Saúl Ñíguez
Atlético Madrid · La Liga · MF,DF · ESP · age 32
285
Career matches
21,289
Career minutes
28
Goals
15
Assists
16.4
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.12
52
xG / 90
0.07
70
xAG / 90
0.03
49
vs 355 MF 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 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Rayo Vallecano | La Liga | 34 | 3,003 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 24 | 1,069 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 31 | 2,329 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 33 | 2,542 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 36 | 3,155 | 2 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 2018-19 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 33 | 2,925 | 4 | 1 | 5.0 | 1.3 |
| 2019-20 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 35 | 3,072 | 6 | 0 | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| 2020-21 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 33 | 2,033 | 2 | 1 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 2021-22 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 3 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 2021-22 | Chelsea | Premier League | 10 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 2022-23 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 11 | 465 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
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.