South Korea
AFC·Group A·FIFA #22·30 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)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Son Heung-min | Tottenham | MF,FW | 26,493 | 137 | 56 | 55.4 | 93¢ |
| Hwang Ui-jo | Bordeaux | FW | 6,644 | 29 | 7 | 26.0 | 88¢ |
| Park Chu-young | Celta Vigo | FW,MF | 5,683 | 23 | 3 | 0.0 | 85¢ |
| Ji Dong-won | Mainz 05 | FW,MF | 7,229 | 15 | 5 | 1.6 | 79¢ |
| Jung Jo-gook | Auxerre | FW | 826 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 78¢ |
| Suk Hyun-jun | Troyes | FW,MF | 2,403 | 10 | 1 | 10.1 | 78¢ |
| Koo Ja-cheol | Augsburg | MF | 14,097 | 28 | 11 | 6.8 | 76¢ |
| Lee Chung-yong | Crystal Palace | FW,MF | 5,700 | 8 | 9 | 0.0 | 75¢ |
| Ki Sung-yueng | Mallorca | MF | 13,388 | 15 | 9 | 1.2 | 71¢ |
| Kwon Chang-hoon | Freiburg | MF,FW | 4,191 | 15 | 3 | 10.6 | 69¢ |
| Hwang Hee-chan | Wolves | FW | 2,583 | 5 | 3 | 7.0 | 67¢ |
| Park Ji-sung | QPR | MF | 4,322 | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 66¢ |
| Jeong Woo-yeong | Freiburg | MF,FW | 2,924 | 9 | 3 | 7.9 | 63¢ |
| Lee Jae-sung | Mainz 05 | MF | 2,119 | 6 | 4 | 4.3 | 62¢ |
| Lee Kangin | Mallorca | MF,FW | 4,099 | 5 | 9 | 4.8 | 59¢ |
| Lee Seung-woo | Hellas Verona | MF,FW | 358 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 40¢ |
| Nam Tae-hee | Valenciennes | MF | 1,315 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 36¢ |
| Park Joo-ho | Dortmund | DF | 4,204 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 32¢ |
| Kim Bo-kyung | Cardiff City | MF | 1,672 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 31¢ |
| Hong Jeong-ho | Augsburg | DF | 3,439 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 30¢ |
| Kim Min-jae | Napoli | DF | 990 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 30¢ |
| Kim Jin-su | Hoffenheim | DF | 2,814 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 25¢ |
| Cha Du-ri | Düsseldorf | DF,MF | 2,048 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 24¢ |
| Yun Suk-young | QPR | DF,MF | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19¢ |
| Park Jung-bin | Greuther Fürth | FW,MF | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15¢ |
| Yun Il-lok | Montpellier | MF,FW | 433 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 13¢ |
| Lee Dongjun | Hertha BSC | MF,FW | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7¢ |
| Paik Seung-ho | Girona | FW,MF | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 6¢ |
| Cho Won-hee | Wigan Athletic | DF,MF | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5¢ |
| Ryu Seung-woo | Leverkusen | FW,MF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3¢ |