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AJ Johnson

WASDAL 2 teams in 2025-26 Now: New Orleans Pelicans SG 21 yrs 6-6 · 175 lb Drafted 2024 · R1 #23 No 2026-27 games yet

2026-27 projection

Projected
Low confidence

Built from his last three seasons, age and role. It is replaced by real stats after the first game.

FP / game
9.8
+3.3 vs 2025-26
PTS
5.1
+1.8 vs 2025-26
REB
1.5
+0.4 vs 2025-26
AST
1.6
+0.6 vs 2025-26
STL
0.3
BLK
0.1
3PM
0.5
Games
44
13.5 min

FG 36.4% · FT 84.8% · TOV 0.9

  • 2025-26 (48 GP), 2024-25 (29 GP) — weighted 3/2.
  • Rates regressed 300 min toward the G average.
  • Age 21 at season start → +4% production.
  • Availability 54% of games → 44 GP, 13.5 MPG.
Fantasy pts / game
6.4
#167 of 174 G
Availability
48 / 80
60.0% of team games
Consistency
0–18
Floor to ceiling (P10–P90 of games)
Market gap
−280.0
ESPN drafts him 280 spots earlier than he produced

Season at a glance

2025-26 · every team game, coloured by FP. Hatched squares are games he missed (32).

LowHighDidn't play

Floor & ceiling

48 games · every dot is one game. Shaded: where the middle half of G players average.

G P25–P75 average

Boom games (≥ 1.25× his average): 33.3% · Bust games (≤ 0.75×): 60.4%

Role & minutes

No sustained change of role this season. Played games only; hover to read a game in both panels.

StartedOff the bench5-game average

Situations

Fantasy points per game versus his own average. Bars show the middle half of games; faded rows have fewer than 4 games.

Season average: ±0.0

Playing style

2025-26 · how he plays versus other Gs with 20+ games. P-values are approximate percentiles; neither end is better or worse, it is style.

True shooting
3-point rate
Free-throw rate
Usage
Turnovers /36
Volatility
HimMiddle half of Gs10th–90th percentileMedian

Career arc

Production and availability by season. Click a season to open it above.

Fantasy points per game

24-25: 14.3, 25-26: 6.4

Games played

Games playedTeam games

When AJ sits

Teammates' fantasy points per game when AJ Johnson is out versus in. Only teammates with 5+ games each way; the small number is games without him.

Similar players

Closest style in 2025-26: per-36 scoring, rebounding, playmaking, defence, threes and turnovers, plus shooting percentages. 100% would be an identical profile.

2026-27 market

ESPN drafts him around pick 140.0, 280 spots higher than his #420 finish in 2025-26: the board is paying for more than he delivered.

Average draft pick
140.0
ESPN rank
–
Auction value
$0
ESPN rostered
0%