Top Ten QBs In Franchise History

I agree no Kapp is a miss

We've had our fair share of 1 year wonders (including George)

purplefaithful wrote:
I agree no Kapp is a miss

We've had our fair share of 1 year wonders (including George)

Kapp was amazing. 40 for 60. 

Fran doesn’t get the adoration he deserves. Think about what he accomplished, when he accomplished it, for as long as he accomplished it.

Joe Kapp was my absolute favorite Vikings hero when I was a kid. His "wounded duck" completions, he wasn't pretty, but he had that competitive fire that no other Vikings QB before or since. I was so devastated when he got into a contract scuffle after that '69 season...the magic was gone.

Montana Tom wrote:
Joe Kapp was my absolute favorite Vikings hero when I was a kid.  His "wounded duck" completions, he wasn't pretty, but he had that competitive fire that no other Vikings QB before or since.  I was so devastated when he got into a contract scuffle after that '69 season...the magic was gone.

He truly understood and embodies the term “team”.

There is absolutely no way that Cousins is in the top 10.

FLVike wrote:
There is absolutely no way that Cousins is in the top 10.

Why not? His numbers are there.

Canthony wrote:

Why not? His numbers are there.

FLVike wrote:
But, IMO,  clutch play, poise, and accuracy rank higher than numbers.

Jun 26, 2025 at 8:43pm

1. Fran Tarkenton
2. Bret Favre
3. Warren Moon
4. Joe Kapp
5. Tommy Kramer
6. Wade Wilson
7. Daunte Culpepper
8. Brad Johnson
9. Jeff George
10. Randal Cunningham

JJ McCarthy didn't make the list?

MAD GAINZ wrote:
JJ McCarthy didn't make the list?

He'll be in the top 3 after this season.

FLVike wrote:

He'll be in the top 3 after the 3rd quarter of his first preseason game.

Fixed it for ya

I mostly agree with the list. Wasn't the biggest Fran fan, but he definitely belongs at #1. Question whether Kramer should be ahead of Cousins. Kramer played 14 years, Cousins played 13. Cousins has double the yards, double the TDs, 32 fewer INTs and a higher passer rating by 20 points. The most TDs Kramer ever threw in one season was 26 in 1981. But he had 24 INTs that year. 26/24. Cousins best year was 35/13. Over their careers, Tommy TD/INT ratio was 159/158!! Cousins was 288/126. That's a pretty remarkable difference.

Moon, Cunningham, Pepp and George...

Those F'ers had the prettiest long ball passes of the lot of em.

KC never going to get the luv/respect from Viking Nation that (I think) he deserves.

Agreed, Kramer overrated.

1. Tark
2. the rest

comet52 wrote:
1. Tark 2. the rest

^
This.

FLVike wrote:
But, IMO,  clutch play, poise, and accuracy rank higher than numbers.

Jun 26, 2025 at 8:43pm

1. Fran Tarkenton
2. Bret Favre
3. Warren Moon
4. Joe Kapp
5. Tommy Kramer
6. Wade Wilson
7. Daunte Culpepper
8. Brad Johnson
9. Jeff George
10. Randal Cunningham

Kirk Cousins had a passer rating of 101.2 with 23,265 yards, 171 touchdowns and 55 interceptions in 88 games for the Vikings in his career. 3 to 1 TD to INT with a 68% completion percentage.

Canthony wrote:

Kirk Cousins had a passer rating of 101.2 with 23,265 yards, 171 touchdowns and 55 interceptions in 88 games for the Vikings in his career. 3 to 1 TD to INT with a 68% completion percentage.

Yes, but he could have never done that 20 or more years ago when defenses were allowed to tackle QBs.
Also, Almost every QB on my list lead our team to the NFCC or is in the HOF. And Case Keenum also did it and I also rank him ahead of Cousins.

StickierBuns wrote:

This is a great illustration why what we USED to remember decades ago is sometimes not always accurate or a bit embellished as a memory. Unfortunately, and I love Tommy, Tommy Kramer was an overrated QB by Viking Nation. Kramer threw as many to the other team as he did his teammates....and some were really brutal INTs.

To be fair, Tommy was probably drunk at the time.

JustInTime wrote:

To be fair, Tommy was probably drunk at the time.

Drunk or not, he is heads and tails above the beloved Kirk Cousins.

FLVike wrote:

Drunk or not, he is heads and tails above the beloved Kirk Cousins.

In what way?

MaroonBells wrote:

In what way?

When it comes down to making a play, Tommy Kramer puts the ball in the air. Cousins checks down or gets sacked.
This is not my opinion, this is facts.