highest xa overperformers in a season top 5 leagues

Ollie Watkins and Kylian Mbappé are tied for the most assists over expected assists in Europe's top five leagues in a season, with a differential of 8.84.

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highest xa overperformers by a player in a season top 5 leagues

	NAME	A - xA	xA	SEASON	CLUB	A	Rating	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Ollie Watkins O. Watkins	8.84	4.16	2023-24	Aston Villa	13	7.04	37	3,218	37	19	0.51	32	0	0	106	46	4	1,071	233	17
2	Kylian Mbappé K. Mbappé	8.84	9.16	2021-22	PSG	18	7.41	35	3,032	34	28	0.80	46	4	0	147	68	7	2,130	335	39
3	Mohamed Salah M. Salah	8.35	9.65	2024-25	Liverpool	18	7.51	38	3,371	38	29	0.76	47	9	0	130	61	6	1,856	393	18
4	Romelu Lukaku R. Lukaku	7.42	2.58	2024-25	Napoli	10	6.88	36	2,843	35	14	0.39	24	3	0	64	24	2	815	153	24
5	Dejan Kulusevski D. Kulusevski	6.95	4.05	2021-22	Total	11	7.23	38	2,021	19	6	0.16	17	0	0	44	16	1	1,131	126	7
6	Harvey Barnes H. Barnes	6.85	3.15	2021-22	Leicester	10	6.67	32	2,100	24	6	0.19	16	0	0	66	24	1	1,146	138	10
7	Marco Reus M. Reus	6.78	6.22	2021-22	Dortmund	13	7.07	29	2,514	29	9	0.31	22	0	0	51	22	2	1,688	123	10
8	Andrej Ilić A. Ilić	6.53	1.47	2025-26	Union Berlin	8	6.20	22	1,495	16	1	0.05	9	0	0	46	13	1	527	92	9
9	Domenico Berardi D. Berardi	6.40	7.60	2021-22	Sassuolo	14		33	2,836	33	15	0.45	29	6	0	110	47	2	1,994	129	11
10	Thomas Müller T. Müller	6.27	11.73	2021-22	Bayern	18	7.14	32	2,578	32	8	0.25	26	0	0	55	28	2	1,839	164	12
11	Paul Pogba P. Pogba	6.19	2.81	2021-22	Man United	9	6.90	20	1,350	16	1	0.05	10	0	0	32	8	0	1,154	49	0
12	Antoine Griezmann A. Griezmann	6.15	9.85	2022-23	Atlético Madrid	16	7.37	38	2,860	31	15	0.39	31	0	0	111	45	3	2,117	163	11
13	Gaëtan Perrin G. Perrin	6.03	4.97	2024-25	Auxerre	11	7.17	34	2,691	31	10	0.29	21	0	2	59	26	0	1,490	112	9
14	Nuno Mendes N. Mendes	6.00	0.00	2022-23	PSG	6	7.14	23	1,554	18	1	0.04	7	0	0	10	7	0	1,226	62	5
15	Leandro Trossard L. Trossard	5.98	6.02	2022-23	Total	12	6.91	36	2,246	26	8	0.22	20	0	0	55	23	3	1,356	156	8
16	Ollie Watkins O. Watkins	5.91	2.09	2024-25	Aston Villa	8	6.96	38	2,598	31	16	0.42	24	2	0	84	40	2	786	179	16
17	Antonee Robinson A. Robinson	5.90	4.10	2024-25	Fulham	10	6.83	36	3,167	35	0	0.00	10	0	0	16	2	0	2,681	72	7
18	Sergej Milinković-Savić S. Milinković-Savić	5.90	4.10	2021-22	Lazio	10		37	3,109	36	11	0.30	21	0	0	75	31	1	3,032	124	4
19	Anthony Elanga A. Elanga	5.84	5.16	2024-25	Nottm Forest	11	6.82	38	2,500	31	6	0.16	17	0	0	44	24	1	1,216	119	18
20	Jacob Murphy J. Murphy	5.80	6.20	2024-25	Newcastle	12	6.90	35	2,360	31	8	0.23	20	0	0	43	15	3	1,352	99	3
21	Julian Ryerson J. Ryerson	5.77	5.23	2025-26	Dortmund	11	7.00	21	1,422	16	0	0.00	11	0	0	8	0	0	1,080	29	3
22	Mateo Retegui M. Retegui	5.77	2.23	2024-25	Atalanta	8	7.07	36	2,383	32	25	0.69	33	4	0	104	38	2	970	190	6
23	Sergi Darder S. Darder	5.73	3.27	2021-22	Espanyol	9		36	3,135	36	3	0.08	12	0	0	44	17	0	2,144	40	0
24	Jarrod Bowen J. Bowen	5.69	4.31	2021-22	West Ham	10	6.94	36	2,984	34	12	0.33	22	0	0	80	35	4	1,371	163	13
25	Mohamed Salah M. Salah	5.63	7.37	2021-22	Liverpool	13	7.14	35	2,762	30	23	0.66	36	5	0	139	60	3	1,706	338	12

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	CLUB	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	28	18	7	3	35	61
2	Man City	28	18	5	5	32	59
3	Aston Villa	28	15	6	7	8	51
4	Man United	27	13	9	5	11	48
5	Liverpool	28	14	6	8	10	48

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Wed 3/4	CHE	@	AVL	2:30 PM
Sun 3/15	AVL	@	MUN	10:00 AM
Sun 3/22	WHU	@	AVL	10:15 AM
Sat 4/11	AVL	@	FOR	10:00 AM
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Assists Leaders

16

Olise

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FC 2025-26 Tables

	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	28	18	7	3	35	61
2	Man City	28	18	5	5	32	59
3	Aston Villa	28	15	6	7	8	51
4	Man United	27	13	9	5	11	48
5	Liverpool	28	14	6	8	10	48
6	Chelsea	27	12	9	6	17	45
7	Brentford	28	13	4	11	4	43
8	Everton	28	11	7	10	-1	40
9	Bournemouth	28	9	12	7	-2	39
10	Fulham	27	11	4	12	-3	37
11	Sunderland	28	9	10	9	-5	37
12	Newcastle	28	10	6	12	-2	36
13	Crystal Palace	27	9	8	10	-3	35
14	Brighton	27	8	10	9	2	34
15	Leeds	28	7	10	11	-10	31
16	Tottenham	27	7	8	12	-4	29
17	Nottm Forest	27	7	6	14	-14	27
18	West Ham	28	6	7	15	-20	25
19	Burnley	28	4	7	17	-24	19
20	Wolves	29	2	7	20	-31	13

	LaLiga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	26	21	1	4	45	64
2	Real Madrid	25	19	3	3	33	60
3	Atlético Madrid	26	15	6	5	20	51
4	Villarreal	26	16	3	7	17	51
5	Real Betis	25	11	9	5	10	42
6	Celta Vigo	25	9	10	6	7	37
7	Real Sociedad	26	9	8	9	0	35
8	Espanyol	25	10	5	10	-6	35
9	Athletic Club	26	10	5	11	-6	35
10	Osasuna	25	9	6	10	1	33
11	Girona	25	7	9	9	-14	30
12	Sevilla	25	8	5	12	-7	29
13	Getafe	25	8	5	12	-9	29
14	Rayo	25	6	9	10	-9	27
15	Alavés	26	7	6	13	-11	27
16	Valencia	25	6	8	11	-13	26
17	Elche	25	5	10	10	-5	25
18	Mallorca	26	6	6	14	-13	24
19	Levante	26	5	6	15	-16	21
20	Oviedo	25	3	8	14	-24	17

	Bundesliga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Bayern	24	20	3	1	65	63
2	Dortmund	24	15	7	2	26	52
3	Hoffenheim	24	14	4	6	18	46
4	Stuttgart	23	13	4	6	12	43
5	Leipzig	23	12	5	6	12	41
6	Leverkusen	23	12	4	7	15	40
7	Freiburg	23	9	6	8	-3	33
8	Frankfurt	23	8	7	8	-3	31
9	Augsburg	24	9	4	11	-11	31
10	Union Berlin	24	7	7	10	-9	28
11	Hamburg	22	6	8	8	-7	26
12	M'gladbach	24	6	7	11	-12	25
13	Köln	24	6	6	12	-8	24
14	Mainz	24	5	8	11	-12	23
15	St. Pauli	24	6	5	13	-17	23
16	Werder	24	5	7	12	-19	22
17	Wolfsburg	23	5	5	13	-16	20
18	Heidenheim	24	3	5	16	-31	14

	Serie A	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Inter	27	22	1	4	43	67
2	Milan	26	15	9	2	21	54
3	Napoli	27	16	5	6	13	53
4	Roma	26	16	2	8	18	50
5	Como	27	13	9	5	24	48
6	Juventus	26	13	7	6	18	46
7	Atalanta	26	12	9	5	14	45
8	Bologna	26	10	6	10	3	36
9	Sassuolo	26	10	5	11	-3	35
10	Lazio	26	8	10	8	1	34
11	Parma	27	8	9	10	-12	33
12	Udinese	26	9	5	12	-11	32
13	Cagliari	27	7	9	11	-7	30
14	Genoa	27	6	9	12	-7	27
15	Torino	26	7	6	13	-22	27
16	Fiorentina	26	5	9	12	-9	24
17	Cremonese	26	5	9	12	-15	24
18	Lecce	27	6	6	15	-18	24
19	Pisa	26	1	12	13	-23	15
20	Verona	27	2	9	16	-28	15

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	PSG	24	18	3	3	34	57
2	Lens	24	17	2	5	24	53
3	Lyon	23	14	3	6	14	45
4	Marseille	23	12	4	7	17	40
5	Rennes	24	11	7	6	3	40
6	Lille	23	11	4	8	5	37
7	Monaco	24	11	4	9	4	37
8	Strasbourg	24	10	5	9	9	35
9	Lorient	23	8	8	7	-4	32
10	Toulouse	24	8	7	9	5	31
11	Brest	23	8	6	9	-3	30
12	Angers	24	8	5	11	-8	29
13	Le Havre	24	6	8	10	-10	26
14	Nice	23	6	6	11	-13	24
15	Paris FC	23	5	8	10	-13	23
16	Auxerre	23	4	5	14	-16	17
17	Nantes	23	4	5	14	-18	17
18	Metz	23	3	4	16	-30	13

	Champions League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	8	8	0	0	19	24
2	Bayern	8	7	0	1	14	21
3	Liverpool	8	6	0	2	12	18
4	Tottenham	8	5	2	1	10	17
5	Barcelona	8	5	1	2	8	16
6	Chelsea	8	5	1	2	7	16
7	Sporting CP	8	5	1	2	6	16
8	Man City	8	5	1	2	6	16
9	Real Madrid	8	5	0	3	9	15
10	Inter	8	5	0	3	8	15
11	PSG	8	4	2	2	10	14
12	Newcastle	8	4	2	2	10	14
13	Juventus	8	3	4	1	4	13
14	Atlético Madrid	8	4	1	3	2	13
15	Atalanta	8	4	1	3	0	13
16	Leverkusen	8	3	3	2	-1	12
17	Dortmund	8	3	2	3	2	11
18	Olympiacos	8	3	2	3	-4	11
19	Club Brugge	8	3	1	4	-2	10
20	Galatasaray	8	3	1	4	-2	10
21	Monaco	8	2	4	2	-6	10
22	Qarabag	8	3	1	4	-8	10
23	Bodø/Glimt	8	2	3	3	-1	9
24	Benfica	8	3	0	5	-2	9
25	Marseille	8	3	0	5	-3	9
26	Páfos	8	2	3	3	-3	9
27	Union SG	8	3	0	5	-9	9
28	PSV	8	2	2	4	0	8
29	Athletic Club	8	2	2	4	-5	8
30	Napoli	8	2	2	4	-6	8
31	København	8	2	2	4	-9	8
32	Ajax	8	2	0	6	-13	6
33	Frankfurt	8	1	1	6	-11	4
34	Slavia Prague	8	0	3	5	-14	3
35	Villarreal	8	0	1	7	-13	1
36	Kairat	8	0	1	7	-15	1