Ligue 1

Ligue 1 xG leaders 2026/2027

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.

Louis Mafouta has taken the best chances in the competition, 3.80 expected goals from 423 minutes.

Showing 51–100 of 394 players

Ligue 1 xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
51	Elye Wahi	Nice	277	7	0.96	0.96	0.14	0.31	1
52	Mohamed Amoura	Nice	188	4	0.95	0.95	—	0.45	1
52	Lamine Sy	Auxerre	449	4	0.95	0.95	—	0.19	1
54	Amine El Ouazzani	Angers	385	9	0.92	0.92	0.10	0.22	1
55	Maghnes Akliouche	Paris Saint-Germain	226	3	0.90	0.90	—	0.36	0
55	Cristian Cásseres Jr.	Toulouse	450	5	0.90	0.90	0.18	0.18	0
57	Olivier Giroud	Lille	255	5	0.88	0.88	0.18	0.31	1
57	Corentin Tolisso	Olympique Lyonnais	381	8	0.88	0.88	0.11	0.21	1
59	Désiré Doué	Paris Saint-Germain	301	14	0.85	0.85	0.06	0.25	0
60	Mamadou Usman Simbakoli	Angers	70	9	0.84	0.84	0.09	1.08	0
61	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Paris Saint-Germain	283	12	0.83	0.83	0.07	0.26	0
61	Abdallah Sima	RC Lens	384	9	0.83	0.83	0.09	0.19	1
63	Ibrahima Baldé	Lorient	157	3	0.82	0.82	—	0.47	1
64	Saud Abdulhamid	RC Lens	62	1	0.80	0.80	—	1.16	1
64	Thorgan Hazard	RC Lens	161	5	0.80	0.80	0.16	0.45	0
64	Santiago Hidalgo	Toulouse	203	9	0.80	0.80	0.09	0.35	0
64	Luca Koleosho	Paris FC	291	10	0.80	0.80	0.08	0.25	0
64	Warren Zaïre-Emery	Paris Saint-Germain	381	5	0.80	0.80	0.16	0.19	0
69	Franjo Ivanović	RC Lens	180	5	0.79	0.79	0.16	0.40	2
69	Jim Allevinah	Angers	364	14	0.79	0.79	0.06	0.20	0
71	Harouna Djibirin	Angers	93	4	0.73	0.73	—	0.71	1
72	Hakon Arnar Haraldsson	Lille	371	8	0.68	0.68	0.09	0.16	1
73	Axel Witsel	Nice	322	5	0.64	0.64	0.13	0.18	0
74	Ismaelo Ganiou	RC Lens	259	3	0.62	0.62	—	0.22	1
74	Mahdi Camara	Stade Rennais	300	5	0.62	0.62	0.12	0.19	0
76	Matthis Abline	AS Monaco	170	3	0.58	0.58	—	0.31	0
77	Neal Maupay	Olympique de Marseille	114	3	0.57	0.57	—	0.45	0
78	Nayef Aguerd	Olympique de Marseille	298	2	0.56	0.56	—	0.17	0
78	Sebastian Nanasi	RC Strasbourg	380	6	0.56	0.56	0.09	0.13	0
78	Mouhamed Diop	Troyes	412	7	0.56	0.56	0.08	0.12	0
81	Stanis Idumbo Muzambo	AS Monaco	325	10	0.55	0.55	0.06	0.15	1
81	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	Olympique de Marseille	450	10	0.55	0.55	0.06	0.11	1
81	Tiago Santos	Lille	450	9	0.55	0.55	0.06	0.11	2
84	Pablo Pagis	Paris FC	364	8	0.54	0.54	0.07	0.13	1
85	Keyliane Abdallah	Olympique de Marseille	129	6	0.53	0.53	0.09	0.37	1
86	Dário Essugo	RC Strasbourg	95	2	0.52	0.52	—	0.49	0
86	Remy Labeau Lascary	Auxerre	243	9	0.52	0.52	0.06	0.19	1
88	Giovanni Reyna	RC Strasbourg	308	6	0.50	0.50	0.08	0.15	1
88	Antoine Mille	Troyes	353	8	0.50	0.50	0.06	0.13	1
90	Vitinha	Paris Saint-Germain	429	12	0.46	0.46	0.04	0.10	1
91	Noah Cadiou	Lorient	444	8	0.45	0.45	0.06	0.09	0
92	Lucas Calodat	Le Mans	277	3	0.44	0.44	—	0.14	1
92	Mousa Tamari	Stade Rennais	284	8	0.44	0.44	0.06	0.14	0
92	Felix Bacher	Olympique Lyonnais	446	4	0.44	0.44	—	0.09	1
95	Arnaud Nordin	Stade Rennais	93	4	0.43	0.43	—	0.42	0
95	Valentin Rongier	Stade Rennais	434	4	0.43	0.43	—	0.09	1
97	Anis Soubeir	AS Monaco	81	2	0.42	0.42	—	0.47	0
98	Karim Dermane	Troyes	276	6	0.41	0.41	0.07	0.13	0
98	Gauthier Hein	Nice	385	5	0.41	0.41	0.08	0.10	0
100	Rudy Matondo	Paris FC	149	2	0.40	0.40	—	0.24	0

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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