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Center of it all: A look at Vikings' men in the middle

By Mark Craig

May 1, 2019 at 1:31AM

NOW STARTING AT CENTER …

The Vikings have had six centers start 735 out of 832 regular-season games (88.3%) over 54 seasons from 1962-2015. Here are the top 10 in number of games started at center:

GamesPlayerYears played

240Mick Tingelhoff 1962-78

123Matt Birk 1998-2008

101Dennis Swilley 1978-83, '85-87

93John Sullivan 2008-15

92Jeff Christy 1993-99

86Kirk Lowdermilk 1985-92

48Joe Berger 2011-16

27Pat Elflein 2017-present

17Adam Schreiber 1990-93

13Bill Lapham 1961

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Mark Craig

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Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).

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