Max Kruse
Wolfsburg · Bundesliga · MF,FW · GER · age 38
306
Career matches
24,898
Career minutes
97
Goals
70
Assists
33.7
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.35
95
xG / 90
0.12
83
xAG / 90
0.08
75
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | St. Pauli | Bundesliga | 33 | 2,314 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| 2012-13 | Freiburg | Bundesliga | 34 | 2,942 | 11 | 8 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 34 | 3,015 | 12 | 9 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 32 | 2,580 | 11 | 9 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 32 | 2,420 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 23 | 2,043 | 15 | 7 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 29 | 2,453 | 6 | 6 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2018-19 | Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 32 | 2,832 | 11 | 9 | 10.3 | 6.2 |
| 2020-21 | Union Berlin | Bundesliga | 22 | 1,629 | 11 | 5 | 6.8 | 4.2 |
| 2021-22 | Union Berlin | Bundesliga | 16 | 1,270 | 5 | 4 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 2021-22 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 14 | 1,128 | 7 | 1 | 5.8 | 1.9 |
| 2022-23 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 5 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 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.