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 151–200 of 576 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
150	Mark Sykes	Millwall	640	8	0.77	0.77	0.10	0.11	1
150	Japhet Tanganga	Sheffield United	990	9	0.77	0.77	0.09	0.07	2
153	Othmane Maamma	Watford	595	11	0.76	0.76	0.07	0.11	0
153	Eric Bocat	Stoke City	839	13	0.76	0.76	0.06	0.08	2
153	Pelle Mattsson	Norwich City	921	9	0.76	0.76	0.08	0.07	0
156	Ronald	Swansea City	216	8	0.74	0.74	0.09	0.31	2
156	Charlie Kelman	Charlton Athletic	94	5	0.74	0.74	0.15	0.71	0
156	Boy Kemper	Queens Park Rangers	251	1	0.74	0.74	—	0.26	0
159	Josh Laurent	Burnley	802	12	0.73	0.73	0.06	0.08	1
159	Lewis Dobbin	Southampton	239	4	0.73	0.73	—	0.27	0
159	Moussa Baradji	Blackburn Rovers	105	6	0.73	0.73	0.12	0.62	0
159	John McAtee	Bolton Wanderers	337	8	0.73	0.73	0.09	0.19	0
163	Jamie Vardy	Burnley	201	5	0.71	0.71	0.14	0.32	1
163	Jordi Osei-Tutu	Millwall	394	5	0.71	0.71	0.14	0.16	0
163	Thierry Gale	Bolton Wanderers	739	16	0.71	0.71	0.04	0.09	3
163	Dom Jefferies	Lincoln City	573	7	0.71	0.71	0.10	0.11	0
167	Lloyd Jones	Charlton Athletic	995	7	0.70	0.70	0.10	0.06	2
167	Ross Stewart	Swansea City	34	3	0.70	0.70	—	1.85	0
167	Callum Robinson	Cardiff City	114	4	0.70	0.70	—	0.55	2
170	Max Kilman	West Ham United	990	7	0.68	0.68	0.10	0.06	1
170	Ebou Adams	Portsmouth	529	10	0.68	0.68	0.07	0.11	2
172	Jason Knight	Bristol City	962	7	0.67	0.67	0.10	0.06	1
172	Richard Kone	Queens Park Rangers	246	5	0.67	0.67	0.13	0.24	0
172	Martín Payero	Watford	344	11	0.67	0.67	0.06	0.17	0
172	Oscar Schwartau	Norwich City	601	12	0.67	0.67	0.06	0.10	1
176	Ethan Galbraith	Stoke City	990	13	0.66	0.66	0.05	0.06	3
176	Billy Koumetio	Charlton Athletic	455	5	0.66	0.66	0.13	0.13	0
178	Luke Cundle	Millwall	173	3	0.65	0.65	—	0.34	1
179	Micah Mbick	Charlton Athletic	150	5	0.63	0.63	0.13	0.38	0
179	Dion Sanderson	Derby County	866	2	0.63	0.63	—	0.07	0
179	Ladislav Krejčí	Wolverhampton	368	4	0.63	0.63	—	0.15	1
179	Joe Williams	Bristol City	487	7	0.63	0.63	0.09	0.12	0
179	Ousmane Diakité	West Bromwich Albion	794	12	0.63	0.63	0.05	0.07	0
184	Lewis O'Brien	Wrexham	598	3	0.62	0.62	—	0.09	0
184	Jayson Molumby	West Bromwich Albion	739	7	0.62	0.62	0.09	0.08	0
184	Liam Lindsay	Preston North End	391	3	0.62	0.62	—	0.14	0
184	Adam Reach	Lincoln City	830	11	0.62	0.62	0.06	0.07	1
184	Gaizka Larrazabal	Bolton Wanderers	746	9	0.62	0.62	0.07	0.07	1
184	Róbert Boženík	Stoke City	253	9	0.62	0.62	0.07	0.22	1
190	Delano Burgzorg	Preston North End	576	8	0.61	0.61	0.08	0.10	0
191	Harry Clarke	Preston North End	675	10	0.60	0.60	0.06	0.08	0
191	Gibson Yah	Bristol City	377	5	0.60	0.60	0.12	0.14	0
193	Ashley Phillips	Middlesbrough	579	5	0.59	0.59	0.12	0.09	1
193	Caspar Jander	Southampton	86	2	0.59	0.59	—	0.61	0
193	Barney Stewart	West Bromwich Albion	235	3	0.59	0.59	—	0.22	1
196	Koki Saito	Queens Park Rangers	363	6	0.58	0.58	0.10	0.14	1
196	Callum Brittain	Middlesbrough	990	13	0.58	0.58	0.04	0.05	1
196	Divin Mubama	Southampton	140	8	0.58	0.58	0.07	0.37	1
196	Sam McCallum	Sheffield United	751	8	0.58	0.58	0.07	0.07	0
196	Ryan Alebiosu	Blackburn Rovers	944	10	0.58	0.58	0.06	0.05	0

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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