LAC · WR
Quentin Johnston
Quentin Johnston is a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers. Depth chart: WR2.
Scouting report
Quentin Johnston: the full picture
Quentin Johnston at a glance
Quentin Johnston is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers, listed at 6'2" and 208 pounds. The Los Angeles Chargers drafted Johnston 21st overall in the first round in 2023, out of TCU; this is year four in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Johnston at 177.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR27 at the position and works out to 12.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Johnston has scored 24.8 PPR points, or 5.0 per game. That is 14.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Johnston would finish with about 84 points, behind the 177.3 projected. The best week so far is 7.0 points in Week 3 against BUF, the WR62 finish that week. Johnston has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 5 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Johnston ranks in the 51st percentile in average separation, the 38th percentile in yards per target and the 32nd percentile in target share. The softest mark is the 8th percentile in receptions.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Johnston has finished as WR74 in 2023, WR39 in 2024 and WR35 in 2025. The high-water mark is 174.7 PPR points in 2024. Across 50 regular-season games on record, the totals read 152 receptions, 2,042 receiving yards and 18 receiving touchdowns.
Quentin Johnston by the numbers
Johnston has finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 31.6 PPR points, set in Week 18 of 2024 against LV. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Johnston has reached 20 points in 6 games, 12% of career appearances.
Contract
Johnston is playing on a four-year, $14.2 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023, an average of $3.5 million per year with $14.2 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Johnston carries a GV stock price of 5,229, which ranks 81st overall and WR34 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Johnston 86th overall. Value has moved down 4.4 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Brian Thomas Jr., Jordan Addison and Jameson Williams. See where Johnston sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 177.3
- PPR / game
- 12.0
Week 2 projection
Quentin Johnston is projected for 12.2 PPR points at home against LV in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 29.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.4 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 52.9
- Dynasty
- 50.7
- Superflex redraft
- 63.1
- Superflex dynasty
- 62.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 30.5
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LAC | 5 | 22 | 8 | 165 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24.8 |
| 2025 | LAC | 13 | 84 | 51 | 735 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 171.2 |
| 2024 | LAC | 15 | 91 | 55 | 711 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 174.7 |
| 2023 | LAC | 17 | 67 | 38 | 431 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 94.0 |
Wide receivers ranked near Quentin Johnston
- Malik Nabers WR24 · 191.3 PPR
- DJ Moore WR25 · 187.3 PPR
- Wan'Dale Robinson WR26 · 179.7 PPR
- DK Metcalf WR28 · 175.5 PPR
- Alec Pierce WR29 · 172.4 PPR
- Brian Thomas Jr. WR30 · 172.4 PPR
Los Angeles Chargers fantasy players
- Justin Herbert QB · 304.4 PPR
- Ladd McConkey WR · 215.6 PPR
- Omarion Hampton RB · 212.2 PPR
- Oronde Gadsden II TE · 107.7 PPR
- Tre Harris WR · 107.5 PPR
- Keaton Mitchell RB · 102.9 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.