Christian Benteke
Crystal Palace · Premier League · FW · BEL · age 36
280
Career matches
19,260
Career minutes
86
Goals
22
Assists
32.6
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.40
64
xG / 90
0.15
56
xAG / 90
0.04
46
vs 189 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career: goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | Goals | Assists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 34 | 2,819 | 19 | 4 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 26 | 2,126 | 10 | 2 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 29 | 2,379 | 13 | 2 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Liverpool | Premier League | 29 | 1,529 | 9 | 3 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 36 | 3,131 | 15 | 2 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 31 | 2,240 | 3 | 5 | 10.2 | 2.9 |
| 2018-19 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 16 | 814 | 1 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| 2019-20 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 24 | 1,261 | 2 | 1 | 5.1 | 2.6 |
| 2020-21 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 30 | 1,816 | 10 | 1 | 8.3 | 0.9 |
| 2021-22 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 25 | 1,145 | 4 | 1 | 5.6 | 1.5 |
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.