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 251–300 of 583 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
251	Jack McGlynn	Stoke City	526	11	0.41	0.41	0.04	0.07	2
251	Ruairi McConville	Norwich City	920	8	0.41	0.41	0.05	0.04	1
251	Krystian Bielik	Cardiff City	584	5	0.41	0.41	0.08	0.06	0
254	Alfie Jones	Middlesbrough	160	1	0.40	0.40	—	0.23	1
254	Chris Mepham	West Bromwich Albion	523	4	0.40	0.40	—	0.07	0
254	Ugo Raghouber	Burnley	486	8	0.40	0.40	0.05	0.07	1
254	Rafiki Saïd	Wolverhampton	289	13	0.40	0.40	0.03	0.12	0
254	Marvin Ducksch	Birmingham City	105	4	0.40	0.40	—	0.34	0
259	Patrick Roberts	Birmingham City	418	4	0.39	0.39	—	0.08	0
259	Kristi Montgomery	Blackburn Rovers	934	4	0.39	0.39	—	0.04	1
259	Isaak Davies	Cardiff City	78	3	0.39	0.39	—	0.45	0
259	David Ozoh	Derby County	608	6	0.39	0.39	0.06	0.06	0
263	Anis Ben Slimane	Norwich City	441	6	0.38	0.38	0.06	0.08	0
263	Harrison Burrows	Sheffield United	282	3	0.38	0.38	—	0.12	0
263	Leo Leroy	Preston North End	902	11	0.38	0.38	0.03	0.04	0
263	Ben Brereton Díaz	Sheffield United	670	8	0.38	0.38	0.05	0.05	0
263	Anel Ahmedhodžić	Burnley	494	3	0.38	0.38	—	0.07	0
268	Tyrese Shade	Portsmouth	423	7	0.37	0.37	0.05	0.08	0
269	Romelle Donovan	Sheffield United	404	7	0.36	0.36	0.05	0.08	1
269	Elijah Just	Swansea City	573	11	0.36	0.36	0.03	0.06	0
269	Sean McLoughlin	Blackburn Rovers	1,080	6	0.36	0.36	0.06	0.03	1
269	Reo Hatate	Burnley	473	7	0.36	0.36	0.05	0.07	1
273	Harry Whitwell	West Bromwich Albion	580	4	0.35	0.35	—	0.05	1
273	Paris Maghoma	Norwich City	309	5	0.35	0.35	0.07	0.10	1
273	Andrei Coubiș	Lincoln City	523	6	0.35	0.35	0.06	0.06	1
273	Max Bird	Birmingham City	119	4	0.35	0.35	—	0.26	0
277	Rocco Vata	Watford	258	8	0.34	0.34	0.04	0.12	0
277	Tyler Bindon	Charlton Athletic	405	5	0.34	0.34	0.07	0.08	0
277	Zak Sturge	Millwall	1,047	4	0.34	0.34	—	0.03	0
280	Mark McGuinness	Sheffield United	591	3	0.33	0.33	—	0.05	0
280	Jacques Ekomié	Wrexham	781	5	0.33	0.33	0.07	0.04	2
280	Amadou Salif Mbengue	Queens Park Rangers	567	7	0.33	0.33	0.05	0.05	0
280	Stephen Welsh	Swansea City	940	4	0.33	0.33	—	0.03	0
284	Ryan Hardie	Bolton Wanderers	163	5	0.32	0.32	0.06	0.18	0
284	Atsuki Ito	Bolton Wanderers	247	4	0.32	0.32	—	0.12	2
284	Kévin Keben Biakolo	Watford	995	3	0.32	0.32	—	0.03	0
287	Luca Bombino	Stoke City	322	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.09	0
287	Bosun Lawal	Stoke City	473	5	0.31	0.31	0.06	0.06	0
287	Perry Ng	Cardiff City	990	14	0.31	0.31	0.02	0.03	1
287	Max Arfsten	Middlesbrough	431	6	0.31	0.31	0.05	0.06	1
287	Xavier Simons	Bolton Wanderers	266	5	0.31	0.31	0.06	0.10	1
287	Samuel Edozie	Southampton	216	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.13	0
287	Kareem Tunde	West Bromwich Albion	104	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.27	0
294	Sonny Carey	Charlton Athletic	337	6	0.30	0.30	0.05	0.08	0
294	Mohammed Fuseini	Derby County	413	9	0.30	0.30	0.03	0.07	1
294	Jed Wallace	Bristol City	496	8	0.30	0.30	0.04	0.05	0
297	George Dobson	Wrexham	217	3	0.29	0.29	—	0.12	0
298	Lucas Pires	Burnley	537	7	0.28	0.28	0.04	0.05	0
298	Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	90	1	0.28	0.28	—	0.28	0
298	Morgan Whittaker	Middlesbrough	248	7	0.28	0.28	0.04	0.10	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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