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 101–150 of 583 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
101	Oliver Sonne	Burnley	519	4	1.28	1.28	—	0.22	0
101	Jenson Metcalfe	Millwall	931	13	1.28	1.28	0.10	0.12	1
103	Jovon Makama	Norwich City	276	9	1.27	1.27	0.14	0.42	1
103	Anthony Musaba	Norwich City	440	16	1.27	1.27	0.08	0.26	1
103	Charlie Kelman	Charlton Athletic	184	8	1.27	1.27	0.16	0.62	1
106	Rodrigo Gomes	Wolverhampton	541	9	1.26	1.26	0.14	0.21	2
106	Adilson Malanda	Middlesbrough	990	14	1.26	1.26	0.09	0.11	1
108	Miles Leaburn	Charlton Athletic	840	14	1.25	1.25	0.09	0.13	0
109	Ryan Manning	Southampton	882	11	1.24	0.42	0.11	0.13	1
109	Pablo Felipe	West Ham United	448	11	1.24	1.24	0.11	0.25	1
109	Mateus Mané	Wolverhampton	752	27	1.24	1.24	0.05	0.15	0
112	Jacob Wright	Norwich City	496	14	1.23	1.23	0.09	0.22	2
113	Luis Vázquez	Birmingham City	214	4	1.22	1.22	—	0.51	0
114	Sydie Peck	Sheffield United	917	18	1.19	1.19	0.07	0.12	1
115	Alfie Lloyd	Queens Park Rangers	287	16	1.16	1.16	0.07	0.36	1
115	Robert Street	Lincoln City	546	12	1.16	1.16	0.10	0.19	1
117	Theo Bair	Bolton Wanderers	222	9	1.15	1.15	0.13	0.47	2
117	Oliver Rathbone	Wrexham	505	7	1.15	1.15	0.16	0.20	1
119	Tomoki Iwata	Birmingham City	1,057	15	1.12	1.12	0.07	0.10	0
119	Josh Sheehan	Bolton Wanderers	1,076	22	1.12	1.12	0.05	0.09	1
121	Kayne Ramsay	Charlton Athletic	312	4	1.10	1.10	—	0.32	1
121	Jayden Fevrier	Blackburn Rovers	421	20	1.10	1.10	0.05	0.23	0
123	Jimmy Dunne	Queens Park Rangers	959	9	1.09	1.09	0.12	0.10	3
124	Christoph Klarer	Birmingham City	1,080	7	1.08	1.08	0.15	0.09	0
125	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	Derby County	273	16	1.07	1.07	0.07	0.35	2
126	Divine Mukasa	West Ham United	683	14	1.04	1.04	0.07	0.14	3
127	Kyliane Dong	Bolton Wanderers	469	13	1.03	1.03	0.08	0.20	0
127	Hector Kyprianou	Watford	1,085	12	1.03	1.03	0.09	0.09	1
129	Ronnie Edwards	Queens Park Rangers	1,091	12	1.02	1.02	0.09	0.08	0
129	Paul Smyth	Queens Park Rangers	629	13	1.02	1.02	0.08	0.15	3
129	Delano Burgzorg	Preston North End	666	11	1.02	1.02	0.09	0.14	0
132	Alfie Devine	Preston North End	963	17	1.00	1.00	0.06	0.09	1
132	Sorba Thomas	Stoke City	270	6	1.00	1.00	0.17	0.33	0
134	Deji Elerewe	Lincoln City	1,074	8	0.99	0.99	0.12	0.08	0
135	Tomáš Souček	West Ham United	108	6	0.98	0.98	0.16	0.81	3
135	James Bree	Southampton	1,034	10	0.98	0.98	0.10	0.09	2
135	Japhet Tanganga	Sheffield United	1,080	13	0.98	0.98	0.08	0.08	2
138	Dom Jefferies	Lincoln City	662	12	0.94	0.94	0.08	0.13	1
139	Abu Kamara	Portsmouth	1,014	18	0.93	0.93	0.05	0.08	0
140	Ben Wilmot	Stoke City	1,035	9	0.92	0.92	0.10	0.08	1
140	Gibson Yah	Bristol City	439	7	0.92	0.92	0.13	0.19	0
140	Nasser Djiga	Wolverhampton	885	4	0.92	0.92	—	0.09	0
140	Aaron Ramsey	Burnley	457	19	0.92	0.92	0.05	0.18	1
140	Edo Kayembe	Watford	831	16	0.92	0.92	0.06	0.10	1
145	Jordan James	Wolverhampton	342	9	0.91	0.91	0.10	0.24	2
145	Jeremy Sarmiento	Middlesbrough	266	6	0.91	0.91	0.15	0.31	1
145	Ryan Hedges	Derby County	728	6	0.91	0.91	0.15	0.11	0
148	Neto Borges	Middlesbrough	849	13	0.90	0.90	0.07	0.10	1
148	Keven Schlotterbeck	Southampton	897	11	0.90	0.90	0.08	0.09	1
150	Ben Cabango	Swansea City	824	6	0.89	0.89	0.15	0.10	0

goals 2+ above xG
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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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