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Chad Johnson ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Johnson in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Johnson a career score of 84, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRNE#85ACT

Chad Johnson

"Ochocinco"

6× Pro Bowl2× All-Pro👑 Dynasty DNA · 9 seasons · 2 titles Top 2% all-time WRsIron Legend🏟️ Cincinnati Bengals Icon 🏆 Clutch · +7% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2007Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #179

Height6'1"

Weight192 lb

BornJan 9, 1978

Age48

CollegeOregon State; Langston University; Santa Monica See College Stats

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 2, Pick 36 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

47thReceiving Yards·11,060 yds 47thReceptions·766 55thReceiving Touchdowns·67

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2006·Rec Yds1,370 yds

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 268 · #187 · Elite

Worth 268 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.8

Avg surplus

peak +39

10 seasons × ~26.8 surplus ≈ VORP 268

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2001	—	CIN	11	—	60	28	329	1	46.7%	11.8	5.5	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	TEN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	CIN	16	—	137	69	1,166	5	50.4%	16.9	8.5	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NO	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	CIN	16	—	90	90	1,355	10	100.0%	15.1	15.1	—	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	CIN	16	—	95	95	1,274	9	100.0%	13.4	13.4	—	63	4	39	0	9.8	0.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	DEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	CIN	16	—	97	97	1,432	9	100.0%	14.8	14.8	—	74	5	33	0	6.6	0.0	2	40.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CIN	16	—	87	87	1,370	7	100.0%	15.7	15.7	—	67	6	24	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	16	—	93	93	1,440	8	100.0%	15.5	15.5	—	74	6	47	0	7.8	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CIN	13	—	53	53	540	4	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2009	—	CIN	16	—	128	72	1,047	9	56.3%	14.5	8.2	—	55	3	32	0	10.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	CIN	14	—	126	67	831	4	53.2%	12.4	6.6	—	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	NE	14	—	32	15	276	1	46.9%	18.4	8.6	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	176	—	998	766	11,060	67	76.8%	14.4	11.1	—	575	24	175	0	7.3	0.0	6	25.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	12	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Career EPA761.9·-1 passing · 8 rushing · 755 receiving·69.3/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2010	32	CIN	14	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	11.4
Career			14		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0	160.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2004	26	CIN	16	—	4	39	9.8	0.0	1	25.0
2005	27	CIN	16	—	5	33	6.6	0.0	2	40.0
2006	28	CIN	16	—	6	24	4.0	0.0	0	0.0
2007	29	CIN	16	—	6	47	7.8	0.0	2	33.3
2009	31	CIN	16	—	3	32	10.7	0.0	1	33.3
Career			80		24	175	7.3	—	6	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	23	CIN	11	—	60	28	329	1	46.7%	11.8	5.5	—	22
2002	24	CIN	16	—	137	69	1,166	5	50.4%	16.9	8.5	—	58
2003	25	CIN	16	—	90	90	1,355	10	100.0%	15.1	15.1	—	66
2004	26	CIN	16	—	95	95	1,274	9	100.0%	13.4	13.4	—	63
2005	27	CIN	16	—	97	97	1,432	9	100.0%	14.8	14.8	—	74
2006	28	CIN	16	—	87	87	1,370	7	100.0%	15.7	15.7	—	67
2007	29	CIN	16	—	93	93	1,440	8	100.0%	15.5	15.5	—	74
2008	30	CIN	13	—	53	53	540	4	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	36
2009	31	CIN	16	—	128	72	1,047	9	56.3%	14.5	8.2	—	55
2010	32	CIN	14	—	126	67	831	4	53.2%	12.4	6.6	—	47
2011	33	NE	14	—	32	15	276	1	46.9%	18.4	8.6	—	13
Career			164		998	766	11,060	67	76.8%	14.4	11.1	—	575

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2001	23	TEN	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2002	24	NO	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2003	25	LA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	26	DEN	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2008	30	CIN	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	1
2009	31	DEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	32	PIT	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			13		12	12	—	—	1

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2001	23	—	—	—	—	—	-5.3	0	0
2002	24	—	—	—	—	—	39.0	0	0
2003	25	—	—	—	—	—	135.9	0	0
2004	26	—	—	—	—	2.3	111.2	0	0
2005	27	—	—	—	—	1.8	123.4	0	0
2006	28	—	—	—	—	0.0	104.7	0	1,032
2007	29	—	—	—	—	2.0	126.4	0	1,029
2008	30	—	—	—	—	—	50.0	0	426
2009	31	—	—	—	—	1.4	32.4	0	1,672
2010	32	—	—	—	-0.5	—	29.8	37	1,472
2011	33	—	—	—	—	—	7.3	0	585
Career					—	—	—	37	6,216

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 55.1

Availability 18.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2001bestavg 72elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #179 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2002 CIN·2 team wins#15

Receiving Yards · 1,166 · score 55

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 49% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

49% of the all-time Receptions leader49

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

69.27 EPA/season over 11 seasons73

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 95%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2001

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2001 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 64thClass Pos 18thClass All 67th

33"

Vertical

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 17thClass All 34th

108"

Broad Jump

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 19thClass Pos 10thClass All 27th

7.51s

3-Cone

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 24thClass Pos 5thClass All 29th

4.14s

Shuttle

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 83thClass Pos 23thClass All 78th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 14.4 regular season → 15.4 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+7%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt11Rec7Yds108Ctch%63.6%Y/R15.4Y/Tgt9.81D5

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA4.3Rec AirYd102

College Stats

Oregon State; Langston University; Santa MonicaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon State; Langston University; Santa Monica), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2001 Draft Class· this player went #36

#28Derrick GibsonDB #29Ryan PickettNT #30Reggie WayneWR #31Todd HeapTE #32Drew BreesQB #33Quincy MorganWR #34Kyle Vanden BoschDE #35Alge CrumplerTE #37Idrees BashirDB #38Anthony ThomasRB #39Kendrell BellOLB #40Ken LucasCB #41Robert FergusonWR #42Tommy PolleyLB #43Maurice WilliamsG #44Kris JenkinsNT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chad inherited the Cincinnati Bengals WR room from T.J. Houshmandzadeh (2001–2008), and handed it to Andre Caldwell (2008–2011).

David Verser 1981–1984Cris Collinsworth 1981–1988Tim McGee 1986–1994Jeff Query 1992–1994Carl Pickens 1992–1999Darnay Scott

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined NE (from CIN)
2011final season
Last recorded season with NE
2001draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 36

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 192 lb

Frame

192 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

33" vert / 108" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	NE	0	W12Questionable· Hamstring
2010	CIN	1	W16Questionable· AnkleW17Out· Ankle

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 88

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2001

B+2002

A2003

A2004

A2005

A2006

A2007

C+2008

B+2009

B2010

C2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2001	329	29.9	376+47	22.1
2002	1,166	72.9	1,176+10	69.2
2003	1,355	84.7	1,423+68	83.7
2004	1,274	79.6	1,315+41	77.3
2005	1,432	89.5	1,516+84	89.2
2006	1,370	85.6	1,417+47	83.4
2007	1,440	90	1,537+97	90.4
2008	540	41.5	569+29	33.5
2009	1,047	65.4	1,038-9	61
2010	831	59.4	923+92	54.3
2011	276	19.7	215-61	12.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

268 career value over replacement — #187 all-time of 4,642. 24.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×10 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2001 · +29.1 vs expected KV-H

84actual

54.9 expected · Δ+29.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2001

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2001 Draft Class· this player went #36

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator