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 251–300 of 576 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
247	Isaak Davies	Cardiff City	77	3	0.39	0.39	—	0.45	0
247	David Ozoh	Derby County	519	6	0.39	0.39	0.06	0.07	0
247	Henrik Wendel Meister	Derby County	234	6	0.39	0.39	0.06	0.15	0
254	Anis Ben Slimane	Norwich City	441	6	0.38	0.38	0.06	0.08	0
254	Anel Ahmedhodžić	Burnley	494	3	0.38	0.38	—	0.07	0
256	Sean McLoughlin	Blackburn Rovers	990	6	0.36	0.36	0.06	0.03	1
256	Reo Hatate	Burnley	399	7	0.36	0.36	0.05	0.08	1
258	Andrei Coubiș	Lincoln City	433	6	0.35	0.35	0.06	0.07	1
258	Elijah Just	Swansea City	528	10	0.35	0.35	0.03	0.06	0
258	Leo Leroy	Preston North End	812	10	0.35	0.35	0.03	0.04	0
258	Rayan Kolli	Queens Park Rangers	193	5	0.35	0.35	0.07	0.16	0
258	Max Bird	Birmingham City	93	4	0.35	0.35	—	0.33	0
263	Rocco Vata	Watford	247	8	0.34	0.34	0.04	0.13	0
263	Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	Wolverhampton	212	6	0.34	0.34	0.06	0.15	1
263	Tyler Bindon	Charlton Athletic	405	5	0.34	0.34	0.07	0.08	0
263	Zak Sturge	Millwall	957	4	0.34	0.34	—	0.03	0
267	Arne Engels	West Ham United	867	8	0.33	0.33	0.04	0.03	0
267	Rafiki Saïd	Wolverhampton	228	10	0.33	0.33	0.03	0.13	0
267	Mark McGuinness	Sheffield United	591	3	0.33	0.33	—	0.05	0
267	Amadou Salif Mbengue	Queens Park Rangers	567	7	0.33	0.33	0.05	0.05	0
267	Stephen Welsh	Swansea City	895	4	0.33	0.33	—	0.03	0
272	Atsuki Ito	Bolton Wanderers	202	4	0.32	0.32	—	0.14	2
272	Kévin Keben Biakolo	Watford	905	3	0.32	0.32	—	0.03	0
274	Samuel Edozie	Southampton	190	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.15	0
274	Kareem Tunde	West Bromwich Albion	94	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.29	0
276	Jacques Ekomié	Wrexham	703	4	0.30	0.30	—	0.04	2
276	Mohammed Fuseini	Derby County	413	9	0.30	0.30	0.03	0.07	1
276	Jed Wallace	Bristol City	488	8	0.30	0.30	0.04	0.05	0
279	George Dobson	Wrexham	191	3	0.29	0.29	—	0.14	0
280	Lucas Pires	Burnley	447	7	0.28	0.28	0.04	0.06	0
280	Perry Ng	Cardiff City	900	13	0.28	0.28	0.02	0.03	1
280	Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	90	1	0.28	0.28	—	0.28	0
280	Morgan Whittaker	Middlesbrough	248	7	0.28	0.28	0.04	0.10	0
284	Sam Gallagher	Stoke City	330	7	0.27	0.27	0.04	0.07	2
284	Xavier Simons	Bolton Wanderers	250	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.10	1
284	Tom Fellows	Southampton	325	3	0.27	0.27	—	0.08	1
284	Bosun Lawal	Stoke City	383	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.06	0
284	Ryan Hardie	Bolton Wanderers	128	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.19	0
284	Nathan Broadhead	Wrexham	220	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.11	0
284	Joe Rothwell	Sheffield United	409	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.06	0
284	Ben Chrisene	Norwich City	798	7	0.27	0.27	0.04	0.03	0
284	Matthew Pollock	Watford	995	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.02	0
293	Sonny Carey	Charlton Athletic	282	5	0.26	0.26	0.05	0.08	0
293	Junior Tchamadeu	Stoke City	133	1	0.26	0.26	—	0.17	0
295	Elkan Baggott	Millwall	154	3	0.25	0.25	—	0.15	0
295	Harry Whitwell	West Bromwich Albion	520	3	0.25	0.25	—	0.04	1
297	Paris Maghoma	Norwich City	244	3	0.24	0.24	—	0.09	0
297	Harvey Knibbs	Charlton Athletic	61	2	0.24	0.24	—	0.36	0
297	Romain Esse	Millwall	128	5	0.24	0.24	0.05	0.17	0
297	Tyrese Shade	Portsmouth	395	5	0.24	0.24	0.05	0.05	0

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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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