Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership xG leaders 2026/2027

Every Scottish Premiership 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.

Benjamin Nygren has taken the best chances in the competition, 3.55 expected goals from 486 minutes.

Showing 1–50 of 281 players

Scottish Premiership xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
1	Benjamin Nygren	Celtic	486	17	3.55	3.55	0.21	0.66	3
2	Kasper Høgh	Celtic	303	14	3.43	3.43	0.25	1.02	3
3	Joe Westley	Dundee FC	536	16	3.40	2.58	0.21	0.57	3
4	Ryan Don Naderi	Rangers	371	15	3.31	3.31	0.22	0.80	2
5	Kevin Nisbet	Aberdeen	540	16	3.06	2.24	0.19	0.51	3
6	Martin Boyle	Hibernian	378	11	3.02	1.38	0.27	0.72	3
7	Tawanda Maswanhise	Motherwell	484	15	2.96	2.14	0.20	0.55	1
8	Cláudio Braga	Heart of Midlothian	581	30	2.91	2.09	0.10	0.45	2
9	Josh Fowler	St. Johnstone	480	9	2.87	2.05	0.32	0.54	4
10	Yang Hyun-Jun	Celtic	377	14	2.64	2.64	0.19	0.63	2
11	Nathan Lowe	Hibernian	400	13	2.32	2.32	0.18	0.52	1
12	Lawrence Shankland	Rangers	363	14	2.31	1.49	0.17	0.57	3
13	Camilo Durán	Celtic	458	19	2.22	2.22	0.12	0.44	3
14	James Wilson	Heart of Midlothian	340	6	2.17	2.17	0.36	0.57	3
15	Jesse Randall	Dundee United	429	14	1.87	1.87	0.13	0.39	2
16	Greg Kiltie	Kilmarnock	619	12	1.84	1.84	0.15	0.27	1
17	Min-su Kim	Rangers	322	16	1.73	0.91	0.11	0.48	0
18	Killian Phillips	St. Mirren	246	9	1.70	0.88	0.19	0.62	3
19	Lachlan Rose	Dundee United	261	11	1.69	1.69	0.15	0.58	1
20	Nikolas Agrafiotis	St. Mirren	267	6	1.66	0.84	0.28	0.56	1
21	Zachary Sapsford	Dundee United	353	8	1.62	0.80	0.20	0.41	1
22	Joe Hugill	Kilmarnock	630	14	1.60	1.60	0.11	0.23	1
23	Djeidi Gassama	Rangers	466	23	1.52	1.52	0.07	0.29	0
24	Ruari Paton	St. Johnstone	349	8	1.51	1.51	0.19	0.39	1
25	Jake Young	St. Mirren	169	10	1.45	1.45	0.15	0.77	0
26	Josh Mulligan	Hibernian	615	20	1.41	1.41	0.07	0.21	0
27	Jacob Murrell	Falkirk FC	310	13	1.40	1.40	0.11	0.41	1
28	Alex Lowry	Motherwell	452	21	1.31	1.31	0.06	0.26	2
29	Jamie Gullan	St. Johnstone	355	10	1.24	0.42	0.12	0.31	0
30	Daniel Bennie	Dundee United	391	15	1.23	1.23	0.08	0.28	0
31	Lukas Fadinger	Motherwell	599	9	1.22	0.40	0.14	0.18	1
32	Calvin Miller	Heart of Midlothian	479	11	1.19	0.37	0.11	0.22	1
33	Calvin Fodrey	Falkirk FC	184	6	1.15	1.15	0.19	0.56	0
34	Charlie Reilly	Dundee FC	256	9	1.13	1.13	0.13	0.40	1
34	Mika Baur	Celtic	370	3	1.13	1.13	—	0.27	1
36	Nicolas Raskin	Rangers	415	9	1.12	1.12	0.12	0.24	0
37	Ante Šuto	Hibernian	219	7	1.00	1.00	0.14	0.41	0
37	Kieran Tierney	Celtic	322	7	1.00	1.00	0.14	0.28	0
39	Sebastian Palmer-Houlden	Motherwell	231	9	0.96	0.96	0.11	0.37	1
40	Fraser Taylor	St. Mirren	300	8	0.93	0.93	0.12	0.28	1
41	Michael Forbes	Dundee United	630	7	0.92	0.92	0.13	0.13	1
42	Bradley Fink	Dundee FC	247	7	0.89	0.89	0.13	0.32	2
43	Josh Campbell	Hibernian	186	2	0.86	0.04	—	0.42	1
43	Josh McPake	Heart of Midlothian	474	12	0.86	0.86	0.07	0.16	2
45	Jerome Williams	Heart of Midlothian	118	3	0.81	0.81	—	0.62	0
46	Samuel Ramos	St. Mirren	251	6	0.79	0.79	0.13	0.28	1
47	Tyreece John-Jules	Kilmarnock	391	10	0.78	0.78	0.08	0.18	0
48	Ashley Hay	Dundee FC	55	5	0.77	0.77	0.15	1.26	0
48	Sebastian Tounekti	Celtic	173	5	0.77	0.77	0.15	0.40	0
50	James Forrest	Celtic	133	9	0.76	0.76	0.08	0.51	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 Scottish Premiership 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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