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 301–350 of 583 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
301	Sam Gallagher	Stoke City	330	7	0.27	0.27	0.04	0.07	2
301	Tom Fellows	Southampton	325	3	0.27	0.27	—	0.08	1
301	Nathan Broadhead	Wrexham	220	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.11	0
301	Joe Rothwell	Sheffield United	409	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.06	0
301	Ben Chrisene	Norwich City	888	7	0.27	0.27	0.04	0.03	0
301	Matthew Pollock	Watford	1,085	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.02	0
307	Regan Poole	Portsmouth	558	4	0.26	0.26	—	0.04	0
307	Junior Tchamadeu	Stoke City	154	1	0.26	0.26	—	0.15	0
309	Elkan Baggott	Millwall	154	3	0.25	0.25	—	0.15	0
309	Sam Morsy	Blackburn Rovers	894	8	0.25	0.25	0.03	0.03	0
311	Marlon Pack	Portsmouth	825	4	0.24	0.24	—	0.03	0
311	Harvey Knibbs	Charlton Athletic	96	2	0.24	0.24	—	0.23	0
311	Andrew Moran	Preston North End	98	3	0.24	0.24	—	0.22	0
311	Romain Esse	Millwall	150	5	0.24	0.24	0.05	0.14	0
311	Conor McGrandles	Lincoln City	854	5	0.24	0.24	0.05	0.02	0
316	George Thomason	Wrexham	179	3	0.23	0.23	—	0.12	0
316	Hugo Bueno	Wolverhampton	892	6	0.23	0.23	0.04	0.02	0
318	David Turnbull	Cardiff City	246	5	0.22	0.22	0.04	0.08	0
318	Corey Blackett-Taylor	Derby County	185	4	0.22	0.22	—	0.11	0
320	Joel Bagan	Cardiff City	1,059	6	0.21	0.21	0.04	0.02	0
320	Alex Cochrane	Birmingham City	1,018	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.02	0
320	Max Conway	Bolton Wanderers	703	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.03	0
320	George Tanner	Bristol City	750	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.03	0
320	Nathaniel Chalobah	Charlton Athletic	225	1	0.21	0.21	—	0.08	0
320	Elijah Adebayo	Bristol City	109	2	0.21	0.21	—	0.17	0
326	Lewis Brunt	Bolton Wanderers	586	3	0.20	0.20	—	0.03	0
326	Nathaniel Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	746	4	0.20	0.20	—	0.02	0
326	Tahith Chong	Sheffield United	356	4	0.20	0.20	—	0.05	1
326	Kalvin Phillips	Sheffield United	530	5	0.20	0.20	0.04	0.03	1
326	Jonathan Varane	Queens Park Rangers	291	4	0.20	0.20	—	0.06	0
326	Rhian Brewster	Derby County	308	5	0.20	0.20	0.04	0.06	0
326	Derek Mazou-Sacko	Millwall	696	6	0.20	0.20	0.03	0.03	0
326	Matty James	Wrexham	550	5	0.20	0.20	0.04	0.03	0
334	Boubacar Traoré	Wolverhampton	46	1	0.19	0.19	—	0.38	0
334	Armando Broja	Burnley	213	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.08	0
334	Glen Kamara	Queens Park Rangers	759	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.02	0
334	Thomas Waddingham	Portsmouth	19	1	0.19	0.19	—	0.90	1
334	Zak Lovelace	Millwall	115	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.15	0
339	Akin Famewo	Bolton Wanderers	577	5	0.18	0.18	0.04	0.03	0
339	José Córdoba	Norwich City	964	3	0.18	0.18	—	0.02	0
339	Zak Swanson	Portsmouth	794	5	0.18	0.18	0.04	0.02	2
339	Jayden Nelson	Bolton Wanderers	121	6	0.18	0.18	0.03	0.13	0
343	Tanto Olaofe	Lincoln City	86	1	0.17	0.17	—	0.18	0
343	Ivan Varfolomeev	Lincoln City	618	6	0.17	0.17	0.03	0.03	0
343	Joe Rankin-Costello	Charlton Athletic	261	2	0.17	0.17	—	0.06	0
343	Ryley Towler	Lincoln City	655	2	0.17	0.17	—	0.02	0
347	Max Alleyne	Burnley	998	3	0.16	0.16	—	0.01	0
347	Sam Field	Norwich City	137	2	0.16	0.16	—	0.10	0
347	Rio Cardines	Bristol City	937	5	0.16	0.16	0.03	0.01	0
347	Bright Osayi-Samuel	Birmingham City	994	6	0.16	0.16	0.03	0.01	0

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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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