defender with most expected goals 2025 2026

Malick Thiaw had the most expected goals by a defender in the Premier League in 2025-26, with 4.86 expected goals.

NAMExGSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
4.86
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.94
35
33
2,965
4
0
46
34
4
8
30
201
24
4
0
2Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
4.13
2025-26
Total
7.07
35
35
3,150
3
3
45
31
1
8
49
183
25
6
0
3Jurriën Timber
J. Timber
3.98
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.14
30
28
2,454
3
5
65
35
1
3
24
51
38
5
0
4Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
3.93
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.15
32
30
2,751
3
4
37
20
2
10
22
195
21
4
0
5Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
3.60
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.94
38
38
3,420
6
0
23
15
1
4
26
308
19
4
0
6Sepp van den Berg
S. van den Berg
3.44
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.92
32
30
2,763
0
2
23
9
1
3
26
215
15
2
0
7Riccardo Calafiori
R. Calafiori
3.37
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.01
26
22
1,699
1
2
32
19
0
10
13
52
26
5
0
8Pascal Struijk
P. Struijk
3.18
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.81
34
33
2,936
0
1
39
22
0
8
32
230
27
5
0
9Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
2.97
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.78
36
36
3,210
3
3
53
31
2
7
45
221
27
9
0
10Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
2.94
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
45
281
34
4
1
11Konstantinos Mavropanos
K. Mavropanos
2.87
2025-26
West Ham West Ham
6.83
31
27
2,534
3
0
39
24
0
3
47
219
16
2
0
12Micky van de Ven
M. van de Ven
2.85
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.79
35
35
3,041
4
1
37
20
3
3
21
132
28
9
1
13James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
2.80
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.82
37
37
3,330
2
3
52
30
3
5
29
268
32
8
0
14Yerson Mosquera
Y. Mosquera
2.68
2025-26
Wolves Wolves
6.57
27
24
2,137
0
0
59
36
1
8
25
120
34
12
0
15Chris Richards
C. Richards
2.60
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.61
33
31
2,827
1
0
53
35
3
7
43
206
17
4
0
16Daniel Ballard
D. Ballard
2.57
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.81
29
24
2,149
2
0
33
17
0
5
20
203
29
4
1
17Daniel Muñoz
D. Muñoz
2.52
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.52
29
29
2,399
4
3
72
48
0
7
24
102
34
7
0
18Patrick Dorgu
P. Dorgu
2.52
2025-26
Man United Man United
6.96
26
15
1,449
4
4
47
30
0
5
16
32
23
5
0
19Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
2.42
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.03
18
16
1,372
2
2
16
13
0
4
16
65
16
2
0
20Michael Keane
M. Keane
2.33
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.83
33
29
2,591
3
1
38
24
2
9
37
222
16
1
1
21Santiago Bueno
S. Bueno
2.19
2025-26
Wolves Wolves
6.77
29
28
2,553
3
1
50
30
0
2
27
124
29
4
0
22Trai Hume
T. Hume
2.18
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.47
38
34
3,035
2
1
70
46
2
12
25
98
30
9
0
23Marc Cucurella
M. Cucurella
2.01
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
6.84
34
31
2,707
1
4
58
40
0
6
28
94
45
8
1
24Nathan Collins
N. Collins
2.00
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.84
35
32
2,975
1
2
30
13
1
4
36
224
20
7
0
25Neco Williams
N. Williams
1.97
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.98
37
36
3,204
2
3
93
61
0
18
46
95
29
6
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14
10
14
6
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Fulham Fulham
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15
7
16
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52
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38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
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27

Haaland

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22

Thiago

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17

Semenyo

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Assists Leaders

21

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

12

Cherki

Rayan Cherki

11

Bowen

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Rating Leaders

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Rodri

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7.50

Fernandes

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Guimarães

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Take-ons Leaders

77

Doku

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70

Ndiaye

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64

Minteh

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Big Chances Created Leaders

32

Fernandes

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16

Szoboszlai

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16

Cherki

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Man City

77

Arsenal

71

Man United

69

Liverpool

63

Chelsea

58

Bournemouth

58
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27

Man City

35

Brighton

46

Sunderland

48

Aston Villa

49

Man United

50
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Arsenal

44

Man City

42

Man United

19

Liverpool

10

Aston Villa

7

Chelsea

6

Premier League 2025-26 Table

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
38
26
7
5
44
85
2
Man City Man City
38
23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
19
8
11
7
65
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
10
Chelsea Chelsea
38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
38
15
7
16
-4
52
12
Newcastle Newcastle
38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
19
Burnley Burnley
38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20