Championship

Championship xG leaders 2025/2026

Championship players ranked by expected goals (xG) in 2025/2026, every player with minutes included. Haji Wright has the most expected goals, 18.38 xG from 2594 minutes.

Showing 1–50 of 749 players

Championship xG leaders 2025/2026
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
1	Haji Wright	Coventry City	2,594	98	18.38	16.73	0.19	0.64	17
2	Adam Armstrong	Southampton	2,039	87	15.10	12.63	0.17	0.67	11
3	Tommy Conway	Middlesbrough	3,597	82	14.77	11.49	0.18	0.37	13
4	Žan Vipotnik	Swansea City	2,955	87	13.95	9.85	0.16	0.42	23
5	Yuki Ohashi	Blackburn Rovers	3,411	100	13.92	13.10	0.14	0.37	10
6	George Hirst	Ipswich Town	2,111	67	13.06	11.42	0.19	0.56	11
7	Oli McBurnie	Hull City	2,912	71	12.66	10.19	0.18	0.39	17
8	Mihailo Ivanović	Millwall	2,999	77	11.96	11.13	0.16	0.36	9
9	Jay Stansfield	Birmingham City	3,312	93	11.56	9.10	0.12	0.31	10
10	Ellis Simms	Coventry City	1,656	76	11.51	11.51	0.15	0.63	13
11	Brandon Thomas-Asante	Coventry City	1,880	63	11.05	10.23	0.18	0.53	13
12	Will Lankshear	Oxford United	2,889	58	11.03	11.03	0.19	0.34	11
13	Jack Clarke	Ipswich Town	2,388	58	10.90	5.97	0.19	0.41	16
14	Joe Gelhardt	Hull City	2,827	80	10.84	9.20	0.14	0.35	14
15	Patrick Bamford	Sheffield United	1,829	58	10.69	10.69	0.18	0.53	12
16	Kieffer Moore	Wrexham	2,694	78	10.66	9.84	0.14	0.36	11
17	Ivan Azón	Ipswich Town	1,815	78	10.54	10.54	0.14	0.52	5
18	Aune Selland Heggebø	West Bromwich Albion	3,164	72	10.42	10.42	0.14	0.30	9
19	Finn Azaz	Southampton	3,077	94	10.28	10.28	0.11	0.30	11
20	Callum O'Hare	Sheffield United	3,468	71	10.18	10.18	0.14	0.26	8
20	Anis Mehmeti	Ipswich Town	3,376	100	10.18	10.18	0.10	0.27	10
22	Rumarn Burrell	Queens Park Rangers	2,002	35	10.10	10.10	0.29	0.45	10
23	Richard Kone	Queens Park Rangers	3,331	92	9.92	9.10	0.11	0.27	10
24	Scott Twine	Bristol City	3,321	94	9.74	9.74	0.10	0.26	11
25	Kyle Joseph	Hull City	2,334	47	9.65	9.65	0.21	0.37	8
25	Patrick Agyemang	Derby County	2,760	85	9.65	9.65	0.11	0.31	10
27	Carlton Morris	Derby County	2,129	46	9.52	7.06	0.21	0.40	12
28	Josh Sargent	Norwich City	1,953	58	9.41	8.59	0.16	0.43	7
29	Isaac Price	West Bromwich Albion	3,642	100	9.31	9.31	0.09	0.23	8
30	Ephron Mason-Clark	Coventry City	2,995	74	9.28	9.28	0.13	0.28	10
31	Emil Riis Jacobsen	Bristol City	2,924	70	9.27	8.45	0.13	0.29	9
32	Lewis Dobbin	Preston North End	2,628	74	9.01	9.01	0.12	0.31	10
33	David Strelec	Middlesbrough	1,845	46	9.00	9.00	0.20	0.44	8
34	Colby Bishop	Portsmouth	3,400	57	8.88	7.24	0.16	0.24	3
35	Morgan Whittaker	Middlesbrough	2,718	100	8.78	8.78	0.09	0.29	14
36	Femi Azeez	Millwall	2,810	90	8.44	8.44	0.09	0.27	11
37	Marvin Ducksch	Birmingham City	1,974	55	8.00	8.00	0.15	0.36	10
38	Josh Windass	Wrexham	2,405	79	7.82	5.35	0.10	0.29	15
39	Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	1,780	29	7.77	6.95	0.27	0.39	8
40	Sydie Peck	Sheffield United	3,297	56	7.74	5.28	0.14	0.21	5
41	Sam Smith	Wrexham	1,590	41	7.72	7.72	0.19	0.44	8
42	Luca Kjerrumgaard	Watford	2,869	69	7.63	7.63	0.11	0.24	10
43	Imrân Louza	Watford	3,587	85	7.60	5.96	0.09	0.19	7
44	Patson Daka	Leicester City	2,084	55	7.52	6.70	0.14	0.32	5
45	Ben Brereton Díaz	Derby County	3,067	59	7.23	6.41	0.12	0.21	7
46	Josh Coburn	Millwall	1,784	42	7.05	7.05	0.17	0.36	9
47	Daniel Jebbison	Preston North End	2,014	41	6.75	6.75	0.16	0.30	6
48	Alfie Devine	Preston North End	3,123	84	6.67	6.67	0.08	0.19	8
49	Jovon Makama	Norwich City	1,626	43	6.59	6.59	0.15	0.36	10
50	Sinclair Armstrong	Bristol City	1,618	44	6.58	6.58	0.15	0.37	4

goals 2+ above xG
under 90 minutes

What the data shows

Haji Wright has 3.28 xG more than Adam Armstrong, the next-highest.

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 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.

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