• Career Stats
    RushingReceiving
    YearGPRrsh/ydsaveTDsrec/ydsaveTDsFSV
    202015 8 3/15 5.0 0 74/925 12.5 14 252
    20199 54 4/6 1.5 1 30/418 13.9 6 114
    201816 8 5/30 6.0 0 113/1373 12.2 9 307
    201716 10 1/11 11.0 0 91/1276 14.0 4 244
    201616 27 2/15 7.5 0 69/967 14.0 5 197
    201516 124 4/89 22.3 0 12/144 12.0 0 35
    201416 123 0/0 0.0 0 8/137 17.1 1 28
  • (Month:Week)
2020 Stats | MINWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 96% 89% 94% 88% 93% 93% - 90% 86% 99% 89% - 91% 90% 94% 88% 95% 92%
rshYds 0 0 4 8 3 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 15
rushes 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 3
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
recYds 110 31 29 114 80 51 - 27 38 43 123 - 75 39 11 97 57 925
Tar/Rec 8/6 8/3 5/3 10/8 13/9 5/3 - 4/3 5/2 7/4 11/8 - 11/8 4/3 3/2 9/8 5/4 108/74
TM Tar% 33% 36% 20% 50% 36% 14% - 29% 25% 23% 41% - 29% 13% 10% 24% 13% 25%
recTDs 2 0 1 1 2 1 - 0 0 2 2 - 1 0 1 1 0 14
FScore 23 3 9 18 20 11 0 2 3 16 24 0 13 3 7 15 5 177
FS/PPR 29 6 12 26 29 14 0 5 5 20 32 0 21 6 9 23 9 252
Opp gb @ ind ten @ hou @ sea atl bye @ gb det @ chi dal car jac @ tb chi @ no @ det  
 
2019 Stats | MINWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
rshYds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 3 2 - 6
rushes 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - - - - - - - 1 1 - 4
rshTDs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - 1
recYds 43 75 55 6 130 57 25 - - - - - - - 27 0 - 418
Tar/Rec 3/3 8/5 5/3 6/2 8/7 8/6 2/1 - - - - - - - 3/3 4/0 - 47/30
recTDs 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 - 6
FScore 10 7 17 0 25 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 84
FS/PPR 13 12 20 2 32 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 114
Opp gb @ ind ten @ hou @ sea atl bye @ gb det @ chi dal car jac @ tb chi @ no @ det  
 
2018 Stats | MINWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 96% 96% 100% 99% 97% 97% 96% 95% 92% - 100% 97% 100% 97% 91% 93% 93% 96%
rshYds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 - 0 0 0 8 0 3 -1 30
rushes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
recYds 102 131 105 135 116 123 110 103 22 - 66 125 28 70 19 80 38 1373
Tar/Rec 12/6 13/12 19/14 12/8 10/7 13/11 10/9 7/7 7/4 - 12/7 9/8 10/5 7/5 2/2 6/5 4/3 153/113
TM Tar% 34% 27% 35% 24% 28% 48% 26% 18% 32% - 27% 25% 23% 23% 11% 23% 15% 27%
recTDs 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
FScore 10 19 10 19 17 18 17 17 8 0 6 18 8 7 1 8 3 194
FS/PPR 16 31 24 27 24 29 26 24 12 0 13 26 13 12 3 13 6 307
Opp sf @ gb buf @ lar @ phi ari @ nyj no det bye @ chi gb @ ne @ sea mia @ det chi  
 

Adam Thielen 2021 Outlook
As Fansided.com recently noted, Thielen has turned out to be one of the best players to suit up for Minnesota in a long time. But he turns 31 years old in August, and it's safe to say Justin Jefferson is now the team's top downfield weapon. That said, Thielen still finished last season with an impressive 14 touchdown catches. That's obviously a bonus, but one that's difficult to predict from a fantasy perspective. As FantasyPros.com notes, Thielen scored a touchdown every 7.7 targets in 2020, which was the eighth-best ratio over the last 10 years. Even if he remains a primary weapon in the red zone, expecting him to continue scoring at that pace is a reach. In addition, the veteran hasn't ended a year with 1,000 receiving yards since 2018. With Dalvin Cook locked in as the Vikings’ dominant offensive weapon (the offense is unlikely to change under Klint Kubiak), Jefferson an ascendant talent and Irv Smith Jr. appearing to be on the verge of a breakout, it's fair to question how Thielen's role plays out this year. All that said, fantasy managers shouldn't be afraid to take a shot here if value dictates.

Adam Thielen 2020 Outlook
As ESPN's Matthew Berry noted, Thielen dealt with injuries last season, but still was one of the best wide receivers in football and now, with Stefon Diggs in Buffalo, he should get an incredible target share from Kirk Cousins. The Vikings did draft Justin Jefferson and added Tajae Sharpe via free agency, but Berry is adamant that the passing offense for Minnesota will run through Thielen. ESPN's Mike Clay backs that contention, noting that Thielen has played at least 80 percent of the Vikings snaps in 18 games in 2017, 16 games in 2018 and nine games in 2019; his target share was right at 26 percent during each of those stretches. Now with Diggs gone, Clay believes Thielen is positioned for a huge role and is a great "post-hype" target in 2020. Worth noting, for his career, when Thielen gets at least nine targets, he averages 22.8 fantasy points per game (last season, Michael Thomas was the only WR to average more than 20 points per game). Also, as FantasyPros pointed out, there were five wide receivers who scored a touchdown more often than once every 10.0 targets in 2019: Mecole Hardman (6.8), Thielen (8.0), Sharpe (8.8), Kendrick Bourne (8.8) and Willie Snead (9.0). Thielen is yet another later pick with WR1 upside.

Adam Thielen 2019 Outlook
At the start of last year's training camp, teammate Stefon Diggs inked a five-year deal worth $72 million with a $15 million signing bonus. This offseason the Vikings and Thielen agreed to a four-year extension worth a maximum of $73 million. To say that Thielen earned the raise is an understatement. Since signing his previous deal, Thielen had racked up 204 receptions for 2,649 yards and 13 touchdowns. His 295 targets over those two seasons is tied for sixth-most in the league during that span. When juxtaposed with Diggs' statistics over that same period, Thielen’s totals come out far ahead. Diggs has 166 receptions for 1,870 yards and 17 touchdowns since 2017, and while those numbers may be impressive, it's clear Thielen remains the Vikings’ No. 1 target -- in part because he's often used as a big slot receiver, a role that creates mismatches against smaller slot defenders. In 2018, Thielen produced 100-yard receiving efforts in eight straight games to start the season, which established an NFL record. And for his career, the 28-year-old Thielen has appeared in 80 games with 42 starts coming in the past three seasons. He has 293 career catches (including a career-high 113 in 2018) for 3,897 yards and 19 touchdowns. Even if the targets diminish a bit, expect Thielen to continue playing the lead role here.