Minnesota Vikings pre-snap motion rate, 2026
42.0%
24th of 32 in the NFL
- 45.4%
- On 226 plays through Week 3
How often do the Vikings use pre-snap motion?
The Vikings have put a man in motion before the snap on 42.0% of their plays through Week 3, 24th in the NFL.
Week by week
| Through | Motion% | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 51.2% | 9th |
| Week 2 | 43.2% | 22nd |
| Week 3 | 42.0% | 24th |
Last season
Up from 41.1% in 2025, which ranked 24th of 32.
From the Vikings weekly
Fourth and five at the Tampa Bay forty-five, nine minutes left in the first quarter, Minnesota up three to nothing. Tampa Bay punted forty-one yards to the Minnesota fourteen, and Price brought it back eighty-six yards for a touchdown. Eighteen points of win probability on one snap — win probability being the model's read on each team's chance of winning at that moment — and by expected points added, what a snap was worth given the down, the distance and the field position, measured against what that situation was already worth, it cost Tampa Bay six point nine. Seven points was the final margin. Minnesota won at Tampa Bay twenty-three to sixteen, is three and oh, led for about fifty-four of the sixty minutes and never trailed. It did that on a day when its passing game posted the lowest success rate of any of the ninety-two team games played this season, and its offense never ran a play inside the Tampa Bay twenty.
Read the Week 3 note →Which offenses use the most pre-snap motion in 2026?
Miami Dolphins (64.9%), San Francisco 49ers (64.3%), then Los Angeles Chargers (62.3%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Pre-Snap Motion Rate board.
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