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 51–100 of 583 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
51	Andri Guðjohnsen	Blackburn Rovers	702	16	2.09	2.09	0.13	0.27	8
52	Zeki Amdouni	Burnley	497	22	2.08	2.08	0.09	0.38	3
53	Josh Coburn	Millwall	304	8	2.06	2.06	0.26	0.61	2
53	Mohamed Touré	Norwich City	456	11	2.06	2.06	0.19	0.41	5
55	Rúben Rodrigues	Bolton Wanderers	461	14	2.00	1.18	0.14	0.39	1
56	Mohamadou Kanté	West Ham United	615	16	1.96	1.96	0.12	0.29	3
57	Tyreece Campbell	Charlton Athletic	995	20	1.95	1.95	0.10	0.18	4
58	Camiel Neghli	Millwall	1,036	22	1.94	1.94	0.09	0.17	3
58	Zian Flemming	Burnley	168	12	1.94	1.12	0.16	1.04	2
60	Mathias Kvistgaarden	Norwich City	372	10	1.92	1.92	0.19	0.46	3
61	Moussa Kounfolo Yeo	Swansea City	767	15	1.89	1.89	0.13	0.22	3
62	Oladapo Afolayan	Blackburn Rovers	857	27	1.88	1.88	0.07	0.20	4
63	Todd Cantwell	Blackburn Rovers	942	17	1.87	1.87	0.11	0.18	2
63	Ji-sung Eom	Swansea City	366	6	1.87	1.87	0.31	0.46	2
65	Karlan Grant	Charlton Athletic	933	19	1.83	1.83	0.10	0.18	2
66	Amario Cozier-Duberry	Middlesbrough	550	30	1.79	1.79	0.06	0.29	3
67	Chris Willock	Cardiff City	623	9	1.78	0.96	0.20	0.26	0
67	Freddie Draper	Lincoln City	737	17	1.78	1.78	0.10	0.22	2
69	Ilias Chair	Queens Park Rangers	293	10	1.77	1.77	0.18	0.54	2
70	Manor Solomon	West Ham United	910	14	1.74	1.74	0.12	0.17	2
71	Lewis Dobbin	Southampton	328	8	1.70	1.70	0.21	0.47	1
71	Demarai Gray	Birmingham City	207	8	1.70	0.88	0.21	0.74	3
71	Kyle Joseph	Middlesbrough	432	12	1.70	1.70	0.14	0.35	0
74	Luca Kjerrumgaard	Watford	526	9	1.68	1.68	0.19	0.29	2
75	Tommy Conway	Middlesbrough	463	13	1.67	1.67	0.13	0.32	1
76	Riley McGree	Middlesbrough	710	15	1.65	1.65	0.11	0.21	0
76	Kwame Poku	Queens Park Rangers	665	25	1.65	1.65	0.07	0.22	1
78	Sebastian Berhalter	Middlesbrough	813	22	1.64	1.64	0.07	0.18	2
79	Sam Smith	Wrexham	485	11	1.63	1.63	0.15	0.30	1
80	Sammie Szmodics	Derby County	847	27	1.54	1.54	0.06	0.16	3
81	Ryan Kavuma-McQueen	Portsmouth	659	31	1.53	1.53	0.05	0.21	1
82	Joel Colwill	Cardiff City	627	14	1.52	1.52	0.11	0.22	1
83	Justin Devenny	Stoke City	533	10	1.50	0.68	0.15	0.25	2
84	Caleb Taylor	Millwall	1,080	13	1.48	1.48	0.11	0.12	2
85	Felix Horn Myhre	West Bromwich Albion	587	5	1.47	1.47	0.29	0.22	1
86	Liam Millar	Birmingham City	579	12	1.46	1.46	0.12	0.23	4
87	Johnny Kenny	Preston North End	367	20	1.45	1.45	0.07	0.36	2
87	Carlton Morris	Derby County	685	13	1.45	1.45	0.11	0.19	1
87	Harvey Vale	Queens Park Rangers	794	19	1.45	1.45	0.08	0.16	1
90	George Hirst	Stoke City	520	12	1.43	1.43	0.12	0.25	1
91	Cian Ashford	Cardiff City	660	13	1.42	1.42	0.11	0.19	2
92	Seung Ho Paik	Birmingham City	383	5	1.41	1.41	0.28	0.33	1
92	Mamadou Doumbia	Watford	629	13	1.41	1.41	0.11	0.20	1
94	Iker Bravo	Watford	842	19	1.37	1.37	0.07	0.15	1
95	Largie Ramazani	Burnley	644	20	1.36	1.36	0.07	0.19	2
95	Yu Hirakawa	Bristol City	703	16	1.36	1.36	0.08	0.17	1
97	Andreas Hountondji	Burnley	214	6	1.35	1.35	0.22	0.57	1
98	Tommy Doyle	Wolverhampton	255	12	1.34	1.34	0.11	0.47	0
99	James Ward-Prowse	Southampton	838	14	1.33	1.33	0.09	0.14	1
100	Marcus Edwards	Burnley	351	7	1.32	0.50	0.19	0.34	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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