Ligue 1

Ligue 1 xG leaders 2025/2026

Every Ligue 1 player ranked on the expected goals of the chances he took, with how many shots that took, what the average one was worth and the goals that came of them.

Esteban Lepaul has taken the best chances in the competition, 16.01 expected goals from 2702 minutes.

Showing 151–200 of 600 players

Ligue 1 xG leaders 2025/2026
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
149	Denis Zakaria	AS Monaco	2,033	18	1.69	1.69	0.09	0.07	2
152	Koffi Kouao	Metz	2,273	23	1.68	1.68	0.07	0.07	2
153	Abdoulaye Touré	Le Havre	742	13	1.67	0.85	0.13	0.20	2
153	Tyler Morton	Olympique Lyonnais	2,524	28	1.67	1.67	0.06	0.06	2
155	Sofiane Boufal	Le Havre	1,028	19	1.66	0.84	0.09	0.15	1
155	Yassine Kechta	Le Havre	1,348	21	1.66	1.66	0.08	0.11	2
155	Ayyoub Bouaddi	Lille	2,338	16	1.66	1.66	0.10	0.06	0
158	Cheick Tidiane Sabaly	Metz	976	8	1.65	1.65	0.21	0.15	0
158	Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal	Stade Rennais	1,415	13	1.65	1.65	0.13	0.10	2
158	Anthony Rouault	Stade Rennais	1,724	9	1.65	1.65	0.18	0.09	1
161	Adam Karabec	Olympique Lyonnais	941	9	1.64	1.64	0.18	0.16	1
162	Jérémie Boga	Nice	645	15	1.62	1.62	0.11	0.23	2
163	Louis Leroux	Nantes	1,443	15	1.61	1.61	0.11	0.10	1
164	Hicham Boudaoui	Nice	1,704	21	1.60	1.60	0.08	0.08	1
164	Abner Vinícius	Olympique Lyonnais	2,164	17	1.60	1.60	0.09	0.07	3
166	Joris Chotard	Stade Brestois	2,778	25	1.56	1.56	0.06	0.05	2
167	Lucas Beraldo	Paris Saint-Germain	1,570	14	1.55	1.55	0.11	0.09	2
168	Nicolás Tagliafico	Olympique Lyonnais	1,321	15	1.52	1.52	0.10	0.10	0
169	Ethan Mbappé	Lille	568	14	1.51	1.51	0.11	0.24	3
170	Quentin Ndjantou	Paris Saint-Germain	354	9	1.49	1.49	0.17	0.38	1
170	Giorgi Tsitaishvili	Metz	2,457	31	1.49	1.49	0.05	0.05	3
170	Quentin Merlin	Stade Rennais	2,532	26	1.49	1.49	0.06	0.05	1
170	Malang Sarr	RC Lens	2,925	23	1.49	1.49	0.06	0.05	0
174	Krépin Diatta	AS Monaco	1,026	7	1.48	1.48	0.21	0.13	0
175	Mamadou Coulibaly	AS Monaco	1,382	13	1.45	1.45	0.11	0.09	3
176	Yanis Zouaoui	Le Havre	2,348	16	1.42	0.60	0.09	0.05	1
177	Marvin Senaya	Auxerre	1,784	15	1.40	1.40	0.09	0.07	1
178	Angel Gomes	Olympique de Marseille	892	11	1.39	1.39	0.13	0.14	3
179	Fabián Ruiz	Paris Saint-Germain	1,129	19	1.34	1.34	0.07	0.11	1
180	Nabil Bentaleb	Lille	1,288	18	1.33	0.51	0.07	0.09	2
181	Pape Diop	Toulouse	1,185	29	1.32	1.32	0.05	0.10	1
181	Kojo Peprah Oppong	Nice	2,607	12	1.32	1.32	0.11	0.05	1
181	Jonathan Clauss	Nice	2,709	27	1.32	1.32	0.05	0.04	2
184	Mario Sauer	Toulouse	683	14	1.31	1.31	0.09	0.17	1
185	Pierre Lees Melou	Paris FC	1,966	31	1.30	1.30	0.04	0.06	1
185	Nathan Ngoy	Lille	2,412	22	1.30	1.30	0.06	0.05	1
187	Fabien Centonze	Nantes	765	8	1.28	1.28	0.16	0.15	3
187	Maxime López	Paris FC	1,960	13	1.28	1.28	0.10	0.06	0
189	Soriba Diaoune	Lille	202	10	1.25	1.25	0.13	0.56	1
190	George Ilenikhena	AS Monaco	387	15	1.24	1.24	0.08	0.29	2
190	Aïssa Mandi	Lille	2,435	14	1.24	1.24	0.09	0.05	1
192	Allan Saint-Maximin	RC Lens	403	21	1.23	1.23	0.06	0.27	3
192	Daouda Guindo	Stade Brestois	1,700	21	1.23	1.23	0.06	0.07	1
194	Jacen Russell Rowe	Toulouse	473	11	1.22	1.22	0.11	0.23	1
194	Karim Dermane	Lorient	1,364	16	1.22	1.22	0.08	0.08	1
196	Warren Zaïre-Emery	Paris Saint-Germain	2,454	19	1.21	1.21	0.06	0.04	3
197	Junior Mwanga	RC Strasbourg	1,642	10	1.19	1.19	0.12	0.07	1
198	Godson Kyeremeh	Le Havre	398	6	1.18	1.18	0.20	0.27	1
198	Thomas Meunier	Lille	1,915	19	1.18	1.18	0.06	0.06	1
200	Morgan Guilavogui	RC Lens	486	10	1.16	1.16	0.12	0.21	1

goals 2+ above xG
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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 Ligue 1 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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