Ligue 1 top scorers
Goal charts are everywhere. Here every name carries its xG — how many a player should have scored from the chances he got. The gap is what his season is really worth.
Lassine Sinayoko leads with 8 goals, and Esteban Lepaul is one behind. Lassine Sinayoko: those chances were worth 6.74 — goals and quality landed in almost the same place. Across the league 33 players out of 80 are scoring above their xG.
Top scorers
The gap is goals minus xG: a plus means finishing above expectation, a minus below it.
| Player | Club | P | Goals | xG | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassine Sinayoko |  Paris FC | 9 | 8 | 6.74 | +1.3 |
| Esteban Lepaul |  Rennes | 7 | 7 | 6.32 | +0.7 |
| Sepe Elye Wahi |  Nice | 8 | 6 | 5.93 | +0.1 |
| Amine Gouiri |  Marseille | 9 | 6 | 4.39 | +1.6 |
| Cameron Archer |  Auxerre | 7 | 6 | 3.49 | +2.5 |
| Casper Tengstedt |  Toulouse | 7 | 5 | 5.78 | −0.8 |
| Louis Mafouta |  Le Mans | 9 | 4 | 6.22 | −2.2 |
| Kamory Doumbia |  Brest | 8 | 4 | 4.72 | −0.7 |
| Florian Thauvin |  Lens | 9 | 4 | 4.12 | −0.1 |
| Paris Brunner |  Monaco | 7 | 4 | 3.93 | +0.1 |
| Josh Maja |  Le Havre | 9 | 4 | 3.88 | +0.1 |
| Ernest Nuamah |  Lyon | 7 | 4 | 3.13 | +0.9 |
| Ferrán Torres |  Paris Saint-Germain | 9 | 4 | 2.88 | +1.1 |
| Gessime Yassine |  Strasbourg | 9 | 4 | 2.57 | +1.4 |
| Boulaye Dia | Rennes | 7 | 4 | 2.12 | +1.9 |
Top assists
The same for passing: xA is how many goals his passes should have produced.
| Player | Club | P | Assists | xA | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Thauvin | Lens | 9 | 7 | 4.54 | +2.5 |
| Cristian Cásseres Jr. | Toulouse | 9 | 5 | 3.98 | +1.0 |
| Lassine Sinayoko | Paris FC | 9 | 5 | 2.66 | +2.3 |
| Corentin Tolisso | Lyon | 9 | 3 | 2.88 | +0.1 |
| Amine Gouiri | Marseille | 9 | 3 | 2.45 | +0.6 |
| Gessime Yassine | Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 2.17 | +0.8 |
| Zachary Athekame | Lyon | 9 | 3 | 2.15 | +0.8 |
| Aleksandr Golovin | Monaco | 9 | 3 | 1.78 | +1.2 |
| Romain Faivre | Auxerre | 9 | 3 | 1.39 | +1.6 |
| Sofiane Diop | Nice | 9 | 3 | 1.38 | +1.6 |
Goal involvement
Total contribution to goals, and how much his chances were worth.
| Player | Club | Goals | Assists | Total | xG+xA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassine Sinayoko | Paris FC | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9.40 |
| Florian Thauvin | Lens | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8.66 |
| Amine Gouiri | Marseille | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6.84 |
| Sepe Elye Wahi | Nice | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6.56 |
| Esteban Lepaul | Rennes | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.16 |
| Gessime Yassine | Strasbourg | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4.74 |
| Cameron Archer | Auxerre | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3.79 |
| Casper Tengstedt | Toulouse | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6.42 |
| Louis Mafouta | Le Mans | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7.21 |
| Kamory Doumbia | Brest | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.22 |
Data from Understat, refreshed twice a day. Only players with enough minutes for the numbers to mean something are listed. We do not publish betting tips.