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 51–100 of 281 players

Scottish Premiership xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
50	Eseosa Sule	St. Mirren	284	10	0.76	0.76	0.08	0.24	0
52	Joe Bevan	Dundee FC	431	9	0.72	0.72	0.08	0.15	1
53	Youssef Chermiti	Rangers	81	5	0.70	0.70	0.14	0.78	0
53	Sabah Kerjota	Heart of Midlothian	325	11	0.70	0.70	0.06	0.19	1
55	Regan Charles-Cook	Motherwell	291	6	0.68	0.68	0.11	0.21	1
55	Owen Bevan	Dundee FC	630	3	0.68	0.68	—	0.10	1
57	Ethan Ross	Falkirk FC	480	10	0.67	0.67	0.07	0.13	1
58	Daniel Happe	Aberdeen	382	6	0.65	0.65	0.11	0.15	0
59	Thibault Klidjé	Hibernian	163	5	0.64	0.64	0.13	0.35	0
59	Ibrahim Said	Motherwell	412	5	0.64	0.64	0.13	0.14	1
61	Toyosi Olusanya	Aberdeen	503	4	0.63	0.63	—	0.11	0
62	Kevin Kelsy	Rangers	170	7	0.62	0.62	0.09	0.33	0
62	Sam Stanton	St. Johnstone	466	8	0.62	0.62	0.08	0.12	0
62	Finley Barbrook	Falkirk FC	506	7	0.62	0.62	0.09	0.11	0
65	Taylor Steven	St. Johnstone	311	6	0.61	0.61	0.10	0.18	0
66	Colby Donovan	Celtic	503	4	0.60	0.60	—	0.11	0
67	Laurent Mendy	Heart of Midlothian	492	6	0.59	0.59	0.10	0.11	1
68	Shumaira Mheuka	Celtic	39	5	0.57	0.57	0.11	1.32	0
68	Liam Scales	Celtic	446	7	0.57	0.57	0.08	0.12	1
70	Haissem Hassan	Celtic	303	10	0.56	0.56	0.06	0.17	0
71	Findlay Curtis	Rangers	392	11	0.54	0.54	0.05	0.12	0
71	Dylan Tait	Dundee United	520	10	0.54	0.54	0.05	0.09	0
71	Callum McGregor	Celtic	540	9	0.54	0.54	0.06	0.09	0
74	Callum Wright	Hibernian	320	8	0.53	0.53	0.07	0.15	2
75	Paul Nsio	St. Mirren	540	8	0.52	0.52	0.07	0.09	1
76	Ayoub Mouloua	Aberdeen	201	4	0.51	0.51	—	0.23	1
76	Emmanuel Longelo	Motherwell	566	12	0.51	0.51	0.04	0.08	0
78	Bojan Miovski	Rangers	22	2	0.50	0.50	—	2.05	1
79	Owen Eames	Falkirk FC	238	7	0.48	0.48	0.07	0.18	1
80	Ben Krauhaus	Falkirk FC	468	5	0.47	0.47	0.09	0.09	1
80	Ethan Hamilton	Dundee FC	630	9	0.47	0.47	0.05	0.07	0
82	Jason Kerr	Hibernian	630	8	0.46	0.46	0.06	0.07	0
83	Abdoulaye Yoro	Dundee United	184	3	0.45	0.45	—	0.22	0
84	Luke Thomas	St. Mirren	145	3	0.44	0.44	—	0.27	0
85	Kai Fotheringham	St. Johnstone	140	3	0.43	0.43	—	0.28	1
85	Calvin Ramsay	St. Mirren	393	7	0.43	0.43	0.06	0.10	0
87	Emmanuel Fernandez	Rangers	629	5	0.42	0.42	0.08	0.06	0
88	Kevin Ciubotaru	Dundee United	206	5	0.41	0.41	0.08	0.18	1
89	Joel Cotterill	St. Johnstone	210	2	0.39	0.39	—	0.17	0
90	Tom Renaud	Heart of Midlothian	64	2	0.38	0.38	—	0.53	1
90	Jamie McGrath	Hibernian	303	9	0.38	0.38	0.04	0.11	0
92	Tom Lowery	Kilmarnock	610	4	0.36	0.36	—	0.05	0
93	Oliver Sørensen	Celtic	111	3	0.35	0.35	—	0.28	0
94	Oisin McEntee	Heart of Midlothian	405	3	0.34	0.34	—	0.08	1
94	Cheick Diabate	St. Johnstone	593	4	0.34	0.34	—	0.05	1
96	Ismeal Kabia	St. Mirren	393	8	0.32	0.32	0.04	0.07	0
96	Lewis Mayo	Aberdeen	470	3	0.32	0.32	—	0.06	1
96	Declan John	St. Mirren	539	5	0.32	0.32	0.06	0.05	1
99	Aaron Tshibola	Kilmarnock	299	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.09	0
99	Felix Passlack	Hibernian	554	6	0.31	0.31	0.05	0.05	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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