Diontae Johnson

WR · PIT/HOU/CAR · 2019–2024

Born July 5, 1996 · College Toledo · Drafted 2019, round 3, pick 66 (PIT) · 5-10, 183 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2019) · Pro Bowl (2021)

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)
2019	PIT	16	4	41	10.25	+0.384	75.0	+1.5	+0.05
2020	PIT	15	3	15	5.00	+0.140	33.3	+0.4	+0.01
2021	PIT	16	5	53	10.60	+0.788	80.0	+3.9	+0.09
2022	PIT	17	7	25	3.57	+0.061	42.9	+0.4	+0.04
2024	CAR	11	2	6	3.00	+1.019	50.0	+2.0	+0.05
Career	CAR	88	21	140	6.67	+0.398	57.1	+8.4	+0.24

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	PIT	16	92	59	680	5	64.1	+0.222	+0.254+0.096 to +0.412	19.0	9.2	+20.4	+0.69
2020	PIT	15	144	88	923	7	61.1	+0.128	+0.263+0.118 to +0.409	22.9	7.9	+18.4	+0.31
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	16	11	117	0	68.8	−0.015		23.5	11.4	−0.2	−0.05
2021	PIT	16	169	107	1,161	8	63.3	+0.141	+0.233+0.093 to +0.373	28.4	8.5	+23.8	+0.84
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	10	5	34	1	50.0	+0.060		22.7	10.2	+0.6	−0.04
2022	PIT	17	147	86	882	0	58.5	−0.047	+0.139−0.005 to +0.284	26.8	10.2	−6.9	+0.28
2023	PIT	13	87	51	710	5	58.6	+0.299	+0.245+0.085 to +0.404	23.5	12.7	+26.0	+0.59
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	7	4	48	1	57.1	−0.073		18.4	10.7	−0.5	−0.01
2024	CAR	11	67	33	375	3	49.3	−0.268	+0.099−0.067 to +0.264	20.2	10.9	−18.0	+0.09
2024 playoffs	HOU	1	1	1	12	0	100.0	−0.070		3.1	8.0	−0.1	+0.01
Career	CAR	88	706	424	4,731	28	60.1	+0.090		23.9	9.6	+63.7	+2.80

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
2019	PIT	16	1
2020	PIT	15	2
2021	PIT	16	1
2022	PIT	17	2
2023	PIT	13	1
2024	CAR	11	1
Career	CAR	88	8

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
2019	2nd-team All-Pro
2021	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
2019	PIT	16	650	66.3	2	1.6
2020	PIT	15	728	72.0	1	1.3
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	75	87.2	–	–
2021	PIT	16	978	91.7	–	–
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	60	89.6	–	–
2022	PIT	17	1,037	90.4	–	–
2023	PIT	13	586	72.2	–	–
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	55	84.6	–	–
2024	CAR/BAL/HOU	12	396	55.6	–	–
2024 playoffs	HOU	1	16	22.5	–	–

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	147	75.5	5	4.5	13	38.5
2023	87	66.7	3	5.2	16	43.8
2024	67	52.2	1	2.9	21	28.6

Game logs

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ NO	L 10–47	0	0	0.0	6	2	19	0	−7.6	0
2	2024-09-15	vs LAC	L 3–26	0	0	0.0	6	3	15	0	−3.8	1
3	2024-09-22	@ LV	W 36–22	0	0	0.0	14	8	122	1	+7.8	0
4	2024-09-29	vs CIN	L 24–34	0	0	0.0	13	7	83	1	+1.0	0
5	2024-10-06	@ CHI	L 10–36	2	6	+2.0	6	3	23	0	−3.4	0
6	2024-10-13	vs ATL	L 20–38	0	0	0.0	10	6	78	1	−1.9	0
7	2024-10-20	@ WAS	L 7–40	0	0	0.0	3	1	17	0	−4.7	0
10	2024-11-07	vs CIN	W 35–34	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	0	−1.3	0
11	2024-11-17	@ PIT	L 16–18	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−2.0	0
12	2024-11-25	@ LAC	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
18	2025-01-05	@ TEN	W 23–14	0	0	0.0	4	2	12	0	−0.5	0
P19	2025-01-11	vs LAC	W 32–12	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	−0.1	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	6	3	48	0	−2.6	0
7	2023-10-22	@ LA	W 24–17	6	5	79	0	+4.3	0
8	2023-10-29	vs JAX	L 10–20	14	8	85	0	+1.5	0
9	2023-11-02	vs TEN	W 20–16	9	7	90	1	+8.3	0
10	2023-11-12	vs GB	W 23–19	4	1	17	0	−1.7	0
11	2023-11-19	@ CLE	L 10–13	8	2	9	0	−3.4	0
12	2023-11-26	@ CIN	W 16–10	8	4	50	0	−0.1	0
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	5	4	33	1	+1.4	0
14	2023-12-07	vs NE	L 18–21	7	3	57	1	−1.7	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	6	4	62	1	+8.8	1
16	2023-12-23	vs CIN	W 34–11	5	2	15	0	−2.4	0
17	2023-12-31	@ SEA	W 30–23	4	4	76	0	+7.2	0
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	5	4	89	1	+6.3	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–31	7	4	48	1	−0.5	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ CIN	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	12	7	55	−1.5	0
2	2022-09-18	vs NE	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	10	6	57	+0.4	0
3	2022-09-22	@ CLE	L 17–29	0	0	0.0	11	8	84	−6.0	0
4	2022-10-02	vs NYJ	L 20–24	2	11	+1.3	4	2	11	−4.5	0
5	2022-10-09	@ BUF	L 3–38	0	0	0.0	13	5	60	−6.9	1
6	2022-10-16	vs TB	W 20–18	2	8	−0.5	7	5	28	−0.8	0
7	2022-10-23	@ MIA	L 10–16	1	3	−0.2	10	5	42	−7.6	0
8	2022-10-30	@ PHI	L 13–35	0	0	0.0	9	5	35	−3.0	0
10	2022-11-13	vs NO	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	5	4	63	+3.5	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CIN	L 30–37	1	1	+0.3	5	4	21	−2.0	0
12	2022-11-28	@ IND	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	8	5	49	+1.8	0
13	2022-12-04	@ ATL	W 19–16	0	0	0.0	11	5	60	+0.2	0
14	2022-12-11	vs BAL	L 14–16	0	0	0.0	8	6	82	+4.0	1
15	2022-12-18	@ CAR	W 24–16	1	2	−0.5	10	10	98	+11.4	0
16	2022-12-24	vs LV	W 13–10	0	0	0.0	7	5	64	+5.8	0
17	2023-01-01	@ BAL	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	7	2	35	−0.7	0
18	2023-01-08	vs CLE	W 28–14	0	0	0.0	10	2	38	−1.1	0

2021 game log (17 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	@ BUF	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	10	5	36	1	−0.1	0
2	2021-09-19	vs LV	L 17–26	0	0	0.0	12	9	105	0	−0.3	0
4	2021-10-03	@ GB	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	13	9	92	1	+0.7	1
5	2021-10-10	vs DEN	W 27–19	0	0	0.0	2	2	72	1	+7.1	0
6	2021-10-17	vs SEA	W 23–20 OT	1	25	+2.1	13	9	71	0	+2.2	0
8	2021-10-31	@ CLE	W 15–10	0	0	0.0	13	6	98	0	+1.3	0
9	2021-11-08	vs CHI	W 29–27	2	11	+0.8	6	5	56	0	+1.7	0
10	2021-11-14	vs DET	T 16–16 OT	0	0	0.0	13	7	83	0	−4.2	0
11	2021-11-21	@ LAC	L 37–41	0	0	0.0	13	7	101	1	+3.5	0
12	2021-11-28	@ CIN	L 10–41	0	0	0.0	14	9	95	0	+7.6	0
13	2021-12-05	vs BAL	W 20–19	0	0	0.0	11	8	105	2	+11.7	0
14	2021-12-09	@ MIN	L 28–36	1	7	+0.4	10	5	76	0	−6.2	0
15	2021-12-19	vs TEN	W 19–13	1	10	+0.6	5	5	38	0	+0.4	0
16	2021-12-26	@ KC	L 10–36	0	0	0.0	9	6	51	1	+2.1	0
17	2022-01-03	vs CLE	W 26–14	0	0	0.0	15	8	31	1	−3.8	0
18	2022-01-09	@ BAL	W 16–13 OT	0	0	0.0	10	7	51	0	−0.1	0
P19	2022-01-16	@ KC	L 21–42	0	0	0.0	10	5	34	1	+0.6	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	@ NYG	W 26–16	0	0	0.0	10	6	57	0	+4.1	0
2	2020-09-20	vs DEN	W 26–21	0	0	0.0	13	8	92	1	+0.5	0
3	2020-09-27	vs HOU	W 28–21	1	9	+0.9	2	0	0	0	−1.8	0
5	2020-10-11	vs PHI	W 38–29	0	0	0.0	1	1	-2	0	−1.3	0
7	2020-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	15	9	80	2	+3.6	1
8	2020-11-01	@ BAL	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	3	1	6	0	−2.1	0
9	2020-11-08	@ DAL	W 24–19	1	4	−0.1	10	6	77	0	−0.4	0
10	2020-11-15	vs CIN	W 36–10	0	0	0.0	11	6	116	1	+4.0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ JAX	W 27–3	0	0	0.0	16	12	111	0	+1.9	0
12	2020-12-02	vs BAL	W 19–14	0	0	0.0	13	8	46	0	−0.4	0
13	2020-12-07	vs WAS	L 17–23	0	0	0.0	12	8	71	1	+3.2	0
14	2020-12-13	@ BUF	L 15–26	0	0	0.0	7	4	40	0	−0.9	0
15	2020-12-21	@ CIN	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	13	8	59	1	−0.6	1
16	2020-12-27	vs IND	W 28–24	1	2	−0.4	14	8	74	1	−0.9	0
17	2021-01-03	@ CLE	L 22–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	96	0	+9.4	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CLE	L 37–48	0	0	0.0	16	11	117	0	−0.2	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ NE	L 3–33	0	0	0.0	5	3	25	0	−1.9	0
2	2019-09-15	vs SEA	L 26–28	0	0	0.0	4	1	17	0	+0.7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ SF	L 20–24	1	6	+0.3	6	3	52	1	+2.1	0
4	2019-09-30	vs CIN	W 27–3	0	0	0.0	6	6	77	1	+1.9	0
5	2019-10-06	vs BAL	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	8	5	27	0	−1.9	0
6	2019-10-13	@ LAC	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	2	2	14	0	+1.4	0
8	2019-10-28	vs MIA	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	7	5	84	1	+9.6	0
9	2019-11-03	vs IND	W 26–24	1	2	−0.5	2	1	3	0	−0.8	0
10	2019-11-10	vs LA	W 17–12	0	0	0.0	6	4	64	0	+5.1	0
11	2019-11-14	@ CLE	L 7–21	0	0	0.0	4	2	17	0	−1.1	0
12	2019-11-24	@ CIN	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	6	3	29	0	+1.3	0
13	2019-12-01	vs CLE	W 20–13	1	17	+1.0	5	1	14	0	−5.0	1
14	2019-12-08	@ ARI	W 23–17	1	16	+0.8	8	6	60	1	+3.4	0
15	2019-12-15	vs BUF	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	7	5	62	0	−3.0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ NYJ	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	9	8	81	1	+7.8	0
17	2019-12-29	@ BAL	L 10–28	0	0	0.0	7	4	54	0	+1.2	0