David Johnson

RB · ARI/HOU/NO · 2015–2022

Born December 16, 1991 · College Northern Iowa · Drafted 2015, round 3, pick 86 (ARI) · 6-1, 224 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2016) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2016) · Pro Bowl (2016)

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)
2015	ARI	16	125	581	8	4.65	+0.079	−0.100−0.159 to −0.041	50.8	+9.9	−0.08
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	30	95	1	3.17	−0.007		40.0	−0.2	−0.07
2016	ARI	16	293	1,239	16	4.23	−0.077	−0.075−0.127 to −0.022	42.1	−23.2	−0.34
2017	ARI	1	11	23	0	2.09	−1.002	−0.147−0.210 to −0.083	9.1	−11.0	−0.29
2018	ARI	16	258	940	7	3.64	−0.207	−0.118−0.172 to −0.064	30.0	−54.3	−0.61
2019	ARI	12	94	345	2	3.67	−0.180	−0.132−0.192 to −0.072	33.3	−17.8	+0.02
2020	HOU	12	147	691	6	4.70	−0.038	−0.069−0.127 to −0.011	36.2	−5.7	+0.10
2021	HOU	13	67	228	0	3.40	−0.367	−0.122−0.183 to −0.061	18.8	−25.3	−0.29
2022	NO	4	12	24	0	2.00	−0.823	−0.103−0.166 to −0.039	25.0	−9.9	−0.15
Career	NO	90	1,007	4,071	39	4.04	−0.133		36.3	−137.4	−1.64

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	ARI	16	57	36	457	4	63.2	+0.215	10.4	4.7	+12.3	+0.04
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	18	15	111	0	83.3	+0.364	22.0	2.4	+6.5	+0.08
2016	ARI	16	120	80	879	4	66.7	+0.186	18.9	4.4	+22.3	+0.65
2017	ARI	1	9	6	67	0	66.7	+0.032	19.1	3.8	+0.3	+0.05
2018	ARI	16	76	50	446	3	65.8	−0.175	16.1	0.8	−13.3	−0.06
2019	ARI	12	47	36	370	4	76.6	+0.017	11.7	3.9	+0.8	+0.29
2020	HOU	12	27	16	161	1	59.3	−0.203	6.6	4.8	−5.5	−0.00
2021	HOU	13	42	32	225	1	76.2	−0.204	10.7	2.1	−8.6	−0.05
2022	NO	4	4	4	47	0	100.0	+1.125	4.7	0.2	+4.5	+0.11
Career	NO	90	382	260	2,652	17	68.1	+0.034	12.8	3.4	+12.8	+1.02

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
2015	ARI	16	2
2016	ARI	16	4
2017	ARI	1	1
2018	ARI	16	2
2019	ARI	12	1
2020	HOU	12	1
2021	HOU	13	1
Career	NO	90	12

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
2016	1st-team All-Pro, 2nd-team All-Pro, 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	16	953	83.7	–	–
2017	ARI	1	46	62.2	–	–
2018	ARI	16	737	79.2	–	–
2019	ARI	13	428	49.7	–	–
2020	HOU	12	546	74.7	–	–
2021	HOU	13	315	39.8	–	–
2022	NO	5	57	19.8	–	–

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	4	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2022 game log (4 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
11	2022-11-20	vs LA	W 27–20	1	-4	−1.3	1	1	11	+0.6
15	2022-12-18	vs ATL	W 21–18	4	12	−5.7	0	0	0	0.0
16	2022-12-24	@ CLE	W 17–10	7	16	−2.8	1	1	8	+1.9
18	2023-01-08	vs CAR	L 7–10	0	0	0.0	2	2	28	+2.0

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs JAX	W 37–21	3	10	+0.5	4	3	18	1	+2.3	0
2	2021-09-19	@ CLE	L 21–31	6	25	+0.1	2	2	22	0	+2.5	0
3	2021-09-23	vs CAR	L 9–24	2	11	−0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ BUF	L 0–40	5	21	−2.2	4	3	27	0	−2.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NE	L 22–25	2	5	−1.9	6	5	46	0	+4.5	0
6	2021-10-17	@ IND	L 3–31	2	7	−5.5	2	1	14	0	−0.0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ ARI	L 5–31	7	25	−5.7	6	5	27	0	−3.0	0
8	2021-10-31	vs LA	L 22–38	2	4	−0.7	1	1	-1	0	−1.1	0
9	2021-11-07	@ MIA	L 9–17	4	11	−1.4	5	3	29	0	−2.4	0
11	2021-11-21	@ TEN	W 22–13	13	18	−7.3	4	3	16	0	+0.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs NYJ	L 14–21	10	39	−0.7	3	2	16	0	−8.2	1
15	2021-12-19	@ JAX	W 30–16	6	24	−0.9	1	1	3	0	+1.1	0
18	2022-01-09	vs TEN	L 25–28	5	28	+0.9	4	3	8	0	−2.4	0

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-10	@ KC	L 20–34	11	77	1	+4.6	4	3	32	0	+0.8	0
2	2020-09-20	vs BAL	L 16–33	11	34	0	−2.3	4	2	16	0	−0.8	1
3	2020-09-27	@ PIT	L 21–28	13	23	1	−4.5	3	2	23	0	+0.1	0
4	2020-10-04	vs MIN	L 23–31	16	63	0	−1.7	3	2	29	0	+1.4	0
5	2020-10-11	vs JAX	W 30–14	17	96	0	−1.6	4	2	7	0	−2.9	0
6	2020-10-18	@ TEN	L 36–42 OT	19	57	1	−2.0	2	1	12	0	−1.4	0
7	2020-10-25	vs GB	L 20–35	14	42	0	−3.7	4	4	42	1	+0.5	0
9	2020-11-08	@ JAX	W 27–25	2	16	0	+0.2	1	0	0	0	−1.8	0
13	2020-12-06	vs IND	L 20–26	10	44	1	−0.6	2	0	0	0	−1.4	0
15	2020-12-20	@ IND	L 20–27	8	27	0	−2.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	vs CIN	L 31–37	12	128	1	+5.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs TEN	L 38–41	14	84	1	+3.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs DET	T 27–27 OT	18	82	0	−2.5	7	6	55	1	+3.1	0
2	2019-09-15	@ BAL	L 17–23	7	14	1	−2.1	1	1	0	0	−0.8	0
3	2019-09-22	vs CAR	L 20–38	11	37	0	+1.0	9	6	28	1	−3.5	0
4	2019-09-29	vs SEA	L 10–27	11	40	0	−2.1	11	8	99	0	−4.9	0
5	2019-10-06	@ CIN	W 26–23	17	91	0	−0.6	5	3	65	0	+3.3	0
6	2019-10-13	vs ATL	W 34–33	12	34	1	−5.5	8	6	68	1	+4.6	0
7	2019-10-20	@ NYG	W 27–21	1	2	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ TB	L 27–30	5	2	0	−2.8	1	1	8	0	−4.4	1
13	2019-12-01	vs LA	L 7–34	4	15	0	−1.0	2	2	9	0	−0.1	0
14	2019-12-08	vs PIT	L 17–23	3	19	0	+1.0	2	2	34	1	+3.9	0
15	2019-12-15	vs CLE	W 38–24	3	6	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ SEA	W 27–13	2	3	0	−1.6	1	1	4	0	−0.6	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs WAS	L 6–24	9	37	1	+1.5	9	5	30	0	−4.6	0
2	2018-09-16	@ LA	L 0–34	13	48	0	−3.5	2	1	3	0	−0.8	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CHI	L 14–16	12	31	0	−3.7	4	4	30	1	+1.8	0
4	2018-09-30	vs SEA	L 17–20	22	71	1	−9.9	4	3	41	0	+2.4	1
5	2018-10-07	@ SF	W 28–18	18	55	2	−2.3	3	2	16	0	−0.4	0
6	2018-10-14	@ MIN	L 17–27	18	54	1	−10.0	5	2	15	0	−2.2	0
7	2018-10-18	vs DEN	L 10–45	14	39	0	−3.7	3	3	31	0	+3.0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs SF	W 18–15	16	59	0	−3.8	4	4	41	0	+1.2	0
10	2018-11-11	@ KC	L 14–26	21	98	1	+2.3	9	7	85	1	+1.8	1
11	2018-11-18	vs LV	L 21–23	25	137	0	−3.5	3	1	17	0	−0.7	0
12	2018-11-25	@ LAC	L 10–45	17	63	0	+0.4	3	2	16	0	−0.5	0
13	2018-12-02	@ GB	W 20–17	20	69	0	−3.7	2	1	3	0	−1.1	0
14	2018-12-09	vs DET	L 3–17	15	49	0	−4.1	10	8	12	0	−6.3	0
15	2018-12-16	@ ATL	L 14–40	11	33	1	−2.1	6	3	68	0	−4.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs LA	L 9–31	10	35	0	−7.1	5	1	32	1	−0.9	0
17	2018-12-30	@ SEA	L 24–27	17	62	0	−0.9	4	3	6	0	−2.1	0

2017 game log (1 games)

2017 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	2017-09-10	@ DET	L 23–35	11	23	0	−11.0	9	6	67	0	+0.3	1	0.0	0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs NE	L 21–23	16	89	1	+2.3	6	4	43	0	+0.6	0
2	2016-09-18	vs TB	W 40–7	12	45	0	−1.6	5	3	98	0	+5.8	0
3	2016-09-25	@ BUF	L 18–33	19	83	2	−0.9	6	3	28	0	−0.5	0
4	2016-10-02	vs LA	L 13–17	17	83	0	−4.9	4	4	41	0	+1.6	2
5	2016-10-06	@ SF	W 33–21	27	157	2	+5.9	6	3	28	0	−1.8	0
6	2016-10-17	vs NYJ	W 28–3	22	111	3	+1.7	6	3	27	0	−2.5	0
7	2016-10-23	vs SEA	T 6–6 OT	33	113	0	−8.2	13	8	58	0	+0.6	0
8	2016-10-30	@ CAR	L 20–30	10	24	0	−3.4	9	7	84	0	−1.4	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SF	W 23–20	19	55	1	−5.6	7	5	46	1	+3.8	1
11	2016-11-20	@ MIN	L 24–30	22	103	1	+1.6	11	7	57	1	+3.2	0
12	2016-11-27	@ ATL	L 19–38	13	58	0	−0.9	11	8	103	1	+9.6	0
13	2016-12-04	vs WAS	W 31–23	18	84	1	+3.8	12	9	91	1	+3.8	0
14	2016-12-11	@ MIA	L 23–26	20	80	0	−7.6	8	5	41	0	−1.9	1
15	2016-12-18	vs NO	L 41–48	12	53	2	+1.9	5	4	55	0	+2.5	0
16	2016-12-24	@ SEA	W 34–31	28	95	3	−5.2	7	4	41	0	−2.9	0
17	2017-01-01	@ LA	W 44–6	5	6	0	−2.2	4	3	38	0	+1.9	0

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs NO	W 31–19	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	55	1	+5.1	0
2	2015-09-20	@ CHI	W 48–23	5	42	1	+3.7	2	1	3	0	−0.7	0
3	2015-09-27	vs SF	W 47–7	7	25	0	+0.3	3	3	16	0	−0.4	0
4	2015-10-04	vs LA	L 22–24	3	18	0	−0.6	10	4	63	1	+0.7	0
5	2015-10-11	@ DET	W 42–17	3	6	2	+0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ PIT	L 13–25	3	9	0	−0.6	1	1	8	0	+0.1	0
7	2015-10-26	vs BAL	W 26–18	3	5	0	−1.0	2	2	19	0	−0.9	0
8	2015-11-01	@ CLE	W 34–20	1	4	0	−0.2	2	2	44	0	+5.1	0
10	2015-11-15	@ SEA	W 39–32	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+0.1	1
11	2015-11-22	vs CIN	W 34–31	2	9	0	−0.8	2	2	17	1	+1.8	0
12	2015-11-29	@ SF	W 19–13	8	21	1	−3.1	4	2	8	0	−4.0	1
13	2015-12-06	@ LA	W 27–3	22	99	0	−1.5	3	2	21	1	+3.0	0
14	2015-12-10	vs MIN	W 23–20	19	92	0	+1.6	7	5	31	0	+1.2	0
15	2015-12-20	@ PHI	W 40–17	29	187	3	+10.9	4	4	42	0	+3.9	0
16	2015-12-27	vs GB	W 38–8	9	39	1	+1.6	6	3	88	0	−2.2	0
17	2016-01-03	vs SEA	L 6–36	11	25	0	−0.4	8	3	34	0	−0.4	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs GB	W 26–20 OT	15	35	0	−2.1	9	6	43	0	+0.3	0
P20	2016-01-24	@ CAR	L 15–49	15	60	1	+1.8	9	9	68	0	+6.3	0