Wataru Endo
Japan · MF · age 33
2026 World Cup squad profile
Recovering — Ankle ligament tear. Expected return: 2026-05-31
- Team
- Japan
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Bench · #6
- Position rank
- #6
- Intl caps
- 72
- Intl goals
- 4
- Intl assists
- 4
- Composite rating
- 0.30(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 0.9%
See Wataru Endo on the full Japan scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.44 vs 7.43).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup 2022 | 4 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 4 |
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.
78
Career matches
6,895
Career minutes
9
Goals
5
Assists
10.0
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.12
51
xG / 90
0.13
85
xAG / 90
0.06
65
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 33 | 2,955 | 3 | 3 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 2021-22 | Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 33 | 2,899 | 4 | 2 | 5.8 | 1.8 |
| 2022-23 | Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 12 | 1,041 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
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.