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TE · 2025 season

AJ Barner vs Juwan Johnson

Juwan Johnson led AJ Barner in 2025 targets, 102 to 68, and receptions, 77 to 52. Overall, Juwan Johnson led 5 of 6 measured categories.

AJ Barner (Seattle, 17 games) against Juwan Johnson (New Orleans, 17 games). Every number below is measured, not projected.

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Category by category

What actually
happened.

AJ Barner vs Juwan Johnson, 2025 regular season. A check marks the category leader.
MetricAJ BarnerJuwan Johnson
Targets68102
Receptions5277
Receiving yards519889
Receiving touchdowns63
Yards per reception9.9811.55
Fantasy points147.3179.9

Categories won: AJ Barner 1, Juwan Johnson 5.

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Who had the better 2025 season, AJ Barner or Juwan Johnson?

Juwan Johnson led AJ Barner in 2025 targets, 102 to 68, and receptions, 77 to 52. Overall, Juwan Johnson led 5 of 6 measured categories.

What separates AJ Barner and Juwan Johnson statistically?

Juwan Johnson led on targets (102 to 68). Juwan Johnson led on receptions (77 to 52). Juwan Johnson led on receiving yards (889 to 519).

Where do these numbers come from?

Every figure is 2025 regular-season data from nflverse, published under CC BY 4.0. Nothing on the free half of this page is projected or estimated, and nothing on it came from a paywalled source.

Should I start AJ Barner or Juwan Johnson?

Juwan Johnson led AJ Barner in 2025 targets, 102 to 68, and receptions, 77 to 52. Overall, Juwan Johnson led 5 of 6 measured categories. Juwan Johnson led on targets, 102 to 68. Juwan Johnson led on receptions, 77 to 52. AJ Barner hosts NE in week 1, Wed, Sep 9, 8:20 PM EDT. Juwan Johnson plays at DET in week 1, Sun, Sep 13, 1:00 PM EDT. gamedai does not publish a weekly opponent-adjusted projection, an expert grade, or a crowd pick, so nothing here grades either fixture. Weigh a different pairing with the free start/sit tool at gamedai.app/tools/start-sit.

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Source

Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. 2025 regular season, snapshot taken September 5, 2026. Source: nflverse-data. Licence: CC BY 4.0. gamedai is an independent analytics platform and is not affiliated with the National Football League.