Justin Jefferson

WR · MIN · 2020–2026

Born June 16, 1999 · College LSU · Drafted 2020, round 1, pick 22 (MIN) · 6-1, 195 lb

Offensive Player of the Year (2022) · 1st-team All-Pro ×2 (2022, 2024) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2020, 2021) · Pro Bowl ×4 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)

EPA per target by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	Dropbacks	EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2021	MIN	17	2	4	50.0	35	4	+0.313	+0.38	+0.02	−5.7	50.0	8.75	–
2022	MIN	17	2	2	100.0	34	3	+1.176	+1.05	+0.03	+20.0	100.0	17.00	–
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	1	1	100.0	-2	1	−2.380	−4.62	−0.05	+10.8	0.0	-2.00	–
2023	MIN	10	0	1	0.0	0	1	−0.393	−1.19	−0.01	−29.8	0.0	0.00	–
2024	MIN	17	1	1	100.0	22	2	+1.416	+2.45	+0.05	+10.5	50.0	22.00	–
Career	MIN	101	5	8	62.5	91	10	+0.722	+0.84	+0.08	−0.3	60.0	11.38	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	MIN	16	1	2	0	2.00	−0.560	0.0	−0.6	−0.01
2021	MIN	17	6	14	0	2.33	−0.374	16.7	−2.2	−0.04
2022	MIN	17	3	16	1	5.33	+0.601	66.7	+1.8	+0.11
2023	MIN	10	1	-12	0	-12.00	−1.972	0.0	−2.0	−0.04
2025	MIN	17	2	7	0	3.50	−0.028	50.0	−0.1	−0.00
2026	MIN	7	1	-11	0	-11.00	−1.720	0.0	−1.7	−0.03
Career	MIN	101	14	16	1	1.14	−0.339	28.6	−4.8	−0.02

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2020	MIN	16	125	88	1,400	7	70.4	+0.520	+0.416+0.267 to +0.566	25.8	11.4	+65.0	+1.83
2021	MIN	17	167	108	1,616	10	64.7	+0.482	+0.392+0.251 to +0.532	28.9	12.4	+80.6	+2.85
2022	MIN	17	184	128	1,809	8	69.6	+0.404	+0.354+0.217 to +0.492	28.7	10.1	+74.3	+2.71
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	9	7	47	0	77.8	+0.065		23.1	11.0	+0.6	+0.03
2023	MIN	10	100	68	1,074	5	68.0	+0.428	+0.302+0.146 to +0.458	26.8	12.6	+42.8	+0.84
2024	MIN	17	154	103	1,533	10	66.9	+0.417	+0.363+0.220 to +0.506	29.8	10.9	+64.2	+1.82
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	8	5	58	0	62.5	−0.336		20.0	18.6	−2.7	+0.03
2025	MIN	17	141	84	1,048	2	59.6	−0.091	+0.138−0.008 to +0.284	30.1	10.2	−12.9	+0.54
2026	MIN	7	51	31	393	4	60.8	+0.169	+0.248+0.077 to +0.418	28.7	10.5	+8.6	+0.23
Career	MIN	101	922	610	8,873	46	66.2	+0.350		28.5	11.1	+322.7	+10.82

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
2020	MIN	16	1
2022	MIN	17	2
2023	MIN	10	2
2024	MIN	17	1
2025	MIN	17	2
Career	MIN	101	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
2020	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2021	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2022	Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2024	1st-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
2020	MIN	16	870	81.9	–	–
2021	MIN	17	1,001	89.4	–	–
2022	MIN	17	1,063	92.2	–	–
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	56	98.2	–	–
2023	MIN	10	547	85.2	–	–
2024	MIN	17	1,033	94.9	–	–
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	66	91.7	–	–
2025	MIN	17	928	94.6	–	–

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	184	79.3	6	4.1	29	69.0
2023	100	76.0	1	1.3	25	44.0
2024	154	74.0	6	5.3	28	42.9
2025	141	67.4	6	6.3	29	34.5
2026	51	66.7	1	2.9	12	50.0

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs GB	W 39–22	0	0	0.0	9	8	92	2	+11.4
2	2026-09-20	@ CHI	W 9–3	0	0	0.0	6	3	55	0	+1.5
3	2026-09-27	@ TB	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	32	0	+1.7
5	2026-10-11	@ NO	W 23–13	1	-11	−1.7	7	6	79	1	+5.5
7	2026-10-25	vs IND	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	7	4	44	0	+1.1
8	2026-11-01	@ DET	L 15–19	0	0	0.0	9	5	33	1	−0.6
9	2026-11-09	vs BUF	L 6–23	0	0	0.0	11	3	58	0	−12.1

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-08	@ CHI	W 27–24	1	4	−0.1	7	4	44	1	−6.8	0
2	2025-09-14	vs ATL	L 6–22	0	0	0.0	6	3	81	0	−1.6	0
3	2025-09-21	vs CIN	W 48–10	0	0	0.0	7	5	75	0	+4.8	0
4	2025-09-28	@ PIT	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	11	10	126	0	+7.1	0
5	2025-10-05	@ CLE	W 21–17	0	0	0.0	11	7	123	0	+8.6	0
7	2025-10-19	vs PHI	L 22–28	0	0	0.0	10	5	79	0	−3.6	0
8	2025-10-23	@ LAC	L 10–37	0	0	0.0	11	7	74	0	−2.4	0
9	2025-11-02	@ DET	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	9	6	47	1	+0.8	0
10	2025-11-09	vs BAL	L 19–27	0	0	0.0	12	4	37	0	−10.1	1
11	2025-11-16	vs CHI	L 17–19	0	0	0.0	9	5	61	0	−6.8	0
12	2025-11-23	@ GB	L 6–23	0	0	0.0	6	4	48	0	−2.5	0
13	2025-11-30	@ SEA	L 0–26	0	0	0.0	6	2	4	0	−7.3	1
14	2025-12-07	vs WAS	W 31–0	0	0	0.0	4	2	11	0	+0.2	0
15	2025-12-14	@ DAL	W 34–26	0	0	0.0	8	2	22	0	−6.6	0
16	2025-12-21	@ NYG	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	8	6	85	0	+8.3	0
17	2025-12-25	vs DET	W 23–10	0	0	0.0	5	4	30	0	+0.7	0
18	2026-01-04	vs GB	W 16–3	1	3	+0.0	11	8	101	0	+4.4	0

2024 game log (18 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ NYG	W 28–6	6	4	59	1	+5.4	0
2	2024-09-15	vs SF	W 23–17	7	4	133	1	+7.3	0
3	2024-09-22	vs HOU	W 34–7	8	6	81	1	+4.8	0
4	2024-09-29	@ GB	W 31–29	8	6	85	1	+7.1	0
5	2024-10-06	vs NYJ	W 23–17	14	6	92	0	+0.7	0
7	2024-10-20	vs DET	L 29–31	8	7	81	1	+4.6	0
8	2024-10-24	@ LA	L 20–30	9	8	115	0	+7.3	0
9	2024-11-03	vs IND	W 21–13	9	7	137	0	+2.2	0
10	2024-11-10	@ JAX	W 12–7	9	5	48	0	−10.3	0
11	2024-11-17	@ TEN	W 23–13	8	6	81	0	+6.4	0
12	2024-11-24	@ CHI	W 30–27 OT	5	2	27	0	−1.4	0
13	2024-12-01	vs ARI	W 23–22	9	7	99	0	+6.7	0
14	2024-12-08	vs ATL	W 42–21	7	7	132	2	+13.6	0
15	2024-12-16	vs CHI	W 30–12	14	7	73	1	−3.3	1
16	2024-12-22	@ SEA	W 27–24	13	10	144	2	+13.0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs GB	W 27–25	11	8	92	0	+2.8	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DET	L 9–31	9	3	54	0	−2.8	0
P19	2025-01-13	@ LA	L 9–27	8	5	58	0	−2.7	0

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs TB	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	12	9	150	0	+6.0	1
2	2023-09-14	@ PHI	L 28–34	0	0	0.0	13	11	159	0	+6.1	0
3	2023-09-24	vs LAC	L 24–28	0	0	0.0	13	7	149	1	+2.4	0
4	2023-10-01	@ CAR	W 21–13	0	0	0.0	9	6	85	2	+6.9	0
5	2023-10-08	vs KC	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	6	3	28	0	+0.1	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LV	W 3–0	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	0	+1.8	0
15	2023-12-16	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	0	0	0.0	10	7	84	0	+1.5	0
16	2023-12-24	vs DET	L 24–30	0	0	0.0	10	6	141	1	+7.8	1
17	2023-12-31	vs GB	L 10–33	0	0	0.0	10	5	59	0	−0.6	0
18	2024-01-07	@ DET	L 20–30	1	-12	−2.0	14	12	192	1	+10.8	0

2022 game log (18 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs GB	W 23–7	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	184	2	+14.5	0
2	2022-09-19	@ PHI	L 7–24	0	0	0	0.0	12	6	48	0	−9.2	0
3	2022-09-25	vs DET	W 28–24	0	0	0	0.0	6	3	14	0	−3.4	0
4	2022-10-02	@ NO	W 28–25	1	3	1	+1.0	13	10	147	0	+4.9	0
5	2022-10-09	vs CHI	W 29–22	0	0	0	0.0	13	12	154	0	+11.8	0
6	2022-10-16	@ MIA	W 24–16	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	107	0	+4.4	0
8	2022-10-30	vs ARI	W 34–26	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	98	0	+6.8	0
9	2022-11-06	@ WAS	W 20–17	1	10	0	+1.1	13	7	115	1	+2.7	0
10	2022-11-13	@ BUF	W 33–30 OT	0	0	0	0.0	16	10	193	1	+10.5	1
11	2022-11-20	vs DAL	L 3–40	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	33	0	+0.9	0
12	2022-11-24	vs NE	W 33–26	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	139	1	+9.3	0
13	2022-12-04	vs NYJ	W 27–22	1	3	0	−0.3	11	7	45	1	+3.7	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DET	L 23–34	0	0	0	0.0	15	11	223	0	+10.7	0
15	2022-12-17	vs IND	W 39–36 OT	0	0	0	0.0	16	12	123	1	+8.7	0
16	2022-12-24	vs NYG	W 27–24	0	0	0	0.0	16	12	133	1	+3.2	0
17	2023-01-01	@ GB	L 17–41	0	0	0	0.0	5	1	15	0	−6.2	1
18	2023-01-08	@ CHI	W 29–13	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	38	0	+1.0	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs NYG	L 24–31	0	0	0	0.0	9	7	47	0	+0.6	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
1	2021-09-12	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	0	0	0.0	9	5	71	0	+0.5
2	2021-09-19	@ ARI	L 33–34	0	0	0.0	10	6	65	1	+2.2
3	2021-09-26	vs SEA	W 30–17	0	0	0.0	11	9	118	1	+10.5
4	2021-10-03	vs CLE	L 7–14	0	0	0.0	7	6	84	1	+9.2
5	2021-10-10	vs DET	W 19–17	0	0	0.0	8	7	124	0	+11.8
6	2021-10-17	@ CAR	W 34–28 OT	0	0	0.0	14	8	80	0	−5.9
8	2021-10-31	vs DAL	L 16–20	0	0	0.0	4	2	21	0	−1.1
9	2021-11-07	@ BAL	L 31–34 OT	1	11	+0.9	5	3	69	1	+9.4
10	2021-11-14	@ LAC	W 27–20	1	-4	−1.2	11	9	143	0	+12.0
11	2021-11-21	vs GB	W 34–31	1	3	−0.4	10	8	169	2	+16.5
12	2021-11-28	@ SF	L 26–34	0	0	0.0	9	4	83	0	−1.0
13	2021-12-05	@ DET	L 27–29	1	4	−0.1	14	11	182	1	+11.8
14	2021-12-09	vs PIT	W 36–28	1	-4	−1.1	15	7	79	1	−7.8
15	2021-12-20	@ CHI	W 17–9	0	0	0.0	10	4	47	1	+1.0
16	2021-12-26	vs LA	L 23–30	0	0	0.0	12	8	116	0	+7.5
17	2022-01-02	@ GB	L 10–37	0	0	0.0	11	6	58	0	−3.7
18	2022-01-09	vs CHI	W 31–17	1	4	−0.4	7	5	107	1	+7.5

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	2020-09-13	vs GB	L 34–43	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	0	−0.5	0
2	2020-09-20	@ IND	L 11–28	0	0	0.0	3	3	44	0	+2.3	0
3	2020-09-27	vs TEN	L 30–31	0	0	0.0	9	7	175	1	+9.3	0
4	2020-10-04	@ HOU	W 31–23	0	0	0.0	5	4	103	0	+8.7	0
5	2020-10-11	@ SEA	L 26–27	0	0	0.0	5	3	23	0	−2.0	1
6	2020-10-18	vs ATL	L 23–40	0	0	0.0	11	9	166	2	+2.4	0
8	2020-11-01	@ GB	W 28–22	0	0	0.0	4	3	26	0	+0.1	0
9	2020-11-08	vs DET	W 34–20	0	0	0.0	4	3	64	0	+3.6	0
10	2020-11-16	@ CHI	W 19–13	0	0	0.0	10	8	135	0	+9.0	0
11	2020-11-22	vs DAL	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	5	3	86	1	+5.3	0
12	2020-11-29	vs CAR	W 28–27	0	0	0.0	13	7	70	2	+3.3	0
13	2020-12-06	vs JAX	W 27–24 OT	1	2	−0.6	12	9	121	1	+4.6	0
14	2020-12-13	@ TB	L 14–26	0	0	0.0	8	4	39	0	+2.8	0
15	2020-12-20	vs CHI	L 27–33	0	0	0.0	11	8	104	0	+5.2	0
16	2020-12-25	@ NO	L 33–52	0	0	0.0	10	6	85	0	+2.5	0
17	2021-01-03	@ DET	W 37–35	0	0	0.0	12	9	133	0	+8.6	0