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 151–200 of 749 players

Championship xG leaders 2025/2026
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
151	Greg Docherty	Charlton Athletic	2,953	33	3.09	2.27	0.09	0.09	1
151	Ousmane Diakité	West Bromwich Albion	2,422	27	3.09	3.09	0.11	0.11	1
151	Tom Fellows	Southampton	2,430	37	3.09	3.09	0.08	0.11	0
154	Karlan Grant	West Bromwich Albion	1,637	42	3.05	3.05	0.07	0.17	4
155	Dara O'Shea	Ipswich Town	4,140	42	3.04	3.04	0.07	0.07	1
156	Ryan Manning	Southampton	3,222	52	3.03	3.03	0.06	0.08	8
157	Romain Esse	Coventry City	757	26	3.02	3.02	0.12	0.36	2
157	Jay Robinson	Southampton	885	28	3.02	3.02	0.11	0.31	2
159	Moussa Baradji	Blackburn Rovers	1,764	37	3.01	3.01	0.08	0.15	2
160	Matt Godden	Charlton Athletic	315	15	2.96	2.96	0.20	0.85	2
161	Ali Ahmed	Norwich City	1,310	23	2.93	2.93	0.13	0.20	4
162	Rayan Kolli	Queens Park Rangers	1,059	30	2.91	2.91	0.10	0.25	5
163	Aidan Morris	Middlesbrough	3,203	57	2.90	2.90	0.05	0.08	0
164	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	Derby County	557	14	2.85	2.85	0.20	0.46	3
165	Max Cleworth	Wrexham	3,595	28	2.83	2.83	0.10	0.07	3
166	Sindre Walle Egeli	Ipswich Town	1,492	45	2.79	2.79	0.06	0.17	4
167	Jayson Molumby	West Bromwich Albion	2,901	30	2.78	2.78	0.09	0.09	2
168	Phil Neumann	Birmingham City	2,817	11	2.74	2.74	0.25	0.09	3
169	August Priske	Birmingham City	909	21	2.73	2.73	0.13	0.27	1
169	Ryan Hedges	Blackburn Rovers	1,576	19	2.73	2.73	0.14	0.16	1
171	Matt Targett	Middlesbrough	3,373	44	2.71	2.71	0.06	0.07	4
171	Kuryu Matsuki	Southampton	1,034	18	2.71	2.71	0.15	0.24	4
173	Makenzie Kirk	Portsmouth	481	19	2.69	2.69	0.14	0.50	1
173	Koki Saito	Queens Park Rangers	1,976	30	2.69	2.69	0.09	0.12	3
175	Luke Thomas	Leicester City	3,549	26	2.68	2.68	0.10	0.07	1
176	Kenny McLean	Norwich City	3,620	34	2.65	1.83	0.08	0.07	3
176	Flynn Downes	Southampton	2,629	13	2.65	2.65	0.20	0.09	3
178	Samuel Iling Junior	West Bromwich Albion	1,290	30	2.63	2.63	0.09	0.18	1
179	Nathaniel Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	3,463	35	2.62	2.62	0.07	0.07	3
179	Róbert Boženík	Stoke City	892	24	2.62	2.62	0.11	0.26	1
181	Bobby Thomas	Coventry City	2,924	37	2.61	2.61	0.07	0.08	3
182	Shea Charles	Southampton	2,093	35	2.60	2.60	0.07	0.11	3
183	Matt Clarke	Derby County	4,045	27	2.59	2.59	0.10	0.06	3
184	Ibrahim Osman	Birmingham City	992	33	2.58	2.58	0.08	0.23	2
184	Ross McCrorie	Bristol City	2,843	43	2.58	2.58	0.06	0.08	3
186	Christoph Klarer	Birmingham City	3,870	21	2.56	2.56	0.12	0.06	3
187	Ben Cabango	Swansea City	4,035	23	2.52	2.52	0.11	0.06	1
187	George Dobson	Wrexham	2,917	19	2.52	2.52	0.13	0.08	2
189	Brian De Keersmaecker	Oxford United	2,247	40	2.49	2.49	0.06	0.10	1
190	Lloyd Jones	Charlton Athletic	3,952	33	2.48	2.48	0.08	0.06	1
191	Ethan Galbraith	Swansea City	3,108	57	2.47	2.47	0.04	0.07	3
191	Svante Ingelsson	Sheffield Wednesday	3,358	29	2.47	2.47	0.09	0.07	1
191	Ali McCann	Preston North End	1,742	14	2.47	2.47	0.18	0.13	1
194	Lewis Baker	Stoke City	1,257	16	2.46	2.46	0.15	0.18	4
194	Callum Lang	Preston North End	821	14	2.46	2.46	0.18	0.27	2
196	Sondre Langås	Derby County	1,968	18	2.43	2.43	0.13	0.11	3
197	Callum Doyle	Wrexham	2,875	26	2.41	2.41	0.09	0.08	2
197	Emiliano Marcondes	Norwich City	648	19	2.41	2.41	0.13	0.33	1
199	Ben Wilmot	Stoke City	2,954	17	2.40	2.40	0.14	0.07	3
200	Ricardo Pereira	Leicester City	2,879	15	2.37	2.37	0.16	0.07	2

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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