Neymar
Brazil · FW · age 34
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Brazil
- Position
- FW
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 128
- Intl goals
- 79
- Composite rating
- 0.84(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 24.0%
See Neymar on the full Brazil scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2021/22 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (8.37 vs 8.25).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 284 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| World Cup 2018 | 5 | 478 | 2 | 1 | 4.2 | 27 | 23 | 42 | 108 | 3 | 0 |
| All tournaments | 8 | 762 | 4 | 1 | 6.3 | 39 | 27 | 72 | 155 | 3 | 0 |
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.
227
Career matches
18,726
Career minutes
147
Goals
80
Assists
70.3
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.71
99
xG / 90
0.34
100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Barcelona | La Liga | 26 | 1,734 | 9 | 8 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Barcelona | La Liga | 33 | 2,562 | 22 | 7 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Barcelona | La Liga | 34 | 3,056 | 24 | 10 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Barcelona | La Liga | 30 | 2,649 | 13 | 10 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 20 | 1,786 | 19 | 13 | 14.9 | 11.3 |
| 2018-19 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 17 | 1,439 | 15 | 7 | 11.0 | 6.9 |
| 2019-20 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1,318 | 13 | 6 | 14.7 | 5.8 |
| 2020-21 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 18 | 1,415 | 9 | 5 | 13.1 | 7.2 |
| 2021-22 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1,851 | 13 | 6 | 10.9 | 9.7 |
| 2022-23 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 12 | 916 | 10 | 8 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
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.