Major League Soccer Player xG Stats 2026

Which players are scoring more than their chances deserved, and which are due a goal.

Updated 8 November 2026, after the last game

Major League Soccer player expected goals 2026

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	xG	Goals minus xG
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	31	26	20.6	+5.4
2	Petar Musa	Dallas	30	22	19.9	+2.1
3	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	31	19	19.5	-0.5
4	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	31	20	19.4	+0.6
5	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	33	18	18.9	-0.9
6	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	28	21	18.5	+2.5
7	Rafael Navarro	Colorado Rapids	34	19	18.4	+0.7
8	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	32	17	16.5	+0.5
9	Julian Hall	New York RB	33	13	15.3	-2.3
10	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	32	15	15.2	-0.2
11	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	33	15	14.3	+0.7
12	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	31	17	14.1	+2.9
13	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	26	15	13.6	+1.4
14	Tai Baribo	DC United	25	16	13.3	+2.7
15	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	34	17	13.0	+4.0
16	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	32	18	12.5	+5.5
17	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City	28	16	12.3	+3.7
18	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami	30	17	12.2	+4.8
19	Bruno Damiani	Philadelphia Union	33	13	11.9	+1.1
20	Germán Berterame	Inter Miami	30	10	11.8	-1.8
21	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	33	7	11.8	-4.8
22	Marcus Ingvartsen	San Diego	30	12	11.2	+0.9
23	Idan Toklomati	Charlotte	33	15	11.1	+4.0
24	Dor Turgeman	New England	33	12	11.0	+1.0
25	Heung-min Son	Los Angeles FC	31	7	10.9	-3.9
26	Evander	Cincinnati	31	14	10.8	+3.2
27	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	33	16	10.6	+5.4
28	Carles Gil	New England	34	13	10.6	+2.4
29	Hugo Cuypers	Chicago Fire	11	13	10.2	+2.9
30	Simon Becher	St. Louis City	34	9	10.0	-1.0
31	Josh Sargent	Toronto	27	10	9.7	+0.4
32	Mateusz Bogusz	Houston Dynamo	33	8	9.5	-1.5
33	Marco Reus	LA Galaxy	31	8	9.3	-1.3
34	Dejan Joveljić	Sporting KC	31	13	9.2	+3.8
35	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United	27	7	8.9	-1.9
36	Kevin Kelsy	Portland Timbers	20	9	8.5	+0.6
37	Jorge Ruvalcaba	New York RB	33	8	8.3	-0.3
38	Pep Biel	Charlotte	34	13	7.9	+5.1
39	Jonathan Bamba	Chicago Fire	27	6	7.8	-1.8
40	Myrto Uzuni	Austin	25	9	7.7	+1.3
41	Robert Lewandowski	Chicago Fire	19	9	7.7	+1.3
42	Tom Barlow	Cincinnati	34	10	7.6	+2.4
43	Kristoffer Velde	Portland Timbers	33	12	7.6	+4.4
44	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago Fire	34	13	7.5	+5.5
45	João Klauss	LA Galaxy	17	10	7.5	+2.5
46	Joseph Paintsil	LA Galaxy	26	7	7.5	-0.5
47	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	31	16	7.3	+8.7
48	Peyton Miller	New England	30	7	7.3	-0.3
49	Emil Forsberg	New York RB	31	4	7.1	-3.1
50	Dániel Sallói	Toronto	34	9	7.1	+1.9

Major League Soccer player expected goals per 90 2026

#	Player	Team	Apps	Minutes	Goals	xG per 90
1	Petar Musa	Dallas	30	2233	22	0.80
2	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	28	2200	21	0.76
3	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	31	2664	26	0.70
4	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	31	2546	19	0.69
5	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	31	2582	20	0.68
6	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	33	2532	18	0.67
7	Kevin Kelsy	Portland Timbers	20	1251	9	0.61
8	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	32	2326	15	0.59
9	Rafael Navarro	Colorado Rapids	34	2909	19	0.57
10	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	26	2155	15	0.57
11	Tai Baribo	DC United	25	2082	16	0.57
12	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	32	2637	17	0.56
13	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	31	2283	17	0.56
14	João Klauss	LA Galaxy	17	1217	10	0.55
15	Robert Lewandowski	Chicago Fire	19	1309	9	0.53
16	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami	30	2201	17	0.50
17	Bruno Caicedo	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	1049	6	0.50
18	Julian Hall	New York RB	33	2824	13	0.49
19	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City	28	2248	16	0.49
20	Marcus Ingvartsen	San Diego	30	2038	12	0.49
21	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	33	2886	15	0.45
22	Germán Berterame	Inter Miami	30	2392	10	0.44
23	Tom Barlow	Cincinnati	34	1544	10	0.44
24	Emmanuel Sabbi	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	1402	4	0.43
25	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	34	2801	17	0.42
26	Gabriel Pec	LA Galaxy	14	1214	5	0.42
27	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	32	2743	18	0.41
28	Bruno Damiani	Philadelphia Union	33	2596	13	0.41
29	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	33	2615	7	0.41
30	Simon Becher	St. Louis City	34	2224	9	0.41
31	Josh Sargent	Toronto	27	2143	10	0.41
32	Jonathan Bamba	Chicago Fire	27	1729	6	0.41
33	Louis Munteanu	DC United	21	1469	6	0.40
34	Liel Abada	Charlotte	27	1453	10	0.40
35	Daniel Ríos	CF Montréal	29	1183	7	0.40
36	Breel Embolo	Atlanta United	12	1038	4	0.40
37	Idan Toklomati	Charlotte	33	2521	15	0.39
38	Evander	Cincinnati	31	2481	14	0.39
39	Marco Reus	LA Galaxy	31	2176	8	0.39
40	Logan Farrington	Dallas	28	1452	10	0.39
41	Danny Musovski	Seattle Sounders	22	1050	2	0.39
42	Heung-min Son	Los Angeles FC	31	2552	7	0.38
43	Antoine Griezmann	Orlando City	18	1600	14	0.38
44	Timo Werner	SJ Earthquakes	21	1390	6	0.38
45	Dor Turgeman	New England	33	2674	12	0.37
46	Stephen Afrifa	Sporting KC	29	1175	4	0.36
47	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United	27	2281	7	0.35
48	Myrto Uzuni	Austin	25	1986	9	0.35
49	Joseph Paintsil	LA Galaxy	26	1910	7	0.35
50	Cavan Sullivan	Philadelphia Union	29	1833	9	0.35

Major League Soccer player expected goals 2026, at home

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	xG	Goals minus xG
1	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	16	14	12.7	+1.4
2	Petar Musa	Dallas	16	13	11.9	+1.1
3	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	15	15	11.9	+3.2
4	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	17	11	11.7	-0.7
5	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	16	11	11.3	-0.3
6	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	16	11	11.2	-0.2
7	Rafael Navarro	Colorado Rapids	17	12	11.0	+1.1
8	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	16	8	10.6	-2.6
9	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami	17	14	9.5	+4.5
10	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	16	10	9.5	+0.5
11	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	15	10	9.3	+0.7
12	Julian Hall	New York RB	16	7	9.1	-2.1
13	Tai Baribo	DC United	14	9	8.1	+0.9
14	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	17	13	8.0	+5.0
15	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	16	12	7.6	+4.4
16	Hugo Cuypers	Chicago Fire	6	7	7.5	-0.5
17	Marco Reus	LA Galaxy	17	7	7.2	-0.2
18	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	17	7	7.1	-0.1
19	Germán Berterame	Inter Miami	16	6	7.0	-1.0
20	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	17	4	6.8	-2.8
21	Josh Sargent	Toronto	15	6	6.3	-0.3
22	Idan Toklomati	Charlotte	16	7	6.3	+0.7
23	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	12	7	6.1	+0.9
24	Bruno Damiani	Philadelphia Union	17	6	6.1	-0.1
25	Heung-min Son	Los Angeles FC	17	3	5.9	-2.9
26	Mateusz Bogusz	Houston Dynamo	17	6	5.7	+0.3
27	Carles Gil	New England	17	7	5.7	+1.3
28	Kevin Kelsy	Portland Timbers	9	5	5.5	-0.5
29	Jorge Ruvalcaba	New York RB	16	4	5.4	-1.4
30	Paxten Aaronson	Colorado Rapids	17	3	5.4	-2.4
31	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City	13	8	5.3	+2.7
32	Simon Becher	St. Louis City	17	4	5.2	-1.2
33	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	16	10	5.2	+4.8
34	Pep Biel	Charlotte	17	7	5.2	+1.8
35	Dejan Joveljić	Sporting KC	15	7	5.2	+1.9
36	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago Fire	17	8	5.1	+2.9
37	Albert Rusnák	Seattle Sounders	16	5	4.9	+0.1
38	Myrto Uzuni	Austin	14	6	4.7	+1.3
39	João Klauss	LA Galaxy	9	6	4.7	+1.3
40	Marcus Ingvartsen	San Diego	14	8	4.5	+3.5
41	Dániel Sallói	Toronto	17	6	4.5	+1.5
42	Louis Munteanu	DC United	14	2	4.4	-2.4
43	Thomas Müller	Vancouver Whitecaps	15	6	4.3	+1.7
44	Daniel Ríos	CF Montréal	16	5	4.3	+0.7
45	Emmanuel Sabbi	Vancouver Whitecaps	14	4	4.3	-0.3
46	Evander	Cincinnati	16	8	4.3	+3.7
47	Robert Lewandowski	Chicago Fire	9	5	4.3	+0.7
48	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	17	8	4.2	+3.8
49	Timo Werner	SJ Earthquakes	11	2	4.2	-2.2
50	Peyton Miller	New England	17	5	4.2	+0.8

Major League Soccer player expected goals 2026, away from home

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	xG	Goals minus xG
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	15	15	9.4	+5.7
2	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	17	10	8.3	+1.7
3	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	15	8	8.2	-0.2
4	Petar Musa	Dallas	14	9	8.0	+1.0
5	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	14	8	7.5	+0.5
6	Rafael Navarro	Colorado Rapids	17	7	7.4	-0.4
7	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	16	8	7.2	+0.8
8	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	16	7	7.0	0.0
9	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City	15	8	7.0	+1.0
10	Dor Turgeman	New England	16	6	6.9	-0.9
11	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	15	6	6.7	-0.7
12	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	13	6	6.7	-0.7
13	Marcus Ingvartsen	San Diego	16	4	6.6	-2.6
14	Evander	Cincinnati	15	6	6.5	-0.5
15	Julian Hall	New York RB	17	6	6.2	-0.2
16	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United	15	5	6.2	-1.2
17	Bruno Damiani	Philadelphia Union	16	7	5.8	+1.2
18	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	17	6	5.4	+0.6
19	Tai Baribo	DC United	11	7	5.2	+1.8
20	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	17	4	5.0	-1.0
21	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	16	3	5.0	-2.0
22	Heung-min Son	Los Angeles FC	14	4	5.0	-1.0
23	Carles Gil	New England	17	6	4.9	+1.1
24	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	16	6	4.9	+1.1
25	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	16	7	4.9	+2.1
26	Simon Becher	St. Louis City	17	5	4.8	+0.2
27	Idan Toklomati	Charlotte	17	8	4.8	+3.2
28	Germán Berterame	Inter Miami	14	4	4.8	-0.8
29	Jonathan Bamba	Chicago Fire	13	3	4.5	-1.5
30	Dejan Joveljić	Sporting KC	16	6	4.1	+1.9
31	Tom Barlow	Cincinnati	17	5	4.1	+1.0
32	Gabriel Pec	LA Galaxy	8	5	3.8	+1.2
33	Mateusz Bogusz	Houston Dynamo	16	2	3.8	-1.8
34	Cade Cowell	New York RB	16	3	3.7	-0.7
35	Logan Farrington	Dallas	14	4	3.7	+0.3
36	Joseph Paintsil	LA Galaxy	13	4	3.7	+0.4
37	Rayan Elloumi	Vancouver Whitecaps	13	2	3.6	-1.6
38	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	15	4	3.5	+0.5
39	Kristoffer Velde	Portland Timbers	16	4	3.5	+0.5
40	Robert Lewandowski	Chicago Fire	10	4	3.4	+0.6
41	Josh Sargent	Toronto	12	4	3.4	+0.6
42	Ousseni Bouda	SJ Earthquakes	17	4	3.3	+0.7
43	Emil Forsberg	New York RB	14	1	3.3	-2.3
44	Jackson Hopkins	DC United	15	1	3.3	-2.3
45	Gennadiy Synchuk	CF Montréal	13	2	3.1	-1.1
46	Anthony Markanich Jr.	Minnesota United	16	5	3.1	+1.9
47	Wessam Abou Ali	Columbus Crew	4	5	3.1	+1.9
48	Peyton Miller	New England	13	2	3.1	-1.1
49	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	14	8	3.1	+4.9
50	Cavan Sullivan	Philadelphia Union	15	6	3.1	+2.9

How these player xG numbers are calculated

Expected goals measure the quality of the chances a player gets, with every shot scored between 0 and 1 by how often shots like it are converted. A player's xG is those values added up, so the gap between the goals they scored and their xG shows whether they finished better or worse than their chances deserved. Underlying data is supplied by Sportmonks. What is a good xG?

Major League Soccer Player xG Stats Questions

Which Major League Soccer player has had the most xG this season?

Lionel Messi of Inter Miami has had the most xG in Major League Soccer in 2026, 20.57 from 31 appearances, and has scored 26 goals from it. Petar Musa is next on 19.94.

Who are the biggest xG overperformers in Major League Soccer this season?

Guilherme of Houston Dynamo is the biggest xG overperformer in Major League Soccer in 2026, with 16 goals from chances worth 7.31 xG, a gap of 8.69. Antoine Griezmann is next on 7.19.

Who are the biggest xG underperformers in Major League Soccer this season?

Philip Zinckernagel of Chicago Fire is the biggest xG underperformer in Major League Soccer in 2026, with 7 goals from chances worth 11.77 xG, a shortfall of 4.77. Heung-min Son is next on 3.88.

Which Major League Soccer player has the highest xG per 90 this season?

Petar Musa of Dallas has the highest xG per 90 in Major League Soccer in 2026, 0.80 from 2233 minutes across 30 appearances, the best of anyone past 1020 minutes. Sam Surridge is next on 0.76.

Which Major League Soccer midfielder has had the most xG this season?

Hany Mukhtar of Nashville SC has had the most xG of any midfielder in Major League Soccer in 2026, 13.01 from 34 appearances, and has scored 17 goals from it. Martín Ojeda is next on 12.26.

Which Major League Soccer defender has had the most xG this season?

Peyton Miller of New England has had the most xG of any defender in Major League Soccer in 2026, 7.29 from 30 appearances, and has scored 7 goals from it. Anthony Markanich Jr. is next on 6.73.

Do Major League Soccer players score more than their xG on average?

Yes. Major League Soccer players have scored 1,619 goals in 2026 from chances worth 1,566.5 xG, 103% of what they deserved and 52.5 goals to the good. That is up from 97% in 2025.