Best FPL defenders by expected goal involvements

Expected goals plus expected assists. Showing defenders only.

Top defenders by expected goal involvements

#	Player	Club	Price	Min	Own%	xGI
1	De Cuyper	BHA	£5.1m	490	36.3%	2.47
2	Davis	IPS	£4.0m	540	7.7%	2.11
3	Calafiori	ARS	£5.9m	497	52.5%	1.90
4	Khalaili	CRY	£5.0m	469	0.3%	1.68
5	Silva	BOU	£5.0m	540	0.6%	1.62
6	Bogle	LEE	£4.7m	450	9.1%	1.61
7	N.Williams	NFO	£5.0m	540	6.7%	1.48
8	Muñoz	NFO	£5.3m	347	5.1%	1.44
9	Guéhi	MCI	£6.0m	540	17.9%	1.35
10	O'Reilly	MCI	£6.3m	228	9.4%	1.30
11	Van Hecke	TOT	£4.9m	540	6.4%	1.14
12	Mukiele	SUN	£5.4m	450	1.8%	1.13
13	Gvardiol	MCI	£5.8m	458	28.3%	1.11
14	Hall	NEW	£5.3m	539	20.6%	1.10
15	Murillo	NFO	£5.5m	539	2.1%	1.08
16	Meunier	SUN	£4.5m	429	0.3%	1.07
17	Kayode	BRE	£4.6m	384	7.3%	1.06
18	Castagne	FUL	£4.5m	408	1.2%	1.06
19	Mitchell	CRY	£4.5m	509	5.9%	1.05
20	Dasilva	COV	£4.0m	534	1.0%	1.04
21	Rúben	MCI	£5.5m	540	1.9%	1.04
22	Justin	LEE	£4.5m	528	1.7%	0.83
23	Vuskovic	BHA	£5.1m	527	4.8%	0.81
24	Hill	BOU	£5.5m	540	0.8%	0.81
25	Thomas	COV	£4.0m	527	8.9%	0.80
26	Maitland-Niles	EVE	£4.5m	254	1.5%	0.79
27	Maguire	MUN	£4.8m	540	7.4%	0.78
28	Maatsen	AVL	£4.4m	335	0.4%	0.73
29	Gabriel	ARS	£7.9m	540	21.7%	0.72
30	Sessegnon	FUL	£4.3m	140	0.3%	0.72
31	Elvedi	LEE	£4.5m	411	0.1%	0.70
32	Ajayi	HUL	£4.2m	513	13.7%	0.69
33	Truffert	BOU	£5.4m	533	2.8%	0.69
34	Boscagli	BHA	£4.5m	504	0.3%	0.66
35	White	ARS	£5.4m	377	4.4%	0.64
36	Schuster	BRE	£4.5m	298	0.6%	0.64
37	Van de Ven	TOT	£5.0m	376	3.7%	0.64
38	Mendy	HUL	£4.1m	339	6.2%	0.62
39	Shaw	MUN	£4.3m	425	6.6%	0.62
40	Lindelöf	AVL	£4.5m	540	0.3%	0.61
41	Aina	NFO	£4.4m	388	2.0%	0.60
42	James	CHE	£5.3m	292	5.0%	0.59
43	O'Shea	IPS	£4.0m	540	2.6%	0.58
44	Robertson	TOT	£4.4m	366	2.3%	0.56
45	Robinson	FUL	£4.5m	429	1.3%	0.56
46	Collins	BRE	£5.4m	196	0.8%	0.56
47	Muharemović	LEE	£5.0m	540	4.6%	0.54
48	Dalot	MUN	£4.8m	377	1.5%	0.54
49	Pedro Porro	TOT	£5.3m	198	5.6%	0.53
50	Ballard	SUN	£4.8m	450	1.6%	0.47

Data last updated 16 Oct 2026, 03:50. Source: the official Fantasy Premier League API.