John Bates

TE · WAS · 2021–2026

Born November 6, 1997 · College Boise State · Drafted 2021, round 4, pick 124 (WAS) · 6-6, 256 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	WAS	11	25	20	249	1	80.0	+0.630	+0.176−0.001 to +0.353	7.4	6.0	+15.7	+0.25
2022	WAS	9	22	14	108	1	63.6	−0.130	+0.062−0.117 to +0.241	7.2	5.2	−2.9	+0.11
2023	WAS	14	28	19	151	0	67.9	−0.199	+0.064−0.111 to +0.240	5.5	6.2	−5.6	−0.06
2024	WAS	11	13	8	84	0	61.5	−0.050	+0.121−0.063 to +0.305	3.7	4.8	−0.7	−0.08
2024 playoffs	WAS	3	5	3	31	0	60.0	+0.296		4.6	5.2	+1.5	−0.03
2025	WAS	9	16	11	103	1	68.8	+0.488	+0.192+0.010 to +0.375	7.0	3.0	+7.8	+0.21
2026	WAS	5	6	5	27	0	83.3	−0.161	+0.147−0.041 to +0.335	4.2	1.5	−1.0	−0.03
Career	WAS	59	110	77	722	3	70.0	+0.123		5.9	5.1	+13.5	+0.40

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
2021	WAS	11	2
2023	WAS	14	3
2024	WAS	11	2
2025	WAS	9	1
2026	WAS	5	1
Career	WAS	59	9

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
2021	WAS	17	505	45.7	–	–
2022	WAS	16	497	44.7	–	–
2023	WAS	17	494	44.9	–	–
2024	WAS	17	497	43.8	–	–
2024 playoffs	WAS	3	88	39.8	–	–
2025	WAS	15	472	51.5	–	–

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	22	81.8	1	5.6	1	0.0
2023	28	78.6	4	18.2	4	100.0
2024	13	76.9	2	20.0	1	0.0
2025	16	75.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
2026	6	83.3	0	0.0	1	0.0

Game logs

2026 game log (5 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	@ PHI	L 22–24	3	2	13	−0.7	0
3	2026-09-27	vs SEA	W 33–31	1	1	9	+0.8	0
5	2026-10-11	vs NYG	T 27–27 OT	1	1	1	−0.7	0
6	2026-10-19	@ SF	L 17–23	1	1	4	−0.3	0
8	2026-11-01	vs PHI	W 27–10	0	0	0	0.0	1

2025 game log (9 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2025-10-05	@ LAC	W 27–10	1	1	9	0	+1.1	0
7	2025-10-19	@ DAL	L 22–44	2	1	5	0	−0.4	0
8	2025-10-27	@ KC	L 7–28	1	1	22	0	+1.4	0
9	2025-11-02	vs SEA	L 14–38	4	2	20	0	+2.5	0
10	2025-11-09	vs DET	L 22–44	2	1	6	0	−0.2	0
13	2025-11-30	vs DEN	L 26–27 OT	2	2	9	0	−0.4	1
15	2025-12-14	@ NYG	W 29–21	1	1	19	0	+1.3	0
16	2025-12-20	vs PHI	L 18–29	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
18	2026-01-04	@ PHI	W 24–17	2	2	13	1	+3.1	0

2024 game log (14 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ TB	L 20–37	1	0	0	−0.5	0
2	2024-09-15	vs NYG	W 21–18	1	1	5	−0.3	0
4	2024-09-29	@ ARI	W 42–14	1	1	9	+0.9	0
6	2024-10-13	@ BAL	L 23–30	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2024-10-27	vs CHI	W 18–15	2	1	20	+0.7	0
11	2024-11-14	@ PHI	L 18–26	3	2	17	+0.8	0
12	2024-11-24	vs DAL	L 26–34	1	1	13	−4.2	0
15	2024-12-15	@ NO	W 20–19	1	1	6	+1.1	1
16	2024-12-22	vs PHI	W 36–33	1	0	0	−0.4	0
17	2024-12-29	vs ATL	W 30–24 OT	1	1	14	+1.7	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DAL	W 23–19	1	0	0	−0.5	0
P19	2025-01-12	@ TB	W 23–20	1	0	0	−0.3	0
P20	2025-01-18	@ DET	W 45–31	2	1	20	+1.8	0
P21	2025-01-26	@ PHI	L 23–55	2	2	11	−0.1	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2023-09-17	@ DEN	W 35–33	5	3	46	+0.2	0
3	2023-09-24	vs BUF	L 3–37	2	2	12	+0.2	0
4	2023-10-01	@ PHI	L 31–34 OT	1	1	6	+0.2	0
5	2023-10-05	vs CHI	L 20–40	2	2	19	−1.1	0
7	2023-10-22	@ NYG	L 7–14	1	0	0	−0.9	0
8	2023-10-29	vs PHI	L 31–38	1	1	17	+1.1	0
9	2023-11-05	@ NE	W 20–17	2	1	-5	−1.5	0
10	2023-11-12	@ SEA	L 26–29	3	3	21	+1.8	2
11	2023-11-19	vs NYG	L 19–31	2	2	15	+0.7	0
13	2023-12-03	vs MIA	L 15–45	1	0	0	−1.6	0
15	2023-12-17	@ LA	L 20–28	1	0	0	−0.5	0
16	2023-12-24	@ NYJ	L 28–30	5	3	14	−0.8	0
17	2023-12-31	vs SF	L 10–27	1	1	6	−2.8	1
18	2024-01-07	vs DAL	L 10–38	1	0	0	−0.5	0

2022 game log (9 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs JAX	W 28–22	1	0	0	0	−1.9
2	2022-09-18	@ DET	L 27–36	3	2	15	0	+0.1
3	2022-09-25	vs PHI	L 8–24	1	0	0	0	−0.5
4	2022-10-02	@ DAL	L 10–25	6	4	19	0	−2.8
5	2022-10-09	vs TEN	L 17–21	3	3	39	0	+2.3
8	2022-10-30	@ IND	W 17–16	1	1	6	0	+0.2
9	2022-11-06	vs MIN	L 17–20	2	1	5	0	+0.2
11	2022-11-20	@ HOU	W 23–10	1	0	0	0	−1.9
12	2022-11-27	vs ATL	W 19–13	4	3	24	1	+1.3

2021 game log (11 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2021-10-17	vs KC	L 13–31	1	1	7	0	+1.4	0
8	2021-10-31	@ DEN	L 10–17	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
10	2021-11-14	vs TB	W 29–19	3	3	25	0	+2.0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ CAR	W 27–21	3	3	23	0	+2.5	0
12	2021-11-29	vs SEA	W 17–15	1	1	15	0	+1.2	1
13	2021-12-05	@ LV	W 17–15	4	3	42	0	+2.7	1
14	2021-12-12	vs DAL	L 20–27	2	1	19	0	+0.9	0
15	2021-12-21	@ PHI	L 17–27	1	1	29	0	+2.9	0
16	2021-12-26	@ DAL	L 14–56	3	2	45	1	+4.2	0
17	2022-01-02	vs PHI	L 16–20	4	3	35	0	−1.5	0
18	2022-01-09	@ NYG	W 22–7	2	1	5	0	−0.3	0