Not to be confused withChris Johnson (DB · 2003–2012), Chris Johnson (CB · 2026), Chris Johnson (DB · 1987), Chris Johnson (SAF · 1996), Chris Johnson (LB · 2010) or Chris Johnson (SAF · 2019).

Also in other sports:mlbChris Johnson (3B · 2009–2016), nbaChris Johnson (C · 2011–2013), nbaChris Johnson (SG · 2013–2016).

Chris Johnson ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Johnson in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Johnson a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks6 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2008–13

RBARI#23CUT

Chris Johnson

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time RBsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009 Team Carrier · #130

Height

Career Value · VORP

213 career value over replacement — #336 all-time of 4,695. 21.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · TEN · 2008 · +22.7 vs expected KV-H

79actual

56.3 expected · Δ+22.7

💔+40.5 stolen VORP·1.9 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #130 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

5 qualifying seasons

2010 TEN·6 team wins#4

Rushing Yards · 1,364 · score 22

2010 TEN·6 team wins#6

Rushing Touchdowns · 11 · score 20

2012 TEN·6 team wins#9

Rushing Yards · 1,243 · score 17

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 53% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

53% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader53

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

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Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.963 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.963Touch rate0.471EPA/snap0Snap share42.1%Off snaps1,712ReliableCV 0.27

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2008

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

RB · 2008 class

4.24s

40-Yard

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 99thClass All 99th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 65thClass Pos 89thClass All 89th

130"

Broad Jump

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

11,906

9,651 rush · 2,255 recv

Total TDs

55 rush · 9 recv

Total Touches

2,470

2,163 carries · 307 rec

Yds / Touch

4.8

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones9

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20081K career rushing yards
20093K career rushing yards
201025 career rushing TDs
20101K career receiving yards
2010100 career receptions
20115K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Rushing

Att11Yds72TD1Y/A6.5TD%9.11D21D%18.2

Receiving

Tgt1

College Stats

East CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (East Carolina), 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.

Top Teammates

Rob BironasK6y Michael GriffinFS6y Craig StevensTE6y Jason McCourtyS5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chris inherited the Tennessee Titans RB room from Ronnie Coleman (1974–1981), and handed it to Derrick Henry (2016–2023).

Ronnie Coleman 1974–1981Chris Johnson 2008–2013Derrick Henry 2016–2023

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2015team change
Joined ARI (from NYJ)
2014team change
Joined NYJ (from TEN)
2008draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 203 lb

Frame

197 lb at 4.24s

Size-speed

35" vert / 130" broad

Explosion

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

B+2008

A+2009

B+2010

B+2011

B+2012

B+2013

B2014

B+2015

F2016

F2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

81%

Era Translator

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

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2008	1,228	81.9	1,220-8	71.8
2009	2,006	125.4	1,907-99	112.2
2010	1,364	85.3	1,372+8	80.7
2011	1,047	65.4	1,118+71	65.7
2012	1,243	77.7	1,351+108	79.4
2013	1,077	67.3	1,221+144	71.8
2014	663	41.4	781+118	45.9
2015	814	74	1,383+569	81.3
2016	95	23.8	404+309	23.7
2017	114	28.5	492+378	28.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

19%

Building a Case

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 42.9%All-Pro 18.3%Longevity 16%Pro Bowls 13.7%League Leads 6.1%All-Time Ranks 3%

Monitor score 65.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity79

Peak84

Accolades21

Consistency67

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Chris Johnson

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2008 Draft Class· this player went #24

Career Geography