A.J. Green

WR · CIN/ARI · 2011–2022

Born July 31, 1988 · College Georgia · Drafted 2011, round 1, pick 4 (CIN) · 6-4, 207 lb

2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2012, 2013) · Pro Bowl ×7 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2011	CIN	15	5	53	10.60	+0.588	80.0	+2.9	+0.02
2012	CIN	16	4	38	9.50	+0.376	50.0	+1.5	+0.03
2014	CIN	12	2	2	1.00	−0.458	0.0	−0.9	−0.01
Career	ARI	155	11	93	8.45	+0.321	54.5	+3.5	+0.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2011	CIN	15	115	65	1,057	7	56.5	+0.312	+0.255+0.103 to +0.407	24.1	13.6	+35.9	+1.47
2011 playoffs	CIN	1	12	5	47	0	41.7	−1.032		28.6	10.2	−12.4	−0.18
2012	CIN	16	164	97	1,350	11	59.1	+0.212	+0.243+0.102 to +0.384	31.0	13.6	+34.7	+0.93
2012 playoffs	CIN	1	11	5	80	0	45.5	−0.317		37.9	15.2	−3.5	−0.12
2013	CIN	16	178	98	1,426	11	55.1	+0.114	+0.196+0.057 to +0.334	30.9	12.7	+20.3	+0.59
2013 playoffs	CIN	1	9	3	34	0	33.3	−0.111		19.6	19.2	−1.0	+0.01
2014	CIN	12	116	69	1,041	6	59.5	+0.112	+0.188+0.037 to +0.340	31.7	13.3	+13.0	+0.55
2015	CIN	16	132	86	1,297	10	65.2	+0.572	+0.385+0.237 to +0.533	26.7	12.8	+75.5	+1.29
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	8	5	71	1	62.5	+0.698		20.5	19.2	+5.6	+0.26
2016	CIN	10	100	66	964	4	66.0	+0.486	+0.311+0.155 to +0.467	28.7	12.4	+48.6	+0.88
2017	CIN	16	143	75	1,078	8	52.4	+0.040	+0.150+0.005 to +0.296	29.3	13.1	+5.7	+0.63
2018	CIN	9	77	46	694	6	59.7	+0.385	+0.290+0.128 to +0.452	23.6	12.4	+29.6	+1.54
2020	CIN	16	104	47	523	2	45.2	−0.147	+0.161+0.007 to +0.316	18.4	13.7	−15.3	+0.35
2021	ARI	16	92	54	848	3	58.7	+0.320	+0.269+0.111 to +0.427	16.9	12.1	+29.4	−0.05
2021 playoffs	ARI	1	3	0	0	0	0.0	−0.919		8.8	21.3	−2.8	−0.03
2022	ARI	13	47	24	236	2	51.1	−0.385	+0.047−0.125 to +0.219	9.4	11.0	−18.1	−0.32
Career	ARI	155	1,268	727	10,514	70	57.3	+0.205		24.3	12.9	+259.4	+7.87

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Passes defensed
2011	CIN	15	2	0
2012	CIN	16	2	0
2013	CIN	16	3	0
2014	CIN	12	1	0
2015	CIN	16	2	0
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	1	0
2017	CIN	16	1	1
2021	ARI	16	1	0
Career	ARI	155	12	1

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2011	Pro Bowl
2012	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2013	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2014	Pro Bowl
2015	Pro Bowl
2016	Pro Bowl
2017	Pro Bowl

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	CIN	10	552	81.1	1	1.1
2017	CIN	16	847	89.8	2	2.7
2018	CIN	9	455	78.7	–	–
2020	CIN	16	819	76.7	–	–
2021	ARI	16	882	81.3	–	–
2021 playoffs	ARI	1	42	76.4	–	–
2022	ARI	15	546	52.0	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	47	70.2	1	3.0	16	50.0

Game logs

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs KC	L 21–44	4	2	13	0	−2.8
2	2022-09-18	@ LV	W 29–23 OT	7	3	16	0	−3.4
3	2022-09-25	vs LA	L 12–20	2	0	0	0	−2.0
5	2022-10-09	vs PHI	L 17–20	5	3	20	0	+1.6
6	2022-10-16	@ SEA	L 9–19	4	2	7	0	−6.1
8	2022-10-30	@ MIN	L 26–34	1	0	0	0	−1.1
10	2022-11-13	@ LA	W 27–17	2	2	10	1	+4.9
11	2022-11-21	vs SF	L 10–38	9	5	50	0	−4.0
12	2022-11-27	vs LAC	L 24–25	2	1	5	0	−0.2
14	2022-12-12	vs NE	L 13–27	2	1	7	0	−1.2
15	2022-12-18	@ DEN	L 15–24	2	0	0	0	−6.5
17	2023-01-01	@ ATL	L 19–20	2	2	17	0	+1.2
18	2023-01-08	@ SF	L 13–38	5	3	91	1	+1.6

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ TEN	W 38–13	6	2	25	0	−1.7	0
2	2021-09-19	vs MIN	W 34–33	6	3	44	1	+0.4	0
3	2021-09-26	@ JAX	W 31–19	6	5	112	0	+8.4	1
4	2021-10-03	@ LA	W 37–20	6	5	67	1	+6.5	0
5	2021-10-10	vs SF	W 17–10	2	1	13	0	−0.1	0
6	2021-10-17	@ CLE	W 37–14	6	5	79	1	+7.4	0
7	2021-10-24	vs HOU	W 31–5	3	3	66	0	+6.6	0
8	2021-10-28	vs GB	L 21–24	8	5	50	0	−2.5	0
10	2021-11-14	vs CAR	L 10–34	5	1	4	0	−3.2	0
11	2021-11-21	@ SEA	W 23–13	7	4	78	0	+4.9	0
13	2021-12-05	@ CHI	W 33–22	1	1	14	0	+1.0	0
14	2021-12-13	vs LA	L 23–30	10	7	102	0	+5.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ DET	L 12–30	8	4	64	0	−5.2	0
16	2021-12-25	vs IND	L 16–22	3	1	33	0	−0.5	0
17	2022-01-02	@ DAL	W 25–22	6	3	74	0	+5.7	0
18	2022-01-09	vs SEA	L 30–38	9	4	23	0	−3.4	0
P19	2022-01-17	@ LA	L 11–34	3	0	0	0	−2.8	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs LAC	L 13–16	9	5	51	0	−1.1
2	2020-09-17	@ CLE	L 30–35	13	3	29	0	−3.7
3	2020-09-27	@ PHI	T 23–23 OT	6	5	36	0	−0.8
4	2020-10-04	vs JAX	W 33–25	5	1	3	0	−4.5
5	2020-10-11	@ BAL	L 3–27	1	0	0	0	−3.4
6	2020-10-18	@ IND	L 27–31	11	8	96	0	+10.1
7	2020-10-25	vs CLE	L 34–37	13	7	82	0	+3.1
8	2020-11-01	vs TEN	W 31–20	5	2	19	0	−1.5
10	2020-11-15	@ PIT	L 10–36	5	0	0	0	−4.5
11	2020-11-22	@ WAS	L 9–20	9	4	41	1	−1.1
12	2020-11-29	vs NYG	L 17–19	3	0	0	0	−2.2
13	2020-12-06	@ MIA	L 7–19	1	0	0	0	−0.8
14	2020-12-13	vs DAL	L 7–30	7	6	62	1	+8.9
15	2020-12-21	vs PIT	W 27–17	3	2	40	0	+0.8
16	2020-12-27	@ HOU	W 37–31	7	4	64	0	−0.2
17	2021-01-03	vs BAL	L 3–38	6	0	0	0	−14.5

2018 game log (9 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2018-09-09	@ IND	W 34–23	8	6	92	1	+2.1
2	2018-09-13	vs BAL	W 34–23	9	5	69	3	+8.0
3	2018-09-23	@ CAR	L 21–31	8	5	58	0	+2.0
4	2018-09-30	@ ATL	W 37–36	8	4	78	1	+7.2
5	2018-10-07	vs MIA	W 27–17	10	6	112	0	+3.2
6	2018-10-14	vs PIT	L 21–28	12	7	85	0	+4.3
7	2018-10-21	@ KC	L 10–45	14	7	117	0	−3.4
8	2018-10-28	vs TB	W 37–34	7	5	76	1	+7.1
13	2018-12-02	vs DEN	L 10–24	1	1	7	0	−0.8

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	PD
1	2017-09-10	vs BAL	L 0–20	10	5	74	0	−4.2	1	0
2	2017-09-14	vs HOU	L 9–13	8	5	67	0	+1.5	0	0
3	2017-09-24	@ GB	L 24–27 OT	13	10	111	1	+6.5	0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ CLE	W 31–7	7	5	63	1	+6.4	0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs BUF	W 20–16	13	7	189	1	−3.9	0	0
7	2017-10-22	@ PIT	L 14–29	6	3	41	0	−3.5	0	0
8	2017-10-29	vs IND	W 24–23	8	3	27	1	+0.7	0	0
9	2017-11-05	@ JAX	L 7–23	2	1	6	0	−1.5	0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ TEN	L 20–24	7	5	115	1	+7.3	0	0
11	2017-11-19	@ DEN	W 20–17	9	4	50	1	+1.4	0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs CLE	W 30–16	8	5	66	0	+2.5	0	0
13	2017-12-04	vs PIT	L 20–23	16	7	77	2	+4.2	0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs CHI	L 7–33	12	5	64	0	−7.6	0	1
15	2017-12-17	@ MIN	L 7–34	4	2	30	0	+0.4	0	0
16	2017-12-24	vs DET	W 26–17	10	6	81	0	+0.1	0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ BAL	W 31–27	10	2	17	0	−4.5	0	0

2016 game log (10 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	@ NYJ	W 23–22	13	12	180	1	+11.9
2	2016-09-18	@ PIT	L 16–24	8	2	38	0	−1.8
3	2016-09-25	vs DEN	L 17–29	11	8	77	0	+2.1
4	2016-09-29	vs MIA	W 22–7	12	10	173	1	+10.9
5	2016-10-09	@ DAL	L 14–28	8	4	50	0	+2.3
6	2016-10-16	@ NE	L 17–35	10	6	88	0	+4.2
7	2016-10-23	vs CLE	W 31–17	8	8	169	1	+14.7
8	2016-10-30	vs WAS	T 27–27 OT	18	9	121	0	+5.0
10	2016-11-14	@ NYG	L 20–21	11	7	68	1	+0.2
11	2016-11-20	vs BUF	L 12–16	1	0	0	0	−0.8

2015 game log (17 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ LV	W 33–13	8	5	63	0	+2.4	0
2	2015-09-20	vs LAC	W 24–19	4	3	45	1	+3.4	0
3	2015-09-27	@ BAL	W 28–24	13	10	227	2	+14.2	0
4	2015-10-04	vs KC	W 36–21	10	7	82	0	+0.8	0
5	2015-10-11	vs SEA	W 27–24 OT	8	6	78	0	+3.0	1
6	2015-10-18	@ BUF	W 34–21	7	4	36	0	+2.0	0
8	2015-11-01	@ PIT	W 16–10	17	11	118	1	+8.7	0
9	2015-11-05	vs CLE	W 31–10	6	4	53	0	+5.6	0
10	2015-11-16	vs HOU	L 6–10	7	5	67	0	+0.8	1
11	2015-11-22	@ ARI	L 31–34	12	4	79	0	+3.0	0
12	2015-11-29	vs LA	W 31–7	8	6	61	2	+5.9	0
13	2015-12-06	@ CLE	W 37–3	6	5	128	1	+10.2	0
14	2015-12-13	vs PIT	L 20–33	9	6	132	1	+8.8	0
15	2015-12-20	@ SF	W 24–14	3	1	37	0	−0.2	0
16	2015-12-28	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	9	5	57	1	+4.1	0
17	2016-01-03	vs BAL	W 24–16	5	4	34	1	+2.7	0
P18	2016-01-09	vs PIT	L 16–18	8	5	71	1	+5.6	1

2014 game log (12 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ BAL	W 23–16	1	5	−0.0	9	6	131	1	+8.3	0
3	2014-09-21	vs TEN	W 33–7	0	0	0.0	9	6	102	0	+4.8	0
5	2014-10-05	@ NE	L 17–43	0	0	0.0	7	5	81	1	−0.2	0
9	2014-11-02	vs JAX	W 33–23	1	-3	−0.9	6	3	44	1	+3.5	0
10	2014-11-06	vs CLE	L 3–24	0	0	0.0	10	3	23	0	−4.4	0
11	2014-11-16	@ NO	W 27–10	0	0	0.0	8	6	127	1	+12.0	0
12	2014-11-23	@ HOU	W 22–13	0	0	0.0	16	12	121	0	−3.5	0
13	2014-11-30	@ TB	W 14–13	0	0	0.0	8	4	57	1	−5.1	1
14	2014-12-07	vs PIT	L 21–42	0	0	0.0	15	11	224	1	+14.2	0
15	2014-12-14	@ CLE	W 30–0	0	0	0.0	11	5	49	0	+1.9	0
16	2014-12-22	vs DEN	W 37–28	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−10.4	0
17	2014-12-28	@ PIT	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	13	8	82	0	−8.2	0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ CHI	L 21–24	13	9	162	2	+5.2	1
2	2013-09-16	vs PIT	W 20–10	14	6	41	0	−2.4	0
3	2013-09-22	vs GB	W 34–30	8	4	46	1	+0.9	1
4	2013-09-29	@ CLE	L 6–17	15	7	51	0	−6.7	0
5	2013-10-06	vs NE	W 13–6	8	5	61	0	+2.3	0
6	2013-10-13	@ BUF	W 27–24 OT	11	6	103	1	+0.3	0
7	2013-10-20	@ DET	W 27–24	8	6	155	1	+10.4	0
8	2013-10-27	vs NYJ	W 49–9	7	3	115	0	+5.1	0
9	2013-10-31	@ MIA	L 20–22 OT	19	11	128	0	+6.7	1
10	2013-11-10	@ BAL	L 17–20 OT	15	8	151	1	+6.3	0
11	2013-11-17	vs CLE	W 41–20	5	2	7	0	−15.7	0
13	2013-12-01	@ LAC	W 17–10	7	5	83	1	+3.1	0
14	2013-12-08	vs IND	W 42–28	8	6	72	1	+7.0	0
15	2013-12-15	@ PIT	L 20–30	18	9	93	0	+0.7	0
16	2013-12-22	vs MIN	W 42–14	12	7	97	2	+8.4	0
17	2013-12-29	vs BAL	W 34–17	10	4	61	1	−11.4	0
P18	2014-01-05	vs LAC	L 10–27	9	3	34	0	−1.0	0

2012 game log (17 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-10	@ BAL	L 13–44	0	0	0.0	11	5	70	0	+1.0	0
2	2012-09-16	vs CLE	W 34–27	0	0	0.0	12	7	58	1	+1.1	0
3	2012-09-23	@ WAS	W 38–31	1	11	+1.5	11	9	183	1	+13.3	0
4	2012-09-30	@ JAX	W 27–10	0	0	0.0	9	6	117	1	+8.9	0
5	2012-10-07	vs MIA	L 13–17	0	0	0.0	13	9	65	1	+0.5	0
6	2012-10-14	@ CLE	L 24–34	0	0	0.0	11	7	135	2	+5.9	0
7	2012-10-21	vs PIT	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	6	1	8	1	−3.4	0
9	2012-11-04	vs DEN	L 23–31	1	6	−0.6	9	7	99	1	+7.5	1
10	2012-11-11	vs NYG	W 31–13	0	0	0.0	10	7	85	1	+2.9	0
11	2012-11-18	@ KC	W 28–6	0	0	0.0	12	6	91	1	+5.1	0
12	2012-11-25	vs LV	W 34–10	2	21	+0.6	9	3	111	0	+3.4	0
13	2012-12-02	@ LAC	W 20–13	0	0	0.0	13	9	85	0	−4.4	0
14	2012-12-09	vs DAL	L 19–20	0	0	0.0	8	3	44	0	−6.9	0
15	2012-12-13	@ PHI	W 34–13	0	0	0.0	10	6	57	1	+2.8	0
16	2012-12-23	@ PIT	W 13–10	0	0	0.0	18	10	116	0	−5.3	1
17	2012-12-30	vs BAL	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	2	2	26	0	+2.4	0
P18	2013-01-05	@ HOU	L 13–19	0	0	0.0	11	5	80	0	−3.5	0

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	@ CLE	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	4	1	41	1	+2.5	0
2	2011-09-18	@ DEN	L 22–24	0	0	0.0	14	10	124	1	+3.9	0
3	2011-09-25	vs SF	L 8–13	0	0	0.0	5	4	29	0	+0.1	0
4	2011-10-02	vs BUF	W 23–20	1	6	+0.4	10	4	118	0	+0.7	0
5	2011-10-09	@ JAX	W 30–20	0	0	0.0	8	5	90	1	+3.9	0
6	2011-10-16	vs IND	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	7	5	51	1	+4.1	0
8	2011-10-30	@ SEA	W 34–12	0	0	0.0	10	4	63	1	−2.1	1
9	2011-11-06	@ TEN	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	7	7	83	0	+8.5	0
10	2011-11-13	vs PIT	L 17–24	1	7	+0.5	2	1	36	1	+2.5	0
12	2011-11-27	vs CLE	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	4	3	110	0	+7.7	0
13	2011-12-04	@ PIT	L 7–35	1	15	+0.9	11	6	87	1	+3.1	1
14	2011-12-11	vs HOU	L 19–20	0	0	0.0	7	5	59	0	+2.0	0
15	2011-12-18	@ LA	W 20–13	0	0	0.0	9	6	115	0	+5.2	0
16	2011-12-24	vs ARI	W 23–16	2	25	+1.2	8	2	25	0	−4.2	0
17	2012-01-01	vs BAL	L 16–24	0	0	0.0	9	2	26	0	−2.0	0
P18	2012-01-07	@ HOU	L 10–31	0	0	0.0	12	5	47	0	−12.4	0