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
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup 2022 | 4 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 24 | 2 | 9 |
| World Cup 2018 | 4 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 50 | 0 | 6 |
| All tournaments | 8 | 792 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 74 | 2 | 15 |
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.
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
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | Southampton | Premier League | 32 | 2,853 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Southampton | Premier League | 8 | 633 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Southampton | Premier League | 22 | 1,692 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Southampton | Premier League | 20 | 1,020 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Southampton | Premier League | 23 | 2,070 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Southampton | Premier League | 24 | 2,051 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| 2018-19 | Southampton | Premier League | 17 | 1,518 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| 2019-20 | Sampdoria | Serie A | 14 | 1,187 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 2019-20 | Southampton | Premier League | 8 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 2020-21 | Sampdoria | Serie A | 32 | 2,274 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| 2021-22 | Sampdoria | Serie A | 26 | 1,823 | 2 | 3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 2022-23 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 12 | 1,068 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
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.