Mexico ★
CONCACAF·Group A·FIFA #15·30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Hernández | Sevilla | FW | 13,132 | 89 | 18 | 15.6 | 96¢ |
| Carlos Vela | Real Sociedad | FW,MF | 16,628 | 70 | 37 | 1.7 | 95¢ |
| Raúl Jiménez | Wolves | FW | 10,611 | 41 | 19 | 41.3 | 91¢ |
| Hirving Lozano | Napoli | FW,MF | 5,172 | 22 | 10 | 23.8 | 88¢ |
| Giovani dos Santos | Villarreal | FW,MF | 7,045 | 23 | 18 | 0.0 | 88¢ |
| Guillermo Franco | West Ham | FW | 1,367 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 78¢ |
| Andrés Guardado | Betis | MF | 16,773 | 9 | 24 | 6.3 | 74¢ |
| Marco Fabián | Eint Frankfurt | MF | 3,338 | 8 | 6 | 1.3 | 63¢ |
| Matías Alustiza | Xerez | FW | 246 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 62¢ |
| Jesús Corona | Sevilla | MF | 1,219 | 2 | 4 | 2.2 | 55¢ |
| Jonathan dos Santos | Villarreal | MF | 6,018 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 54¢ |
| Héctor Moreno | Real Sociedad | DF | 13,201 | 9 | 4 | 2.2 | 53¢ |
| Néstor Araujo | Celta Vigo | DF | 10,613 | 4 | 2 | 3.1 | 47¢ |
| Miguel Layún | Villarreal | MF,DF | 1,855 | 3 | 1 | 1.3 | 45¢ |
| Nery Castillo | Rayo Vallecano | DF,FW | 456 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 43¢ |
| Guillermo Ochoa | Granada | GK | 14,421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42¢ |
| Pablo Barrera | Zaragoza | FW,MF | 1,795 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 41¢ |
| Héctor Herrera | Atlético Madrid | MF | 2,664 | 0 | 3 | 1.6 | 37¢ |
| Javier Aquino | Rayo Vallecano | DF,MF | 3,118 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | 37¢ |
| Diego Reyes | Leganés | DF | 5,521 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 36¢ |
| Diego Lainez | Betis | MF | 1,703 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 36¢ |
| Rafael Márquez | Hellas Verona | DF | 3,744 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 31¢ |
| Francisco Javier Rodríguez | Stuttgart | DF | 3,090 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 31¢ |
| Carlos Salcedo | Eint Frankfurt | DF | 3,413 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 27¢ |
| Johan Vásquez | Cremonese | DF | 2,547 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 26¢ |
| Carlos Salcido | Fulham | DF,MF | 1,901 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 24¢ |
| Efraín Juárez | Zaragoza | DF,MF | 1,301 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 22¢ |
| José Juan Macías | Getafe | FW,MF | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 12¢ |
| Ricardo Osorio | Stuttgart | DF | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9¢ |
| Orbelín Pineda | Celta Vigo | MF,FW | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 6¢ |