Incredible stat that proves Ross Stewart is the Championship's top striker

Sunderland are desperate to hold onto Ross Stewart, and with VERY good reason.

No one will need telling just how good Ross Stewart is, although he is maybe picking a bad time to show it given his contract situation. 

He scored his ninth goal of the season in the 1-1 draw at Blackpool, which leaves him three off the pace in the Championship top scorer table. 

However, when you consider he missed 15 games with a thigh injury, it starts looking all the more remarkable. 

When you also consider the fact that, of the 11 games he has played this season, in two of them he has been a second-half substitute, you get a true picture of what he is doing. 

So, if you want to see a true reflection of how much better he is than the rest at this level, just take a look at how his minutes per goal metric compares to the Championship's other top scorers. 

It also shows just how well Ellis Simms was doing too, by the way. 

Minutes per goal - Championship 2022/23

* Minimum six goals, accurate as of 1/1/2023)

Player	Club	Goals	Games	Minutes per goal
Ross Stewart	Sunderland	9	11	96
Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough	12	18	111
Oliver McBurnie	Sheffield United	9	19	119
Benson Manuel	Burnley	7	22	132
Oscar Estupinan	Hull City	10	22	159
Ellis Simms	Sunderland	7	17	162
Jay Rodriguez	Burnley	9	21	172
Zian Flemming	Millwall	10	22	174
Nathan Tella	Burnley	8	22	176
Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry	12	25	178

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