Championship

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027

Championship players ranked by expected goals (xG) in 2026/2027, every player with minutes included. Will Lankshear has the most expected goals, 7.09 xG from 886 minutes.

Showing 1–50 of 576 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	886	37	7.09	7.09	0.19	0.72	9
2	Jarrod Bowen	West Ham United	980	44	5.54	3.89	0.13	0.51	6
3	Yousef Salech	Cardiff City	700	24	4.78	4.78	0.20	0.61	2
4	Cyle Larin	Southampton	731	36	4.48	4.48	0.12	0.55	7
5	Jack Moylan	Cardiff City	927	45	4.20	3.38	0.09	0.41	6
6	Sam Dalby	Bolton Wanderers	825	18	4.04	4.04	0.22	0.44	4
7	Marko Milovanović	Portsmouth	388	13	3.92	2.28	0.30	0.91	3
8	August Priske	Birmingham City	815	26	3.91	3.09	0.15	0.43	4
9	Patrick Bamford	Sheffield United	706	12	3.79	3.79	0.32	0.48	4
10	Adam Idah	Swansea City	578	25	3.77	3.77	0.15	0.59	4
11	Fer López	Wolverhampton	873	26	3.76	3.76	0.14	0.39	5
12	Joël Piroe	West Ham United	521	16	3.50	3.50	0.22	0.60	3
13	Joseph Opoku	Swansea City	604	11	3.43	3.43	0.31	0.51	2
14	Tairyk Arconte	Millwall	591	17	3.41	3.41	0.20	0.52	3
15	Callum Lang	Preston North End	695	18	3.30	3.30	0.18	0.43	3
16	Isaac Price	West Bromwich Albion	905	29	3.20	1.56	0.11	0.32	4
17	Lyndon Dykes	Millwall	721	18	3.19	2.37	0.18	0.40	4
18	Jay Stansfield	Birmingham City	921	24	3.15	3.15	0.13	0.31	1
19	Dominic Ballard	Bristol City	577	22	3.07	3.07	0.14	0.48	3
20	Aune Selland Heggebø	West Bromwich Albion	480	11	3.04	3.04	0.28	0.57	3
21	Lorent Tolaj	Bristol City	553	26	3.00	3.00	0.12	0.49	2
22	Adrian Segečić	Portsmouth	925	32	2.85	2.85	0.09	0.28	2
23	Ollie Tanner	Cardiff City	878	29	2.80	2.80	0.10	0.29	2
24	Finn Azaz	Southampton	918	23	2.73	2.73	0.12	0.27	3
25	Žan Vipotnik	Swansea City	401	14	2.71	1.89	0.19	0.61	2
26	Thomas Cannon	Sheffield United	595	19	2.70	1.88	0.14	0.41	3
27	Raúl Jiménez	Wolverhampton	350	16	2.69	1.05	0.17	0.69	3
28	Valentín Castellanos	West Ham United	698	24	2.58	1.76	0.11	0.33	1
29	Carlos Vicente	Birmingham City	734	16	2.43	2.43	0.15	0.30	2
30	Reeco Hackett-Fairchild	Lincoln City	553	15	2.41	0.77	0.16	0.39	2
31	Scott Twine	Bristol City	657	15	2.39	1.57	0.16	0.33	3
31	Kyrell Lisbie	Millwall	420	18	2.39	2.39	0.13	0.51	1
33	Konstantinos Mavropanos	West Ham United	848	15	2.33	2.33	0.16	0.25	5
34	Andre Brooks	Norwich City	799	21	2.29	2.29	0.11	0.26	2
35	Jimmy-Jay Morgan	West Bromwich Albion	799	19	2.27	2.27	0.12	0.26	3
36	Adam Armstrong	Wolverhampton	605	13	2.23	2.23	0.17	0.33	1
36	Nicolas Madsen	Queens Park Rangers	583	10	2.23	0.59	0.22	0.34	2
38	Callum O'Hare	Wrexham	834	20	2.19	2.19	0.11	0.24	1
39	Rumarn Burrell	Queens Park Rangers	595	15	2.18	2.18	0.15	0.33	2
40	Jusef Erabi	Preston North End	384	17	2.15	2.15	0.13	0.50	1
41	Kuryu Matsuki	Southampton	720	14	2.10	2.10	0.15	0.26	2
42	Zeki Amdouni	Burnley	497	22	2.08	2.08	0.09	0.38	3
43	Josh Coburn	Millwall	304	8	2.06	2.06	0.26	0.61	2
43	Mohamed Touré	Norwich City	456	11	2.06	2.06	0.19	0.41	5
45	Leo Scienza	Southampton	729	16	2.02	1.19	0.13	0.25	2
46	Ben House	Lincoln City	705	12	1.98	1.98	0.16	0.25	1
47	Zian Flemming	—	168	12	1.94	1.12	0.16	1.04	2
48	Mikkel Ladefoged	Lincoln City	94	8	1.92	1.92	0.24	1.84	1
49	Moussa Kounfolo Yeo	Swansea City	767	15	1.89	1.89	0.13	0.22	3
50	Todd Cantwell	Blackburn Rovers	852	17	1.87	1.87	0.11	0.20	2

goals 2+ above xG
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What the data shows

Will Lankshear has 1.56 xG more than Jarrod Bowen, 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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