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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 101–150 of 281 players

Scottish Premiership expected goal involvement 2026/2027
# Player Club Min xG xA xGI G+A xGI/90
100 Enes Alić St. Johnstone 450 0.15 0.57 0.72 1 0.14
102 Daniel Happe Aberdeen 382 0.65 0.05 0.70 0 0.16
102 Thibault Klidjé Hibernian 163 0.64 0.06 0.70 0 0.39
102 Ryan Carr St. Mirren 609 0.19 0.51 0.70 0 0.10
105 Nesta Guinness-Walker Aberdeen 607 0.05 0.64 0.69 0 0.10
105 Owen Elding Hibernian 200 0.30 0.39 0.69 0 0.31
107 Jack McMillan Falkirk FC 79 0.22 0.45 0.67 0 0.76
107 Oliver Sørensen Celtic 111 0.35 0.32 0.67 0 0.54
109 Kevin Kelsy Rangers 170 0.62 0.04 0.66 0 0.35
109 Jason Kerr Hibernian 630 0.46 0.20 0.66 0 0.09
111 Owen Eames Falkirk FC 238 0.48 0.17 0.65 2 0.25
111 Ethan Hamilton Dundee FC 630 0.47 0.18 0.65 0 0.09
113 Jamie Brandon Kilmarnock 429 0.09 0.54 0.63 0 0.13
114 Alan Forrest Dundee FC 351 0.20 0.40 0.60 1 0.15
115 Shumaira Mheuka Celtic 39 0.57 0.02 0.59 0 1.36
116 Harry Milne Heart of Midlothian 274 0.12 0.45 0.57 0 0.19
116 Tom Sparrow Motherwell 537 0.03 0.54 0.57 2 0.10
118 Kai Fotheringham St. Johnstone 140 0.43 0.13 0.56 1 0.36
119 Grant Hanley Hibernian 413 0.17 0.37 0.54 1 0.12
120 Mehdi Merghem Dundee United 217 0.22 0.31 0.53 2 0.22
120 Jardell Kanga Motherwell 233 0.27 0.26 0.53 1 0.20
122 Luke McCowan Celtic 84 0.17 0.35 0.52 1 0.56
122 Ayoub Mouloua Aberdeen 201 0.51 0.01 0.52 1 0.23
124 Bojan Miovski Rangers 22 0.50 0.01 0.51 1 2.09
124 Brad Spencer Falkirk FC 438 0.19 0.32 0.51 0 0.10
124 Ryan Astley Dundee FC 630 0.23 0.28 0.51 1 0.07
127 Connor Ronan Aberdeen 342 0.12 0.38 0.50 2 0.13
127 Miguel Changa Chaiwa Hibernian 420 0.19 0.31 0.50 1 0.11
129 Joel Cotterill St. Johnstone 210 0.39 0.10 0.49 0 0.21
130 Jason Holt St. Johnstone 536 0.20 0.28 0.48 0 0.08
131 Tom Renaud Heart of Midlothian 64 0.38 0.08 0.46 1 0.65
131 Gavin Molloy Aberdeen 294 0.23 0.23 0.46 2 0.14
133 Willy Vogt Motherwell 199 0.26 0.19 0.45 0 0.20
133 Cheick Diabate St. Johnstone 593 0.34 0.11 0.45 1 0.07
133 Chris Cadden Aberdeen 613 0.31 0.14 0.45 0 0.07
136 Kevin Ciubotaru Dundee United 206 0.41 0.03 0.44 1 0.19
136 Reece McAlear St. Johnstone 584 0.15 0.29 0.44 0 0.07
138 Aodhan Doherty Falkirk FC 203 0.23 0.20 0.43 0 0.19
139 Liam Smith St. Johnstone 443 0.29 0.13 0.42 0 0.09
140 Bailey Rice Kilmarnock 218 0.16 0.24 0.40 0 0.17
140 Oisin McEntee Heart of Midlothian 405 0.34 0.06 0.40 1 0.09
142 Idjessi Metsoko Dundee United 176 0.14 0.25 0.39 1 0.20
142 Vicko Ševelj Dundee United 240 0.12 0.27 0.39 0 0.15
142 William Ferry Dundee United 441 0.08 0.31 0.39 2 0.08
142 Liam Henderson Falkirk FC 597 0.15 0.24 0.39 0 0.06
146 Lyall Cameron Dundee United 147 0.26 0.12 0.38 1 0.23
146 Ryan Finnigan Dundee FC 471 0.18 0.20 0.38 0 0.07
146 Bert Esselink Dundee United 602 0.31 0.07 0.38 0 0.06
149 Joe Hodge Motherwell 409 0.10 0.27 0.37 0 0.08
149 Jordi Altena Heart of Midlothian 493 0.17 0.20 0.37 0 0.07
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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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