Argentina
CONMEBOL·Group J·FIFA #2·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (0/4)
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi | Paris S-G | MF,FW | 37,840 | 433 | 186 | 110.9 | 98¢ |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | Juventus | FW | 25,244 | 205 | 48 | 33.0 | 98¢ |
| Sergio Agüero | Barcelona | FW | 24,782 | 217 | 55 | 53.5 | 98¢ |
| Mauro Icardi | Paris S-G | FW | 20,531 | 144 | 32 | 62.1 | 97¢ |
| Ángel Di María | Juventus | FW | 23,860 | 82 | 133 | 40.1 | 97¢ |
| Carlos Tevez | Juventus | FW,MF | 13,532 | 97 | 38 | 0.0 | 97¢ |
| Rodrigo Palacio | Bologna | FW | 25,785 | 93 | 58 | 28.6 | 96¢ |
| Lisandro López | Lyon | FW,MF | 9,084 | 59 | 13 | 0.0 | 95¢ |
| Diego Milito | Inter | FW | 9,032 | 62 | 15 | 0.0 | 95¢ |
| Lautaro Martínez | Inter | FW | 9,620 | 64 | 16 | 64.6 | 95¢ |
| Giovanni Simeone | Napoli | FW | 15,521 | 69 | 18 | 56.8 | 94¢ |
| Lucas Alario | Eint Frankfurt | FW | 6,123 | 43 | 10 | 39.0 | 94¢ |
| Germán Denis | Atalanta | FW | 14,957 | 65 | 17 | 0.0 | 93¢ |
| Ángel Correa | Atlético Madrid | FW,MF | 13,076 | 49 | 37 | 32.2 | 93¢ |
| Paulo Dybala | Roma | MF | 19,212 | 103 | 49 | 43.0 | 92¢ |
| Ezequiel Lavezzi | Paris S-G | FW,MF | 13,283 | 45 | 29 | 0.0 | 92¢ |
| Emiliano Sala | Nantes | FW | 10,215 | 48 | 15 | 22.7 | 92¢ |
| Érik Lamela | Sevilla | FW,MF | 15,616 | 44 | 37 | 15.9 | 92¢ |
| Maxi López | Udinese | FW | 12,188 | 46 | 15 | 4.2 | 91¢ |
| Joaquín Correa | Inter | FW | 11,210 | 39 | 15 | 35.3 | 90¢ |
| Joaquín Larrivey | Celta Vigo | FW | 7,004 | 33 | 7 | 0.0 | 90¢ |
| Gonzalo Bergessio | Sampdoria | FW | 12,454 | 41 | 15 | 0.0 | 90¢ |
| Papu Gómez | Sevilla | MF,FW | 28,113 | 74 | 71 | 34.0 | 90¢ |
| Darío Cvitanich | Nice | FW | 5,308 | 30 | 2 | 0.0 | 89¢ |
| Ezequiel Ávila | Osasuna | FW,MF | 6,333 | 29 | 6 | 23.8 | 88¢ |
| Luciano Vietto | Fulham | FW,MF | 5,961 | 22 | 13 | 4.6 | 88¢ |
| Mauro Zárate | Fiorentina | FW | 8,434 | 24 | 15 | 0.0 | 87¢ |
| Leonardo Ulloa | Brighton | FW | 5,884 | 26 | 4 | 0.8 | 87¢ |
| Guido Carrillo | Elche | FW | 8,449 | 27 | 9 | 22.5 | 86¢ |
| Javier Pastore | Elche | MF | 19,472 | 46 | 55 | 7.2 | 86¢ |