N'Golo Kanté
France · MF · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- France
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter · #13
- Position rank
- #2
- Intl caps
- 67
- Intl goals
- 2
- Intl assists
- 3
- Composite rating
- 0.63(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 1.6%
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 6 | 535 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 5 | 10 | 69 | 54 | 8 | 7 |
| Euro 2020 | 4 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 36 | 8 | 11 |
| World Cup 2018 | 7 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 74 | 14 | 22 |
| All tournaments | 17 | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7 | 12 | 192 | 164 | 30 | 40 |
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.
259
Career matches
21,254
Career minutes
14
Goals
21
Assists
8.1
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.06
24
xG / 90
0.03
52
xAG / 90
0.05
61
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Caen | Ligue 1 | 37 | 3,183 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Leicester City | Premier League | 37 | 3,022 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Chelsea | Premier League | 35 | 3,138 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Chelsea | Premier League | 34 | 2,994 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2018-19 | Chelsea | Premier League | 36 | 3,092 | 4 | 4 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 2019-20 | Chelsea | Premier League | 22 | 1,732 | 3 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 2020-21 | Chelsea | Premier League | 30 | 2,146 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| 2021-22 | Chelsea | Premier League | 26 | 1,773 | 2 | 4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 2022-23 | Chelsea | Premier League | 2 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
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.