C.J. Gardner-Johnson

SAF · NO/PHI/DET/CHI/BUF · 2019–2026

Born December 20, 1997 · College Florida · Drafted 2019, round 4, pick 105 (NO) · 5-11, 208 lb

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	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2019	NO	16	49	0.0	4	6	1	8	1
2019 playoffs	NO	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2020	NO	15	66	1.0	4	5	1	13	0
2020 playoffs	NO	2	10	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2021	NO	12	46	2.0	4	4	3	7	0
2022	PHI	12	67	1.0	2	5	6	8	0
2022 playoffs	PHI	3	12	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2023	DET	3	17	0.0	0	0	1	3	0
2023 playoffs	DET	3	12	0.0	0	0	1	1	0
2024	PHI	16	59	0.0	0	2	6	12	1
2024 playoffs	PHI	3	14	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2025	CHI	13	66	3.0	6	5	2	4	1
2025 playoffs	CHI	1	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2026	BUF	6	26	0.0	0	0	1	2	0
Career	BUF	93	396	7.0	20	27	21	57	3

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
2019	NO	16	–	–	539	51.3
2019 playoffs	NO	1	–	–	50	64.9
2020	NO	15	–	–	857	88.4
2020 playoffs	NO	2	–	–	99	85.3
2021	NO	12	–	–	623	81.9
2022	PHI	12	–	–	720	92.4
2022 playoffs	PHI	3	–	–	141	94.0
2023	DET	3	–	–	185	88.9
2023 playoffs	DET	3	–	–	105	56.8
2024	PHI	16	–	–	894	91.6
2024 playoffs	PHI	4	–	–	258	96.6
2025	HOU/CHI	13	–	–	756	89.4
2025 playoffs	CHI	1	–	–	46	59.7

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2026-09-13	@ HOU	W 36–31	8	0	0
2	2026-09-17	vs DET	W 41–31	1	0	0
3	2026-09-27	vs LAC	W 24–16	5	1	2
4	2026-10-04	vs NE	L 26–29	4	0	0
5	2026-10-12	@ LA	W 37–34 OT	7	0	0
6	2026-10-18	@ LV	W 33–30	1	0	0

2025 game log (14 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ LA	L 9–14	4	0.0	0	0
2	2025-09-15	vs TB	L 19–20	6	0.0	0	0
3	2025-09-21	@ JAX	L 10–17	5	0.0	0	0
9	2025-11-02	@ CIN	W 47–42	6	1.0	0	0
10	2025-11-09	vs NYG	W 24–20	9	2.0	0	0
11	2025-11-16	@ MIN	W 19–17	4	0.0	0	0
12	2025-11-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	1	0.0	0	0
13	2025-11-28	@ PHI	W 24–15	3	0.0	0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ GB	L 21–28	10	0.0	1	1
15	2025-12-14	vs CLE	W 31–3	4	0.0	1	2
16	2025-12-20	vs GB	W 22–16 OT	3	0.0	0	0
17	2025-12-28	@ SF	L 38–42	5	0.0	0	1
18	2026-01-04	vs DET	L 16–19	6	0.0	0	0
P20	2026-01-18	vs LA	L 17–20 OT	4	0.0	0	1

2024 game log (19 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2024-09-06	vs GB	W 34–29	5	0	0
2	2024-09-16	vs ATL	L 21–22	6	0	0
3	2024-09-22	@ NO	W 15–12	8	0	1
4	2024-09-29	@ TB	L 16–33	2	0	1
6	2024-10-13	vs CLE	W 20–16	6	0	2
7	2024-10-20	@ NYG	W 28–3	1	0	0
8	2024-10-27	@ CIN	W 37–17	1	1	1
9	2024-11-03	vs JAX	W 28–23	4	0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ DAL	W 34–6	7	1	1
11	2024-11-14	vs WAS	W 26–18	3	0	1
12	2024-11-24	@ LA	W 37–20	5	0	0
13	2024-12-01	@ BAL	W 24–19	1	0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs CAR	W 22–16	6	1	2
15	2024-12-15	vs PIT	W 27–13	2	0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ WAS	L 33–36	1	1	1
17	2024-12-29	vs DAL	W 41–7	1	2	2
P20	2025-01-19	vs LA	W 28–22	6	0	0
P21	2025-01-26	vs WAS	W 55–23	5	0	0
P22	2025-02-09	vs KC	W 40–22	3	0	0

2023 game log (6 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2023-09-07	@ KC	W 21–20	5	0	2
2	2023-09-17	vs SEA	L 31–37 OT	8	0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs MIN	W 30–20	4	1	1
P19	2024-01-14	vs LA	W 24–23	7	0	0
P20	2024-01-21	vs TB	W 31–23	1	1	1
P21	2024-01-28	@ SF	L 31–34	4	0	0

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ DET	W 38–35	5	0.0	0	1
2	2022-09-19	vs MIN	W 24–7	5	0.0	0	0
3	2022-09-25	@ WAS	W 24–8	5	0.0	0	0
4	2022-10-02	vs JAX	W 29–21	2	0.0	0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ ARI	W 20–17	10	0.0	1	1
6	2022-10-16	vs DAL	W 26–17	4	0.0	2	2
8	2022-10-30	vs PIT	W 35–13	8	1.0	1	1
9	2022-11-03	@ HOU	W 29–17	3	0.0	1	1
10	2022-11-14	vs WAS	L 21–32	6	0.0	1	2
11	2022-11-20	@ IND	W 17–16	11	0.0	0	0
12	2022-11-27	vs GB	W 40–33	1	0.0	0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs NYG	W 22–16	7	0.0	0	0
P20	2023-01-21	vs NYG	W 38–7	3	0.0	0	1
P21	2023-01-29	vs SF	W 31–7	5	0.0	0	0
P22	2023-02-12	vs KC	L 35–38	4	0.0	0	0

2021 game log (12 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs GB	W 38–3	2	0.0	0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ NE	W 28–13	5	1.0	0	1
4	2021-10-03	vs NYG	L 21–27 OT	1	0.0	0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ WAS	W 33–22	5	0.0	0	0
7	2021-10-25	@ SEA	W 13–10	5	0.0	0	1
8	2021-10-31	vs TB	W 36–27	6	0.0	1	1
9	2021-11-07	vs ATL	L 25–27	2	0.0	0	1
14	2021-12-12	@ NYJ	W 30–9	1	0.0	0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ TB	W 9–0	7	0.0	1	1
16	2021-12-27	vs MIA	L 3–20	7	0.0	0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs CAR	W 18–10	1	1.0	1	1
18	2022-01-09	@ ATL	W 30–20	4	0.0	0	1

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs TB	W 34–23	10	0.0	0	1
2	2020-09-21	@ LV	L 24–34	1	0.0	0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs GB	L 30–37	6	0.0	0	0
4	2020-10-04	@ DET	W 35–29	6	0.0	0	0
5	2020-10-12	vs LAC	W 30–27 OT	2	0.0	0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs CAR	W 27–24	5	0.0	0	1
8	2020-11-01	@ CHI	W 26–23 OT	9	0.0	0	0
9	2020-11-08	@ TB	W 38–3	2	0.0	0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs SF	W 27–13	8	1.0	0	1
11	2020-11-22	vs ATL	W 24–9	4	0.0	0	2
12	2020-11-29	@ DEN	W 31–3	1	0.0	1	2
13	2020-12-06	@ ATL	W 21–16	0	0.0	0	1
14	2020-12-13	@ PHI	L 21–24	5	0.0	0	1
15	2020-12-20	vs KC	L 29–32	4	0.0	0	3
16	2020-12-25	vs MIN	W 52–33	3	0.0	0	1
P18	2021-01-10	vs CHI	W 21–9	8	0.0	0	0
P19	2021-01-17	vs TB	L 20–30	2	0.0	0	1

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2019-09-09	vs HOU	W 30–28	1	0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ LA	L 9–27	1	0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ SEA	W 33–27	1	0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs DAL	W 12–10	0	0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs TB	W 31–24	1	0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ JAX	W 13–6	2	0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ CHI	W 36–25	7	0	2
8	2019-10-27	vs ARI	W 31–9	5	0	2
10	2019-11-10	vs ATL	L 9–26	0	0	1
11	2019-11-17	@ TB	W 34–17	3	0	1
12	2019-11-24	vs CAR	W 34–31	6	0	0
13	2019-11-28	@ ATL	W 26–18	1	1	1
14	2019-12-08	vs SF	L 46–48	3	0	0
15	2019-12-16	vs IND	W 34–7	8	0	1
16	2019-12-22	@ TEN	W 38–28	8	0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ CAR	W 42–10	2	0	0
P18	2020-01-05	vs MIN	L 20–26 OT	3	0	1