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 201–250 of 583 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
200	Liam Lindsay	Preston North End	391	3	0.62	0.62	—	0.14	0
200	Ashley Phillips	Middlesbrough	669	6	0.62	0.62	0.10	0.08	1
200	Gaizka Larrazabal	Bolton Wanderers	836	9	0.62	0.62	0.07	0.07	1
200	Róbert Boženík	Stoke City	262	9	0.62	0.62	0.07	0.21	1
205	Harry Clarke	Preston North End	675	10	0.60	0.60	0.06	0.08	0
206	Koki Saito	Queens Park Rangers	381	7	0.59	0.59	0.08	0.14	1
206	Caspar Jander	Southampton	176	2	0.59	0.59	—	0.30	0
208	Andrew Hughes	Preston North End	631	5	0.58	0.58	0.12	0.08	1
208	Divin Mubama	Southampton	148	8	0.58	0.58	0.07	0.35	1
208	Sam McCallum	Sheffield United	751	8	0.58	0.58	0.07	0.07	0
211	Callum Styles	West Bromwich Albion	1,080	13	0.57	0.57	0.04	0.05	2
211	Tristan Crama	Millwall	197	3	0.57	0.57	—	0.26	0
211	Jordan Storey	Preston North End	900	6	0.57	0.57	0.10	0.06	0
211	Kellen Fisher	Norwich City	302	6	0.57	0.57	0.10	0.17	0
211	Marko Stamenić	Swansea City	873	9	0.57	0.57	0.06	0.06	0
211	Jake Cooper	Millwall	1,072	8	0.57	0.57	0.07	0.05	1
211	Amin Nabizada	Watford	489	12	0.57	0.57	0.05	0.10	3
218	Rob Dickie	Bristol City	616	7	0.55	0.55	0.08	0.08	1
218	Liam Kitching	Sheffield United	720	7	0.55	0.55	0.08	0.07	0
220	Papa Amadou Diallo	Norwich City	160	6	0.54	0.54	0.09	0.30	1
221	Joe Worrall	Wrexham	337	6	0.52	0.52	0.09	0.14	1
221	Melker Widell	Swansea City	627	15	0.52	0.52	0.03	0.07	0
223	Josh Windass	Wrexham	260	7	0.51	0.51	0.07	0.18	0
223	Jack Stephens	Southampton	633	4	0.51	0.51	—	0.07	0
223	Sam Greenwood	Bristol City	377	10	0.51	0.51	0.05	0.12	0
226	Brad Potts	Preston North End	104	5	0.50	0.50	0.10	0.43	0
226	Alex Robertson	Cardiff City	1,068	13	0.50	0.50	0.04	0.04	0
228	Myles Peart-Harris	Middlesbrough	308	5	0.49	0.49	0.10	0.14	0
228	Gabriel Osho	Cardiff City	885	3	0.49	0.49	—	0.05	0
230	Millenic Alli	Charlton Athletic	308	6	0.48	0.48	0.08	0.14	0
230	Ivan Mesík	Charlton Athletic	676	6	0.48	0.48	0.08	0.06	1
230	Ben Whiteman	Wrexham	987	10	0.48	0.48	0.05	0.04	1
230	Tyrese Campbell	Sheffield United	235	4	0.48	0.48	—	0.18	0
230	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	Southampton	90	2	0.48	0.48	—	0.48	0
230	Chris Forino	Bolton Wanderers	540	5	0.48	0.48	0.10	0.08	0
230	Rubin Colwill	Cardiff City	293	5	0.48	0.48	0.10	0.15	1
230	Lisav Naif Eissat	Bristol City	778	9	0.48	0.48	0.05	0.06	1
238	Jordan Thompson	Preston North End	873	8	0.47	0.47	0.06	0.05	1
238	Oscar Fraulo	Derby County	387	6	0.47	0.47	0.08	0.11	0
240	Rayan Kolli	Queens Park Rangers	211	6	0.46	0.46	0.08	0.20	0
240	Lamine Cissé	Stoke City	408	9	0.46	0.46	0.05	0.10	1
240	Ben Johnson	Stoke City	990	8	0.46	0.46	0.06	0.04	1
240	Jhon Solís	Birmingham City	761	6	0.46	0.46	0.08	0.05	0
244	Madiodio Dia	Portsmouth	651	9	0.45	0.45	0.05	0.06	0
244	Tawanda Chirewa	Wolverhampton	113	6	0.45	0.45	0.07	0.36	1
244	Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	Wolverhampton	301	8	0.45	0.45	0.06	0.13	1
247	Chiedozie Ogbene	Lincoln City	207	8	0.44	0.44	0.06	0.19	0
248	Kenny McLean	Norwich City	755	9	0.43	0.43	0.05	0.05	0
248	Luke Ayling	Middlesbrough	714	5	0.43	0.43	0.09	0.05	0
248	Arne Engels	West Ham United	957	10	0.43	0.43	0.04	0.04	0

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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