highest xg defenders

Jurrien Timber has the most expected goals by a defender in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 2.67 expected goals in the Premier League.

Interpreted as:
highest xg defenders this season
NAMExGSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Jurrien Timber
J. Timber
2.67
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.15
15
13
1,199
2
2
40
23
1
1
12
28
18
2
0
2Danilho Doekhi
D. Doekhi
2.52
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.71
13
13
1,170
4
0
26
18
1
4
18
67
7
1
0
3Alejandro Grimaldo
A. Grimaldo
2.51
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.77
11
11
930
4
3
17
9
0
5
7
18
3
2
0
4Fabian Rieder
F. Rieder
2.37
2025-26
Total
6.27
14
13
1,038
3
2
19
11
0
6
8
4
22
2
0
5Riccardo Calafiori
R. Calafiori
2.33
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.02
15
15
1,173
1
2
27
16
0
7
12
40
21
5
0
6Kevin Diks
K. Diks
2.33
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
6.96
13
12
1,063
2
0
16
10
0
1
7
68
7
3
0
7Leo Østigård
L. Østigård
2.15
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6.70
11
11
945
3
1
13
9
0
3
8
88
18
4
0
8Charlie Cresswell
C. Cresswell
2.12
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
6.89
14
14
1,260
3
1
12
9
0
3
12
107
17
3
0
9Lukas Kübler
L. Kübler
2.11
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
6.84
10
9
717
2
1
23
15
0
3
11
29
6
1
0
10Micky van de Ven
M. van de Ven
1.96
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.87
14
14
1,250
3
0
14
7
2
1
13
53
13
3
0
11Daniel Muñoz
D. Muñoz
1.95
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.39
14
14
1,260
3
2
31
18
0
3
15
56
17
4
0
12Pablo Ibáñez
P. Ibáñez
1.90
2025-26
Alavés Alavés
6.80
15
10
846
1
0
20
11
0
8
8
14
19
3
0
13Sepp van den Berg
S. van den Berg
1.81
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.84
15
15
1,350
0
0
11
5
1
3
8
107
7
0
0
14Enrico Del Prato
E. Del Prato
1.73
2025-26
Parma Parma
6.79
13
13
1,170
1
0
20
11
0
2
8
46
7
3
0
15Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
1.71
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.77
14
14
1,260
3
0
22
12
1
3
12
77
9
3
0
16Vincent Marchetti
V. Marchetti
1.69
2025-26
Paris FC Paris FC
6.73
10
6
500
2
0
12
9
0
6
4
16
7
1
0
17Eric García
E. García
1.65
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
6.94
15
13
1,145
1
0
29
18
0
2
19
27
14
0
0
18Catena
Catena
1.65
2025-26
Osasuna Osasuna
6.81
13
13
1,170
2
1
17
14
0
2
14
96
23
5
0
19Denzel Dumfries
D. Dumfries
1.60
2025-26
Inter Inter
6.56
11
9
723
1
0
7
5
0
5
4
9
12
1
0
20Strahinja Pavlović
S. Pavlović
1.56
2025-26
Milan Milan
6.92
13
13
1,103
2
1
18
10
0
1
5
58
9
1
0
21Leopold Querfeld
L. Querfeld
1.52
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.59
13
13
1,170
0
0
16
9
0
2
13
99
18
4
0
22Dženan Pejčinović
D. Pejčinović
1.50
2025-26
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
6.31
11
4
330
0
0
2
2
0
4
1
1
4
1
0
23Maximilian Mittelstädt
M. Mittelstädt
1.49
2025-26
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7.16
12
10
842
2
2
22
15
0
3
15
29
4
2
0
24Albian Hajdari
A. Hajdari
1.48
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
6.64
10
9
766
1
0
16
13
0
3
15
78
14
3
0
25Castrop Jens
C. Jens
1.47
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
6.28
10
8
614
1
0
33
16
0
3
6
12
15
1
1
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1
Arsenal Arsenal
10
3
2
19
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2
Man City Man City
10
1
4
19
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9
3
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7
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5
0
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13
15
2
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4
0
1
11
12
3
Bayern Bayern
4
0
1
9
12
4
Inter Inter
4
0
1
9
12
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
0
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7
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6
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3
1
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6
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12
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11
3
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19
36
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11
2
2
18
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9
4
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14
31
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6
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8
24
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7
3
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24
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Bayern Bayern
12
1
0
40
37
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Leipzig Leipzig
8
2
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9
26
3
Dortmund Dortmund
7
4
1
10
25
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
4
9
23
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Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7
2
3
8
23
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
5
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1
Milan Milan
8
4
1
10
28
2
Napoli Napoli
9
1
3
9
28
3
Inter Inter
9
0
4
15
27
4
Roma Roma
9
0
4
8
27
5
Como Como
6
6
1
12
24
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Bologna Bologna
7
3
3
11
24
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Lens Lens
11
1
3
13
34
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9
3
2
15
30
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9
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4
20
29
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6
6
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24
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7
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12/6
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ATH ATH
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CRE CRE
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8:00 AM