Australia
AFC·Group D·FIFA #26·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (1/1)
Defender (4/4)
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Cahill | Everton | FW,MF | 7,225 | 19 | 9 | 0.0 | 83¢ |
| Robbie Kruse | Stuttgart | FW,MF | 3,452 | 6 | 7 | 0.0 | 72¢ |
| Mathew Leckie | Hertha BSC | MF,FW | 8,175 | 10 | 4 | 4.9 | 62¢ |
| Aaron Mooy | Brighton | MF | 7,482 | 9 | 6 | 8.1 | 62¢ |
| Mile Jedinak | Crystal Palace | MF | 7,096 | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 57¢ |
| Brett Holman | Aston Villa | FW,MF | 1,425 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 54¢ |
| Nikita Rukavytsya | Mainz 05 | FW,MF | 1,793 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 49¢ |
| Ajdin Hrustic | Hellas Verona | MF,DF | 1,457 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 43¢ |
| Brett Emerton | Blackburn | DF,MF | 3,751 | 4 | 6 | 0.0 | 42¢ |
| Mark Schwarzer | Leicester City | GK | 12,960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40¢ |
| Mathew Ryan | Real Sociedad | GK | 12,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39¢ |
| Mark Bresciano | Lazio | MF | 2,182 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 35¢ |
| Richard Garcia | Hull City | FW,MF | 1,097 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 34¢ |
| Chris Herd | Aston Villa | DF,MF | 2,498 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 25¢ |
| Lucas Neill | Everton | DF | 920 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 24¢ |
| Vince Grella | Blackburn | MF | 1,277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22¢ |
| Adam Federici | Bournemouth | GK | 2,565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19¢ |
| Dario Vidošić | Nürnberg | FW,MF | 538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19¢ |
| Mitchell Langerak | Stuttgart | GK | 1,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16¢ |
| James Troisi | Atalanta | FW,MF | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12¢ |
| Brad Jones | Liverpool | GK | 890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11¢ |
| Brad Smith | Bournemouth | DF,MF | 608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11¢ |
| Brandon Borrello | Freiburg | MF,FW | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 11¢ |
| David Carney | Blackpool | DF,MF | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10¢ |
| Jordan Lyden | Aston Villa | MF,DF | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8¢ |
| Awer Mabil | Cádiz | MF | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 8¢ |
| Aiden O'Neill | Burnley | MF | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6¢ |
| Denis Genreau | Toulouse | MF,FW | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6¢ |
| Jason Davidson | West Brom | DF,MF | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5¢ |
| George Timotheou | Schalke 04 | DF | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4¢ |