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 401–450 of 576 players

Championship xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
396	Ethan Laird	Birmingham City	108	1	0.08	0.08	—	0.07	0
396	Tom Hamer	Lincoln City	194	2	0.08	0.08	—	0.04	0
396	Luke Graham	Stoke City	810	1	0.08	0.08	—	0.01	1
396	Toti Gomes	Wolverhampton	655	4	0.08	0.08	—	0.01	0
396	Brian De Keersmaecker	Bristol City	106	2	0.08	0.08	—	0.06	0
396	Max Cleworth	Wrexham	211	2	0.08	0.08	—	0.03	0
396	Hayden Carter	Blackburn Rovers	413	1	0.08	0.08	—	0.02	0
408	Robert Atkinson	Bristol City	465	3	0.07	0.07	—	0.01	0
408	Iyad Mohamed	Portsmouth	233	3	0.07	0.07	—	0.03	0
408	Max Alleyne	Burnley	924	2	0.07	0.07	—	0.01	0
408	Daniel Kelly	Millwall	179	1	0.07	0.07	—	0.04	0
408	Tom Atcheson	Blackburn Rovers	768	2	0.07	0.07	—	0.01	0
413	Omar Haktab Traore	Watford	544	3	0.06	0.06	—	0.01	0
413	Ryan Leonard	Millwall	174	1	0.06	0.06	—	0.03	0
413	Charlie Taylor	Derby County	711	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.01	0
413	Odin Bailey	Portsmouth	123	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.04	0
413	Nathan Wood	Southampton	550	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.01	0
413	Danny McNamara	Charlton Athletic	779	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.01	0
413	Keshi Anderson	Portsmouth	32	1	0.06	0.06	—	0.17	0
413	Noah Eile	Bristol City	159	1	0.06	0.06	—	0.03	0
413	Marc Bola	Watford	134	3	0.06	0.06	—	0.04	0
413	Harry Darling	Norwich City	191	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.03	0
413	Jun-Ho Bae	Stoke City	360	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.01	0
413	Jack Stacey	Norwich City	688	2	0.06	0.06	—	0.01	1
425	Dominic Hyam	Wrexham	923	3	0.05	0.05	—	0.01	0
425	Augustus Kargbo	Blackburn Rovers	44	1	0.05	0.05	—	0.11	0
425	Ali McCann	Preston North End	180	1	0.05	0.05	—	0.03	0
425	Ryan Longman	Wrexham	150	1	0.05	0.05	—	0.03	0
425	Lucien Mahovo	Norwich City	33	2	0.05	0.05	—	0.13	0
425	Krépin Diatta	Watford	87	2	0.05	0.05	—	0.05	0
425	Jackson Tchatchoua	Wolverhampton	637	2	0.05	0.05	—	0.01	0
425	Lewis Travis	Derby County	368	2	0.05	0.05	—	0.01	0
433	Dylan Lawlor	Cardiff City	115	1	0.04	0.04	—	0.03	0
433	Sean Neave	Wolverhampton	153	1	0.04	0.04	—	0.03	0
433	Gonçalo Franco	Swansea City	217	1	0.04	0.04	—	0.02	0
433	Harrison Burrows	Sheffield United	192	1	0.04	0.04	—	0.02	0
433	Soumaila Coulibaly	Watford	351	2	0.04	0.04	—	0.01	0
433	Matt Godden	Charlton Athletic	59	1	0.04	0.04	—	0.05	0
439	Gady Beyuku	Blackburn Rovers	53	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.06	0
439	Ghislain Konan	Wolverhampton	97	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.03	0
439	Ben Gibson	Stoke City	90	2	0.03	0.03	—	0.03	0
439	Josh Tymon	Swansea City	990	2	0.03	0.03	—	0.00	0
439	Hamza Choudhury	Sheffield United	515	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.01	0
439	Darlin Yongwa	Norwich City	191	2	0.03	0.03	—	0.01	0
439	Jake Garrett	Blackburn Rovers	74	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.04	0
439	Kieran Trippier	Wolverhampton	358	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.01	0
439	Tendayi Darikwa	Lincoln City	144	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.02	0
439	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	Birmingham City	25	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.09	0
439	Joël Veltman	West Ham United	461	1	0.03	0.03	—	0.01	0
439	Welington	Southampton	204	2	0.03	0.03	—	0.01	1

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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