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 101–150 of 576 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
99	Luis Vázquez	Birmingham City	150	4	1.22	1.22	—	0.73	0
102	Alfie Lloyd	Queens Park Rangers	287	16	1.16	1.16	0.07	0.36	1
103	Oliver Rathbone	Wrexham	493	7	1.15	1.15	0.16	0.21	1
104	Johnny Kenny	Preston North End	297	16	1.14	1.14	0.07	0.35	2
104	Jacob Wright	Norwich City	406	12	1.14	1.14	0.09	0.25	2
106	Adilson Malanda	Middlesbrough	900	12	1.12	1.12	0.09	0.11	1
106	Tomoki Iwata	Birmingham City	967	15	1.12	1.12	0.07	0.10	0
106	Cian Ashford	Cardiff City	571	10	1.12	1.12	0.11	0.18	2
109	Kayne Ramsay	Charlton Athletic	222	4	1.10	1.10	—	0.45	1
109	Josh Sheehan	Bolton Wanderers	986	21	1.10	1.10	0.05	0.10	1
111	Christoph Klarer	Birmingham City	990	7	1.08	1.08	0.15	0.10	0
112	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	Derby County	264	16	1.07	1.07	0.07	0.36	2
113	Felix Horn Myhre	West Bromwich Albion	502	4	1.05	1.05	—	0.19	1
113	Jenson Metcalfe	Millwall	844	11	1.05	1.05	0.10	0.11	0
115	Hector Kyprianou	Watford	995	12	1.03	1.03	0.09	0.09	1
116	Ronnie Edwards	Queens Park Rangers	1,001	12	1.02	1.02	0.09	0.09	0
116	Robert Street	Lincoln City	537	11	1.02	1.02	0.09	0.17	1
118	Sorba Thomas	Stoke City	270	6	1.00	1.00	0.17	0.33	0
119	Jayden Fevrier	Blackburn Rovers	349	17	0.98	0.98	0.06	0.25	0
119	Paul Smyth	Queens Park Rangers	557	12	0.98	0.98	0.08	0.16	3
121	Alfie Devine	Preston North End	918	15	0.95	0.95	0.06	0.09	1
122	James Bree	Southampton	944	9	0.94	0.94	0.10	0.09	1
123	Abu Kamara	Portsmouth	924	18	0.93	0.93	0.05	0.09	0
124	Nasser Djiga	Wolverhampton	885	4	0.92	0.92	—	0.09	0
124	Aaron Ramsey	Burnley	457	19	0.92	0.92	0.05	0.18	1
126	Jeremy Sarmiento	Middlesbrough	255	6	0.91	0.91	0.15	0.32	1
126	Sydie Peck	Sheffield United	884	14	0.91	0.91	0.06	0.09	1
128	Theo Bair	Bolton Wanderers	167	7	0.90	0.90	0.13	0.48	1
129	Divine Mukasa	West Ham United	620	9	0.89	0.89	0.10	0.13	3
129	Keven Schlotterbeck	Southampton	807	10	0.89	0.89	0.09	0.10	1
129	Edo Kayembe	Watford	741	15	0.89	0.89	0.06	0.11	1
129	Ben Cabango	Swansea City	734	6	0.89	0.89	0.15	0.11	0
129	Neto Borges	Middlesbrough	759	12	0.89	0.89	0.07	0.11	1
134	Jacob Bruun Larsen	Burnley	611	13	0.88	0.88	0.07	0.13	2
135	Tomáš Souček	West Ham United	81	4	0.85	0.85	—	0.95	2
135	Myron Boadu	Watford	172	5	0.85	0.85	0.17	0.44	0
137	Jordan Zemura	Watford	582	8	0.84	0.84	0.10	0.13	1
138	Anthony Musaba	Norwich City	425	14	0.83	0.83	0.06	0.18	1
138	Kyliane Dong	Bolton Wanderers	395	11	0.83	0.83	0.08	0.19	0
140	Edvin Austbø	West Ham United	215	8	0.82	0.82	0.10	0.34	2
140	Phil Neumann	Birmingham City	990	8	0.82	0.82	0.10	0.07	2
142	Conor Shaughnessy	Portsmouth	513	5	0.81	0.81	0.16	0.14	1
142	Samuel Iling Junior	Bolton Wanderers	496	10	0.81	0.81	0.08	0.15	0
144	Ryan Hedges	Derby County	638	4	0.80	0.80	—	0.11	0
144	Deji Elerewe	Lincoln City	984	7	0.80	0.80	0.11	0.07	0
146	Ryoya Morishita	Blackburn Rovers	833	10	0.79	0.79	0.08	0.09	2
147	Daniel Imray	Wrexham	491	9	0.78	0.78	0.09	0.14	1
147	Colby Bishop	Portsmouth	490	6	0.78	0.78	0.13	0.14	1
147	André	Wolverhampton	938	7	0.78	0.78	0.11	0.07	0
150	Jordan James	Wolverhampton	264	7	0.77	0.77	0.11	0.26	2

goals 2+ above xG
under 90 minutes

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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