The Sports Wire

John Bates 2026 stats

Updated
Menu

#87 · TE · Washington Commanders · 2026 regular season

Week 8 · this week

Kickoff Sun Nov 1, 7:20 PM CT · NBC

Playing this week? Not on this week's official injury report

Fantasy: Last 3: 3 touches · 3 targets · 4.4 PPR (1.5 a game) · season 1.9 PPR a game

6'6" · 256 lbs · 28 years old · Boise State · 6th season

At a glance: 2026: 27 receiving yards, 6 targets and 0 TDs in 4 games.

John Bates has 27 receiving yards in 4 games, under the mark to be ranked among tight ends (1.875 catches per team game).

Official sources, timestamped

Usage

John Bates's usage, the season and the last three games he played
John BatesSeasonWeeks 1–6Last 3Weeks 3–6
Targets63
Target share5%3%
Air yards (average depth of target)9 (1.5)3 (1.0)
Red-zone touches (share of team red-zone plays)1 (3%)0 (0%)
Goal-to-go touches00
Targets on 3rd down17%0%

Counted from nflverse's play-by-play, in the games he played: target share is his targets over his team's pass attempts; the red zone is inside the opponent's 20; goal-to-go is nflverse's flag; the down rows are shares of his own carries and targets. Source: nflverse play-by-play.

Data through Week 7's games, from nflverse player stats; nflverse last published it .

  • 27Yards receiving
  • 5Catches
  • 6Targets
  • 0TD
  • 3.2%Share of team targets

Receiving yards by week

0 10 20 Week 1: 13 Week 3: 9 Week 5: 1 Week 6: 4 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6

Stats

  • Games with a stat4
  • Yardsreceiving27
  • Catches5
  • Targets6
  • Share ofteam targets3.2%
  • Air yards9
  • Share ofteam air yards0.5%
  • Yardsper catch5.4
  • TD0
  • EPAper target−0.32

Games with a stat: the games where nflverse's official box score credits him with a stat; a game he played without one is not counted. Tackles are solo tackles plus assists, as NFL.com counts them; assists on kickoffs and punts are not counted.

Fantasy points

Standard and PPR scoring · computed from official stats · Weeks 1–6 (4 games with a stat)

  • Per gamePPR / standard1.9 / 0.7
  • Best / median / worstPPR3.3 / 1.6 / 1.1
  • Season pointsPPR / standard7.7 / 2.773rd among TEs in PPR points
John Bates's fantasy points in each game
WeekPPRPPR points as a barStandard
Week 13.31.3
Week 31.90.9
Week 51.10.1
Week 61.40.4

Points are stat math, not advice. Points are counted by us from nflverse's player stats in standard scoring (0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, 6 per rushing or receiving touchdown, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, -2 per interception or fumble lost, 2 per two-point conversion); PPR adds 1 per catch. Source: nflverse player stats.

Game log

John Bates, every 2026 regular-season game
GameResultCatchesTargetsYardsreceivingTDAir yards
Week 1 at EaglesL 22–24231306
Week 3 vs SeahawksW 33–3111902
Week 5 vs GiantsT 27–27 OT11100
Week 6 at 49ersL 17–2311401

Career stats · receiving

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

John Bates's career receiving, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statTargetsRecYdsTD
2023WAS1428191510
2024WAS10138840
2025WAS916111031
2026WAS465270
Since 20233763433651

Thanks. Your report reached us; we check every one.

Please say what's wrong in 10 to 600 characters.

Thanks, we have several reports from you already. Please try again later.

Something went wrong with the form. Please reload the page and try again.

See something wrong?

No email or sign-in. We keep what you write and this page's address for 12 months, never who sent it, and send it to the owner's private sheet to be checked.

Or write to us if you'd like an answer.