Jaylon
Johnson
CB
#1
Jaylon Johnson
#1CB
Chicago Bears
Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 195 lbs · Age : 27
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chicago Bears | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Chicago Bears | 7 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Chicago Bears | 11 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 2021 | Chicago Bears | 15 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
Chicago Bears payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 24.50 M$
- Average per year
- 19.00 M$
- Total value
- 76.0 M$
- Seasons left
- 2 · through 2027
2026
24.50 M$
Partially guaranteed
2027
25.00 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026 Cornerbacks
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular cornerbacks: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Interceptions
0
40th percentile
Passes defended
0
9th percentile
Targets in coverage
17
Yards allowed
233 yd
Yards allowed per target
13.7 yd
5th percentile
Passer rating allowed
118.7
22th percentile
Tackles
12
47th percentile
Missed tackle rate
20.0 %
21th percentile
Tackles for loss
1
77th percentile
Defensive snaps
167
42th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
-0.5
Games
17
WAR 2026
-0.3
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (-6)
- 20230.7 WAR · 0.050 per game
- 2024-0.1 WAR · -0.006 per game
- 2025-0.3 WAR · -0.043 per game
- 2026-0.3 WAR · -0.100 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+4 · 27 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All ratings →Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
47
Backup or prospect
- COV
- Coverage
- 47
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 76
- TCK
- Tackling
- 61
- DUR
- Durability
- 62
- EX
- Experience
- 70
Why these ratings?Hide details
- COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026
How we rate →WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
-0.3
#74 of 77 regular cornerbacks
PAL Rating
1 / 100
#77 of 77 regular cornerbacks
Value Rating · 2025
8 / 100
2025 PAL (17) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $19.0M.PAL expected for this salary: 60PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | INT | PD | Yds/tgt | Rtg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CHI | 3 | -0.3 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 118.7 |
| 2025 | CHI | 7 | -0.3 | 17 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 11.6 | 92.2 |
| 2024 | CHI | 17 | -0.1 | 26 | 74 | 2 | 8 | 9.2 | 92.6 |
| 2023 | CHI | 14 | 0.7 | 95 | 81 | 4 | 10 | 4.8 | 50.9 |
| 2022 | CHI | 11 | -0.3 | 24 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 8.9 | 94.6 |
| 2021 | CHI | 15 | -0.1 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 9 | 7.8 | 101.9 |
Jaylon Johnson in five questions
What are Jaylon Johnson's stats in 2026?
Jaylon Johnson has 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Jaylon Johnson?
Jaylon Johnson is 27 years old. He is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
How good is Jaylon Johnson?
Jaylon Johnson produced -0.3 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 75th of 77 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 1 out of 100: very poor for his position.
What number does Jaylon Johnson wear, and what team does he play for?
Jaylon Johnson plays for Chicago Bears in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 1.
What is Jaylon Johnson's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at -0.5 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
