Japan
AFC·Group F·FIFA #18·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (4/4)
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
FW732 min · 4G 1A
Junya Ito
Reims · Ligue 1
82¢
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinji Okazaki | Huesca | FW,MF | 15,413 | 52 | 9 | 9.4 | 91¢ |
| Shinji Kagawa | Dortmund | MF | 12,800 | 47 | 38 | 4.9 | 86¢ |
| Yoshinori Mutō | Eibar | FW,MF | 6,272 | 22 | 5 | 8.4 | 84¢ |
| Junya Ito | Reims | FW,MF | 732 | 4 | 1 | 2.2 | 82¢ |
| Takashi Inui | Eibar | MF | 16,625 | 23 | 19 | 13.7 | 77¢ |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | Sevilla | MF,FW | 9,718 | 18 | 32 | 0.0 | 77¢ |
| Takayuki Morimoto | Catania | FW,MF | 3,000 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 77¢ |
| Yuya Osako | Werder Bremen | MF,FW | 11,087 | 26 | 16 | 15.4 | 76¢ |
| Keisuke Honda | Milan | FW | 5,279 | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 76¢ |
| Daichi Kamada | Eint Frankfurt | MF | 7,389 | 18 | 21 | 21.4 | 76¢ |
| Takefusa Kubo | Real Sociedad | FW,MF | 5,782 | 8 | 7 | 9.6 | 73¢ |
| Daisuke Matsui | Dijon | FW,MF | 2,281 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 67¢ |
| Takumi Minamino | Monaco | MF,FW | 1,695 | 7 | 2 | 5.5 | 66¢ |
| Makoto Hasebe | Eint Frankfurt | DF | 25,624 | 6 | 15 | 0.3 | 65¢ |
| Genki Haraguchi | Union Berlin | MF | 10,330 | 6 | 14 | 5.7 | 65¢ |
| Wataru Endo | Stuttgart | MF | 6,895 | 9 | 5 | 10.0 | 61¢ |
| Akihiro Ienaga | Mallorca | FW,MF | 637 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 59¢ |
| Masaya Okugawa | Arminia | MF,FW | 3,445 | 9 | 1 | 5.4 | 59¢ |
| Maya Yoshida | Schalke 04 | DF | 18,749 | 9 | 8 | 8.0 | 59¢ |
| Hiroki Sakai | Marseille | DF | 19,502 | 3 | 11 | 1.2 | 59¢ |
| Yuto Nagatomo | Marseille | DF | 15,918 | 9 | 14 | 0.2 | 58¢ |
| Ritsu Doan | Freiburg | MF | 3,615 | 7 | 3 | 7.8 | 57¢ |
| Gōtoku Sakai | Hamburger SV | DF,MF | 14,303 | 2 | 9 | 0.7 | 53¢ |
| Takuma Asano | Bochum | MF | 3,427 | 4 | 4 | 8.3 | 51¢ |
| Takashi Usami | Düsseldorf | MF,FW | 2,740 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 48¢ |
| Ado Onaiwu | Toulouse | FW,MF | 237 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 46¢ |
| Atsuto Uchida | Schalke 04 | DF | 8,815 | 1 | 12 | 0.0 | 46¢ |
| Ryo Miyaichi | Arsenal | FW,MF | 756 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 43¢ |
| Hajime Hosogai | Hertha BSC | DF,MF | 7,909 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 42¢ |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | Arsenal | DF | 7,342 | 3 | 4 | 4.0 | 42¢ |