Axel Witsel
Belgium · MF · age 37
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Belgium
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #3
- Intl caps
- 136
- Intl goals
- 12
- Intl assists
- 8
- Composite rating
- 0.31(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 0.2%
See Axel Witsel on the full Belgium scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.07 vs 0.05).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| Euro 2020 | 4 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| World Cup 2018 | 6 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 51 | 5 | 4 |
| All tournaments | 13 | 1,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 9 | 5 | 133 | 100 | 14 | 7 |
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.
Full definitions in the glossary.
117
Career matches
9,141
Career minutes
10
Goals
6
Assists
6.7
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.10
91
xG / 90
0.07
92
xAG / 90
0.07
88
vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 33 | 2,873 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2019-20 | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 28 | 2,245 | 4 | 5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 2020-21 | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 15 | 1,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 2021-22 | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 29 | 1,941 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 2022-23 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 12 | 952 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
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.
Full definitions in the glossary.