| Draft History | |||||||
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall Pick | Team | Name | Position | College |
| 1971 | 13 | 24 | 336 | Vikings | Benny Fry | C | Houston |
| 1970 | 11 | 25 | 285 | Vikings | Godfrey Zaunbrecher | C | LSU |
| 1991 | 5 | 8 | 119 | Vikings | Chris Thome | C | Minnesota |
| 1974 | 3 | 25 | 77 | Vikings | Scott Anderson | C | Missouri |
| 2006 | 2 | 19 | 51 | Vikings | Ryan Cook | C | New Mexico |
| 2008 | 6 | 21 | 187 | Vikings | John Sullivan | C | Notre Dame |
| 1979 | 2 | 15 | 43 | Vikings | Dave Huffman | C | Notre Dame |
| 1985 | 3 | 3 | 59 | Vikings | Kirk Lowdermilk | C | Ohio State |
| 1968 | 12 | 8 | 308 | Vikings | Howie Small | C | Rhode Island |
| 1969 | 14 | 17 | 355 | Vikings | Tommy Head | C | S.W. Texas State |
| 2000 | 7 | 34 | 240 | Vikings | Mike Malano | C | San Diego State |
| 1983 | 10 | 15 | 266 | Vikings | Walter Tate | C | Tennessee State |
| 1980 | 3 | 12 | 68 | Vikings | Brent Boyd | C | UCLA |
| 1978 | 4 | 16 | 100 | Vikings | Jim Hough | C | Utah State |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 | 72 | Vikings | Marcus McCauley | CB | Fresno State |
| 2009 | 3 | 22 | 86 | Vikings | Asher Allen | CB | Georgia |
| 2005 | 7 | 5 | 219 | Vikings | Adrian Ward | CB | UTEP |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 34 | Vikings | Chris Cook | CB | Virginia |
| 1985 | 2 | 2 | 30 | Vikings | Issiac Holt | DB | Alcorn State |
| 1973 | 2 | 8 | 34 | Vikings | Jackie Wallace | DB | Arizona |
| 1975 | 8 | 25 | 207 | Vikings | Joe Hollimon | DB | Arkansas State |
| 1968 | 16 | 6 | 414 | Vikings | Larry Kuharich | DB | Boston College |
| 1974 | 17 | 25 | 441 | Vikings | Earl Garrett | DB | Boston State College |
| 1967 | 17 | 8 | 427 | Vikings | Dick Wagoner | DB | Bowling Green |
| 1985 | 4 | 22 | 106 | Vikings | Kyle Morrell | DB | BYU |
| 1992 | 7 | 15 | 183 | Vikings | David Wilson | DB | California |
| 1975 | 12 | 25 | 311 | Vikings | Autry Beamon | DB | East Texas State |
| 1967 | 15 | 8 | 375 | Vikings | Jimmy Shea | DB | Eastern New Mexico |
| 1980 | 12 | 10 | 315 | Vikings | Thomas Lane | DB | Florida A&M |
| 1995 | 2 | 23 | 55 | Vikings | Corey Fuller | DB | Florida State |
| 1968 | 4 | 6 | 89 | Vikings | Mike Freeman | DB | Fresno State |
| 1987 | 4 | 16 | 100 | Vikings | Reggie Rutland | DB | Georgia Tech |
| 1998 | 5 | 21 | 144 | Vikings | Kerry Cooks | DB | Iowa |
| 1970 | 12 | 25 | 311 | Vikings | James Holland | DB | Jackson State |
| 2001 | 3 | 7 | 69 | Vikings | Eric Kelly | DB | Kentucky |
| 2001 | 6 | 26 | 189 | Vikings | Carey Scott | DB | Kentucky State |
| 1990 | 10 | 23 | 271 | Vikings | Donald Smith | DB | Liberty |
| 1980 | 2 | 2 | 30 | Vikings | Willie Teal | DB | LSU |
| 1983 | 7 | 18 | 186 | Vikings | Carl Lee | DB | Marshall |
| 1988 | 5 | 15 | 124 | Vikings | Darrell Fullington | DB | Miami |
| 1981 | 4 | 18 | 101 | Vikings | John Swain | DB | Miami |
| 1978 | 2 | 20 | 48 | Vikings | John Turner | DB | Miami |
| 1991 | 7 | 13 | 180 | Vikings | Tripp Welborne | DB | Michigan |
| 1970 | 17 | 25 | 441 | Vikings | Brian Healy | DB | Michigan |
| 1977 | 3 | 27 | 83 | Vikings | Tom Hannon | DB | Michigan State |
| 2000 | 4 | 24 | 118 | Vikings | Tyrone Carter | DB | Minnesota |
| 1971 | 15 | 24 | 388 | Vikings | Jeff Wright | DB | Minnesota |
| 1968 | 10 | 4 | 250 | Vikings | Tom Sakal | DB | Minnesota |
| 1976 | 6 | 24 | 180 | Vikings | Terry Egerdahl | DB | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 1983 | 10 | 4 | 255 | Vikings | Melvin Brown | DB | Mississippi |
| 1976 | 16 | 26 | 457 | Vikings | Randy Hickel | DB | Montana State |
| 1972 | 12 | 24 | 310 | Vikings | Bob Banaugh | DB | Montana State |
| 1973 | 10 | 12 | 246 | Vikings | Dave Mason | DB | Nebraska |
| 1998 | 3 | 19 | 80 | Vikings | Ramos McDonald | DB | New Mexico |
| 1996 | 5 | 16 | 148 | Vikings | Sean Boyd | DB | North Carolina |
| 1985 | 11 | 3 | 283 | Vikings | Tim Williams | DB | North Carolina A&T |
| 2002 | 4 | 7 | 105 | Vikings | Brian Williams | DB | North Carolina State |
| 1994 | 1 | 18 | 18 | Vikings | DeWayne Washington | DB | North Carolina State |
| 1974 | 4 | 8 | 86 | Vikings | Mike Townsend | DB | Notre Dame |
| 1999 | 4 | 25 | 120 | Vikings | Kenny Wright | DB | NW Louisiana |
| 1988 | 6 | 27 | 164 | Vikings | Derrick White | DB | Oklahoma |
| 1994 | 5 | 3 | 134 | Vikings | Shelly Hammonds | DB | Penn State |
| 1990 | 4 | 23 | 104 | Vikings | Alonzo Hampton | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 1976 | 7 | 24 | 206 | Vikings | Larry Brune | DB | Rice |
| 1976 | 12 | 26 | 345 | Vikings | Robert Sparks | DB | San Francisco State |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 | 70 | Vikings | Willie Offord | DB | South Carolina |
| 1988 | 2 | 27 | 54 | Vikings | Brad Edwards | DB | South Carolina |
| 1988 | 11 | 19 | 296 | Vikings | Norman Floyd | DB | South Carolina |
| 1967 | 7 | 8 | 167 | Vikings | Bob Bryant | DB | South Carolina |
| 1986 | 9 | 11 | 232 | Vikings | Mike Slaton | DB | South Dakota |
| 1973 | 14 | 14 | 352 | Vikings | Eddie Bishop | DB | Southern |
| 1972 | 11 | 24 | 284 | Vikings | Willie McKelton | DB | Southern |
| 1983 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Vikings | Joey Browner | DB | Southern Cal |
| 1977 | 8 | 27 | 222 | Vikings | Clint Strozier | DB | Southern Cal |
| 1974 | 5 | 16 | 120 | Vikings | Jim Ferguson | DB | Stanford |
| 1974 | 12 | 25 | 311 | Vikings | Randy Poltl | DB | Stanford |
| 1970 | 13 | 25 | 337 | Vikings | Robert Pearce | DB | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1995 | 2 | 10 | 42 | Vikings | Orlando Thomas | DB | SW Louisiana |
| 1991 | 6 | 24 | 163 | Vikings | Todd Scott | DB | SW Louisiana |
| 1967 | 4 | 7 | 87 | Vikings | Alvin Coleman | DB | Tennessee A&I |
| 1982 | 9 | 10 | 233 | Vikings | Bryan Howard | DB | Tennessee State |
| 1969 | 6 | 18 | 148 | Vikings | Marion Bates | DB | Texas Southern |
| 1998 | 7 | 36 | 225 | Vikings | Tony Darden | DB | Texas Tech |
| 1987 | 9 | 16 | 239 | Vikings | Leonard Jones | DB | Texas Tech |
| 1973 | 10 | 2 | 236 | Vikings | Randy Lee | DB | Tulane |
| 1967 | 13 | 8 | 323 | Vikings | Charles Hardt | DB | Tulsa |
| 1968 | 2 | 6 | 33 | Vikings | Charlie West | DB | UTEP |
| 1997 | 2 | 19 | 49 | Vikings | Torrian Gray | DB | Virginia Tech |
| 1997 | 4 | 17 | 113 | Vikings | Antonio Banks | DB | Virginia Tech |
| 1967 | 16 | 7 | 400 | Vikings | Gene Beard | DB | Virginia Union |
| 1976 | 5 | 9 | 133 | Vikings | Steve Wagner | DB | Wisconsin |
| 1971 | 12 | 24 | 310 | Vikings | Reggie Holmes | DB | Wisconsin-Stout |
| 1991 | 8 | 11 | 206 | Vikings | Reggie Johnson | DE | Arizona State |
| 1986 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Vikings | Gerald Robinson | DE | Auburn |
| 1997 | 3 | 18 | 78 | Vikings | Stalin Colinet | DE | Boston College |
| 1996 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Vikings | Duane Clemons | DE | California |
| 1970 | 15 | 25 | 389 | Vikings | Bennie Francis | DE | Chadron State |
| 1976 | 13 | 25 | 372 | Vikings | Gary Paulson | DE | Colorado State |
| 1975 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Vikings | Mark Mullaney | DE | Colorado State |
| 1980 | 6 | 10 | 148 | Vikings | Ray Yakavonis | DE | East Stroudsburg (PA) |
| 1974 | 11 | 25 | 285 | Vikings | Dave Boone | DE | Eastern Michigan |
| 1995 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Vikings | Derrick Alexander | DE | Florida State |
| 1989 | 8 | 24 | 219 | Vikings | Alex Stewart | DE | Fullerton State |
| 1994 | 2 | 26 | 55 | Vikings | Fernando Smith | DE | Jackson State |
| 1971 | 8 | 26 | 208 | Vikings | John Farley | DE | Johnson C. Smith |
| 1999 | 7 | 30 | 236 | Vikings | Noel Scarlett | DE | Langston |
| 2000 | 2 | 25 | 56 | Vikings | Michael Boireau | DE | Miami |
| 1999 | 1 | 29 | 29 | Vikings | Dimitrius Underwood | DE | Michigan State |
| 1970 | 9 | 25 | 233 | Vikings | George Morrow | DE | Mississippi |
| 1981 | 5 | 12 | 123 | Vikings | Wendell Ray | DE | Missouri |
| 1973 | 9 | 13 | 221 | Vikings | Larry Dibbles | DE | New Mexico |
| 1967 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Vikings | Alan Page | DE | Notre Dame |
| 2004 | 3 | 25 | 88 | Vikings | Darrion Scott | DE | Ohio State |
| 2003 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Vikings | Kevin Williams | DE | Oklahoma State |
| 1985 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Vikings | Chris Doleman | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 1978 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Vikings | Randy Holloway | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 2006 | 4 | 30 | 127 | Vikings | *Ray Edwards | DE | Purdue |
| 1992 | 2 | 11 | 39 | Vikings | Robert Harris | DE | Southern |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 100 | Vikings | Everson Griffen | DE | Southern California |
| 1998 | 2 | 21 | 51 | Vikings | Kailee Wong | DE | Stanford |
| 1990 | 3 | 21 | 74 | Vikings | Marion Hobby | DE | Tennessee |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 | 102 | Vikings | Brian Robison | DE | Texas |
| 1973 | 16 | 12 | 402 | Vikings | Larry Smiley | DE | Texas Southern |
| 1999 | 6 | 16 | 185 | Vikings | Talance Sawyer | DE | UNLV |
| 2004 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Vikings | Kenechi Udeze | DE | USC |
| 1984 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Vikings | Keith Millard | DE | Washington State |
| 1972 | 7 | 25 | 181 | Vikings | Bill Slater | DE | Western Michigan |
| 2005 | 1 | 18 | 18 | Vikings | Erasmus James | DE | Wisconsin |
| 1990 | 8 | 21 | 214 | Vikings | Craig Schlichting | DE | Wyoming |
| 1989 | 7 | 24 | 191 | Vikings | Benji Roland | DT | Auburn |
| 2000 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Vikings | Chris Hovan | DT | Boston College |
| 1984 | 8 | 12 | 208 | Vikings | Paul Sverchek | DT | Cal Poly |
| 1992 | 10 | 12 | 264 | Vikings | Brad Culpepper | DT | Florida |
| 1987 | 12 | 16 | 323 | Vikings | Keith Williams | DT | Florida |
| 1985 | 6 | 24 | 164 | Vikings | Tim Newton | DT | Florida |
| 2008 | 5 | 19 | 152 | Vikings | *Letroy Guion | DT | Florida State |
| 1988 | 3 | 16 | 71 | Vikings | Al Noga | DT | Hawaii |
| 1991 | 7 | 12 | 179 | Vikings | Scotty Reagan | DT | Humboldt State |
| 1994 | 4 | 22 | 125 | Vikings | Mike Wells | DT | Iowa |
| 1993 | 3 | 23 | 79 | Vikings | Gilbert Brown | DT | Kansas |
| 1979 | 7 | 16 | 181 | Vikings | Bob Winkel | DT | Kentucky |
| 1987 | 3 | 16 | 72 | Vikings | Henry Thomas | DT | LSU |
| 1997 | 5 | 21 | 151 | Vikings | Tony Williams | DT | Memphis |
| 1968 | 8 | 6 | 198 | Vikings | Hank Urbanowicz | DT | Miami |
| 2005 | 6 | 17 | 191 | Vikings | C.J. Mosley* | DT | Missouri |
| 1992 | 4 | 14 | 98 | Vikings | Roy Barker | DT | North Carolina |
| 1976 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Vikings | James White | DT | Oklahoma State |
| 1986 | 4 | 11 | 93 | Vikings | Joe Phillips | DT | SMU |
| 1975 | 2 | 26 | 52 | Vikings | Art Riley | DT | Southern Cal |
| 1974 | 15 | 25 | 389 | Vikings | Kurt Wachler | DT | St. John's |
| 2001 | 2 | 26 | 57 | Vikings | Willie Howard | DT | Stanford |
| 1995 | 7 | 35 | 243 | Vikings | Jason Fisk | DT | Stanford |
| 2001 | 4 | 35 | 130 | Vikings | Shawn Worthen | DT | TCU |
| 1984 | 7 | 13 | 181 | Vikings | John Haines | DT | Texas |
| 1969 | 13 | 12 | 329 | Vikings | Jim Moylan | DT | Texas Tech |
| 1985 | 12 | 2 | 310 | Vikings | Byron Jones | DT | Tulsa |
| 1974 | 13 | 25 | 337 | Vikings | Gary Keller | DT | Utah |
| 1996 | 2 | 15 | 45 | Vikings | James Manley | DT | Vanderbilt |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | 218 | Vikings | Chad Beasley | DT | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | 2 | 24 | 55 | Vikings | Fred Robbins | DT | Wake Forest |
| 1988 | 10 | 15 | 264 | Vikings | Brian Habib | DT | Washington |
| 1980 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Vikings | Doug Martin | DT | Washington |
| 1967 | 11 | 8 | 271 | Vikings | Bob Trygstad | DT | Washington State |
| 1976 | 17 | 25 | 484 | Vikings | Dick Lukowski | DT | West Virginia |
| 2006 | 5 | 16 | 149 | Vikings | Greg Blue | FS | Georgia |
| 2009 | 7 | 22 | 231 | Vikings | Jamarca Sanford | FS | Mississippi |
| 2005 | 3 | 16 | 80 | Vikings | Dustin Fox | FS | Ohio State |
| 2004 | 6 | 19 | 184 | Vikings | Deandre Eiland' | FS | South Carolina |
| 2006 | 2 | 16 | 48 | Vikings | Cedric Griffin | FS | Texas |
| 1988 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Vikings | Randall McDaniel | G | Arizona State |
| 1988 | 4 | 26 | 108 | Vikings | Todd Kalis | G | Arizona State |
| 1969 | 5 | 2 | 106 | Vikings | Jim Barnes | G | Arkansas |
| 1985 | 5 | 3 | 115 | Vikings | Mark MacDonald | G | Boston College |
| 1969 | 2 | 13 | 39 | Vikings | Ed White | G | California |
| 1983 | 11 | 19 | 298 | Vikings | Brian Butcher | G | Clemson |
| 1972 | 15 | 24 | 388 | Vikings | Mike Sivert | G | East Tennessee State |
| 1972 | 9 | 24 | 232 | Vikings | Charles Goodrum | G | Florida A&M |
| 1967 | 9 | 8 | 219 | Vikings | Bill Morris | G | Holy Cross |
| 1971 | 10 | 24 | 258 | Vikings | Chris Morris | G | Indiana |
| 1973 | 11 | 14 | 274 | Vikings | Geary Murdock | G | Iowa State |
| 1969 | 9 | 17 | 225 | Vikings | Tom Fink | G | Minnesota |
| 1973 | 13 | 12 | 324 | Vikings | Ron Just | G | Minot |
| 1970 | 8 | 25 | 207 | Vikings | Mike Carroll | G | Missouri |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 | 57 | Vikings | John Gerak | G | Penn State |
| 2000 | 7 | 42 | 248 | Vikings | Lewis Kelly | G | South Carolina State |
| 1967 | 12 | 6 | 296 | Vikings | Fred Cremer | G | St. John's (Minn.) |
| 1982 | 11 | 7 | 286 | Vikings | Curtis Rouse | G | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 1984 | 7 | 28 | 196 | Vikings | Lloyd Lewis | G | Texas A&I |
| 1996 | 4 | 2 | 97 | Vikings | Hunter Goodwin | G | Texas A&M |
| 1977 | 2 | 27 | 55 | Vikings | Dennis Swilley | G | Texas A&M |
| 1976 | 3 | 25 | 85 | Vikings | Wes Hamilton | G | Tulsa |
| 2002 | 4 | 34 | 132 | Vikings | Edward Ta'amu | G | Utah |
| 1975 | 9 | 25 | 233 | Vikings | John Passananti | G | Western Illinois |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 | 40 | Vikings | E.J. Henderson | ILB | Maryland |
| 2010 | 7 | 30 | 237 | Vikings | Ryan D'Imperio | ILB | Rutgers |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 | 150 | Vikings | Jasper Brinkley | ILB | South Carolina |
| 2004 | 5 | 23 | 155 | Vikings | Rod Davis | ILB | Southern Mississippi |
| 1977 | 10 | 27 | 278 | Vikings | Dan Beaver | K | Illinois |
| 1975 | 16 | 24 | 414 | Vikings | Tom Goedjen | K | Iowa State |
| 1978 | 8 | 10 | 204 | Vikings | Mike Wood | K | Southeast Missouri State |
| 1974 | 8 | 25 | 207 | Vikings | Berl Simmons | K | TCU |
| 1997 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Vikings | Dwayne Rudd | LB | Alabama |
| 1998 | 7 | 19 | 208 | Vikings | Chester Burnett | LB | Arizona |
| 1987 | 2 | 16 | 44 | Vikings | Ray Berry | LB | Baylor |
| 1991 | 11 | 8 | 286 | Vikings | Ivan Caesar | LB | Boston College |
| 1982 | 6 | 8 | 147 | Vikings | Greg Storr | LB | Boston College |
| 1990 | 7 | 23 | 188 | Vikings | John Levelis | LB | C.W. Post |
| 1969 | 4 | 17 | 95 | Vikings | Mike McCaffrey | LB | California |
| 1999 | 5 | 36 | 169 | Vikings | Chris Jones | LB | Clemson |
| 1993 | 4 | 22 | 106 | Vikings | Ashley Sheppard | LB | Clemson |
| 1992 | 5 | 13 | 125 | Vikings | Ed McDaniel | LB | Clemson |
| 1984 | 11 | 15 | 295 | Vikings | Edgar Pickett | LB | Clemson |
| 1973 | 6 | 13 | 143 | Vikings | Fred Abbott | LB | Florida |
| 1988 | 9 | 16 | 237 | Vikings | Paul McGowan | LB | Florida State |
| 1986 | 12 | 13 | 318 | Vikings | Jesse Solomon | LB | Florida State |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 | 177 | Vikings | Nick Rogers | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 1980 | 7 | 9 | 174 | Vikings | Henry Johnson | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 1999 | 6 | 30 | 199 | Vikings | Antico Dalton | LB | Hampton |
| 1975 | 6 | 25 | 155 | Vikings | Bubba Broussard | LB | Houston |
| 1995 | 7 | 24 | 232 | Vikings | Jose White | LB | Howard |
| 1967 | 14 | 7 | 348 | Vikings | James Hargrove | LB | Howard Payne |
| 1977 | 9 | 27 | 250 | Vikings | Scott Studwell | LB | Illinois |
| 1974 | 2 | 25 | 51 | Vikings | Matt Blair | LB | Iowa State |
| 1989 | 12 | 24 | 331 | Vikings | Shawn Woodson | LB | James Madison |
| 1979 | 12 | 14 | 317 | Vikings | David Stephens | LB | Kentucky |
| 1972 | 6 | 24 | 154 | Vikings | Anthony (Amos) Martin | LB | Louisville |
| 1979 | 5 | 19 | 129 | Vikings | Jerry Meter | LB | Michigan |
| 1991 | 3 | 10 | 65 | Vikings | Carlos Jenkins | LB | Michigan State |
| 1990 | 12 | 20 | 324 | Vikings | Ron Goetz | LB | Minnesota |
| 1982 | 4 | 9 | 92 | Vikings | Jim Fahnhorst | LB | Minnesota |
| 1975 | 15 | 24 | 388 | Vikings | Ollie Bakken | LB | Minnesota |
| 1969 | 12 | 17 | 303 | Vikings | Noel Jenke | LB | Minnesota |
| 1970 | 7 | 25 | 181 | Vikings | Hap Farber | LB | Mississippi |
| 1998 | 4 | 18 | 110 | Vikings | Kivuusama Mays | LB | North Carolina |
| 1970 | 3 | 25 | 77 | Vikings | Chuck Burgoon | LB | North Park (Ill.) |
| 1994 | 7 | 17 | 211 | Vikings | Pete Bercich | LB | Notre Dame |
| 1968 | 3 | 20 | 76 | Vikings | Mike McGill | LB | Notre Dame |
| 1984 | 10 | 16 | 268 | Vikings | James Spencer | LB | Oklahoma State |
| 1988 | 8 | 17 | 210 | Vikings | Joe Cain | LB | Oregon Tech |
| 1982 | 8 | 11 | 206 | Vikings | Kirk Harmon | LB | Pacific |
| 1983 | 3 | 17 | 73 | Vikings | Walker Lee Ashley | LB | Penn State |
| 1995 | 6 | 18 | 189 | Vikings | John Solomon | LB | Sam Houston State |
| 1978 | 3 | 19 | 75 | Vikings | Whip Walton | LB | San Diego State |
| 1980 | 4 | 9 | 92 | Vikings | Dennis Johnson | LB | Southern Cal |
| 1972 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Vikings | Jeff Siemon | LB | Stanford |
| 1981 | 2 | 17 | 45 | Vikings | Robin Sendlein | LB | Texas |
| 2000 | 4 | 12 | 106 | Vikings | Antonio Wilson | LB | Texas A&M Commerce |
| 1985 | 8 | 2 | 198 | Vikings | Nikita Blair | LB | Texas-El Paso |
| 1971 | 7 | 24 | 180 | Vikings | Gene Mack | LB | Texas-El Paso |
| 1971 | 11 | 24 | 284 | Vikings | Mike Walker | LB | Tulane |
| 1974 | 1 | 17 | 17 | Vikings | Fred McNeill | LB | UCLA |
| 1997 | 7 | 19 | 220 | Vikings | Artie Ulmer | LB | Valdosta State |
| 1989 | 2 | 24 | 52 | Vikings | David Braxton | LB | Wake Forest |
| 1985 | 3 | 4 | 60 | Vikings | Tim Meamber | LB | Washington |
| 1983 | 5 | 15 | 127 | Vikings | Mark Stewart | LB | Washington |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 | 38 | Vikings | Raonall Smith | LB | Washington State |
| 2001 | 5 | 26 | 157 | Vikings | Patrick Chukwurah | LB | Wyoming |
| 1971 | 14 | 24 | 362 | Vikings | Jim Gallagher | LB | Yale |
| 2005 | 2 | 17 | 49 | Vikings | Marcus Johnson | OG | Mississippi |
| 1968 | 17 | 9 | 445 | Vikings | Bill Hull | OG | Tennessee |
| 2010 | 5 | 30 | 161 | Vikings | Chris DeGeare | OG | Wake Forest |
| 2009 | 2 | 22 | 54 | Vikings | Phil Loadholt | OL | Oklahoma |
| 2004 | 2 | 16 | 48 | Vikings | Dontarrious Thomas | OLB | Auburn |
| 2003 | 6 | 17 | 190 | Vikings | Michael Nattiel | OLB | Florida |
| 2006 | 1 | 17 | 17 | Vikings | Chad Greenway | OLB | Iowa |
| 2010 | 5 | 36 | 167 | Vikings | Nate Triplett | OLB | Minnesota |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 176 | Vikings | Rufus Alexander | OLB | Oklahoma |
| 1968 | 14 | 6 | 360 | Vikings | Don Evans | OT | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 1981 | 11 | 17 | 293 | Vikings | Bill Stephanos | OT | Boston College |
| 1989 | 3 | 24 | 80 | Vikings | John Hunter | OT | BYU |
| 1994 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Vikings | Todd Steussie | OT | California |
| 1996 | 7 | 14 | 223 | Vikings | Jon Merrill | OT | Duke |
| 1989 | 6 | 24 | 163 | Vikings | Jeff Mickel | OT | Eastern Washington |
| 2004 | 4 | 19 | 115 | Vikings | Nat Dorsey | OT | Georgia Tech |
| 1998 | 6 | 20 | 173 | Vikings | Matt Birk | OT | Harvard |
| 1987 | 10 | 16 | 267 | Vikings | Bob Riley | OT | Indiana State |
| 1973 | 8 | 14 | 196 | Vikings | Craig Darling | OT | Iowa |
| 1985 | 3 | 10 | 66 | Vikings | Tim Long | OT | Memphis State |
| 2002 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Vikings | Bryant McKinnie | OT | Miami |
| 1978 | 12 | 20 | 326 | Vikings | Jeff Morrow | OT | Minnesota |
| 1972 | 3 | 7 | 59 | Vikings | Bart Buetow | OT | Minnesota |
| 1993 | 5 | 21 | 133 | Vikings | Everett Lindsay | OT | Mississippi |
| 1995 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Vikings | Korey Stringer | OT | Ohio State |
| 1970 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Vikings | John Ward | OT | Oklahoma State |
| 1976 | 14 | 26 | 401 | Vikings | Jeff Stapleton | OT | Purdue |
| 1974 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Vikings | Steve Riley | OT | Southern Cal |
| 1968 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Vikings | Ron Yary | OT | Southern Cal |
| 1981 | 3 | 18 | 74 | Vikings | Tim Irwin | OT | Tennessee |
| 1999 | 4 | 30 | 125 | Vikings | Jay Humphrey | OT | Texas |
| 1982 | 2 | 12 | 39 | Vikings | Terry Tausch | OT | Texas |
| 1986 | 8 | 12 | 206 | Vikings | Gary Schippang | OT | West Chester (PA) |
| 2001 | 7 | 25 | 225 | Vikings | Brian Crawford | OT | Western Oregon |
| 1991 | 10 | 9 | 259 | Vikings | Brady Pierce | OT | Wisconsin |
| 1978 | 9 | 18 | 240 | Vikings | Mike Deutsch | P | Colorado State |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 | 180 | Vikings | Eddie Johnson | P | Idaho State |
| 1975 | 10 | 24 | 258 | Vikings | Neil Clabo | P | Tennessee |
| 1971 | 17 | 23 | 439 | Vikings | Ken Duncan | P | Tulsa |
| 2006 | 2 | 32 | 64 | Vikings | Tarvaris Jackson | QB | Alabama State |
| 1999 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Vikings | Daunte Culpepper | QB | Central Florida |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 217 | Vikings | Tyler Thigpen | QB | Coastal Carolina |
| 1981 | 8 | 17 | 210 | Vikings | Wade Wilson | QB | East Texas State |
| 1992 | 9 | 3 | 227 | Vikings | Brad Johnson | QB | Florida State |
| 1970 | 2 | 25 | 51 | Vikings | Bill Cappleman | QB | Florida State |
| 1973 | 4 | 2 | 80 | Vikings | Mike Wells | QB | Illinois |
| 1995 | 4 | 13 | 111 | Vikings | Chad May | QB | Kansas State |
| 1993 | 7 | 24 | 192 | Vikings | Gino Torretta | QB | Miami |
| 1987 | 11 | 16 | 295 | Vikings | Brent Pease | QB | Montana |
| 1976 | 10 | 24 | 289 | Vikings | Bill Salmon | QB | Northern Iowa |
| 1968 | 17 | 5 | 441 | Vikings | Bob Lee | QB | Pacific |
| 1977 | 1 | 27 | 27 | Vikings | Tommy Kramer | QB | Rice |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 | 137 | Vikings | John David Booty | QB | Southern Cal |
| 1979 | 4 | 15 | 97 | Vikings | Steve Dils | QB | Stanford |
| 1985 | 6 | 2 | 142 | Vikings | Steve Bono | QB | UCLA |
| 1968 | 15 | 6 | 387 | Vikings | Jim Haynie | QB | West Chester |
| 1972 | 16 | 24 | 414 | Vikings | Neil Graff | QB | Wisconsin |
| 1969 | 11 | 17 | 277 | Vikings | Brian Dowling | QB | Yale |
| 1989 | 11 | 24 | 303 | Vikings | Brad Baxter | RB | Alabama State |
| 1972 | 13 | 24 | 336 | Vikings | Franklin Roberts | RB | Alcorn State |
| 1973 | 5 | 14 | 118 | Vikings | Brent McClanahan | RB | Arizona State |
| 1984 | 3 | 11 | 67 | Vikings | Alfred Anderson | RB | Baylor |
| 1984 | 5 | 28 | 140 | Vikings | Allen Rice | RB | Baylor |
| 1976 | 5 | 25 | 149 | Vikings | Keith Barnette | RB | Boston College |
| 1980 | 5 | 12 | 122 | Vikings | Paul Jones | RB | California |
| 1982 | 12 | 12 | 318 | Vikings | Hobson Milner | RB | Cincinnati |
| 1992 | 11 | 15 | 295 | Vikings | Charles Evans | RB | Clark |
| 1990 | 9 | 21 | 241 | Vikings | Terry Allen | RB | Clemson |
| 1977 | 12 | 27 | 334 | Vikings | Jim Kelleher | RB | Colorado |
| 1978 | 11 | 21 | 299 | Vikings | Ron Harris | RB | Colorado State |
| 1968 | 7 | 2 | 167 | Vikings | Oscar Reed | RB | Colorado State |
| 1971 | 4 | 24 | 102 | Vikings | Vince Clements | RB | Connecticut |
| 1972 | 2 | 24 | 50 | Vikings | Ed Marinaro | RB | Cornell |
| 1980 | 11 | 11 | 288 | Vikings | Sam Harrell | RB | East Carolina |
| 1975 | 14 | 25 | 363 | Vikings | Mike Strickland | RB | Eastern Michigan |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 | 112 | Vikings | Ciatrick Fason* | RB | Florida |
| 1990 | 5 | 22 | 131 | Vikings | Cedric Smith | RB | Florida |
| 1968 | 7 | 6 | 171 | Vikings | Lenny Snow | RB | Georgia Tech |
| 1974 | 14 | 25 | 363 | Vikings | Alan Dixon | RB | Harding |
| 1986 | 6 | 9 | 147 | Vikings | Thomas Rooks | RB | Illinois |
| 1980 | 9 | 11 | 232 | Vikings | Dennis Mosley | RB | Iowa |
| 1971 | 9 | 24 | 232 | Vikings | Tim Sullivan | RB | Iowa |
| 1975 | 5 | 25 | 129 | Vikings | Robert Miller | RB | Kansas |
| 1969 | 5 | 17 | 121 | Vikings | Corny Davis | RB | Kansas State |
| 1996 | 3 | 14 | 75 | Vikings | Moe Williams | RB | Kentucky |
| 1981 | 7 | 18 | 184 | Vikings | Don Shaver | RB | Kutztown (PA) |
| 1976 | 15 | 25 | 428 | Vikings | Ron Groce | RB | Macalester |
| 2000 | 3 | 26 | 88 | Vikings | Doug Chapman | RB | Marshall |
| 1995 | 5 | 23 | 157 | Vikings | James Stewart | RB | Miami |
| 1983 | 4 | 16 | 100 | Vikings | Mark Rush | RB | Miami |
| 1973 | 1 | 12 | 12 | Vikings | Chuck Foreman | RB | Miami |
| 1967 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Vikings | Clint Jones | RB | Michigan State |
| 1991 | 4 | 9 | 92 | Vikings | Randy Baldwin | RB | Mississippi |
| 1973 | 15 | 13 | 377 | Vikings | Tony Chandler | RB | Missouri Valley |
| 1976 | 11 | 25 | 316 | Vikings | Steve Kracher | RB | Montana State |
| 1981 | 2 | 24 | 52 | Vikings | Jarvis Redwine | RB | Nebraska |
| 1967 | 10 | 7 | 244 | Vikings | Pete Tatman | RB | Nebraska |
| 1980 | 5 | 11 | 121 | Vikings | Doug Paschal | RB | North Carolina |
| 1984 | 12 | 14 | 322 | Vikings | Mike Jones | RB | North Carolina A&T |
| 1979 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Vikings | Ted Brown | RB | North Carolina State |
| 1974 | 6 | 25 | 155 | Vikings | Mark Keller | RB | Northern Illinois |
| 1993 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Vikings | Robert Smith | RB | Ohio State |
| 1975 | 4 | 11 | 89 | Vikings | Harold Henson | RB | Ohio State |
| 1971 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Vikings | Leo Hayden | RB | Ohio State |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Vikings | *Adrian Peterson | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1992 | 6 | 12 | 152 | Vikings | Mike Gaddis | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1991 | 9 | 9 | 232 | Vikings | Gerald Hudson | RB | Oklahoma State |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 | 105 | Vikings | Onterrio Smith | RB | Oregon |
| 1967 | 2 | 2 | 28 | Vikings | Bob Grim | RB | Oregon State |
| 1987 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Vikings | D.J. Dozier | RB | Penn State |
| 1975 | 17 | 25 | 441 | Vikings | Adolph Bellizeare | RB | Pennsylvania |
| 1974 | 10 | 25 | 259 | Vikings | Barry Reed | RB | Peru |
| 1972 | 14 | 23 | 361 | Vikings | Marv Owens | RB | San Diego State |
| 1972 | 10 | 24 | 258 | Vikings | Willie Aldridge | RB | South Carolina State |
| 1975 | 7 | 25 | 181 | Vikings | Henry Green | RB | Southern |
| 1974 | 16 | 25 | 415 | Vikings | John Gobel | RB | St. Thomas |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 51 | Vikings | Toby Gerhart | RB | Stanford |
| 1982 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Vikings | Darrin Nelson | RB | Stanford |
| 1974 | 7 | 25 | 181 | Vikings | Fred Tabron | RB | SW Missouri State |
| 1973 | 7 | 12 | 168 | Vikings | Josh Brown | RB | SW Texas |
| 1985 | 9 | 3 | 227 | Vikings | Jamie Covington | RB | Syracuse |
| 1978 | 10 | 22 | 272 | Vikings | Hughie Shaw | RB | Texas A&I |
| 1969 | 17 | 17 | 433 | Vikings | Wendell Housely | RB | Texas A&M |
| 2004 | 4 | 23 | 119 | Vikings | Mewelde Moore | RB | Tulane |
| 1970 | 5 | 25 | 129 | Vikings | Greg Jones | RB | UCLA |
| 1975 | 11 | 25 | 285 | Vikings | Ike Spencer | RB | Utah |
| 1983 | 12 | 18 | 325 | Vikings | Maurice Turner | RB | Utah State |
| 1987 | 8 | 16 | 211 | Vikings | Rick Fenney | RB | Washington |
| 2001 | 1 | 27 | 27 | Vikings | Michael Bennett | RB | Wisconsin |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 | 43 | Vikings | Tyrell Johnson | SS | Arkansas State |
| 1982 | 7 | 12 | 179 | Vikings | Steve Jordan | TE | Brown |
| 1989 | 4 | 24 | 108 | Vikings | Darryl Ingram | TE | California |
| 1992 | 8 | 14 | 210 | Vikings | Luke Fisher | TE | East Carolina |
| 1983 | 8 | 17 | 213 | Vikings | Norris Brown | TE | Georgia |
| 1986 | 7 | 13 | 179 | Vikings | Carl Hilton | TE | Houston |
| 1969 | 15 | 17 | 381 | Vikings | Eugene Mosley | TE | Jackson State |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 | 220 | Vikings | Jeff Dugan | TE | Maryland |
| 1973 | 6 | 9 | 139 | Vikings | Doug Kingsriter | TE | Minnesota |
| 1973 | 17 | 13 | 429 | Vikings | Dave Winfield | TE | Minnesota |
| 1988 | 7 | 18 | 183 | Vikings | Brad Beckman | TE | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 1999 | 2 | 13 | 44 | Vikings | Jim Kleinsasser | TE | North Dakota |
| 1977 | 5 | 26 | 138 | Vikings | Ken Moore | TE | Northern Illinois |
| 1974 | 3 | 12 | 64 | Vikings | Steve Craig | TE | Northwestern |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 214 | Vikings | Mickey Shuler | TE | Penn State |
| 1968 | 9 | 6 | 225 | Vikings | Mike Donohoe | TE | San |
| 1981 | 12 | 16 | 320 | Vikings | Brian Williams | TE | Southern |
| 1990 | 3 | 1 | 54 | Vikings | Mike Jones | TE | Texas A&M |
| 2000 | 7 | 38 | 244 | Vikings | Giles Cole | TE | Texas A&M Kingsville |
| 1979 | 6 | 15 | 152 | Vikings | Joe Senser | TE | West Chester (PA) |
| 1994 | 6 | 18 | 179 | Vikings | Andrew Jordan | TE | Western Carolina |
| 1970 | 10 | 25 | 259 | Vikings | Stu Voight | TE | Wisconsin |
| 1994 | 2 | 11 | 40 | Vikings | David Palmer | WR | Alabama |
| 1987 | 6 | 16 | 156 | Vikings | Greg Richardson | WR | Alabama |
| 1971 | 3 | 24 | 76 | Vikings | Eddie Hackett | WR | Alcorn State |
| 1977 | 11 | 27 | 306 | Vikings | Keith Hartwig | WR | Arizona |
| 1972 | 8 | 24 | 206 | Vikings | Calvin Demery | WR | Arizona State |
| 1984 | 9 | 11 | 235 | Vikings | Keith Kidd | WR | Arkansas |
| 1972 | 17 | 24 | 440 | Vikings | Dick Schmalz | WR | Auburn |
| 1990 | 5 | 7 | 116 | Vikings | Reggie Thornton | WR | Bowling Green |
| 1967 | 8 | 12 | 197 | Vikings | John Beasley | WR | California |
| 1991 | 12 | 7 | 313 | Vikings | Darren Hughes | WR | Carson Newman |
| 1997 | 6 | 20 | 183 | Vikings | Robert Tate | WR | Cincinnati |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 | 146 | Vikings | Aundrae Allison | WR | East Carolina |
| 1992 | 12 | 14 | 322 | Vikings | Joe Randolph | WR | Elon |
| 1970 | 16 | 25 | 415 | Vikings | Bruce Cerone | WR | Emporia State |
| 2009 | 1 | 22 | 22 | Vikings | Percy Harvin | WR | Florida |
| 2007 | 7 | 23 | 233 | Vikings | Chandler Williams | WR | Florida International |
| 1986 | 5 | 10 | 120 | Vikings | Hassan Jones | WR | Florida State |
| 1991 | 3 | 13 | 68 | Vikings | Jake Reed | WR | Grambling |
| 1976 | 2 | 26 | 54 | Vikings | Sammy White | WR | Grambling |
| 2008 | 6 | 27 | 193 | Vikings | Jaymar Johnson | WR | Jackson State |
| 1975 | 4 | 25 | 103 | Vikings | Bruce Adams | WR | Kansas |
| 1997 | 7 | 34 | 235 | Vikings | Matthew Hatchette | WR | Langston |
| 1985 | 10 | 2 | 254 | Vikings | Juan Johnson | WR | Langston |
| 1970 | 14 | 25 | 363 | Vikings | Tom Spinks | WR | Louisiana Tech |
| 1998 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Vikings | Randy Moss | WR | Marshall |
| 1984 | 11 | 28 | 308 | Vikings | Lawrence Thompson | WR | Miami |
| 1975 | 13 | 24 | 336 | Vikings | Mike Hurd | WR | Michigan State |
| 1967 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Vikings | Gene Washington | WR | Michigan State |
| 1967 | 5 | 8 | 115 | Vikings | Ken Last | WR | Minnesota |
| 1981 | 2 | 11 | 39 | Vikings | Mardye McDole | WR | Mississippi State |
| 1967 | 3 | 8 | 61 | Vikings | Earl Denny | WR | Missouri |
| 1974 | 9 | 24 | 232 | Vikings | Sam McCullum | WR | Montana State |
| 1980 | 10 | 9 | 258 | Vikings | Kenny Brown | WR | Nebraska |
| 1968 | 11 | 6 | 279 | Vikings | Bill Haas | WR | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 | 71 | Vikings | Nate Burleson | WR | Nevada-Reno |
| 1968 | 13 | 6 | 333 | Vikings | Rich Wherry | WR | Northern State (SD) |
| 1973 | 3 | 13 | 65 | Vikings | Jim Lash | WR | Northwestern |
| 1989 | 12 | 28 | 335 | Vikings | Everett Ross | WR | Ohio State |
| 1976 | 4 | 26 | 118 | Vikings | Leonard Willis | WR | Ohio State |
| 1985 | 4 | 1 | 85 | Vikings | Buster Rhymes | WR | Oklahoma |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 221 | Vikings | Keenan Howry | WR | Oregon |
| 1971 | 16 | 23 | 413 | Vikings | Greg Edmonds | WR | Penn State |
| 1992 | 9 | 13 | 237 | Vikings | Ronnie West | WR | Pittsburg State (KS) |
| 1984 | 6 | 14 | 154 | Vikings | Dwight Collins | WR | Pittsburgh |
| 1973 | 12 | 13 | 299 | Vikings | Allen Spencer | WR | Pittsburgh (Kan) |
| 1986 | 11 | 9 | 286 | Vikings | John Armstron | WR | Richmond |
| 2007 | 2 | 12 | 44 | Vikings | *Sidney Rice | WR | South Carolina |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Vikings | Troy Williamson* | WR | South Carolina |
| 1976 | 9 | 25 | 262 | Vikings | Isaac Hagins | WR | Southern |
| 1986 | 10 | 10 | 259 | Vikings | Joe Cormier | WR | Southern Cal |
| 2000 | 5 | 36 | 165 | Vikings | Troy Walters | WR | Stanford |
| 1993 | 2 | 23 | 52 | Vikings | Qadry Ismail | WR | Syracuse |
| 2001 | 4 | 36 | 131 | Vikings | Cedric James | WR | TCU |
| 1982 | 10 | 9 | 260 | Vikings | Gerald Lucear | WR | Temple |
| 1983 | 6 | 19 | 159 | Vikings | Mike Jones | WR | Tennessee State |
| 1974 | 2 | 3 | 29 | Vikings | John Holland | WR | Tennessee State |
| 1979 | 11 | 16 | 291 | Vikings | Brian Nelson | WR | Texas Tech |
| 1969 | 2 | 17 | 43 | Vikings | Volly Murphy | WR | Texas-El Paso |
| 1983 | 9 | 15 | 239 | Vikings | Rod Achter | WR | Toledo |
| 2010 | 6 | 30 | 199 | Vikings | Joe Webb | WR | UAB |
| 1990 | 10 | 1 | 249 | Vikings | Patrick Newman | WR | Utah State |
| 1981 | 10 | 18 | 266 | Vikings | James Murphy | WR | Utah State |
| 1969 | 5 | 8 | 112 | Vikings | Mike O'Shea | WR | Utah State |
| 1968 | 6 | 6 | 144 | Vikings | Bob Goodridge | WR | Vanderbilt |
| 1969 | 8 | 17 | 199 | Vikings | Harris Wood | WR | Washington |
| 1979 | 9 | 16 | 236 | Vikings | Billy Diggs | WR | Winston-Salem State |
| 1969 | 10 | 19 | 253 | Vikings | Tom McCauley | WR | Wisconsin |
