WC Qualification Europe Player xG Stats 2026

WC Qualification Europe player expected goals 2026

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	xG	Goals minus xG
1	Erling Haaland	Norway	8	16	9.2	+6.8
2	Harry Kane	England	8	8	6.6	+1.4
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	5	5	6.0	-1.0
4	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	6	5.5	+0.5
5	Patrik Schick	Czech Republic	8	5	5.3	-0.3
6	Mikel Oyarzabal	Spain	6	6	5.3	+0.7
7	Mateo Retegui	Italy	10	5	5.1	-0.1
8	Kylian Mbappé	France	4	5	5.0	0.0
9	Memphis Depay	Netherlands	8	8	4.8	+3.2
10	Rasmus Højlund	Denmark	7	5	4.8	+0.2
11	Marko Arnautovic	Austria	7	8	4.4	+3.6
12	Nikola Krstović	Montenegro	8	2	4.2	-2.2
13	Alexander Sørloth	Norway	8	5	4.2	+0.8
14	Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	8	6	4.1	+1.9
15	Ioannis Pittas	Cyprus	6	3	4.1	-1.1
16	Joel Pohjanpalo	Finland	8	2	3.8	-1.8
17	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	6	6	3.8	+2.2
18	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	9	5	3.6	+1.4
19	Harry Wilson	Wales	6	5	3.5	+1.5
20	Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	8	4	3.5	+0.5
21	Troy Parrott	Republic of Ireland	5	6	3.4	+2.6
22	Marcel Sabitzer	Austria	8	3	3.3	-0.3
23	Hans Vanaken	Belgium	7	2	3.3	-1.3
24	Tomáš Souček	Czech Republic	10	2	3.3	-1.3
25	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	5	3	3.3	-0.3
26	Dor Peretz	Israel	6	3	3.1	-0.1
27	Pio Esposito	Italy	7	3	3.1	-0.1
28	Benjamin Källman	Finland	8	3	3.0	0.0
29	Mikel Merino	Spain	6	6	3.0	+3.0
30	Rey Manaj	Albania	6	3	2.9	+0.1
31	Ante Budimir	Croatia	5	2	2.9	-0.9
32	Pavel Sulc	Czech Republic	9	2	2.9	-0.9
33	Dušan Vlahović	Serbia	7	2	2.8	-0.8
34	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Turkey	7	3	2.8	+0.2
35	Michael Gregoritsch	Austria	8	4	2.8	+1.2
36	Christos Tzolis	Greece	6	3	2.8	+0.3
37	Ché Adams	Scotland	6	2	2.7	-0.7
38	Breel Embolo	Switzerland	6	4	2.7	+1.3
39	Jérémy Doku	Belgium	8	5	2.7	+2.4
40	Lovro Majer	Croatia	3	0	2.6	-2.6
41	Viktor Gyökeres	Sweden	6	4	2.6	+1.4
42	Florian Wirtz	Germany	6	1	2.6	-1.6
43	Karol Świderski	Poland	9	4	2.5	+1.5
44	Thelo Aasgaard	Norway	4	5	2.5	+2.5
45	Ferran Torres	Spain	4	2	2.4	-0.4
46	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	8	4	2.4	+1.6
47	Moise Kean	Italy	5	6	2.4	+3.7
48	Dan Biton	Israel	8	2	2.3	-0.3
49	Franjo Ivanović	Croatia	7	2	2.3	-0.3
50	Jakub Kamiński	Poland	10	2	2.3	-0.3

WC Qualification Europe player expected goals per 90 2026

#	Player	Team	Apps	Minutes	Goals	xG per 90
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	5	374	5	1.45
2	Kylian Mbappé	France	4	353	5	1.27
3	Erling Haaland	Norway	8	707	16	1.17
4	Mikel Oyarzabal	Spain	6	446	6	1.07
5	Marko Arnautovic	Austria	7	426	8	0.93
6	Rasmus Højlund	Denmark	7	474	5	0.91
7	Harry Kane	England	8	681	8	0.88
8	Dor Peretz	Israel	6	327	3	0.85
9	Memphis Depay	Netherlands	8	540	8	0.80
10	Benjamin Källman	Finland	8	352	3	0.77
11	Ioannis Pittas	Cyprus	6	490	3	0.75
12	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	5	394	3	0.75
13	Patrik Schick	Czech Republic	8	676	5	0.70
14	Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	8	522	6	0.70
15	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	718	6	0.69
16	Joel Pohjanpalo	Finland	8	503	2	0.69
17	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	6	503	6	0.68
18	Hans Vanaken	Belgium	7	441	2	0.68
19	Mateo Retegui	Italy	10	710	5	0.65
20	Alexander Sørloth	Norway	8	593	5	0.63
21	Moise Kean	Italy	5	337	6	0.63
22	Michael Gregoritsch	Austria	8	422	4	0.59
23	Harry Wilson	Wales	6	554	5	0.57
24	Mikel Merino	Spain	6	468	6	0.57
25	Karol Świderski	Poland	9	407	4	0.56
26	Rey Manaj	Albania	6	474	3	0.55
27	Nikola Krstović	Montenegro	8	704	2	0.54
28	Ché Adams	Scotland	6	445	2	0.54
29	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	6	340	4	0.51
30	Breel Embolo	Switzerland	6	487	4	0.49
31	Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	8	654	4	0.48
32	Giacomo Raspadori	Italy	8	369	3	0.48
33	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	9	692	5	0.47
34	Christos Tzolis	Greece	6	533	3	0.46
35	Rauno Sappinen	Estonia	6	423	2	0.46
36	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Turkey	7	566	3	0.45
37	Denis Drăguș	Romania	6	427	2	0.45
38	Viktor Gyökeres	Sweden	6	540	4	0.44
39	Florian Wirtz	Germany	6	527	1	0.44
40	Marcel Sabitzer	Austria	8	701	3	0.43
41	Dušan Vlahović	Serbia	7	610	2	0.42
42	David Brooks	Wales	9	399	2	0.42
43	Martin Ødegaard	Norway	5	450	1	0.39
44	Luka Modrić	Croatia	8	399	1	0.39
45	Jude Bellingham	England	5	356	0	0.39
46	Ianis Hagi	Romania	6	397	2	0.38
47	Jérémy Doku	Belgium	8	645	5	0.37
48	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	8	569	4	0.37
49	Serge Gnabry	Germany	6	438	3	0.37
50	Donyell Malen	Netherlands	7	400	4	0.37

WC Qualification Europe player expected goals 2026, at home

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	xG	Goals minus xG
1	Erling Haaland	Norway	4	11	4.3	+6.7
2	Kylian Mbappé	France	3	4	4.2	-0.2
3	Mateo Retegui	Italy	5	4	3.4	+0.6
4	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	3	3.4	-0.4
5	Mikel Oyarzabal	Spain	3	3	3.2	-0.2
6	Patrik Schick	Czech Republic	5	4	3.2	+0.8
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2	2	2.9	-0.9
8	Harry Wilson	Wales	4	4	2.6	+1.4
9	Joel Pohjanpalo	Finland	4	1	2.5	-1.5
10	Memphis Depay	Netherlands	4	3	2.5	+0.5
11	Michael Gregoritsch	Austria	4	3	2.5	+0.5
12	Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	4	3	2.5	+0.5
13	Alexander Sørloth	Norway	4	3	2.3	+0.7
14	Nikola Krstović	Montenegro	4	1	2.2	-1.2
15	Tomáš Souček	Czech Republic	6	1	2.2	-1.2
16	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	5	3	2.2	+0.8
17	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	3	3	2.2	+0.9
18	Dor Peretz	Israel	4	2	2.1	-0.1
19	Ioannis Pittas	Cyprus	3	2	2.0	0.0
20	Jérémy Doku	Belgium	4	5	2.0	+3.0
21	Thelo Aasgaard	Norway	2	4	2.0	+2.0
22	Christoph Baumgartner	Austria	3	0	2.0	-2.0
23	Árni Frederiksberg	Faroe Islands	4	3	2.0	+1.0
24	Harry Kane	England	4	2	1.9	+0.1
25	Breel Embolo	Switzerland	3	4	1.9	+2.1
26	Lovro Majer	Croatia	2	0	1.8	-1.8
27	Hugo Ekitiké	France	3	1	1.8	-0.8
28	Ante Budimir	Croatia	2	1	1.8	-0.8
29	Karol Świderski	Poland	4	2	1.8	+0.2
30	Marko Arnautovic	Austria	4	4	1.8	+2.2
31	Christos Tzolis	Greece	3	2	1.7	+0.3
32	Florian Wirtz	Germany	3	1	1.7	-0.7
33	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	3	3	1.7	+1.3
34	Samed Bazdar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	1.7	-1.7
35	Marcel Sabitzer	Austria	4	2	1.7	+0.4
36	Rey Manaj	Albania	3	2	1.6	+0.4
37	Luka Modrić	Croatia	4	1	1.6	-0.6
38	Serge Gnabry	Germany	3	3	1.6	+1.4
39	Haris Tabakovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	1.5	+0.5
40	Jakub Kamiński	Poland	5	2	1.5	+0.5
41	Pio Esposito	Italy	4	1	1.5	-0.5
42	Moise Kean	Italy	2	2	1.4	+0.6
43	Kieffer Moore	Wales	2	1	1.4	-0.4
44	David Brooks	Wales	5	1	1.4	-0.4
45	Noa Lang	Netherlands	2	1	1.4	-0.4
46	Benjamin Källman	Finland	4	2	1.4	+0.6
47	Joshua Kimmich	Germany	3	2	1.4	+0.6
48	Gustav Isaksen	Denmark	3	3	1.4	+1.6
49	Dor Turgeman	Israel	3	2	1.4	+0.6
50	Gvidas Gineitis	Lithuania	4	3	1.4	+1.6

WC Qualification Europe player expected goals 2026, away from home

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	xG	Goals minus xG
1	Erling Haaland	Norway	4	5	4.9	+0.1
2	Harry Kane	England	4	6	4.7	+1.3
3	Rasmus Højlund	Denmark	4	4	4.4	-0.4
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	3	3	3.1	-0.1
5	Marko Arnautovic	Austria	3	4	2.6	+1.4
6	Troy Parrott	Republic of Ireland	3	4	2.5	+1.5
7	Memphis Depay	Netherlands	4	5	2.3	+2.7
8	Jean-Philippe Mateta	France	2	2	2.2	-0.2
9	Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	4	2	2.2	-0.2
10	Hans Vanaken	Belgium	4	1	2.2	-1.2
11	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	3	2.1	+0.9
12	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	3	3	2.1	+0.9
13	Patrik Schick	Czech Republic	3	1	2.1	-1.1
14	Ioannis Pittas	Cyprus	3	1	2.1	-1.1
15	Pavel Sulc	Czech Republic	4	1	2.1	-1.1
16	Mikel Oyarzabal	Spain	3	3	2.0	+1.0
17	Nikola Krstović	Montenegro	4	1	2.0	-1.0
18	Ché Adams	Scotland	3	1	1.9	-0.9
19	Viktor Gyökeres	Sweden	3	3	1.9	+1.1
20	Dušan Vlahović	Serbia	4	2	1.8	+0.2
21	Alexander Sørloth	Norway	4	2	1.8	+0.2
22	Mikel Merino	Spain	3	4	1.8	+2.2
23	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Turkey	3	3	1.8	+1.2
24	Marcel Sabitzer	Austria	4	1	1.7	-0.7
25	Mateo Retegui	Italy	5	1	1.7	-0.7
26	Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	4	3	1.6	+1.4
27	Vaclav Cerny	Czech Republic	4	2	1.6	+0.4
28	Lamine Yamal	Spain	2	0	1.6	-1.6
29	Benjamin Källman	Finland	4	1	1.6	-0.6
30	Pio Esposito	Italy	3	2	1.5	+0.5
31	Alexander Satariano	Malta	4	1	1.5	-0.5
32	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	3	1	1.5	-0.5
33	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	4	2	1.4	+0.6
34	João Félix	Portugal	3	2	1.4	+0.6
35	Nick Woltemade	Germany	3	3	1.4	+1.6
36	Franjo Ivanović	Croatia	4	2	1.4	+0.6
37	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	4	2	1.4	+0.6
38	Anthony Gordon	England	3	1	1.4	-0.4
39	Roland Sallai	Hungary	3	1	1.3	-0.3
40	Christopher Nkunku	France	2	2	1.3	+0.7
41	Joel Pohjanpalo	Finland	4	1	1.3	-0.3
42	Răzvan Marin	Romania	5	1	1.3	-0.3
43	Milutin Osmajic	Montenegro	3	0	1.3	-1.3
44	Isaac Price	Northern Ireland	4	1	1.3	-0.3
45	Rey Manaj	Albania	3	1	1.3	-0.3
46	Dan Biton	Israel	4	2	1.3	+0.7
47	Ianis Hagi	Romania	3	1	1.3	-0.3
48	Jordan James	Wales	4	1	1.3	-0.3
49	Vangelis Pavlidis	Greece	2	0	1.2	-1.2
50	Vladislavs Gutkovskis	Latvia	4	1	1.2	-0.2

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.

WC Qualification Europe Player xG Stats Questions

Which WC Qualification Europe player has had the most xG in 2026?

Erling Haaland of Norway had the most xG in the WC Qualification Europe in 2026, 9.21 from eight appearances, and scored 16 goals from it. Harry Kane was next on 6.63.

Which WC Qualification Europe player is overperforming their xG the most in 2026?

Erling Haaland of Norway overperformed xG by more than any other player in the WC Qualification Europe in 2026, with 16 goals from chances worth 9.21 xG, a gap of 6.79. Barnabás Varga was next on 3.66.

Which WC Qualification Europe player is underperforming their xG the most in 2026?

Lovro Majer of Croatia underperformed xG by more than any other player in the WC Qualification Europe in 2026, with no goals from chances worth 2.63 xG, a shortfall of 2.63. Nikola Krstović was next on 2.20.

Which WC Qualification Europe player has the highest xG per 90 in 2026?

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal had the highest xG per 90 in the WC Qualification Europe in 2026, 1.45 from 374 minutes across five appearances, the best of anyone past 320 minutes. Kylian Mbappé was next on 1.27.

Which WC Qualification Europe midfielder has had the most xG in 2026?

Andrej Kramaric of Croatia had the most xG of any midfielder in the WC Qualification Europe in 2026, 4.09 from eight appearances, and scored 6 goals from it. Kevin De Bruyne was next on 3.78.

Which WC Qualification Europe defender has had the most xG in 2026?

Roland Sallai of Hungary had the most xG of any defender in the WC Qualification Europe in 2026, 1.96 from four appearances, and scored 1 goal from it. Maxim De Cuyper was next on 1.70.

Did WC Qualification Europe players score more than their xG on average in 2026?

Yes. WC Qualification Europe players scored 655 goals in 2026 from chances worth 612.6 xG, 107% of what they deserved and 42.4 goals to the good.