Championship

Championship xA leaders 2025/2026

Championship players ranked by expected assists (xA) in 2025/2026, every player with minutes included. Sorba Thomas has the most expected assists, 9.45 xA from 3921 minutes.

Showing 1–50 of 749 players

Championship xA leaders 2025/2026
#	Player	Club	Min	KP	xA	A	A − xA	xA/90
1	Sorba Thomas	Stoke City	3,921	91	9.45	11	+1.55	0.22
2	Matt Grimes	Coventry City	4,125	80	8.83	2	−6.83	0.19
3	Femi Azeez	Millwall	2,810	68	8.59	7	−1.59	0.28
4	Leif Davis	Ipswich Town	3,167	69	8.56	4	−4.56	0.24
5	Ryan Manning	Southampton	3,222	79	8.52	6	−2.52	0.24
6	Imrân Louza	Watford	3,587	77	8.20	9	+0.80	0.21
7	Hayden Hackney	Middlesbrough	3,314	83	8.12	7	−1.12	0.22
8	Gustavo Hamer	Sheffield United	2,502	66	7.83	12	+4.17	0.28
9	Leo Scienza	Southampton	2,415	60	7.58	10	+2.42	0.28
10	Finn Azaz	Southampton	3,077	63	7.35	8	+0.65	0.21
11	Mikey Johnston	West Bromwich Albion	2,312	56	7.31	9	+1.69	0.28
12	Anis Mehmeti	Ipswich Town	3,376	61	7.30	7	−0.30	0.19
13	Alfie Devine	Preston North End	3,123	52	6.55	6	−0.55	0.19
14	Josh Tymon	Swansea City	3,969	84	6.52	9	+2.48	0.15
15	Ben Whiteman	Preston North End	3,736	68	6.40	5	−1.40	0.15
16	Matt Targett	Middlesbrough	3,373	65	6.22	4	−2.22	0.17
17	Joe Ward	Derby County	2,937	57	6.12	8	+1.88	0.19
17	Ryan Alebiosu	Blackburn Rovers	3,196	39	6.12	5	−1.12	0.17
19	Ryoya Morishita	Blackburn Rovers	2,665	43	6.10	9	+2.90	0.21
20	Jack Clarke	Ipswich Town	2,388	56	6.07	1	−5.07	0.23
21	Camiel Neghli	Millwall	3,299	41	6.06	4	−2.06	0.17
21	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	Leicester City	3,718	56	6.06	7	+0.94	0.15
23	Callum O'Hare	Sheffield United	3,468	60	5.98	8	+2.02	0.16
24	Harrison Burrows	Sheffield United	2,966	50	5.96	4	−1.96	0.18
25	Kenny McLean	Norwich City	3,620	53	5.94	3	−2.94	0.15
26	Ryan Giles	Hull City	2,495	39	5.92	8	+2.08	0.21
27	Barry Bannan	Millwall	2,988	59	5.88	4	−1.88	0.18
28	Milan van Ewijk	Coventry City	3,784	46	5.69	8	+2.31	0.14
29	Patrick Roberts	Birmingham City	2,212	49	5.66	4	−1.66	0.23
30	Tristan Crama	Millwall	4,107	37	5.58	6	+0.42	0.12
31	Ji-sung Eom	Swansea City	2,458	54	5.56	2	−3.56	0.20
32	Jay Stansfield	Birmingham City	3,312	44	5.53	6	+0.47	0.15
33	Aidan Morris	Middlesbrough	3,203	54	5.52	3	−2.52	0.16
34	Sydie Peck	Sheffield United	3,297	44	5.45	4	−1.45	0.15
35	Million Manhoef	Stoke City	2,926	47	5.40	4	−1.40	0.17
36	Alex Mowatt	West Bromwich Albion	2,771	54	5.38	4	−1.38	0.17
37	Ephron Mason-Clark	Coventry City	2,995	64	5.31	6	+0.69	0.16
38	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	Coventry City	2,494	37	5.12	3	−2.12	0.18
39	Marcelino Núñez	Ipswich Town	2,234	67	5.07	8	+2.93	0.20
40	Callum Brittain	Middlesbrough	3,620	47	5.04	4	−1.04	0.13
41	Femi Seriki	Sheffield United	2,579	35	4.94	5	+0.06	0.17
42	Victor Torp	Coventry City	2,331	46	4.92	7	+2.08	0.19
42	Jay DaSilva	Coventry City	3,552	48	4.92	3	−1.92	0.12
44	James Bree	Southampton	3,123	51	4.83	5	+0.17	0.14
45	Harvey Vale	Queens Park Rangers	2,172	46	4.81	5	+0.19	0.20
46	Tom Fellows	Southampton	2,430	48	4.79	6	+1.21	0.18
47	Lewis O'Brien	Wrexham	2,692	45	4.75	6	+1.25	0.16
48	Todd Cantwell	Blackburn Rovers	2,070	45	4.74	3	−1.74	0.21
48	Luke Thomas	Leicester City	3,549	54	4.74	6	+1.26	0.12
50	Scott Twine	Bristol City	3,321	71	4.72	7	+2.28	0.13

under 90 minutes

About these figures What each column counts, and which feed it was counted from. Show

Min: Minutes played.
KP: Key passes: passes that led directly to a team-mate's shot.
xA: Expected assists: the quality of the chances he created for others, summed.
A: Assists.
A − xA: Assists less expected assists, over the matches with both.
xA/90: Expected assists per 90 minutes played.

Appearances, minutes, goals, assists and shots on this page are summed over the Championship 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.

Learn how xgEdge calculates these figures →