Maya Yoshida

Japan · DF · age 38

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team
Japan
Position
DF
Squad role
Projected starter · #22
Position rank
#2
Intl caps
126
Intl goals
12
Composite rating
0.31(model rating, 0–1)
P(scores ≥1)
0.8%

See Maya Yoshida on the full Japan scoring list →

Recent form

Rising

2021/22 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.52 vs 7.10).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
World Cup 20224415000.000652429
World Cup 20184377000.220895006
All tournaments8792000.22015474215
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 table11 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.

238
Career matches
18,749
Career minutes
9
Goals
8
Assists
8.0
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.04
51
xG / 90
0.04
78
xAG / 90
0.02
61

vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career — goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season — 12 seasons from 2012-13 to 2022-23, 9 total goals, 8.0 total xG.Career goals and xG by season — 12 seasons from 2012-13 to 2022-23, 9 total goals, 8.0 total xG.012131415161718192020212223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueMPMinsGoalsAssistsxGxAG
2012-13SouthamptonPremier League322,85300
2013-14SouthamptonPremier League863310
2014-15SouthamptonPremier League221,69211
2015-16SouthamptonPremier League201,02010
2016-17SouthamptonPremier League232,07010
2017-18SouthamptonPremier League242,051202.00.4
2018-19SouthamptonPremier League171,518011.90.5
2019-20SampdoriaSerie A141,187010.30.4
2019-20SouthamptonPremier League8560000.70.0
2020-21SampdoriaSerie A322,274121.80.8
2021-22SampdoriaSerie A261,823231.21.4
2022-23Schalke 04Bundesliga121,068000.10.0
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
How to read this table6 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.