Riyad Mahrez

Algeria · FW · age 35

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team
Algeria
Position
FW
Squad role
Projected starter · #7
Position rank
#1
Intl caps
113
Intl goals
38
Intl assists
44
Composite rating
0.55(model rating, 0–1)
P(scores ≥1)
11.1%

See Riyad Mahrez on the full Algeria scoring list →

Recent form

Rising

2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.51 vs 6.71).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
AFCON 20233227000.015111242
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.

263
Career matches
17,994
Career minutes
78
Goals
52
Assists
36.8
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.39
96
xG / 90
0.18
92
xAG / 90
0.16
95

vs 355 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career — goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season — 9 seasons from 2014-15 to 2022-23, 78 total goals, 36.8 total xG.Career goals and xG by season — 9 seasons from 2014-15 to 2022-23, 78 total goals, 36.8 total xG.0491317151617181920212223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueMPMinsGoalsAssistsxGxAG
2014-15Leicester CityPremier League302,07943
2015-16Leicester CityPremier League373,0341711
2016-17Leicester CityPremier League362,82564
2017-18Leicester CityPremier League362,95012106.57.2
2018-19Manchester CityPremier League271,343745.54.6
2019-20Manchester CityPremier League331,9441197.810.0
2020-21Manchester CityPremier League271,949964.75.0
2021-22Manchester CityPremier League281,49811511.14.5
2022-23Manchester CityPremier League9372101.20.5
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.