Kevin De Bruyne
Belgium · MF · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Belgium
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 117
- Intl goals
- 36
- Intl assists
- 53
- Composite rating
- 0.97(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 33.1%
See Kevin De Bruyne on the full Belgium scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2024/25 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.38 vs 0.38).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 4 | 379 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| Euro 2020 | 4 | 284 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| World Cup 2018 | 6 | 566 | 1 | 2 | 0.6 | 12 | 19 | 90 | 89 | 7 | 6 |
| All tournaments | 17 | 1,512 | 3 | 4 | 1.9 | 35 | 48 | 210 | 206 | 10 | 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.
307
Career matches
24,587
Career minutes
83
Goals
129
Assists
31.7
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.30
91
xG / 90
0.12
81
xAG / 90
0.22
99
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 | Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 33 | 2,965 | 10 | 9 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Chelsea | Premier League | 3 | 131 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 16 | 1,413 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 34 | 3,047 | 10 | 20 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Manchester City | Premier League | 25 | 2,002 | 7 | 9 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 2 | 164 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Manchester City | Premier League | 36 | 2,877 | 6 | 17 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Manchester City | Premier League | 37 | 3,073 | 8 | 16 | 5.1 | 11.1 |
| 2018-19 | Manchester City | Premier League | 19 | 975 | 2 | 2 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 2019-20 | Manchester City | Premier League | 35 | 2,791 | 13 | 20 | 7.3 | 20.0 |
| 2020-21 | Manchester City | Premier League | 25 | 1,997 | 6 | 12 | 9.3 | 8.0 |
| 2021-22 | Manchester City | Premier League | 30 | 2,201 | 15 | 8 | 6.2 | 10.3 |
| 2022-23 | Manchester City | Premier League | 12 | 951 | 3 | 9 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
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.