Minnesota Vikings

How the Vikings play under each referee

Every Vikings game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Vikings are 101-1-70 (58.7%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Bill Vinovich has the most Vikings games in this sample (14).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2016-2026 (2016-09-02 – 2026-08-22)

Vikings record: 101-1-70 (58.7%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (544) exceed 172 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Rick Patterson
+30.2 pts vs team+1.4
Terry Brown
+23.1 pts vs team-0.1
Boris Cheek
+21.3 pts vs team-0.5
Dana McKenzie
+16.3 pts vs team-3.9
Tony Michalek
+16.3 pts vs team-1.6
Greg Yette
+16.3 pts vs team-0.5
Terry Killens Jr
+16.3 pts vs team-2.2
Tripp Sutter
+16.3 pts vs team-0.5
Grantis Bell
+16.3 pts vs team+0.5
Steven Woods
+14.0 pts vs team+0.1
Sarah Thomas
+11.3 pts vs team+2.2
Mearl Robinson
+11.3 pts vs team+0.0
Mark Stewart
+11.3 pts vs team-0.6
Jerod Phillips
+10.5 pts vs team+0.5
Jonah Monroe
+8.0 pts vs team-0.8
Greg Wilson
+5.6 pts vs team+0.6
Adrian Hill
+4.9 pts vs team-0.1
Allen Baynes
+4.9 pts vs team-2.3
David Meslow
+3.8 pts vs team-0.2
Shawn Smith
+3.8 pts vs team-1.7
Greg Bradley
+3.8 pts vs team-1.0
Todd Prukop
+3.8 pts vs team-1.1
Jerry Bergman
+3.8 pts vs team-0.5
Nathan Jones
+3.8 pts vs team+0.6
Brad Allen
+2.8 pts vs team+0.9
Clete Blakeman
+2.8 pts vs team+0.1
Gary Cavaletto
+1.3 pts vs team-0.3
Carl Cheffers
+1.3 pts vs team+0.2
Jimmy Buchanan
+1.3 pts vs team-1.1
Scott Novak
-0.4 pts vs team-0.9
Terrence Miles
-3.1 pts vs team+0.1
Alan Eck
-3.1 pts vs team-0.7
Craig Wrolstad
-3.1 pts vs team+0.3
Jeff Seeman
-3.1 pts vs team-1.3
Don Willard
-3.1 pts vs team-0.1
Eugene Hall
-4.9 pts vs team-0.1
Clay Martin
-4.9 pts vs team-0.1
Bill Vinovich
-8.7 pts vs team-0.5
Kent Payne
-8.7 pts vs team+0.2
Mark Perlman
-8.7 pts vs team-0.2
John Hussey
-8.7 pts vs team-1.9
Carl Johnson
-8.7 pts vs team-1.2
Jim Quirk
-8.7 pts vs team-0.4
Jabir Walker
-8.7 pts vs team-1.7
Keith Ferguson
-8.7 pts vs team-1.5
Greg Steed
-8.7 pts vs team-1.0
Aaron Santi
-8.7 pts vs team-2.1
Matt Edwards
-8.7 pts vs team-0.9
Alex Kemp
-14.3 pts vs team-2.7
Brad Rogers
-14.3 pts vs team-0.9
Mike Carr
-14.3 pts vs team+1.0
James Coleman
-18.7 pts vs team-0.1
Patrick Turner
-21.2 pts vs team-0.2
Kevin Codey
-25.4 pts vs team-0.9
Brad Freeman
-25.4 pts vs team-0.8
Tim Podraza
-36.5 pts vs team-0.6

Close-game proxy

How Minnesota Vikings compares in close-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Close games (≤7 pt margin)

84 of 172 games match this window

Avg combined points
Close-game avg
47.2
Season avg
44.8
Pressure impact
+2.4
Avg flags
Close-game avg
12.1
Season avg
12.3
Pressure impact
-0.2
Over rate
Close-game avg
65.5%
Season avg
51.7%
Pressure impact
+13.8 pp

Over benchmark: 44.8 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 172 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Vikings games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Vikings went 101-1-70 (58.7%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: flag differential. A positive number means opponents are flagged more often than the Vikings.

Ref×team W-L rebuilt from 2793 ESPN game logs (2016-2026). 4629/5986 ref×team pairs meet the 3+ game matrix gate. Ties are excluded from straight-up W-L. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.