Riyad Mahrez

Algeria · Premier League · MF,FW · ALG · age 35

2026 World Cup squad profile

Position
FW
Squad role
Projected starter · #7
Position rank
#1
Intl caps
113
Intl goals
38
Intl assists
44
0.55(model rating, 0–1)
11.5%

See Riyad Mahrez on the full Algeria scoring list →

Recent form

Rising

2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.51 vs 6.71).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
AFCON 20233227000.015111242
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples. Totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
MP
Matches played in the tournament.
Min
Total minutes on the pitch.
G
Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A
Assists: passes that directly led to a goal.
xG
Expected goals: summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh
Shots taken.
KP
Key passes: passes that led to a shot.
PrgP
Progressive passes: completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC
Progressive carries: carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl
Tackles won.
Int
Interceptions.

Tournament scouting radar

Limited sample

Defending

Tackles won / 90
1.59
98
Interceptions / 90
0.79
88
Ball recoveries / 90
3.96
67
Blocks / 90
0.00
0
Clearances / 90
0.00
18
Pressures / 90
7.14
6

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90
4.36
88
Key passes / 90
1.98
91
Prog. carries / 90
4.76
32
Pass completion %
77.8%
61

Possession

Carries / 90
27.36
50
Dribbles / 90
0.40
11

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 66 forwards with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better. This player is below the 270-minute bar, so their own rates rest on a small sample: read the percentiles as indicative.

263
Career matches
17,994
Career minutes
78
Goals
52
Assists
36.8
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.39
97
xG / 90
0.18
92
xAG / 90
0.16
95

vs 355 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season, 9 seasons from 2014-15 to 2022-23, 78 total goals, 36.8 total xG.Career goals and xG by season, 9 seasons from 2014-15 to 2022-23, 78 total goals, 36.8 total xG.0491317151617181920212223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueGoalsAssists
2014-15Leicester CityPremier League302,07943——
2015-16Leicester CityPremier League373,0341711——
2016-17Leicester CityPremier League362,82564——
2017-18Leicester CityPremier League362,95012106.57.2
2018-19Manchester CityPremier League271,343745.54.6
2019-20Manchester CityPremier League331,9441197.810.0
2020-21Manchester CityPremier League271,949964.75.0
2021-22Manchester CityPremier League281,49811511.14.5
2022-23Manchester CityPremier League9372101.20.5
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
MP
Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins
Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals
Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists
Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG
Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG
Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.

Rest of the Algeria squad