highest xg+xa for defenders 2025-26

Alejandro Grimaldo has the most expected goals + expected assists by a defender in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 5.34 in Bundesliga.

NAMEXG+XAXGXASEASONCLUBRTGMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Alejandro Grimaldo
A. Grimaldo
5.34
2.51
2.83
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.58
10
10
840
4
3
16
9
0
5
6
17
3
2
0
2Federico Dimarco
F. Dimarco
4.89
0.92
3.97
2025-26
Inter Inter
7.46
11
8
777
2
4
15
13
0
4
7
13
12
1
0
3Valentín Barco
V. Barco
4.36
1.08
3.28
2025-26
Strasbourg Strasbourg
7.10
13
12
1,064
1
4
30
20
1
4
7
7
10
2
1
4Fabian Rieder
F. Rieder
4.12
2.24
1.88
2025-26
Total
6.40
12
11
892
3
2
17
9
0
4
6
4
17
2
0
5Matthieu Udol
M. Udol
3.42
0.91
2.51
2025-26
Lens Lens
6.70
13
13
1,160
0
2
22
8
0
4
22
38
16
1
0
6Maximilian Mittelstädt
M. Mittelstädt
3.29
1.37
1.92
2025-26
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7.25
10
9
749
2
2
19
14
0
2
14
25
3
2
0
7Daniel Muñoz
D. Muñoz
3.27
1.56
1.71
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.33
12
12
1,080
2
2
28
17
0
3
13
47
15
4
0
8Carlos Romero
C. Romero
3.1
1.26
1.84
2025-26
Espanyol Espanyol
7.01
11
11
967
2
2
25
14
0
4
12
18
14
0
0
9Diego Moreira
D. Moreira
3.02
0.73
2.29
2025-26
Strasbourg Strasbourg
6.86
12
11
926
1
2
23
12
0
3
8
17
6
2
0
10Daniel Svensson
D. Svensson
2.92
0.76
2.16
2025-26
Dortmund Dortmund
6.77
11
9
850
1
0
13
8
0
1
4
30
14
0
0
11Aaron Martín
A. Martín
2.85
0.28
2.57
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
7.16
9
9
763
1
2
12
9
0
1
5
18
11
2
0
12Danilho Doekhi
D. Doekhi
2.83
2.26
0.57
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.81
10
10
900
4
0
20
13
1
4
14
49
5
1
0
13Óscar Mingueza
Ó. Mingueza
2.8
0.44
2.36
2025-26
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
7.08
12
8
692
1
2
13
6
0
1
2
12
3
1
0
14Jonathan Clauss
J. Clauss
2.78
0.67
2.11
2025-26
Nice Nice
6.87
10
9
795
1
2
17
12
0
3
10
23
10
0
0
15Andrei Rațiu
A. Rațiu
2.74
1.17
1.57
2025-26
Rayo Rayo
6.89
13
13
1,170
0
1
31
18
0
1
15
32
9
4
0
16Wesley
Wesley
2.68
1.06
1.62
2025-26
Roma Roma
6.87
11
11
933
2
0
21
15
0
2
5
18
15
3
0
17Giovanni Di Lorenzo
G. Di Lorenzo
2.63
1.00
1.63
2025-26
Napoli Napoli
6.73
12
12
1,080
0
1
23
14
0
1
4
21
20
1
0
18Nuno Mendes
N. Mendes
2.62
1.29
1.33
2025-26
PSG PSG
7.14
10
6
576
2
2
10
9
0
4
5
6
7
1
0
19Julian Ryerson
J. Ryerson
2.61
0.25
2.36
2025-26
Dortmund Dortmund
7.11
10
6
605
0
3
18
9
0
3
3
12
5
2
0
20Kassoum Ouattara
K. Ouattara
2.53
0.74
1.79
2025-26
Monaco Monaco
6.31
10
9
692
0
3
19
12
0
4
9
10
12
2
0
21Kevin Diks
K. Diks
2.47
2.08
0.39
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
6.98
11
10
883
2
0
13
8
0
1
7
54
7
3
0
22Eric García
E. García
2.44
1.52
0.92
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
7.02
13
11
1,010
1
0
24
15
0
2
17
23
13
0
0
23Vladimir Coufal
V. Coufal
2.37
0.29
2.08
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7.06
11
11
980
1
4
21
16
0
2
8
39
9
1
0
24Riccardo Calafiori
R. Calafiori
2.34
2.07
0.27
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.24
11
11
863
1
2
13
9
0
7
6
28
17
3
0
25Rafik Belghali
R. Belghali
2.34
0.67
1.67
2025-26
Verona Verona
6.44
12
9
845
0
0
10
6
0
2
10
11
9
4
0
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Team Leaders

G

5

Schick

Patrik Schick

A

3

Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo

RTG

7.58

Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo
Team Rankings

GF

27

2nd

GA

15

4th

GD

12

2nd

FORM

WWLWW

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
10
1
0
33
31
2
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
2
12
23
3
Dortmund Dortmund
6
4
1
9
22
4
Leipzig Leipzig
7
1
2
7
22
5
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
3
5
22

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

14

Haaland

Erling Haaland

14

Kane

Harry Kane

13

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé
Assists Leaders

6

Milla

Luis Milla

6

Vitinha

Vitinha

6

Olise

Michael Olise
Rating Leaders

8.24

Vitinha

Vitinha

8.23

Pedri

Pedri

8.18

Kane

Harry Kane
Take-ons Leaders

39

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

34

Atta

Arthur Atta

34

Gboho

Yann Gboho
Big Chances Created Leaders

11

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

10

Moreira

Diego Moreira

8

López

Maxime López

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

41

Barcelona

36

Marseille

33

PSG

27

Leverkusen

27

Frankfurt

27
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

5

Como

6

Roma

6

Bologna

8

Bayern

8

Lazio

9
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

33

Marseille

21

Barcelona

21

PSG

16

Real Madrid

16

Villarreal

15

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
2
1
15
26
2
Chelsea Chelsea
7
2
3
12
23
3
Man City Man City
7
1
4
14
22
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6
3
3
4
21
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
5
5
2
7
20
6
Brighton Brighton
5
4
3
3
19
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
10
1
2
21
31
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
10
1
1
16
31
3
Villarreal Villarreal
9
2
2
15
29
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
7
4
1
13
25
5
Real Betis Real Betis
5
5
2
6
20
6
Espanyol Espanyol
5
3
4
0
18
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
4
0
0
11
12
2
Arsenal Arsenal
4
0
0
11
12
3
Inter Inter
4
0
0
10
12
4
Man City Man City
3
1
0
7
10
5
PSG PSG
3
0
1
9
9
6
Newcastle Newcastle
3
0
1
8
9
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
10
1
0
33
31
2
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
2
12
23
3
Dortmund Dortmund
6
4
1
9
22
4
Leipzig Leipzig
7
1
2
7
22
5
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
3
5
22
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6
2
3
5
20
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Roma Roma
9
0
3
9
27
2
Napoli Napoli
8
1
3
8
25
3
Inter Inter
8
0
3
14
24
4
Bologna Bologna
7
3
2
13
24
5
Milan Milan
6
4
1
8
22
6
Juventus Juventus
5
5
2
4
20
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
9
3
1
16
30
2
Marseille Marseille
9
1
3
21
28
3
Lens Lens
9
1
3
11
28
4
Strasbourg Strasbourg
7
1
5
7
22
5
Rennes Rennes
5
6
2
5
21
6
Lyon Lyon
6
3
4
3
21

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/18
ATH ATH
@
ELC ELC
0-0
Sun
10/19
UDI UDI
@
CRE CRE
1-1
Sun
10/19
BRE BRE
@
WHU WHU
2-0
Sun
10/19
VAL VAL
@
ALA ALA
0-0
Thu
10/23
UNB UNB
@
SVW SVW
0-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/23
ATM ATM
@
GET GET
12:30 PM
Sun
11/23
PFC PFC
@
LIL LIL
2:45 PM
Sun
11/23
MIL MIL
@
INT INT
2:45 PM
Sun
11/23
RMA RMA
@
ELC ELC
3:00 PM
Mon
11/24
COM COM
@
TOR TOR
12:30 PM