Norway
UEFA·Group I·FIFA #29·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (3/4)
DF— no candidate —
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | Manchester City | FW | 6,301 | 79 | 19 | 60.6 | 98¢ |
| Joshua King | Watford | FW,MF | 14,467 | 53 | 17 | 36.5 | 92¢ |
| Mohammed Abdellaoue | Stuttgart | FW | 5,767 | 30 | 3 | 0.0 | 89¢ |
| Morten Gamst Pedersen | Blackburn | FW,MF | 7,777 | 10 | 17 | 0.0 | 80¢ |
| John Carew | Aston Villa | FW | 3,255 | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 79¢ |
| Daniel Braaten | Toulouse | FW,MF | 6,981 | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 77¢ |
| Alexander Sørloth | Real Sociedad | FW | 4,397 | 12 | 4 | 17.5 | 77¢ |
| Erik Botheim | Salernitana | FW | 272 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 76¢ |
| Erik Nevland | Fulham | FW | 1,169 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 74¢ |
| Martin Ødegaard | Arsenal | MF | 7,344 | 16 | 14 | 11.6 | 71¢ |
| Thorstein Helstad | Le Mans | FW | 1,424 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 69¢ |
| Per Ciljan Skjelbred | Hertha BSC | MF | 15,490 | 2 | 11 | 0.7 | 68¢ |
| Erik Huseklepp | Bari | FW,MF | 920 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 64¢ |
| Alexander Tettey | Norwich City | MF,DF | 11,545 | 6 | 3 | 0.8 | 63¢ |
| Alexander Søderlund | Saint-Étienne | FW | 2,188 | 3 | 4 | 0.6 | 63¢ |
| Bård Finne | Köln | FW,MF | 246 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 62¢ |
| Morten Thorsby | Union Berlin | MF | 7,792 | 8 | 3 | 8.8 | 59¢ |
| Håvard Nordtveit | Hoffenheim | DF | 16,711 | 10 | 12 | 1.0 | 58¢ |
| Brede Hangeland | Crystal Palace | DF | 16,309 | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 56¢ |
| Jens Petter Hauge | Eint Frankfurt | MF,FW | 1,572 | 4 | 2 | 3.1 | 55¢ |
| Tarik Elyounoussi | Hoffenheim | MF | 2,946 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 54¢ |
| John Arne Riise | Fulham | DF,MF | 13,120 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 | 53¢ |
| Ole Selnæs | Saint-Étienne | MF | 5,968 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 | 50¢ |
| Mohamed Elyounoussi | Southampton | MF | 3,640 | 4 | 3 | 9.5 | 50¢ |
| Magnus Wolff Eikrem | Cardiff City | FW,MF | 203 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 50¢ |
| Adama Diomande | Hull City | FW,MF | 1,171 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 49¢ |
| Dennis Johnsen | Venezia | FW,MF | 1,445 | 1 | 2 | 2.2 | 49¢ |
| Håvard Nielsen | Greuther Fürth | MF,FW | 2,696 | 4 | 1 | 2.4 | 47¢ |
| Jørgen Strand Larsen | Celta Vigo | FW | 634 | 0 | 2 | 1.8 | 45¢ |
| Anders Konradsen | Rennes | MF | 3,077 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 44¢ |