Not to be confused withDavid Johnson (TE · 2009–2016).

Also in other sports:nbaDavid Johnson (G · 2022).

David Johnson packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any running back in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 73 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

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David Johnson

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 13% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #81

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Career Value · VORP

84 career value over replacement — #1400 all-time of 4,695. 12/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet66% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #86 (Rd 3) · ARI · 2015 · +29.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

37.5 expected · Δ+29.5

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced Rushing (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2015	23–24	ARI	16	—	7.7	125	581	8	4.6	6.4	34	27.2	0	57	36	457	4	63.2%	12.7	8.0	—	21	413	36.9%	—	0.0%	114	24.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24–25	ARI	16	—	12.6	293	1,239	16	4.2	5.5	72	24.6	3	120	80	879	4	66.7%	11.0	7.3	—	42	964	83.7%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25–26	ARI	1	—	—	11	23	0	2.1	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	6	67	0	66.7%	11.2	7.4	—	3	46	61.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26–27	ARI	16	—	0.0	258	940	7	3.6	2.7	51	19.8	2	76	50	446	3	65.8%	8.9	5.9	—	22	749	79.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	531	2.1	409	1.6	9	28.7	51
2019	27–28	ARI	13	—	2.2	93	346	2	3.7	2.2	20	21.5	0	47	36	370	4	76.6%	10.3	7.9	—	17	437	48.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%	175	1.9	170	1.8	6	15.7	20
2020	28–29	HOU	12	—	4.7	147	691	6	4.7	4.1	38	25.9	0	46	33	314	2	71.7%	9.5	6.8	—	16	550	75.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	402	2.7	289	2.0	7	21.0	38
2021	29–30	HOU	13	—	0.0	67	228	0	3.4	0.0	7	10.4	1	42	32	225	1	76.2%	7.0	5.4	—	11	317	40.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	109	1.6	119	1.8	4	16.8	7
2022	30–31	NO	5	—	0.0	12	24	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4	4	47	0	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	3	58	20.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	6	0.5	18	1.5	0	—	0
Career		—	92	—	27.2	1,006	4,072	39	4.0	3.9	222	22.1	8	401	277	2,805	18	69.1%	10.1	7.0	—	135	3,534	59.0%	—	0.0%	116	4.3%	1,223	—	1,005	—	26	—	116

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 84 · #1400 · High-Value

Worth 84 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 31% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.8

Avg surplus

peak +31

5 seasons × ~16.8 surplus ≈