Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership xG leaders 2026/2027

Every Scottish Premiership player ranked on the expected goals of the chances he took, with how many shots that took, what the average one was worth and the goals that came of them.

Benjamin Nygren has taken the best chances in the competition, 3.55 expected goals from 486 minutes.

Showing 101–150 of 281 players

Scottish Premiership xG leaders 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	Shots	xG	npxG	xG/shot	xG/90	G
99	Bert Esselink	Dundee United	602	4	0.31	0.31	—	0.05	0
99	Chris Cadden	Aberdeen	613	5	0.31	0.31	0.06	0.05	0
103	Owen Elding	Hibernian	200	7	0.30	0.30	0.04	0.14	0
104	Thelo Aasgaard	Rangers	112	5	0.29	0.29	0.06	0.23	1
104	Liam Smith	St. Johnstone	443	3	0.29	0.29	—	0.06	0
106	Mark O'Hara	Kilmarnock	217	3	0.28	0.28	—	0.12	0
106	Chris Mochrie	St. Mirren	429	7	0.28	0.28	0.04	0.06	0
108	Jardell Kanga	Motherwell	233	4	0.27	0.27	—	0.10	1
109	Lyall Cameron	Dundee United	147	4	0.26	0.26	—	0.16	1
109	Arne Engels	Celtic	180	3	0.26	0.26	—	0.13	0
109	Willy Vogt	Motherwell	199	3	0.26	0.26	—	0.12	0
112	Tomas Magnusson	Heart of Midlothian	294	3	0.25	0.25	—	0.08	0
112	Adam Mayor	Hibernian	464	6	0.25	0.25	0.04	0.05	1
114	Finn Yeats	Falkirk FC	135	3	0.24	0.24	—	0.16	0
115	Daisuke Yokota	Rangers	117	4	0.23	0.23	—	0.18	0
115	Aodhan Doherty	Falkirk FC	203	2	0.23	0.23	—	0.10	0
115	Gavin Molloy	Aberdeen	294	3	0.23	0.23	—	0.07	1
115	Ryan Astley	Dundee FC	630	3	0.23	0.23	—	0.03	0
115	Ryan Strain	Falkirk FC	630	4	0.23	0.23	—	0.03	0
120	Jack McMillan	Falkirk FC	79	1	0.22	0.22	—	0.25	0
120	Neil Farrugia	Dundee United	129	4	0.22	0.22	—	0.15	0
120	Jack Milne	Aberdeen	158	1	0.22	0.22	—	0.13	0
120	Mehdi Merghem	Dundee United	217	7	0.22	0.22	0.03	0.09	0
120	Emmanuel Agyei	Dundee United	239	4	0.22	0.22	—	0.08	1
120	Cathal McCarthy	Kilmarnock	450	4	0.22	0.22	—	0.04	0
126	Pierre Landry Kaboré	Heart of Midlothian	89	3	0.21	0.21	—	0.21	0
126	Blair Spittal	Heart of Midlothian	274	6	0.21	0.21	0.03	0.07	0
128	Eythor Bjørgolfsson	Motherwell	86	3	0.20	0.20	—	0.21	0
128	Lewis Smith	Aberdeen	196	5	0.20	0.20	0.04	0.09	0
128	Alan Forrest	Dundee FC	351	5	0.20	0.20	0.04	0.05	0
128	Jason Holt	St. Johnstone	536	2	0.20	0.20	—	0.03	0
132	James Penrice	Rangers	418	6	0.19	0.19	0.03	0.04	0
132	Miguel Changa Chaiwa	Hibernian	420	5	0.19	0.19	0.04	0.04	0
132	Brad Spencer	Falkirk FC	438	4	0.19	0.19	—	0.04	0
132	Ryan Carr	St. Mirren	609	6	0.19	0.19	0.03	0.03	0
136	Severin Sabri Guendouz	Heart of Midlothian	49	4	0.18	0.18	—	0.33	0
136	Dylan Levitt	Motherwell	70	2	0.18	0.18	—	0.23	1
136	Ryan Finnigan	Dundee FC	471	4	0.18	0.18	—	0.03	0
139	Luke McCowan	Celtic	84	2	0.17	0.17	—	0.18	1
139	Amadou Ba-Sy	Heart of Midlothian	124	3	0.17	0.17	—	0.12	0
139	Grant Hanley	Hibernian	413	3	0.17	0.17	—	0.04	0
139	Jordi Altena	Heart of Midlothian	493	2	0.17	0.17	—	0.03	0
143	Kanayochukwu Megwa	Hibernian	113	1	0.16	0.16	—	0.13	0
143	Bailey Rice	Kilmarnock	218	3	0.16	0.16	—	0.07	0
145	Zidane Iqbal	Dundee United	116	3	0.15	0.15	—	0.12	0
145	Mohammed Diomande	Rangers	135	4	0.15	0.15	—	0.10	0
145	Enes Alić	St. Johnstone	450	7	0.15	0.15	0.02	0.03	1
145	Reece McAlear	St. Johnstone	584	6	0.15	0.15	0.02	0.02	0
145	Liam Henderson	Falkirk FC	597	5	0.15	0.15	0.03	0.02	0
150	Callum Osmand	Celtic	28	3	0.14	0.14	—	0.45	0

goals 2+ above xG
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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 Scottish Premiership 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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