Championship

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027

Championship players ranked by expected goals (xG) in 2026/2027, every player with minutes included. Will Lankshear has the most expected goals, 8.95 xG from 965 minutes.

Showing 1–50 of 583 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	965	43	8.95	8.95	0.21	0.84	11
2	Yousef Salech	Cardiff City	790	32	6.72	5.90	0.21	0.77	3
3	Jarrod Bowen	West Ham United	1,070	48	5.93	4.29	0.12	0.50	6
4	Patrick Bamford	Sheffield United	787	14	4.63	4.63	0.33	0.53	5
5	Cyle Larin	Southampton	731	36	4.48	4.48	0.12	0.55	7
6	Jack Moylan	Cardiff City	1,014	47	4.30	3.48	0.09	0.38	6
7	Marko Milovanović	Portsmouth	459	14	4.22	2.58	0.30	0.83	3
8	Sam Dalby	Bolton Wanderers	860	18	4.04	4.04	0.22	0.42	4
9	August Priske	Birmingham City	815	26	3.91	3.09	0.15	0.43	4
10	Adam Idah	Swansea City	652	27	3.81	3.81	0.14	0.53	4
11	Fer López	Wolverhampton	873	26	3.76	3.76	0.14	0.39	5
12	Isaac Price	West Bromwich Albion	995	34	3.58	1.94	0.11	0.32	4
13	Aune Selland Heggebø	West Bromwich Albion	510	14	3.53	3.53	0.25	0.62	4
14	Joël Piroe	West Ham United	537	16	3.50	3.50	0.22	0.59	3
15	Joseph Opoku	Swansea City	668	11	3.43	3.43	0.31	0.46	2
16	Dominic Ballard	Bristol City	664	25	3.42	3.42	0.14	0.46	3
17	Tairyk Arconte	Millwall	591	17	3.41	3.41	0.20	0.52	3
18	Callum Lang	Preston North End	715	18	3.30	3.30	0.18	0.42	3
19	Jay Stansfield	Birmingham City	1,011	26	3.26	3.26	0.13	0.29	1
20	Lyndon Dykes	Millwall	789	19	3.21	2.39	0.17	0.37	4
21	Richard Kone	Queens Park Rangers	333	11	3.16	2.34	0.29	0.85	3
22	Lorent Tolaj	Bristol City	615	26	3.00	3.00	0.12	0.44	2
23	Finn Azaz	Southampton	1,008	25	2.89	2.89	0.12	0.26	3
24	Adrian Segečić	Portsmouth	986	32	2.85	2.85	0.09	0.26	2
25	Valentín Castellanos	West Ham United	788	28	2.82	2.00	0.10	0.32	1
26	Ollie Tanner	Cardiff City	946	29	2.80	2.80	0.10	0.27	2
27	Žan Vipotnik	Swansea City	417	16	2.76	1.94	0.17	0.60	2
28	Thomas Cannon	Sheffield United	662	20	2.75	1.93	0.14	0.37	3
29	Raúl Jiménez	Wolverhampton	350	16	2.69	1.05	0.17	0.69	3
30	Andre Brooks	Norwich City	874	24	2.67	2.67	0.11	0.27	2
31	Kyrell Lisbie	Millwall	488	21	2.66	2.66	0.13	0.49	1
32	Adam Armstrong	Wolverhampton	683	18	2.65	2.65	0.15	0.35	2
33	Ben House	Lincoln City	795	15	2.59	2.59	0.17	0.29	2
34	Konstantinos Mavropanos	West Ham United	938	19	2.58	2.58	0.14	0.25	5
35	Reeco Hackett-Fairchild	Lincoln City	634	17	2.53	0.89	0.15	0.36	2
36	Aidan Morris	Middlesbrough	990	24	2.52	2.52	0.10	0.23	2
37	Callum O'Hare	Wrexham	924	24	2.50	2.50	0.10	0.24	1
38	Mikkel Ladefoged	Lincoln City	175	12	2.49	2.49	0.21	1.28	3
39	Carlos Vicente	Birmingham City	798	17	2.45	2.45	0.14	0.28	2
40	Kieffer Moore	Wrexham	800	28	2.42	2.42	0.09	0.27	5
41	Jusef Erabi	Preston North End	404	19	2.41	2.41	0.13	0.54	1
41	Jimmy-Jay Morgan	West Bromwich Albion	829	20	2.41	2.41	0.12	0.26	3
43	Scott Twine	Bristol City	657	15	2.39	1.57	0.16	0.33	3
44	Kuryu Matsuki	Southampton	793	17	2.34	2.34	0.14	0.27	3
45	Nicolas Madsen	Queens Park Rangers	583	10	2.23	0.59	0.22	0.34	2
45	Leo Scienza	Southampton	793	19	2.23	1.40	0.12	0.25	2
47	Bobby Clark	Derby County	1,011	30	2.21	2.21	0.07	0.20	3
48	Rumarn Burrell	Queens Park Rangers	595	15	2.18	2.18	0.15	0.33	2
49	Marshall Munetsi	Wolverhampton	809	21	2.16	2.16	0.10	0.24	2
50	Callum Doyle	Wrexham	990	14	2.15	2.15	0.15	0.20	1

goals 2+ above xG
under 90 minutes

What the data shows

Will Lankshear has 2.23 xG more than Yousef Salech, the next-highest.

About these figures What each column counts, and which feed it was counted from. Show

Min: Minutes played.
Shots: Shots he has taken in this competition this season.
xG: Expected goals: the quality of the chances he took, summed.
npxG: Expected goals with penalties taken out.
xG/shot: Expected goals per shot taken — the average chance he gets on the end of. Shown from 5 shots.
xG/90: Expected goals per 90 minutes played.
G: Goals scored, penalties included.

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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