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Scottish Premiership expected goal involvement 2026/2027

Every Scottish Premiership player ranked on both halves of his output added: the chances he took and the chances he made for somebody else, with each half printed beside the total.

Benjamin Nygren tops the competition on 4.88 expected goal involvement, from 486 minutes. That is 0.93 clear of Ryan Don Naderi. Of that, 3.55 is the chances he took himself and 1.33 the chances he made.

Showing 1–50 of 281 players

Scottish Premiership expected goal involvement 2026/2027
# Player Club Min xG xA xGI G+A xGI/90
1 Benjamin Nygren Celtic 486 3.55 1.33 4.88 6 0.90
2 Ryan Don Naderi Rangers 371 3.31 0.64 3.95 3 0.96
3 Kasper Høgh Celtic 303 3.43 0.21 3.64 3 1.08
4 Josh Fowler St. Johnstone 480 2.87 0.72 3.59 5 0.67
4 Joe Westley Dundee FC 536 3.40 0.19 3.59 3 0.60
6 Camilo Durán Celtic 458 2.22 1.36 3.58 6 0.70
7 Cláudio Braga Heart of Midlothian 581 2.91 0.56 3.47 4 0.54
8 Jesse Randall Dundee United 429 1.87 1.59 3.46 4 0.73
9 Martin Boyle Hibernian 378 3.02 0.29 3.31 3 0.79
9 Tawanda Maswanhise Motherwell 484 2.96 0.35 3.31 3 0.62
11 Kevin Nisbet Aberdeen 540 3.06 0.23 3.29 5 0.55
12 Yang Hyun-Jun Celtic 377 2.64 0.51 3.15 2 0.75
13 Greg Kiltie Kilmarnock 619 1.84 1.19 3.03 1 0.44
14 Kieran Tierney Celtic 322 1.00 1.85 2.85 2 0.80
15 Lawrence Shankland Rangers 363 2.31 0.42 2.73 3 0.68
16 Zachary Sapsford Dundee United 353 1.62 1.00 2.62 1 0.67
17 Nathan Lowe Hibernian 400 2.32 0.15 2.47 2 0.56
18 Djeidi Gassama Rangers 466 1.52 0.90 2.42 1 0.47
19 Jamie Gullan St. Johnstone 355 1.24 1.14 2.38 2 0.60
20 Haissem Hassan Celtic 303 0.56 1.77 2.33 1 0.69
20 James Wilson Heart of Midlothian 340 2.17 0.16 2.33 3 0.62
22 Alex Lowry Motherwell 452 1.31 0.93 2.24 3 0.45
23 Min-su Kim Rangers 322 1.73 0.40 2.13 0 0.60
24 Emmanuel Longelo Motherwell 566 0.51 1.56 2.07 0 0.33
25 Killian Phillips St. Mirren 246 1.70 0.33 2.03 3 0.74
26 Jake Young St. Mirren 169 1.45 0.57 2.02 0 1.08
26 Josh McPake Heart of Midlothian 474 0.86 1.16 2.02 6 0.38
26 Josh Mulligan Hibernian 615 1.41 0.61 2.02 1 0.30
29 Nikolas Agrafiotis St. Mirren 267 1.66 0.26 1.92 2 0.65
30 Joe Hugill Kilmarnock 630 1.60 0.26 1.86 1 0.27
30 Daniel Bennie Dundee United 391 1.23 0.63 1.86 1 0.43
32 Calvin Miller Heart of Midlothian 479 1.19 0.66 1.85 1 0.35
33 Lachlan Rose Dundee United 261 1.69 0.12 1.81 1 0.62
34 Mika Baur Celtic 370 1.13 0.64 1.77 1 0.43
35 Felix Passlack Hibernian 554 0.31 1.41 1.72 1 0.28
36 Ruari Paton St. Johnstone 349 1.51 0.19 1.70 1 0.44
37 Nicolas Raskin Rangers 415 1.12 0.46 1.58 0 0.34
38 Lukas Fadinger Motherwell 599 1.22 0.35 1.57 1 0.24
39 Jacob Murrell Falkirk FC 310 1.40 0.14 1.54 1 0.45
40 Fraser Taylor St. Mirren 300 0.93 0.57 1.50 1 0.45
40 Dylan Tait Dundee United 520 0.54 0.96 1.50 0 0.26
42 Tom Lowery Kilmarnock 610 0.36 1.13 1.49 2 0.22
43 Sebastian Tounekti Celtic 173 0.77 0.70 1.47 0 0.76
44 Sabah Kerjota Heart of Midlothian 325 0.70 0.61 1.31 2 0.36
45 Ante Šuto Hibernian 219 1.00 0.28 1.28 0 0.53
45 Callum Wright Hibernian 320 0.53 0.75 1.28 2 0.36
45 Calvin Fodrey Falkirk FC 184 1.15 0.13 1.28 0 0.63
48 Charlie Reilly Dundee FC 256 1.13 0.14 1.27 1 0.45
48 Ryan Strain Falkirk FC 630 0.23 1.04 1.27 2 0.18
50 Liam Scales Celtic 446 0.57 0.66 1.23 1 0.25
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About these figures What each column counts, and which feed it was counted from. Show
Min
Minutes played.
xG
Expected goals: the quality of the chances he took, summed.
xA
Expected assists: the quality of the chances he created for others, summed.
xGI
Expected goal involvement: expected goals and expected assists added.
G+A
Goals and assists added.
xGI/90
Expected goal involvement per 90 minutes played.

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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