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 301–350 of 576 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
301	Maximilian Arfsten	Middlesbrough	410	5	0.23	0.23	0.05	0.05	1
301	George Thomason	Wrexham	179	3	0.23	0.23	—	0.12	0
301	Ben Brereton Díaz	Southampton	603	6	0.23	0.23	0.04	0.03	0
304	David Turnbull	Cardiff City	238	5	0.22	0.22	0.04	0.08	0
304	Sam Morsy	Blackburn Rovers	804	7	0.22	0.22	0.03	0.02	0
304	Corey Blackett-Taylor	Derby County	185	4	0.22	0.22	—	0.11	0
304	Andreas Hountondji	Burnley	137	4	0.22	0.22	—	0.14	0
308	Romelle Donovan	Sheffield United	381	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.05	1
308	George Tanner	Bristol City	660	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.03	0
308	Nathaniel Chalobah	Charlton Athletic	225	1	0.21	0.21	—	0.08	0
308	Andrew Hughes	Preston North End	541	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.03	0
308	Elijah Adebayo	Bristol City	109	2	0.21	0.21	—	0.17	0
308	Regan Poole	Portsmouth	468	3	0.21	0.21	—	0.04	0
308	Conor McGrandles	Lincoln City	765	4	0.21	0.21	—	0.02	0
315	Lewis Brunt	Bolton Wanderers	496	3	0.20	0.20	—	0.04	0
315	Nathaniel Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	746	4	0.20	0.20	—	0.02	0
315	Rhian Brewster	Derby County	235	5	0.20	0.20	0.04	0.08	0
315	Derek Mazou-Sacko	Millwall	606	6	0.20	0.20	0.03	0.03	0
319	Boubacar Traoré	Wolverhampton	46	1	0.19	0.19	—	0.38	0
319	Armando Broja	Burnley	200	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.09	0
319	Glen Kamara	Queens Park Rangers	669	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.03	0
319	Joel Bagan	Cardiff City	969	5	0.19	0.19	0.04	0.02	0
319	Zak Lovelace	Millwall	115	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.15	0
319	Jonathan Varane	Queens Park Rangers	201	3	0.19	0.19	—	0.08	0
325	Luca Bombino	Stoke City	232	2	0.18	0.18	—	0.07	0
325	Kalvin Phillips	Sheffield United	440	4	0.18	0.18	—	0.04	1
325	Akin Famewo	Bolton Wanderers	532	5	0.18	0.18	0.04	0.03	0
325	José Córdoba	Norwich City	964	3	0.18	0.18	—	0.02	0
325	Max Conway	Bolton Wanderers	658	3	0.18	0.18	—	0.02	0
325	Zak Swanson	Portsmouth	704	5	0.18	0.18	0.04	0.02	2
325	Jayden Nelson	Bolton Wanderers	121	6	0.18	0.18	0.03	0.13	0
332	Tanto Olaofe	Lincoln City	86	1	0.17	0.17	—	0.18	0
332	Ivan Varfolomeev	Lincoln City	617	6	0.17	0.17	0.03	0.03	0
332	Marlon Pack	Portsmouth	735	3	0.17	0.17	—	0.02	0
332	Joe Rankin-Costello	Charlton Athletic	178	2	0.17	0.17	—	0.09	0
332	Ryley Towler	Lincoln City	646	2	0.17	0.17	—	0.02	0
337	Rio Cardines	Bristol City	847	5	0.16	0.16	0.03	0.02	0
337	Bright Osayi-Samuel	Birmingham City	916	6	0.16	0.16	0.03	0.02	0
339	Ethan Erhahon	Bolton Wanderers	670	3	0.15	0.15	—	0.02	1
339	Caleb Wiley	Preston North End	133	2	0.15	0.15	—	0.10	1
339	Lewis Gibson	Preston North End	414	2	0.15	0.15	—	0.03	0
339	George Campbell	West Bromwich Albion	808	4	0.15	0.15	—	0.02	0
343	Alex Cochrane	Birmingham City	928	3	0.14	0.14	—	0.01	0
343	Stephen Eustaquio	Swansea City	428	4	0.14	0.14	—	0.03	1
343	Tariq Lamptey	Queens Park Rangers	225	4	0.14	0.14	—	0.06	0
343	Brayann Pereira	West Bromwich Albion	304	3	0.14	0.14	—	0.04	0
343	Casper De Norre	Millwall	309	3	0.14	0.14	—	0.04	0
343	Hannibal Mejbri	Burnley	251	2	0.14	0.14	—	0.05	0
343	Rocco Robert Shein	Portsmouth	443	4	0.14	0.14	—	0.03	0
343	Sam Field	Norwich City	112	1	0.14	0.14	—	0.11	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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