Championship top scorers 2026/2027
Championship top scorers in 2026/2027: every player with minutes ranked by goals scored. Will Lankshear leads the scoring on 9 goals, from 886 minutes.
Showing 1–50 of 576 players
| # | Player | Club | Apps | Min | G | npG | xG | G − xG | Min/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Lankshear | Middlesbrough | 11 | 886 | 9 | 9 | 7.09 | +1.91 | 98 |
| 2 | Cyle Larin | Southampton | 11 | 731 | 7 | 7 | 4.48 | +2.52 | 104 |
| 3 | Andri Guðjohnsen | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 613 | 6 | 6 | 1.82 | +4.18 | 102 |
| 3 | Jack Moylan | Cardiff City | 11 | 927 | 6 | 5 | 4.20 | +1.80 | 155 |
| 3 | Jarrod Bowen | West Ham United | 11 | 980 | 6 | 5 | 5.54 | +0.46 | 163 |
| 6 | Mohamed Touré | Norwich City | 7 | 456 | 5 | 5 | 2.06 | +2.94 | 91 |
| 6 | Kieffer Moore | Wrexham | 11 | 710 | 5 | 5 | 1.86 | +3.14 | 142 |
| 6 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | West Ham United | 10 | 848 | 5 | 5 | 2.33 | +2.67 | 170 |
| 6 | Fer López | Wolverhampton | 11 | 873 | 5 | 5 | 3.76 | +1.24 | 175 |
| 10 | Liam Millar | Birmingham City | 7 | 509 | 4 | 4 | 1.46 | +2.54 | 127 |
| 10 | Adam Idah | Swansea City | 10 | 578 | 4 | 4 | 3.77 | +0.23 | 145 |
| 10 | Patrick Bamford | Sheffield United | 10 | 706 | 4 | 4 | 3.79 | +0.21 | 177 |
| 10 | Lyndon Dykes | Millwall | 11 | 721 | 4 | 3 | 3.19 | +0.81 | 180 |
| 10 | Oladapo Afolayan | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 767 | 4 | 4 | 1.42 | +2.58 | 192 |
| 10 | August Priske | Birmingham City | 10 | 815 | 4 | 3 | 3.91 | +0.09 | 204 |
| 10 | Sam Dalby | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 825 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | −0.04 | 206 |
| 10 | Isaac Price | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 905 | 4 | 2 | 3.20 | +0.80 | 226 |
| 10 | Tyreece Campbell | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 905 | 4 | 4 | 1.79 | +2.21 | 226 |
| 19 | Demarai Gray | Birmingham City | 8 | 187 | 3 | 2 | 1.30 | +1.70 | 62 |
| 19 | Raúl Jiménez | Wolverhampton | 6 | 350 | 3 | 1 | 2.69 | +0.31 | 117 |
| 19 | Marko Milovanović | Portsmouth | 9 | 388 | 3 | 1 | 3.92 | −0.92 | 129 |
| 19 | Aune Selland Heggebø | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 480 | 3 | 3 | 3.04 | −0.04 | 160 |
| 19 | Amin Nabizada | Watford | 10 | 489 | 3 | 3 | 0.57 | +2.44 | 163 |
| 19 | Zeki Amdouni | Burnley | 9 | 497 | 3 | 3 | 2.08 | +0.92 | 166 |
| 19 | Joël Piroe | West Ham United | 10 | 521 | 3 | 3 | 3.50 | −0.50 | 174 |
| 19 | Mohamadou Kanté | West Ham United | 10 | 541 | 3 | 3 | 1.80 | +1.20 | 180 |
| 19 | Paul Smyth | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 557 | 3 | 3 | 0.98 | +2.02 | 186 |
| 19 | Dominic Ballard | Bristol City | 11 | 577 | 3 | 3 | 3.07 | −0.07 | 192 |
| 19 | Tairyk Arconte | Millwall | 8 | 591 | 3 | 3 | 3.41 | −0.41 | 197 |
| 19 | Thomas Cannon | Sheffield United | 10 | 595 | 3 | 2 | 2.70 | +0.30 | 198 |
| 19 | Divine Mukasa | West Ham United | 9 | 620 | 3 | 3 | 0.89 | +2.11 | 207 |
| 19 | Scott Twine | Bristol City | 9 | 657 | 3 | 2 | 2.39 | +0.61 | 219 |
| 19 | Callum Lang | Preston North End | 11 | 695 | 3 | 3 | 3.30 | −0.30 | 232 |
| 19 | Thierry Gale | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 739 | 3 | 3 | 0.71 | +2.29 | 246 |
| 19 | Moussa Kounfolo Yeo | Swansea City | 11 | 767 | 3 | 3 | 1.89 | +1.11 | 256 |
| 19 | Sammie Szmodics | Derby County | 10 | 774 | 3 | 3 | 1.51 | +1.49 | 258 |
| 19 | Jimmy-Jay Morgan | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 799 | 3 | 3 | 2.27 | +0.73 | 266 |
| 19 | Finn Azaz | Southampton | 11 | 918 | 3 | 3 | 2.73 | +0.27 | 306 |
| 19 | Camiel Neghli | Millwall | 11 | 946 | 3 | 3 | 1.79 | +1.21 | 315 |
| 19 | Ethan Galbraith | Stoke City | 11 | 990 | 3 | 3 | 0.66 | +2.34 | 330 |
| 41 | Tomáš Souček | West Ham United | 3 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 0.85 | +1.15 | 41 |
| 41 | Callum Robinson | Cardiff City | 6 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 0.70 | +1.30 | 57 |
| 41 | Zian Flemming | — | 2 | 168 | 2 | 1 | 1.94 | +0.06 | 84 |
| 41 | Atsuki Ito | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 202 | 2 | 2 | 0.32 | +1.68 | 101 |
| 41 | Edvin Austbø | West Ham United | 7 | 215 | 2 | 2 | 0.82 | +1.18 | 108 |
| 41 | Ronald | Swansea City | 6 | 216 | 2 | 2 | 0.74 | +1.26 | 108 |
| 41 | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | Derby County | 10 | 264 | 2 | 2 | 1.07 | +0.93 | 132 |
| 41 | Jordan James | Wolverhampton | 9 | 264 | 2 | 2 | 0.77 | +1.23 | 132 |
| 41 | Ilias Chair | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 293 | 2 | 2 | 1.77 | +0.23 | 147 |
| 41 | Mathias Kvistgaarden | Norwich City | 8 | 297 | 2 | 2 | 1.41 | +0.59 | 149 |
- goals 2+ above xG
- under 90 minutes
What the data shows
- Will Lankshear leads Cyle Larin, the next-highest scorer, by 2.
- Andri Guðjohnsen has scored 4.18 more than his chances were worth: 6 goals from 1.82 xG.
- Yousef Salech has scored 2.78 fewer than his chances were worth: 2 goals from 4.78 xG.
About these figures What each column counts, and which feed it was counted from. Show Hide
- Apps
- Matches he played in this competition this season. A match he was named in and did not play does not count.
- Min
- Minutes played.
- G
- Goals scored, penalties included.
- npG
- Goals with penalties taken out.
- xG
- Expected goals: the quality of the chances he took, summed.
- G − xG
- Goals less expected goals, over the matches with both.
- Min/G
- Minutes played for each goal scored.
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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