The 22 Pro Bowlers George Paton helped bring to Minnesota

During his time in Minnesota, George Paton helped the Vikings draft, sign or trade for 22 Pro Bowl players.

How acquired: Trade Accolades in Minnesota: four Pro Bowls, three first-time All-Pro selections, 2011 NFL sack leader (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)
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2008 - DE Jared Allen

How acquired: Trade

Accolades in Minnesota: four Pro Bowls, three first-time All-Pro selections, 2011 NFL sack leader

(AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)

Genevieve Ross
How acquired: Street free agent Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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2009 - QB Brett Favre

How acquired: Street free agent

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl

(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Bill Kostroun/AP2010
How acquired: first-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: 2009 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team, one Pro Bowl (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
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2009 - WR Percy Harvin

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: 2009 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team, one Pro Bowl

(AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Mike Roemer/AP2009
How acquired: fourth-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: four Pro Bowls, 2017 second-team All-Pro selection (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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2010 - DE Everson Griffen

How acquired: fourth-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: four Pro Bowls, 2017 second-team All-Pro selection

(AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

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How acquired: second-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: 2011 NFL All-Rookie Team, two Pro Bowls (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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2011 - TE Kyle Rudolph

How acquired: second-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: 2011 NFL All-Rookie Team, two Pro Bowls

(AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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How acquired: 2012 unrestricted free agent Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one second-team All-Pro (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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2012 - FB Jerome Felton

How acquired: 2012 unrestricted free agent

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one second-team All-Pro

(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Nam Y. Huh
How acquired: first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: five Pro Bowls, one first-team All-Pro, one second-team All-Pro, 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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2012 - Harrison Smith

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: five Pro Bowls, one first-team All-Pro, one second-team All-Pro, 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team

(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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How acquired: sixth-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one first-team All-Pro, 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
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2012 - K Blair Walsh

How acquired: sixth-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one first-team All-Pro, 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team

(AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)

Reinhold Matay
How acquired: first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
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2012 - T Matt Kalil

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team

(AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Duane Burleson
How acquired: first-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: three Pro Bowls, one first-team All-Pro (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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2013 - CB Xavier Rhodes

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: three Pro Bowls, one first-team All-Pro

(AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

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How acquired: undrafted free agent Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls, one second-team All-Pro (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
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2013 - WR Adam Thielen

How acquired: undrafted free agent

Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls, one second-team All-Pro

(AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

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How acquired: first-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pros, 2013 NFL All-Rookie Team, one second-team All-Pro Overall career accolades: four Pro Bowls, three first-team All-Pros, three second-team All-Pros, 2010s NFL All-Decade Team, 2013 NFL All-Rookie Team, tied for most kick-return TDs in NFL history (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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2013 - WR Cordarrelle Patterson

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pros, 2013 NFL All-Rookie Team, one second-team All-Pro

Overall career accolades: four Pro Bowls, three first-team All-Pros, three second-team All-Pros, 2010s NFL All-Decade Team, 2013 NFL All-Rookie Team, tied for most kick-return TDs in NFL history

(AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

Ann Heisenfelt
How acquired: unrestricted free agent Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
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2014 - DT Linval Joseph

How acquired: unrestricted free agent

Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls

(AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

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How acquired: fourth-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: four Pro Bowls (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
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2014 - LB Anthony Barr

How acquired: fourth-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: four Pro Bowls

(AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Bruce Kluckhohn/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
How acquired: first-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, 2014 NFL All-Rookie Team (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
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2014 - QB Teddy Bridgewater

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, 2014 NFL All-Rookie Team

(AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Mike Roemer
How acquired: third-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls, 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team, one second-team All-Pro (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
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2015 - DE Danielle Hunter

How acquired: third-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls, 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team, one second-team All-Pro

(AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

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How acquired: second-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one first-team All-Pro, 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
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2015 - LB Eric Kendricks

How acquired: second-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one first-team All-Pro, 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team

(AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Mike Roemer/Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
How acquired: fifth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team Career accolades: one Pro Bowl, 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team, one first-team All-Pro (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
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2015 - WR Stefon Diggs

How acquired: fifth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team

Career accolades: one Pro Bowl, 2015 NFL All-Rookie Team, one first-team All-Pro

(AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

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How acquired: undrafted free agent Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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2016 - FB C.J. Ham

How acquired: undrafted free agent

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl

(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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How acquired: second-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
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2017 - RB Dalvin Cook

How acquired: second-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: two Pro Bowls

(AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

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How acquired: unrestricted free agent Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
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2018 - QB Kirk Cousins

How acquired: unrestricted free agent

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl

(AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Bruce Kluckhohn/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
How acquired: first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one second-team All-Pro, NFL rookie record for receiving yards (AP Photo/David Berding)
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2020 - WR Justin Jefferson

How acquired: first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft

Accolades with Minnesota: one Pro Bowl, one second-team All-Pro, NFL rookie record for receiving yards

(AP Photo/David Berding)

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