RPL 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.
Maksim Glushenkov leads with 10 goals, and Alexander Sobolev is next on 8. Maksim Glushenkov: those chances were worth only 4.69, an overshoot of 5.31. Finishing like that rarely lasts a season, and a dip is likelier than more of the same. Across the league 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Glushenkov |  Zenit | 11 | 10 | 4.69 | +5.3 |
| Alexander Sobolev | Zenit | 11 | 8 | 5.59 | +2.4 |
| Ivan Oblyakov |  CSKA Moscow | 13 | 7 | 4.65 | +2.4 |
| Manfred Ugalde |  Spartak Moscow | 13 | 6 | 6.10 | −0.1 |
| Konstantin Tyukavin |  Dynamo Moscow | 11 | 6 | 5.14 | +0.9 |
| Brayan Gil |  Baltika Kaliningrad | 12 | 5 | 3.85 | +1.1 |
| Mirlind Daku | Spartak Moscow | 12 | 5 | 3.60 | +1.4 |
| Gamid Agalarov |  Dynamo Makhachkala | 13 | 5 | 2.80 | +2.2 |
| Jhon Córdoba |  Krasnodar | 9 | 4 | 3.19 | +0.8 |
| Amar Rahmanovic |  Krylia Sovetov | 12 | 4 | 3.08 | +0.9 |
| Batxi | Krasnodar | 13 | 4 | 2.37 | +1.6 |
| Gilson Benchimol |  Akron Tolyatti | 10 | 4 | 2.15 | +1.9 |
| Luciano Gondou | CSKA Moscow | 12 | 3 | 4.17 | −1.2 |
| Pablo Solari | Spartak Moscow | 13 | 3 | 3.59 | −0.6 |
| Martin Kramaric | Krylia Sovetov | 11 | 3 | 3.23 | −0.2 |
Top assists
The same for passing: xA is how many goals his passes should have produced.
| Player | Club | P | Assists | xA | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Henrique | Zenit | 11 | 6 | 2.72 | +3.3 |
| Marquinhos | Spartak Moscow | 13 | 4 | 3.37 | +0.6 |
| Ivan Oleynikov | CSKA Moscow | 13 | 4 | 2.54 | +1.5 |
| Daniil Krugovoy | CSKA Moscow | 13 | 3 | 3.72 | −0.7 |
| Bitelo | Dynamo Moscow | 13 | 3 | 3.56 | −0.6 |
| Zelimkhan Bakaev |  Lokomotiv Moscow | 13 | 3 | 1.98 | +1.0 |
| Jordhy Thompson |  Orenburg | 6 | 3 | 1.86 | +1.1 |
| Yuri Gorshkov | Krylia Sovetov | 9 | 3 | 1.63 | +1.4 |
| Daniil Lesovoy | Dynamo Makhachkala | 13 | 3 | 1.57 | +1.4 |
| Dmitry Vorobyev | Krasnodar | 11 | 3 | 1.36 | +1.6 |
Goal involvement
Total contribution to goals, and how much his chances were worth.
| Player | Club | Goals | Assists | Total | xG+xA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Glushenkov | Zenit | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6.52 |
| Alexander Sobolev | Zenit | 8 | 2 | 10 | 7.27 |
| Ivan Oblyakov | CSKA Moscow | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6.84 |
| Konstantin Tyukavin | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6.24 |
| Batxi | Krasnodar | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3.56 |
| Ivan Oleynikov | CSKA Moscow | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4.82 |
| Manfred Ugalde | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.89 |
| Brayan Gil | Baltika Kaliningrad | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4.57 |
| Mirlind Daku | Spartak Moscow | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4.42 |
| Gilson Benchimol | Akron Tolyatti | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3.63 |
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.