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Chad Johnson WR · CIN /NE · 2001–2011
Born January 9, 1978 · College Oregon State; Langston University; Santa Monica · Drafted 2001 , round 2, pick 36 (CIN) · 6-1, 192 lb
1st-team All-Pro ×2 (2005, 2006) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2003) · Pro Bowl ×6 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
EPA per target by season Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
0.00 0.20 0.40 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Rushing Season Team G Carries Yds TD YPC EPA/carry Stabilised EPA/carry Success % Rush EPA Rush WPA
2004 CIN 16 4 39 0 9.75 +0.581 75.0 +2.3 +0.04 2005 CIN 16 5 33 0 6.60 +0.363 80.0 +1.8 +0.03 2006 CIN 16 6 24 0 4.00 +0.004 50.0 +0.0 −0.02 2007 CIN 16 6 47 0 7.83 +0.333 50.0 +2.0 +0.04 2009 CIN 16 3 32 0 10.67 +0.476 66.7 +1.4 +0.02 Career NE 164 24 175 0 7.29 +0.316 62.5 +7.6 +0.11
Receiving Season Team G Targets Rec Yds TD Catch % EPA/target Stabilised EPA/target Target aDOT Rec EPA Rec WPA
2001 CIN 11 60 28 329 1 46.7 −0.088 +0.090−0.078 to +0.258 14.9 – −5.3 +0.14 2002 CIN 16 137 69 1,166 5 50.4 +0.285 +0.266+0.119 to +0.413 24.0 – +39.1 +0.91 2003 CIN 16 154 90 1,355 10 58.4 +0.462 +0.331+0.188 to +0.475 30.5 – +71.1 +1.46 2004 CIN 16 170 95 1,274 9 55.9 +0.036 +0.184+0.044 to +0.324 32.7 – +6.2 +0.59 2005 CIN 16 155 97 1,432 9 62.6 +0.470 +0.360+0.217 to +0.503 29.1 – +72.8 +1.43 2005 playoffs CIN 1 6 4 59 0 66.7 +0.852 15.4 – +5.1 +0.10 2006 CIN 16 152 87 1,370 7 57.2 +0.255 +0.243+0.100 to +0.387 29.3 14.0 +38.8 +1.24 2007 CIN 16 161 93 1,440 8 57.8 +0.271 +0.260+0.118 to +0.402 28.2 13.5 +43.7 +0.85 2008 CIN 13 97 53 540 4 54.6 +0.140 +0.175+0.019 to +0.332 22.4 11.4 +13.5 +0.27 2009 CIN 16 128 72 1,047 9 56.2 +0.253 +0.229+0.081 to +0.378 27.4 13.1 +32.4 +0.57 2009 playoffs CIN 1 6 2 28 0 33.3 −0.614 16.7 13.7 −3.7 −0.15 2010 CIN 14 125 67 831 4 53.6 +0.242 +0.232+0.082 to +0.382 24.1 11.6 +30.2 −0.17 2011 NE 14 32 15 276 1 46.9 +0.229 +0.098−0.080 to +0.276 5.8 18.3 +7.3 +0.17 2011 playoffs NE 1 1 1 21 0 100.0 +1.374 2.6 20.0 +1.4 +0.04 Career NE 164 1,371 766 11,060 67 55.9 +0.255 24.5 13.1 +349.8 +7.46
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 INT Passes Forced
2001 CIN 11 4 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2002 CIN 16 2 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2003 CIN 16 1 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2004 CIN 16 2 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2009 CIN 16 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 CIN 14 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Career NE 164 12 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
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
2003 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2004 Pro Bowl 2005 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2006 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2007 Pro Bowl 2009 Pro Bowl
Game logs 2011 game log (15 games) 2011 game log Week Date Opponent Result Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2011-09-12 @ MIA W 38–24 3 1 14 0 −1.1 2 2011-09-18 vs LAC W 35–21 2 2 45 0 +3.5 3 2011-09-25 @ BUF L 31–34 4 2 28 0 −4.9 4 2011-10-02 @ LV W 31–19 2 2 26 0 +1.9 5 2011-10-09 vs NYJ W 30–21 3 2 23 0 +1.0 6 2011-10-16 vs DAL W 20–16 1 0 0 0 −0.5 8 2011-10-30 @ PIT L 17–25 1 0 0 0 −0.4 9 2011-11-06 vs NYG L 20–24 5 0 0 0 −4.5 10 2011-11-13 @ NYJ W 37–16 2 2 65 0 +5.9 13 2011-12-04 vs IND W 31–24 2 1 12 0 +1.6 14 2011-12-11 @ WAS W 34–27 1 1 15 0 +2.2 15 2011-12-18 @ DEN W 41–23 3 1 33 1 +2.5 16 2011-12-24 vs MIA W 27–24 2 1 15 0 +0.8 17 2012-01-01 vs BUF W 49–21 1 0 0 0 −0.5 P21 2012-02-05 vs NYG L 17–21 1 1 21 0 +1.4
2010 game log (14 games) 2010 game log Week Date Opponent Result Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2010-09-12 @ NE L 24–38 13 12 159 1 +14.3 0 0.0 0 0 2 2010-09-19 vs BAL W 15–10 9 4 44 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 3 2010-09-26 @ CAR W 20–7 12 4 34 0 −6.1 1 0.0 0 0 4 2010-10-03 @ CLE L 20–23 5 3 59 0 +2.5 0 0.0 0 0 5 2010-10-10 vs TB L 21–24 6 3 20 0 −2.2 0 0.0 0 0 7 2010-10-24 @ ATL L 32–39 16 10 108 1 +7.7 0 0.0 0 0 8 2010-10-31 vs MIA L 14–22 8 3 34 0 +1.8 0 0.0 0 0 9 2010-11-08 vs PIT L 21–27 7 1 15 0 −2.4 0 0.0 0 0 10 2010-11-14 @ IND L 17–23 12 7 86 1 +4.8 0 0.0 0 0 11 2010-11-21 vs BUF L 31–49 6 3 28 1 +4.1 0 0.0 0 0 12 2010-11-25 @ NYJ L 10–26 9 4 41 0 +0.4 0 0.0 0 0 13 2010-12-05 vs NO L 30–34 10 5 96 0 +5.9 0 0.0 0 0 14 2010-12-12 @ PIT L 7–23 9 6 71 0 −1.2 1 0.0 0 0 15 2010-12-19 vs CLE W 19–17 3 2 36 0 +0.9 0 0.0 0 0
2009 game log (17 games) 2009 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2009-09-13 vs DEN L 7–12 1 8 0 +0.4 7 5 89 0 +3.1 1 0.0 0 0 2 2009-09-20 @ GB W 31–24 0 0 0 0.0 7 4 91 1 +3.5 0 0.0 0 0 3 2009-09-27 vs PIT W 23–20 0 0 0 0.0 11 5 54 0 +0.1 0 0.0 0 0 4 2009-10-04 @ CLE W 23–20 OT 0 0 0 0.0 11 3 24 2 +0.4 0 0.0 0 0 5 2009-10-11 @ BAL W 17–14 0 0 0 0.0 10 7 94 0 −1.7 0 0.0 0 0 6 2009-10-18 vs HOU L 17–28 0 0 0 0.0 7 5 103 0 +4.6 0 0.0 0 0 7 2009-10-25 vs CHI W 45–10 0 0 0 0.0 11 10 118 2 +11.9 0 0.0 0 0 9 2009-11-08 vs BAL W 17–7 0 0 0 0.0 9 5 66 0 −3.9 0 0.0 0 0 10 2009-11-15 @ PIT W 18–12 0 0 0 0.0 7 2 29 0 −0.4 0 0.0 0 0 11 2009-11-22 @ LV L 17–20 0 0 0 0.0 5 4 67 0 +7.8 0 0.0 0 0 12 2009-11-29 vs CLE W 16–7 0 0 0 0.0 5 3 38 0 +3.8 0 0.0 0 0 13 2009-12-06 vs DET W 23–13 0 0 0 0.0 14 9 137 1 +6.1 0 0.0 0 0 14 2009-12-13 @ MIN L 10–30 0 0 0 0.0 8 3 27 1 −2.3 0 0.0 0 0 15 2009-12-20 @ LAC L 24–27 1 26 0 +1.8 5 3 79 1 +3.9 0 0.0 0 0 16 2009-12-27 vs KC W 17–10 1 -2 0 −0.8 7 4 31 1 −1.4 0 0.0 0 0 17 2010-01-03 @ NYJ L 0–37 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 0 −3.2 0 0.0 0 0 P18 2010-01-09 vs NYJ L 14–24 0 0 0 0.0 6 2 28 0 −3.7 0 0.0 0 0
2008 game log (13 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2008-09-07 @ BAL L 10–17 4 1 22 0 −3.0 2 2008-09-14 vs TEN L 7–24 6 4 37 0 −0.2 3 2008-09-21 @ NYG L 23–26 OT 7 3 29 0 +0.0 4 2008-09-28 vs CLE L 12–20 7 3 28 1 +1.5 5 2008-10-05 @ DAL L 22–31 5 3 43 0 +2.1 6 2008-10-12 @ NYJ L 14–26 6 5 57 0 +4.6 7 2008-10-19 vs PIT L 10–38 13 8 52 1 +2.2 8 2008-10-26 @ HOU L 6–35 9 5 44 0 +2.1 9 2008-11-02 vs JAX W 21–19 8 5 37 2 +1.8 11 2008-11-16 vs PHI T 13–13 OT 8 4 34 0 +0.6 13 2008-11-30 vs BAL L 3–34 11 4 45 0 −3.2 14 2008-12-07 @ IND L 3–35 5 5 79 0 +7.0 15 2008-12-14 vs WAS W 20–13 8 3 33 0 −2.0
2007 game log (16 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2007-09-10 vs BAL W 27–20 1 2 0 −0.5 8 5 95 1 +6.2 2 2007-09-16 @ CLE L 45–51 0 0 0 0.0 16 11 209 2 +14.6 3 2007-09-23 @ SEA L 21–24 0 0 0 0.0 16 9 138 0 +8.8 4 2007-10-01 vs NE L 13–34 0 0 0 0.0 8 3 53 0 −2.2 6 2007-10-14 @ KC L 20–27 0 0 0 0.0 12 8 83 0 −2.5 7 2007-10-21 vs NYJ W 38–31 1 15 0 +1.0 4 3 102 0 +4.5 8 2007-10-28 vs PIT L 13–24 0 0 0 0.0 9 5 51 0 +4.1 9 2007-11-04 @ BUF L 21–33 1 1 0 −0.5 8 3 48 0 −0.3 10 2007-11-11 @ BAL W 21–7 0 0 0 0.0 7 4 73 0 +6.1 11 2007-11-18 vs ARI L 27–35 0 0 0 0.0 10 8 86 0 −6.0 12 2007-11-25 vs TEN W 35–6 0 0 0 0.0 14 12 103 3 +11.9 13 2007-12-02 @ PIT L 10–24 1 4 0 −0.0 15 6 86 0 −2.9 14 2007-12-09 vs LA W 19–10 0 0 0 0.0 6 2 60 0 +0.3 15 2007-12-15 @ SF L 13–20 0 0 0 0.0 12 6 78 0 −2.0 16 2007-12-23 vs CLE W 19–14 1 16 0 +1.0 9 4 44 0 −2.8 17 2007-12-30 @ MIA W 38–25 1 9 0 +1.0 7 4 131 2 +6.0
2006 game log (16 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2006-09-10 @ KC W 23–10 2 14 0 +1.0 7 5 48 0 +1.3 2 2006-09-17 vs CLE W 34–17 0 0 0 0.0 12 6 78 1 −0.9 3 2006-09-24 @ PIT W 28–20 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 11 0 +0.5 4 2006-10-01 vs NE L 13–38 0 0 0 0.0 13 6 64 0 −1.5 6 2006-10-15 @ TB L 13–14 0 0 0 0.0 11 6 99 0 +0.6 7 2006-10-22 vs CAR W 17–14 0 0 0 0.0 12 6 73 0 +2.9 8 2006-10-29 vs ATL L 27–29 0 0 0 0.0 13 6 78 1 +3.7 9 2006-11-05 @ BAL L 20–26 0 0 0 0.0 7 4 32 0 −6.3 10 2006-11-12 vs LAC L 41–49 1 0 0 −0.5 12 11 260 2 +18.1 11 2006-11-19 @ NO W 31–16 1 3 0 −0.4 10 6 190 3 +13.2 12 2006-11-26 @ CLE W 30–0 1 6 0 +0.3 11 7 123 0 +5.5 13 2006-11-30 vs BAL W 13–7 0 0 0 0.0 10 8 91 0 +4.0 14 2006-12-10 vs LV W 27–10 0 0 0 0.0 9 5 101 0 +1.1 15 2006-12-18 @ IND L 16–34 1 1 0 −0.4 8 3 37 0 +0.2 16 2006-12-24 @ DEN L 23–24 0 0 0 0.0 9 3 32 0 −8.9 17 2006-12-31 vs PIT L 17–23 OT 0 0 0 0.0 6 4 53 0 +5.3
2005 game log (17 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2005-09-11 @ CLE W 27–13 1 11 0 +0.8 10 9 91 0 +6.7 2 2005-09-18 vs MIN W 37–8 0 0 0 0.0 13 7 139 1 +6.9 3 2005-09-25 @ CHI W 24–7 1 -1 0 −0.7 5 3 77 2 +7.6 4 2005-10-02 vs HOU W 16–10 0 0 0 0.0 8 7 67 0 +4.8 5 2005-10-09 @ JAX L 20–23 0 0 0 0.0 8 5 52 1 +2.0 6 2005-10-16 @ TEN W 31–23 0 0 0 0.0 9 8 135 1 +12.2 7 2005-10-23 vs PIT L 13–27 0 0 0 0.0 8 4 94 0 +3.2 8 2005-10-30 vs GB W 21–14 1 8 0 +0.5 13 5 62 0 −4.4 9 2005-11-06 @ BAL W 21–9 0 0 0 0.0 6 5 91 0 +7.7 11 2005-11-20 vs IND L 37–45 0 0 0 0.0 13 8 189 1 +9.6 12 2005-11-27 vs BAL W 42–29 0 0 0 0.0 6 5 88 1 +6.4 13 2005-12-04 @ PIT W 38–31 0 0 0 0.0 11 5 54 0 +0.9 14 2005-12-11 vs CLE W 23–20 0 0 0 0.0 11 2 22 0 −6.0 15 2005-12-18 @ DET W 41–17 1 9 0 +0.9 13 11 99 1 +7.7 16 2005-12-24 vs BUF L 27–37 0 0 0 0.0 15 9 117 1 +4.9 17 2006-01-01 @ KC L 3–37 1 6 0 +0.4 6 4 55 0 +2.6 P18 2006-01-08 vs PIT L 17–31 0 0 0 0.0 6 4 59 0 +5.1
2004 game log (16 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2004-09-12 @ NYJ L 24–31 0 0 0 0.0 8 5 99 1 +6.9 0 0.0 0 0 2 2004-09-19 vs MIA W 16–13 0 0 0 0.0 6 3 45 0 −0.9 0 0.0 0 0 3 2004-09-26 vs BAL L 9–23 0 0 0 0.0 19 8 99 0 −8.5 0 0.0 0 0 4 2004-10-03 @ PIT L 17–28 0 0 0 0.0 6 4 54 0 +2.2 0 0.0 0 0 6 2004-10-17 @ CLE L 17–34 0 0 0 0.0 9 3 37 0 −4.0 1 0.0 0 0 7 2004-10-25 vs DEN W 23–10 0 0 0 0.0 11 7 149 1 +4.9 1 0.0 0 0 8 2004-10-31 @ TEN L 20–27 0 0 0 0.0 11 6 67 0 +3.1 0 0.0 0 0 9 2004-11-07 vs DAL W 26–3 0 0 0 0.0 10 8 74 0 +2.4 0 0.0 0 0 10 2004-11-14 @ WAS W 17–10 0 0 0 0.0 14 6 89 0 −0.1 0 0.0 0 0 11 2004-11-21 vs PIT L 14–19 0 0 0 0.0 10 5 80 1 +0.6 0 0.0 0 0 12 2004-11-28 vs CLE W 58–48 1 9 0 +1.0 12 10 117 1 −0.4 0 0.0 0 0 13 2004-12-05 @ BAL W 27–26 0 0 0 0.0 12 10 161 2 +4.3 0 0.0 0 0 14 2004-12-12 @ NE L 28–35 1 10 0 +0.5 10 5 80 1 +0.3 0 0.0 0 0 15 2004-12-19 vs BUF L 17–33 1 2 0 −0.4 7 2 10 0 −4.8 0 0.0 0 0 16 2004-12-26 vs NYG W 23–22 0 0 0 0.0 11 8 46 2 +2.6 0 0.0 0 0 17 2005-01-02 @ PHI W 38–10 1 18 0 +1.2 14 5 67 0 −2.3 0 0.0 0 0
2003 game log (16 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2003-09-07 vs DEN L 10–30 10 6 95 1 +4.7 0 0.0 0 0 2 2003-09-14 @ LV L 20–23 12 8 131 0 +0.4 0 0.0 0 0 3 2003-09-21 vs PIT L 10–17 8 4 77 0 +1.0 0 0.0 0 0 4 2003-09-28 @ CLE W 21–14 6 3 67 2 +7.3 0 0.0 0 0 5 2003-10-05 @ BUF L 16–22 OT 13 6 59 0 +1.2 0 0.0 0 0 7 2003-10-19 vs BAL W 34–26 9 5 130 1 +9.3 0 0.0 0 0 8 2003-10-26 vs SEA W 27–24 10 3 84 1 +3.6 0 0.0 0 0 9 2003-11-02 @ ARI L 14–17 10 4 75 0 −2.6 0 0.0 0 0 10 2003-11-09 vs HOU W 34–27 9 9 89 0 +8.2 0 0.0 0 0 11 2003-11-16 vs KC W 24–19 9 7 74 0 +4.4 0 0.0 0 0 12 2003-11-23 @ LAC W 34–27 17 10 107 3 +12.7 0 0.0 0 0 13 2003-11-30 @ PIT W 24–20 8 6 117 1 +12.0 0 0.0 0 0 14 2003-12-07 @ BAL L 13–31 4 2 15 0 −2.8 0 0.0 0 0 15 2003-12-14 vs SF W 41–38 9 6 91 1 +8.4 0 0.0 0 0 16 2003-12-21 @ LA L 10–27 12 7 115 0 +2.7 1 0.0 0 0 17 2003-12-28 vs CLE L 14–22 8 4 29 0 +0.7 0 0.0 0 0
2002 game log (16 games) 2002 game log Week Date Opponent Result Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2002-09-08 vs LAC L 6–34 3 0 0 0 −1.9 0 0.0 0 0 2 2002-09-15 @ CLE L 7–20 8 4 58 1 −0.0 0 0.0 0 0 3 2002-09-22 @ ATL L 3–30 3 1 20 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 4 2002-09-29 vs TB L 7–35 10 0 0 0 −8.0 0 0.0 0 0 5 2002-10-06 @ IND L 21–28 12 6 72 0 −2.9 1 0.0 0 0 6 2002-10-13 vs PIT L 7–34 8 7 71 0 +5.4 0 0.0 0 0 8 2002-10-27 vs TEN L 24–30 7 6 86 0 +6.3 0 0.0 0 0 9 2002-11-03 @ HOU W 38–3 5 3 41 1 +3.6 0 0.0 0 0 10 2002-11-10 @ BAL L 27–38 11 7 110 1 +4.7 0 0.0 0 0 11 2002-11-17 vs CLE L 20–27 8 4 103 1 +5.7 0 0.0 0 0 12 2002-11-24 @ PIT L 21–29 14 7 152 0 +7.4 0 0.0 0 0 13 2002-12-01 vs BAL L 23–27 6 4 78 1 +7.2 0 0.0 0 0 14 2002-12-08 @ CAR L 31–52 8 6 114 0 +7.9 0 0.0 0 0 15 2002-12-15 vs JAX L 15–29 13 4 91 0 −0.8 0 0.0 0 0 16 2002-12-22 vs NO W 20–13 9 4 47 0 −0.0 1 0.0 0 0 17 2002-12-29 @ BUF L 9–27 12 6 123 0 +4.8 0 0.0 0 0
2001 game log (11 games) 2001 game log Week Date Opponent Result Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
2 2001-09-23 vs BAL W 21–10 1 0 0 0 −0.4 0 0.0 0 0 3 2001-09-30 @ LAC L 14–28 4 2 28 1 +2.6 0 0.0 0 0 4 2001-10-07 @ PIT L 7–16 6 5 52 0 +2.4 0 0.0 0 0 5 2001-10-14 vs CLE W 24–14 8 5 68 0 +3.7 0 0.0 0 0 11 2001-11-25 @ CLE L 0–18 8 1 7 0 −9.7 1 0.0 0 0 12 2001-12-02 vs TB L 13–16 OT 3 2 27 0 +2.5 0 0.0 0 0 13 2001-12-09 vs JAX L 10–14 7 4 47 0 +2.6 1 0.0 0 0 14 2001-12-16 @ NYJ L 14–15 2 2 13 0 +1.7 0 0.0 0 0 15 2001-12-23 @ BAL L 0–16 7 3 28 0 −4.4 1 0.0 0 0 16 2001-12-30 vs PIT W 26–23 OT 7 2 25 0 −3.5 0 0.0 0 0 17 2002-01-06 @ TEN W 23–21 7 2 34 0 −2.9 1 0.0 0 0
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.