Granit Xhaka
Switzerland · MF · age 34
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Switzerland
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter · #10
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 144
- Intl goals
- 16
- Intl assists
- 13
- Composite rating
- 0.53(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 1.5%
See Granit Xhaka on the full Switzerland scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.10 vs 0.08).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 5 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 8 | 98 | 46 | 5 | 3 |
| World Cup 2022 | 4 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 34 | 6 | 4 |
| Euro 2020 | 4 | 409 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 4 | 92 | 29 | 6 | 7 |
| World Cup 2018 | 4 | 382 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 105 | 56 | 3 | 3 |
| All tournaments | 17 | 1,680 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 18 | 17 | 356 | 165 | 20 | 17 |
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.
308
Career matches
25,240
Career minutes
19
Goals
23
Assists
8.9
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.07
29
xG / 90
0.03
49
xAG / 90
0.05
60
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 | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 22 | 1,477 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 28 | 2,023 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 30 | 2,637 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 28 | 2,364 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Arsenal | Premier League | 32 | 2,485 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Arsenal | Premier League | 38 | 3,260 | 1 | 7 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 2018-19 | Arsenal | Premier League | 29 | 2,498 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 2019-20 | Arsenal | Premier League | 31 | 2,586 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 2020-21 | Arsenal | Premier League | 31 | 2,522 | 1 | 2 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| 2021-22 | Arsenal | Premier League | 27 | 2,327 | 1 | 2 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 2022-23 | Arsenal | Premier League | 12 | 1,061 | 3 | 3 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
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.