Chris Johnson

RB · TEN/NYJ/ARI · 2008–2017

Born September 23, 1985 · College East Carolina · Drafted 2008, round 1, pick 24 (TEN) · 5-11, 203 lb

Offensive Player of the Year (2009) · 1st-team All-Pro (2009) · Pro Bowl ×3 (2008, 2009, 2010)

EPA per carry by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2008	TEN	15	251	1,228	9	4.89	−0.060	−0.050−0.104 to +0.004	36.2	−15.3	−0.46
2008 playoffs	TEN	1	11	72	1	6.55	+0.173		36.4	+1.9	+0.04
2009	TEN	16	358	2,006	14	5.60	+0.037	−0.013−0.064 to +0.038	36.6	+13.6	+0.41
2010	TEN	16	316	1,364	11	4.32	−0.145	−0.097−0.149 to −0.045	33.0	−48.0	−0.89
2011	TEN	16	262	1,047	4	4.00	−0.162	−0.094−0.148 to −0.040	31.8	−44.5	−0.92
2012	TEN	16	276	1,243	6	4.50	−0.132	−0.084−0.137 to −0.030	33.5	−37.0	−0.29
2013	TEN	16	279	1,077	6	3.86	−0.102	−0.077−0.130 to −0.023	37.2	−29.3	−0.19
2014	NYJ	16	155	663	1	4.28	−0.104	−0.116−0.173 to −0.058	32.5	−16.3	−0.20
2015	ARI	11	196	814	3	4.15	−0.124	−0.120−0.176 to −0.064	35.5	−25.1	−0.52
2016	ARI	4	25	95	1	3.80	−0.047	−0.112−0.175 to −0.049	32.0	−1.2	+0.00
2017	ARI	4	45	114	0	2.53	−0.210	−0.137−0.199 to −0.075	33.3	−10.1	−0.36
Career	ARI	130	2,163	9,651	55	4.46	−0.096		34.6	−213.1	−3.40

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	TEN	15	62	43	260	1	69.4	−0.197	14.3	0.8	−12.2	−0.14
2008 playoffs	TEN	1	1	1	28	0	100.0	+1.809	2.4	-4.0	+1.8	+0.04
2009	TEN	16	71	50	503	2	70.4	+0.138	15.2	-0.1	+9.8	+0.15
2010	TEN	16	57	44	245	1	77.2	−0.185	12.2	0.6	−10.5	−0.30
2011	TEN	16	79	57	418	0	72.2	−0.179	13.7	1.5	−14.1	−0.22
2012	TEN	16	49	36	239	0	73.5	−0.214	9.1	0.5	−10.5	+0.05
2013	TEN	16	52	42	345	4	80.8	+0.168	9.9	-0.8	+8.7	−0.00
2014	NYJ	16	34	24	151	1	70.6	−0.372	7.1	0.5	−12.6	−0.29
2015	ARI	11	13	6	58	0	46.2	−0.237	3.5	3.0	−3.1	−0.14
2016	ARI	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	−1.685	0.6	2.0	−1.7	−0.04
2017	ARI	4	6	5	43	0	83.3	+0.443	3.4	3.3	+2.7	+0.07
Career	ARI	130	424	307	2,262	9	72.4	−0.103	10.1	0.6	−43.5	−0.86

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2008	TEN	15	1	–	–
2009	TEN	16	4	0	0
2010	TEN	16	2	0	0
2012	TEN	16	1	0	0
2013	TEN	16	1	0	0
2014	NYJ	16	1	0	0
Career	ARI	130	10	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
2008	Pro Bowl
2009	Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2010	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	ARI	4	42	14.7	–	–
2017	ARI	4	107	36.9	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (4 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2017-09-17	@ IND	W 16–13 OT	11	44	−1.5	0	0	0	0.0
3	2017-09-25	vs DAL	L 17–28	12	17	−2.4	2	1	4	−0.5
4	2017-10-01	vs SF	W 18–15 OT	13	32	−5.2	3	3	31	+1.6
5	2017-10-08	@ PHI	L 7–34	9	21	−1.0	1	1	8	+1.5

2016 game log (4 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	vs NE	L 21–23	1	2	0	+0.4	0	0.0
2	2016-09-18	vs TB	W 40–7	16	54	1	−1.2	0	0.0
3	2016-09-25	@ BUF	L 18–33	2	5	0	−0.4	0	0.0
4	2016-10-02	vs LA	L 13–17	6	34	0	+0.1	1	−1.7

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2015-09-13	vs NO	W 31–19	10	37	0	−2.1	1	0	0	−1.3
2	2015-09-20	@ CHI	W 48–23	20	72	0	−1.3	1	0	0	−0.9
3	2015-09-27	vs SF	W 47–7	22	110	2	+3.2	2	1	40	+2.2
4	2015-10-04	vs LA	L 22–24	16	83	0	−0.1	3	3	11	−0.5
5	2015-10-11	@ DET	W 42–17	11	103	0	+4.6	0	0	0	0.0
6	2015-10-18	@ PIT	L 13–25	14	40	0	−3.4	1	1	5	−0.0
7	2015-10-26	vs BAL	W 26–18	18	122	1	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0
8	2015-11-01	@ CLE	W 34–20	30	109	0	−13.1	1	0	0	−0.4
10	2015-11-15	@ SEA	W 39–32	25	58	0	−7.2	2	0	0	−1.4
11	2015-11-22	vs CIN	W 34–31	18	63	0	−2.2	2	1	2	−0.7
12	2015-11-29	@ SF	W 19–13	12	17	0	−4.5	0	0	0	0.0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	vs LV	W 19–14	13	68	0	−0.6	5	5	23	1	+1.9	0
2	2014-09-14	@ GB	L 24–31	12	21	0	−4.8	3	1	0	0	−2.0	0
3	2014-09-22	vs CHI	L 19–27	10	34	0	−0.0	2	0	0	0	−10.3	0
4	2014-09-28	vs DET	L 17–24	6	44	1	+1.7	2	2	17	0	+0.9	0
5	2014-10-05	@ LAC	L 0–31	7	24	0	−5.7	1	1	-2	0	−1.5	1
6	2014-10-12	vs DEN	L 17–31	3	9	0	−0.9	2	1	2	0	−0.9	0
7	2014-10-16	@ NE	L 25–27	13	61	0	+0.5	3	2	19	0	−0.3	0
8	2014-10-26	vs BUF	L 23–43	3	7	0	−2.9	2	2	13	0	−0.1	0
9	2014-11-02	@ KC	L 10–24	11	69	0	+2.2	3	2	32	0	+2.0	0
10	2014-11-09	vs PIT	W 20–13	7	23	0	−1.4	1	1	12	0	+0.7	0
12	2014-11-24	@ BUF	L 3–38	7	40	0	+2.0	4	3	22	0	−1.7	0
13	2014-12-01	vs MIA	L 13–16	17	105	0	−0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2014-12-07	@ MIN	L 24–30 OT	16	53	0	−1.2	2	2	13	0	+0.6	0
15	2014-12-14	@ TEN	W 16–11	10	55	0	−0.6	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
16	2014-12-21	vs NE	L 16–17	10	30	0	−2.0	1	1	3	0	−0.3	0
17	2014-12-28	@ MIA	W 37–24	10	20	0	−2.5	2	1	-3	0	−1.1	0

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ PIT	W 16–9	25	70	0	−6.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2013-09-15	@ HOU	L 24–30 OT	25	96	0	−3.5	1	1	1	0	−1.5	0
3	2013-09-22	vs LAC	W 20–17	19	90	0	+0.4	2	1	1	0	−1.1	0
4	2013-09-29	vs NYJ	W 38–13	15	21	0	−8.8	2	2	10	0	−0.1	0
5	2013-10-06	vs KC	L 17–26	10	17	0	−3.6	5	4	63	1	+4.5	0
6	2013-10-13	@ SEA	L 13–20	12	33	0	−1.7	4	3	21	0	−1.2	0
7	2013-10-20	vs SF	L 17–31	9	39	0	−2.7	4	4	71	1	+4.5	0
9	2013-11-03	@ LA	W 28–21	23	150	2	+7.8	4	3	20	0	+0.5	0
10	2013-11-10	vs JAX	L 27–29	12	30	0	−7.2	7	5	43	0	+0.4	0
11	2013-11-14	vs IND	L 27–30	17	86	2	+3.9	1	1	-2	0	−0.5	0
12	2013-11-24	@ LV	W 23–19	20	73	0	−2.0	5	3	8	0	−3.3	0
13	2013-12-01	@ IND	L 14–22	18	69	0	−0.8	7	6	32	1	+4.0	1
14	2013-12-08	@ DEN	L 28–51	12	46	1	−0.8	3	2	9	0	−1.8	0
15	2013-12-15	vs ARI	L 34–37 OT	13	40	0	−1.5	3	3	51	1	+5.2	0
16	2013-12-22	@ JAX	W 20–16	22	90	0	−1.8	1	1	3	0	−0.4	0
17	2013-12-29	vs HOU	W 16–10	27	127	1	−0.3	3	3	14	0	−0.5	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs NE	L 13–34	11	4	0	−7.4	7	6	47	−1.3	0
2	2012-09-16	@ LAC	L 10–38	8	17	0	−2.7	3	2	11	−1.2	0
3	2012-09-23	vs DET	W 44–41 OT	14	24	0	−4.0	2	1	5	−0.5	0
4	2012-09-30	@ HOU	L 14–38	25	141	0	+2.4	2	2	16	+0.4	0
5	2012-10-07	@ MIN	L 7–30	15	24	0	−12.0	1	1	5	+0.0	0
6	2012-10-11	vs PIT	W 26–23	19	91	0	−1.0	4	4	23	+0.5	1
7	2012-10-21	@ BUF	W 35–34	18	195	2	+12.8	2	1	3	−0.8	0
8	2012-10-28	vs IND	L 13–19 OT	21	99	0	−0.1	3	2	18	−0.4	0
9	2012-11-04	vs CHI	L 20–51	16	141	1	−1.3	6	4	10	−7.5	0
10	2012-11-11	@ MIA	W 37–3	23	126	1	+2.4	2	1	8	+0.1	0
12	2012-11-25	@ JAX	L 19–24	21	80	0	−0.9	3	2	36	+4.1	0
13	2012-12-02	vs HOU	L 10–24	13	51	0	−7.8	5	4	20	−0.9	0
14	2012-12-09	@ IND	L 23–27	19	44	0	−6.0	4	3	15	−1.1	0
15	2012-12-17	vs NYJ	W 14–10	21	122	1	−3.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2012-12-23	@ GB	L 7–55	11	28	0	−3.2	4	2	13	−2.5	0
17	2012-12-30	vs JAX	W 38–20	21	56	1	−4.9	1	1	9	+0.6	0

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-11	@ JAX	L 14–16	9	24	0	−2.5	7	6	25	−1.3
2	2011-09-18	vs BAL	W 26–13	24	53	0	−9.6	5	3	12	−3.4
3	2011-09-25	vs DEN	W 17–14	13	21	0	−8.1	7	4	54	+3.7
4	2011-10-02	@ CLE	W 31–13	23	101	0	−1.4	2	2	11	−0.1
5	2011-10-09	@ PIT	L 17–38	14	51	1	−2.9	3	3	14	+0.0
7	2011-10-23	vs HOU	L 7–41	10	18	0	−3.8	6	6	27	−1.1
8	2011-10-30	vs IND	W 27–10	14	34	0	−5.1	5	3	17	−2.5
9	2011-11-06	vs CIN	L 17–24	14	64	0	−5.0	6	4	46	+1.7
10	2011-11-13	@ CAR	W 30–3	27	130	1	+0.9	7	4	44	+2.5
11	2011-11-20	@ ATL	L 17–23	12	13	0	−6.5	3	3	15	−0.7
12	2011-11-27	vs TB	W 23–17	23	190	0	+1.1	2	1	3	−1.9
13	2011-12-04	@ BUF	W 23–17	23	153	2	+6.1	1	1	4	−0.3
14	2011-12-11	vs NO	L 17–22	11	23	0	−0.8	6	5	43	+0.5
15	2011-12-18	@ IND	L 13–27	15	55	0	−3.2	11	8	54	−9.7
16	2011-12-24	vs JAX	W 23–17	15	56	0	−2.1	4	0	0	−5.5
17	2012-01-01	@ HOU	W 23–22	15	61	0	−1.7	4	4	49	+3.8

2010 game log (16 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	vs LV	W 38–13	27	142	2	+2.2	4	4	8	0	−1.1	0
2	2010-09-19	vs PIT	L 11–19	16	34	0	−8.8	6	5	19	0	−1.1	1
3	2010-09-26	@ NYG	W 29–10	32	125	2	+0.5	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
4	2010-10-03	vs DEN	L 20–26	19	53	0	−10.0	4	3	11	0	−1.7	0
5	2010-10-10	@ DAL	W 34–27	19	131	2	+2.7	1	1	1	0	−0.4	0
6	2010-10-18	@ JAX	W 30–3	26	111	1	+0.9	2	2	20	0	+0.7	0
7	2010-10-24	vs PHI	W 37–19	24	66	0	−7.0	4	2	7	0	−2.5	0
8	2010-10-31	@ LAC	L 25–33	15	59	1	−2.1	6	5	24	0	−3.5	0
10	2010-11-14	@ MIA	L 17–29	17	117	1	+4.9	3	1	7	0	−0.7	0
11	2010-11-21	vs WAS	L 16–19 OT	21	130	0	−0.3	3	2	6	0	−2.4	0
12	2010-11-28	@ HOU	L 0–20	7	5	0	−4.4	3	2	2	0	−2.7	0
13	2010-12-05	vs JAX	L 6–17	13	53	0	−6.1	2	2	14	0	−0.7	0
14	2010-12-09	vs IND	L 28–30	22	111	1	−0.5	8	8	68	0	+4.6	0
15	2010-12-19	vs HOU	W 31–17	24	130	1	−3.8	2	1	7	0	−0.1	0
16	2010-12-26	@ KC	L 14–34	14	58	0	−6.4	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
17	2011-01-02	@ IND	L 20–23	20	39	0	−9.5	6	6	51	1	+3.1	1

2009 game log (16 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-10	@ PIT	L 10–13 OT	15	57	0	−2.7	2	1	11	0	+0.7	0
2	2009-09-20	vs HOU	L 31–34	16	197	2	+7.9	11	9	87	1	+2.8	0
3	2009-09-27	@ NYJ	L 17–24	22	97	0	−3.0	4	1	8	0	−4.5	1
4	2009-10-04	@ JAX	L 17–37	16	83	0	−4.1	4	3	11	0	−1.2	1
5	2009-10-11	vs IND	L 9–31	9	34	0	−5.0	3	2	9	0	−0.9	0
6	2009-10-18	@ NE	L 0–59	17	128	0	+3.7	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
8	2009-11-01	vs JAX	W 30–13	24	228	2	+9.0	3	2	11	0	−1.5	0
9	2009-11-08	@ SF	W 34–27	25	135	2	+4.9	4	3	25	0	+0.8	0
10	2009-11-15	vs BUF	W 41–17	26	132	2	−0.1	9	9	100	0	+6.5	0
11	2009-11-23	@ HOU	W 20–17	29	151	0	+0.7	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
12	2009-11-29	vs ARI	W 20–17	18	154	1	+6.9	4	3	32	0	+0.4	0
13	2009-12-06	@ IND	L 17–27	27	113	0	+1.4	8	6	28	0	+0.9	0
14	2009-12-13	vs LA	W 47–7	28	117	2	−1.1	4	3	69	1	+3.6	0
15	2009-12-20	vs MIA	W 27–24 OT	29	104	0	−9.9	3	2	55	0	+2.7	0
16	2009-12-25	vs LAC	L 17–42	21	142	1	+6.1	4	3	37	0	+2.7	1
17	2010-01-03	@ SEA	W 17–13	36	134	2	−1.1	6	3	20	0	−1.6	1

2008 game log (16 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs JAX	W 17–10	15	93	0	+0.4	4	3	34	1	+2.7	1
2	2008-09-14	@ CIN	W 24–7	19	109	0	+0.1	3	2	12	0	−1.8	0
3	2008-09-21	vs HOU	W 31–12	16	74	0	−1.9	4	2	5	0	−4.4	0
4	2008-09-28	vs MIN	W 30–17	17	61	2	+1.1	5	3	14	0	−1.5	0
5	2008-10-05	@ BAL	W 13–10	18	44	0	−8.2	2	2	4	0	−0.1	0
7	2008-10-19	@ KC	W 34–10	18	168	1	+8.6	3	2	4	0	−2.3	0
8	2008-10-27	vs IND	W 31–21	19	77	1	−1.1	6	4	19	0	−0.9	0
9	2008-11-02	vs GB	W 19–16 OT	24	89	1	−4.4	8	6	72	0	+4.0	0
10	2008-11-09	@ CHI	W 21–14	14	8	0	−8.0	2	2	15	0	+0.7	0
11	2008-11-16	@ JAX	W 24–14	17	64	0	−2.8	8	4	24	0	−5.8	0
12	2008-11-23	vs NYJ	L 13–34	10	46	0	−6.1	7	3	15	0	−2.1	0
13	2008-11-27	@ DET	W 47–10	16	125	2	+6.2	2	2	9	0	−0.6	0
14	2008-12-07	vs CLE	W 28–9	19	136	1	+4.6	4	4	30	0	+3.4	0
15	2008-12-14	@ HOU	L 12–13	13	65	0	−1.7	2	2	2	0	−1.4	0
16	2008-12-21	vs PIT	W 31–14	16	69	1	−2.1	2	2	1	0	−2.0	0
P19	2009-01-10	vs BAL	L 10–13	11	72	1	+1.9	1	1	28	0	+1.8	0