Championship top scorers 2026/2027
Championship top scorers in 2026/2027: every player with minutes ranked by goals scored. Will Lankshear leads the scoring on 11 goals, from 965 minutes.
Showing 1–50 of 583 players
| # | Player | Club | Apps | Min | G | npG | xG | G − xG | Min/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Lankshear | Middlesbrough | 12 | 965 | 11 | 11 | 8.95 | +2.05 | 88 |
| 2 | Andri Guðjohnsen | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 702 | 8 | 8 | 2.09 | +5.91 | 88 |
| 3 | Cyle Larin | Southampton | 11 | 731 | 7 | 7 | 4.48 | +2.52 | 104 |
| 4 | Jack Moylan | Cardiff City | 12 | 1,014 | 6 | 5 | 4.30 | +1.70 | 169 |
| 4 | Jarrod Bowen | West Ham United | 12 | 1,070 | 6 | 5 | 5.93 | +0.07 | 178 |
| 6 | Mohamed Touré | Norwich City | 7 | 456 | 5 | 5 | 2.06 | +2.94 | 91 |
| 6 | Patrick Bamford | Sheffield United | 11 | 787 | 5 | 5 | 4.63 | +0.37 | 157 |
| 6 | Kieffer Moore | Wrexham | 12 | 800 | 5 | 5 | 2.42 | +2.58 | 160 |
| 6 | Fer López | Wolverhampton | 11 | 873 | 5 | 5 | 3.76 | +1.24 | 175 |
| 6 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | West Ham United | 11 | 938 | 5 | 5 | 2.58 | +2.42 | 188 |
| 11 | Aune Selland Heggebø | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 510 | 4 | 4 | 3.53 | +0.47 | 128 |
| 11 | Liam Millar | Birmingham City | 8 | 579 | 4 | 4 | 1.46 | +2.54 | 145 |
| 11 | Adam Idah | Swansea City | 11 | 652 | 4 | 4 | 3.81 | +0.19 | 163 |
| 11 | Lyndon Dykes | Millwall | 12 | 789 | 4 | 3 | 3.21 | +0.79 | 197 |
| 11 | August Priske | Birmingham City | 10 | 815 | 4 | 3 | 3.91 | +0.09 | 204 |
| 11 | Oladapo Afolayan | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 857 | 4 | 4 | 1.88 | +2.12 | 214 |
| 11 | Sam Dalby | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 860 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | −0.04 | 215 |
| 11 | Isaac Price | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 995 | 4 | 2 | 3.58 | +0.42 | 249 |
| 11 | Tyreece Campbell | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 995 | 4 | 4 | 1.95 | +2.05 | 249 |
| 20 | Tomáš Souček | West Ham United | 4 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 0.98 | +2.02 | 36 |
| 20 | Mikkel Ladefoged | Lincoln City | 6 | 175 | 3 | 3 | 2.49 | +0.51 | 58 |
| 20 | Demarai Gray | Birmingham City | 9 | 207 | 3 | 2 | 1.70 | +1.30 | 69 |
| 20 | Richard Kone | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 333 | 3 | 2 | 3.16 | −0.16 | 111 |
| 20 | Raúl Jiménez | Wolverhampton | 6 | 350 | 3 | 1 | 2.69 | +0.31 | 117 |
| 20 | Mathias Kvistgaarden | Norwich City | 9 | 372 | 3 | 3 | 1.92 | +1.08 | 124 |
| 20 | Marko Milovanović | Portsmouth | 10 | 459 | 3 | 1 | 4.22 | −1.22 | 153 |
| 20 | Amin Nabizada | Watford | 10 | 489 | 3 | 3 | 0.57 | +2.44 | 163 |
| 20 | Zeki Amdouni | Burnley | 9 | 497 | 3 | 3 | 2.08 | +0.92 | 166 |
| 20 | Joël Piroe | West Ham United | 11 | 537 | 3 | 3 | 3.50 | −0.50 | 179 |
| 20 | Amario Cozier-Duberry | Middlesbrough | 7 | 550 | 3 | 3 | 1.79 | +1.22 | 183 |
| 20 | Tairyk Arconte | Millwall | 8 | 591 | 3 | 3 | 3.41 | −0.41 | 197 |
| 20 | Mohamadou Kanté | West Ham United | 11 | 615 | 3 | 3 | 1.96 | +1.04 | 205 |
| 20 | Paul Smyth | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 629 | 3 | 3 | 1.02 | +1.98 | 210 |
| 20 | Scott Twine | Bristol City | 9 | 657 | 3 | 2 | 2.39 | +0.61 | 219 |
| 20 | Thomas Cannon | Sheffield United | 11 | 662 | 3 | 2 | 2.75 | +0.25 | 221 |
| 20 | Dominic Ballard | Bristol City | 12 | 664 | 3 | 3 | 3.42 | −0.42 | 221 |
| 20 | Divine Mukasa | West Ham United | 10 | 683 | 3 | 3 | 1.04 | +1.97 | 228 |
| 20 | Callum Lang | Preston North End | 12 | 715 | 3 | 3 | 3.30 | −0.30 | 238 |
| 20 | Moussa Kounfolo Yeo | Swansea City | 11 | 767 | 3 | 3 | 1.89 | +1.11 | 256 |
| 20 | Yousef Salech | Cardiff City | 9 | 790 | 3 | 3 | 6.72 | −3.72 | 263 |
| 20 | Kuryu Matsuki | Southampton | 12 | 793 | 3 | 3 | 2.34 | +0.66 | 264 |
| 20 | Jimmy-Jay Morgan | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 829 | 3 | 3 | 2.41 | +0.59 | 276 |
| 20 | Thierry Gale | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 829 | 3 | 3 | 0.79 | +2.21 | 276 |
| 20 | Sammie Szmodics | Derby County | 11 | 847 | 3 | 3 | 1.54 | +1.46 | 282 |
| 20 | Jimmy Dunne | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 959 | 3 | 3 | 1.09 | +1.91 | 320 |
| 20 | Finn Azaz | Southampton | 12 | 1,008 | 3 | 3 | 2.89 | +0.11 | 336 |
| 20 | Bobby Clark | Derby County | 12 | 1,011 | 3 | 3 | 2.21 | +0.79 | 337 |
| 20 | Camiel Neghli | Millwall | 12 | 1,036 | 3 | 3 | 1.94 | +1.06 | 345 |
| 20 | Ethan Galbraith | Stoke City | 12 | 1,080 | 3 | 3 | 0.68 | +2.32 | 360 |
| 50 | Callum Robinson | Cardiff City | 6 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 0.70 | +1.30 | 57 |
- goals 2+ above xG
- under 90 minutes
What the data shows
- Will Lankshear leads Andri Guðjohnsen, the next-highest scorer, by 3.
- Andri Guðjohnsen has scored 5.91 more than his chances were worth: 8 goals from 2.09 xG.
- Yousef Salech has scored 3.72 fewer than his chances were worth: 3 goals from 6.72 xG.
About these figures What each column counts, and which feed it was counted from. Show Hide
- Apps
- Matches he played in this competition this season. A match he was named in and did not play does not count.
- Min
- Minutes played.
- G
- Goals scored, penalties included.
- npG
- Goals with penalties taken out.
- xG
- Expected goals: the quality of the chances he took, summed.
- G − xG
- Goals less expected goals, over the matches with both.
- Min/G
- Minutes played for each goal scored.
Appearances, minutes, goals, assists and shots on this page are summed over the Championship matches we hold per-player figures for — the same matches the expected figures are summed over, so the two can be read against each other.
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