Romelu Lukaku

Belgium · Serie A · FW · BEL · age 33

2026 World Cup squad profile

Position
FW
Squad role
Projected starter
Position rank
#1
Intl caps
124
Intl goals
89
Intl assists
18
0.61(model rating, 0–1)
10.3%

See Romelu Lukaku on the full Belgium scoring list →

Recent form

Cooling

2024/25 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.30 vs 0.34).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
Euro 20244374011.811341001
World Cup 2022263001.7510100
Euro 20205461402.713332400
World Cup 20186488402.614381900
All tournaments171,386818.74310155401
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

Defending

Tackles won / 90
0.00
6
Interceptions / 90
0.06
20
Ball recoveries / 90
1.95
6
Blocks / 90
0.45
2
Clearances / 90
0.39
42
Pressures / 90
6.69
3

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90
0.97
8
Key passes / 90
0.65
25
Prog. carries / 90
3.51
15
Pass completion %
70.4%
17

Possession

Carries / 90
16.82
12
Dribbles / 90
1.10
42

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 65 forwards with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better.

354
Career matches
26,776
Career minutes
169
Goals
50
Assists
73.9
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.57
89
xG / 90
0.25
74
xAG / 90
0.07
63

vs 189 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season, 13 seasons from 2011-12 to 2022-23, 169 total goals, 73.9 total xG.Career goals and xG by season, 13 seasons from 2011-12 to 2022-23, 169 total goals, 73.9 total xG.0613192512131414151617181920212223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueGoalsAssists
2011-12ChelseaPremier League816501——
2012-13West BromPremier League352,005174——
2013-14ChelseaPremier League24200——
2013-14EvertonPremier League312,556157——
2014-15EvertonPremier League362,870105——
2015-16EvertonPremier League373,169186——
2016-17EvertonPremier League373,266256——
2017-18Manchester UtdPremier League342,86716713.24.7
2018-19Manchester UtdPremier League322,13612010.52.2
2019-20InterSerie A362,97923219.04.5
2020-21InterSerie A362,884241123.07.0
2021-22ChelseaPremier League261,589807.03.4
2022-23InterSerie A4248111.20.1
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.

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