AJ Johnson

New Orleans Pelicans · SG · Age 21 · 6′5″

Rankings Jonathan Mogbo Jae'Sean Tate

Rank 2025-26#543SG #183 · of 582

Value-1.1569-cat, per game

Games489 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 543 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. His weakest category is points at 3.3 a game.

Stats over time

Falling: 7.6 in 2024-25, 3.3 last season.

Last season3.3

2-season average5.4

Trend a season−4.3

Up and down: between 3.3 (2025-26) and 7.6 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 12.4 in 2024-25, 12.6 last season, on 22.0 → 9.4 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25#238of 26625-26–of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	543	-1.156	48	9	3.3	0.3	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.1	32.4%	1.2/3.7	85.0%	0.7/0.8	0.6
2024-25	406	-0.849	29	22	7.6	0.8	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.1	38.5%	2.8/7.3	86.5%	1.1/1.3	1.2

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

3.3-1.13

3PM

0.3-0.78

REB

1.1-0.98

AST

1.0-0.82

STL

0.2-0.90

BLK

0.1-0.76

FG%

32.4%1.2/3.7-0.57

FT%

85.0%0.7/0.8-0.07

TO

0.60.81

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · New Orleans Pelicans

No. 7 at SG for the New Orleans Pelicans, behind Trey Murphy III, Bennedict Mathurin, Jeremiah Fears, Jaron Pierre Jr., Jordan Poole, and Bryce McGowens. 65 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jose Alvarado, Micah Peavy, and Kevon Looney; Bennedict Mathurin is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

SG

Left since 2025-26

Jose AlvaradoSigned by NY Jul 622 min → NY
Micah PeavyTraded Sep 815 min → MEM
Kevon Looney15 min → LAL
Jordan HawkinsTraded Sep 814 min → CHI
Minutes a night65

Arrived

Julian ReeseSigned Sep 2431 min from WSH
Bennedict MathurinSigned Sep 1030 min from LAC
Trendon WatfordSigned Aug 1716 min from PHI
AJ JohnsonAcquired Sep 810 min from DAL
Jaron Pierre Jr.new
Malik DiaSigned Aug 18new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. New Orleans Pelicans depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	WSH/DAL	48	9.4	3.3	0.3	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.1	32.4%	1.2/3.7	87.5%	0.7/0.8	0.6
2024-25	MIL/WSH	29	22.0	7.6	0.8	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.1	38.4%	2.8/7.3	84.6%	1.1/1.3	1.2

Box-score averages from ESPN.

AJ Johnson in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.