Jordan Ayew
Ghana · FW · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Ghana
- Position
- FW
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 119
- Intl goals
- 34
- Intl assists
- 20
- Composite rating
- 0.26(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 32.3%
See Jordan Ayew on the full Ghana scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2024/25 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.18 vs 0.15).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFCON 2023 | 3 | 286 | 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| All tournaments | 6 | 432 | 2 | 2 | 1.7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 3 |
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.
372
Career matches
24,362
Career minutes
60
Goals
27
Assists
24.6
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.22
80
xG / 90
0.09
76
xAG / 90
0.04
56
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010-11 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 22 | 743 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 2011-12 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1,694 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 2012-13 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 35 | 1,978 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 16 | 642 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Sochaux | Ligue 1 | 17 | 1,355 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Lorient | Ligue 1 | 31 | 2,613 | 12 | 5 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 30 | 2,349 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Swansea City | Premier League | 14 | 866 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Swansea City | Premier League | 36 | 2,852 | 7 | 2 | 7.3 | 2.0 |
| 2018-19 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 20 | 1,181 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 | 1.2 |
| 2019-20 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 37 | 3,148 | 9 | 2 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| 2020-21 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 33 | 2,096 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7 |
| 2021-22 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 31 | 2,019 | 3 | 3 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2022-23 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 12 | 756 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
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.