GP
24. Mark Rodenhauser109 GP
25. Broderick Thomas108 GP
26. John Hilton108 GP
27. Rich Karlis108 GP
28. Wayne Smith108 GP
29. Darius Holland107 GP
30. Daunte Culpepper105 GP
31. T.J. Hockenson105 GP
32. Matt Cassel104 GP
33. Colin Cole100 GP
34. Travis Taylor99 GP
35. Chris Claiborne98 GP
36. Mike Hughes98 GP
37. Tyler Conklin98 GP
38. Tramaine Brock97 GP
39. Benny Ricardo96 GP
40. C.J. Mosley96 GP
41. Frank Gallagher96 GP
42. Jayron Kearse96 GP
43. Jerry Reichow96 GP
44. John Henderson96 GP
45. Michael Brim96 GP
46. Mike Rabold96 GP
47. Thomas Strauthers96 GP
48. Tom Hall96 GP
49. Walt Williams96 GP
50. Troy Walters94 GP
51. DJ Wonnum91 GP
52. Dave Middleton84 GP
53. Derek Tennell84 GP
54. Derrel Luce84 GP
55. Teddy Bridgewater81 GP
56. Jerome Felton80 GP
57. Brandon Powell77 GP
58. Bill Swain72 GP
59. Eddie Payton72 GP
60. Gino Torretta72 GP
61. Marcus Davenport70 GP
62. Jeff Locke69 GP
63. Vinny Ciurciu67 GP
64. Eric Frampton66 GP
65. D.J. Dozier60 GP
66. Dan Wagoner60 GP
67. Larry Vargo60 GP
68. Leo Araguz60 GP
69. Mel Mitchell60 GP
70. Mike Bundra60 GP
71. Shaun Hill48 GP
72. Jeff Okudah47 GP
73. Jonah Williams45 GP
74. Riley Reiff44 GP
75. Artose Pinner41 GP
76. Tyrell Johnson40 GP
77. Brandon Zylstra28 GP
78. Bill Cappleman24 GP
79. Marcus McCauley16 GP
80. Greg Blue14 GP
81. Dovonte Edwards13 GP
82. Zac Kerin2 GP

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