xG Index rankings

Our branded 0–100: teams from the engine's opponent-adjusted view of chance quality, players from position-relative per-90 percentiles. Formulas public at /model. Updated 2026-08-31.

Teams

#	Team	Overall	Attack	Defense
1	Arsenal	99	77	99
2	Manchester City	87	83	75
3	Manchester United	67	72	54
4	Liverpool	62	71	47
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	61	56	61
6	Chelsea	61	68	49
7	Brentford	59	67	47
8	Bournemouth	58	63	48
9	Leeds United	51	48	54
10	Newcastle United	49	56	41
11	Aston Villa	46	51	42
12	Crystal Palace	46	53	39
13	Nottingham Forest	43	42	47
14	Hull City	39	28	55
15	Everton	38	36	45
16	Fulham	36	36	42
17	Coventry City	33	3	73
18	Tottenham Hotspur	32	31	41
19	Sunderland	30	23	46
20	Ipswich Town	6	38	1

Players · min 450 minutes

The xG Index scores a player against others in his own position, so the numbers are only comparable down a column, never across one. Ranking a centre-back against a striker on it would say a 94th-percentile defender is a better player than an 86th-percentile striker, which is not what it measures — so the boards are separate.

Forwards

#	Player	xG Index
1	Erling Haaland MCI	93
2	Joshua Zirkzee MUN	91
3	Kai Havertz ARS	88
4	Omar Marmoush MCI	85
5	Hugo Ekitike LIV	80
6	Gabriel Martinelli ARS	76
7	João Pedro CHE	71
8	Benjamin Sesko MUN	69
9	Bukayo Saka ARS	67
10	Mikel Merino ARS	67
11	Ollie Watkins AVL	64
12	Lukas Nmecha LEE	64
13	Beto EVE	62
14	Richarlison TOT	61
15	Harvey Barnes NEW	56

Midfielders

#	Player	xG Index
1	David Brooks BOU	97
2	Estêvão CHE	96
3	Phil Foden MCI	92
4	Alejandro Garnacho CHE	92
5	Enzo Fernández CHE	91
6	Mathis Cherki MCI	91
7	Bruno Fernandes MUN	89
8	Jéremy Doku MCI	89
9	Rio Ngumoha LIV	89
10	Cody Gakpo LIV	88
11	Florian Wirtz LIV	86
12	Bryan Mbeumo MUN	85
13	Dango Ouattara BRE	81
14	Marcus Tavernier BOU	80
15	Yeremi Pino CRY	80

Defenders

#	Player	xG Index
1	Nico O'Reilly MCI	95
2	Maxim De Cuyper BHA	90
3	Keane Lewis-Potter BRE	86
4	Jurriën Timber ARS	83
5	Mats Wieffer BHA	83
6	Andrew Robertson LIV	82
7	Reece James CHE	80
8	Malo Gusto CHE	80
9	Marc Guehi MCI	79
10	Ryan Sessegnon FUL	78
11	Diogo Dalot MUN	77
12	Riccardo Calafiori ARS	76
13	Jeremie Frimpong LIV	74
14	Ian Maatsen AVL	74
15	James Justin LEE	73

Goalkeepers

#	Player	xG Index
1	Robert Sánchez CHE	79
2	Altay Bayindir MUN	76
3	David Raya ARS	68
4	Emiliano Martinez AVL	66
5	Robin Roefs SUN	63
6	Nick Pope NEW	62
7	Caoimhin Kelleher BRE	61
8	Bart Verbruggen BHA	59
9	Jordan Pickford EVE	55
10	Guglielmo Vicario TOT	54
11	Dean Henderson CRY	49
12	Giorgi Mamardashvili LIV	47
13	Gianluigi Donnarumma MCI	46
14	Alisson LIV	44
15	Marco Bizot AVL	43

This week’s projection leaders

Player	Fixture	Proj G+A	P(Goal)
Kai Havertz	at AVL	0.49	27%
Ollie Watkins	vs ARS	0.48	29%
Viktor Gyokeres	at AVL	0.38	25%
Bukayo Saka	at AVL	0.37	11%
Ross Barkley	vs ARS	0.25	11%
John McGinn	vs ARS	0.24	3%
Emiliano Buendía	vs ARS	0.21	5%
Ian Maatsen	vs ARS	0.16	2%
Noni Madueke	at AVL	0.15	2%
Riccardo Calafiori	at AVL	0.15	9%
Gabriel	at AVL	0.13	11%
Declan Rice	at AVL	0.13	1%
Eberechi Eze	at AVL	0.10	8%
Tyrone Mings	vs ARS	0.05	5%
Matthew Cash	vs ARS	0.04	1%
Lucas Digne	vs ARS	0.04	0%