CAF World Cup Qualifiers Player xG Stats 2026

Curtis Davies of Sierra Leone leads the CAF World Cup Qualifiers expected goals charts in 2026, with 0.0 xG from 2 appearances. The boards here cover 1956 players and sort on every column; expected goals for each club, with expected points, are on the CAF World Cup Qualifiers xG table.

CAF World Cup Qualifiers player expected goals 2026

#	Player	Team	Apps	Goals	Goals minus xG
1	Curtis Davies	Sierra Leone	2	1	+1.0
2	Nabil Bentaleb	Algeria	5	0	0.0
3	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	7	0	0.0
4	Idrissa Gueye	Senegal	9	0	0.0
5	Jordan Ayew	Ghana	10	7	+7.0
6	Cheikhou Kouyaté	Senegal	1	0	0.0
7	Brendan Galloway	Zimbabwe	1	0	0.0
8	André Ayew	Ghana	1	0	0.0
9	Massadio Haïdara	Mali	2	0	0.0
10	Chancel Mbemba	Congo DR	12	1	+1.0
11	Sadio Mané	Senegal	8	5	+5.0
12	Kelechi Iheanacho	Nigeria	3	1	+1.0
13	Gaël Bigirimana	Burundi	2	0	0.0
14	Pedro Obiang	Equatorial Guinea	2	0	0.0
15	Daniel Amartey	Ghana	1	0	0.0
16	Emilio Nsue	Equatorial Guinea	5	2	+2.0
17	Alex Iwobi	Nigeria	12	0	0.0
18	Mohamed Elneny	Egypt	2	0	0.0
19	Arthur Masuaku	Congo DR	8	0	0.0
20	Ola Aina	Nigeria	6	0	0.0
21	Jordan Obita	Uganda	3	0	0.0
22	Kévin Bru	Mauritius	6	1	+1.0
23	Lucas João	Angola	1	0	0.0
24	Denis Odoi	Ghana	2	0	0.0
25	Omar Mascarell	Equatorial Guinea	6	0	0.0
26	Bruno Ecuele Manga	Gabon	10	0	0.0
27	Semi Ajayi	Nigeria	7	1	+1.0
28	Aaron Tshibola	Congo DR	2	0	0.0
29	Gaël Kakuta	Congo DR	4	0	0.0
30	Bebé	Cape Verde Islands	4	0	0.0
31	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	9	9	+9.0
32	Bertrand Traoré	Burkina Faso	7	3	+3.0
33	Clinton N'Jie	Cameroon	1	0	0.0
34	Axel Tuanzebe	Congo DR	6	0	0.0
35	Kei Kamara	Sierra Leone	5	1	+1.0
36	Sullay Kaikai	Sierra Leone	4	0	0.0
37	Jérémie Boga	Côte d'Ivoire	3	0	0.0
38	Nampalys Mendy	Senegal	2	0	0.0
39	Didier Ndong	Gabon	5	0	0.0
40	Islam Slimani	Algeria	2	1	+1.0
41	Luigi Voltattorni	Algeria	1	0	0.0
42	Georges-Kevin N'Koudou	Cameroon	7	2	+2.0
43	Aaron Wan-Bissaka	Congo DR	6	0	0.0
44	Wilfred Ndidi	Nigeria	10	0	0.0
45	Ademola Lookman	Nigeria	10	0	0.0
46	Toni Silva	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	0.0
47	Seko Fofana	Côte d'Ivoire	6	3	+3.0
48	Ryan Mendes	Cape Verde Islands	9	1	+1.0
49	Ryan Nyambe	Namibia	1	0	0.0
50	Saidy Janko	Gambia	1	0	0.0

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is player xG?

Expected goals measures the quality of the chances a player gets. Every shot is scored between 0 and 1 by how often shots like it are converted, and a player's xG is those values added up. A player on 8 xG has had chances a typical finisher would score about eight times from.

What does the +/- column mean?

Goals minus xG. A positive number means the player has scored more than the quality of their chances suggested, a negative number means fewer. It is the quickest way to see who is finishing well and who is not.

Will a player below their xG start scoring again?

Usually. Finishing skill is real but small and hard to sustain, so across a full season most players end up close to their expected goals. A large gap either way is more likely to close than to carry on, which makes it a guide rather than a guarantee.

Where does the CAF World Cup Qualifiers player xG data come from?

Shot-level data is supplied by Sportmonks and updates after every finished match, usually within a few hours of full time. Each shot is credited to the player who took it. Providers train their models on different data, so our numbers will not match another site's exactly.