Paraguay
CONMEBOL·Group D·FIFA #39·30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Barrios | Montpellier | FW | 7,774 | 50 | 9 | 0.0 | 94¢ |
| Antonio Sanabria | Torino | FW | 11,948 | 50 | 7 | 36.6 | 91¢ |
| Roque Santa Cruz | Málaga | FW | 8,271 | 31 | 7 | 0.0 | 88¢ |
| Raúl Bobadilla | M'Gladbach | FW,MF | 10,108 | 29 | 11 | 1.9 | 87¢ |
| Nelson Valdez | Eint Frankfurt | FW | 4,816 | 20 | 3 | 0.0 | 84¢ |
| Federico Santander | Bologna | FW,DF | 4,452 | 15 | 6 | 12.8 | 82¢ |
| Hernán Pérez | Espanyol | FW,MF | 7,340 | 16 | 5 | 1.6 | 79¢ |
| Miguel Almirón | Newcastle Utd | FW | 9,010 | 16 | 3 | 18.2 | 79¢ |
| Juan Iturbe | Roma | FW,MF | 4,930 | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 79¢ |
| Javier Acuña | Osasuna | FW | 549 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 76¢ |
| Dario Lezcano | Ingolstadt 04 | FW | 3,744 | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 72¢ |
| Édgar Barreto | Sampdoria | MF | 15,623 | 6 | 13 | 2.3 | 70¢ |
| Jonathan Santana | Wolfsburg | MF | 245 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 50¢ |
| Marcelo Estigarribia | Atalanta | DF,MF | 5,553 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 43¢ |
| Antolín Alcaraz | Las Palmas | DF | 7,454 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 41¢ |
| Iván Piris | Udinese | DF | 7,004 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 38¢ |
| Cristian Riveros | Sunderland | MF | 503 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 35¢ |
| Júnior Alonso | Celta Vigo | DF,MF | 4,276 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 34¢ |
| Fabián Balbuena | West Ham | DF | 4,388 | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | 34¢ |
| Paulo da Silva | Zaragoza | DF | 4,659 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 33¢ |
| Adrián Cubas | Nîmes | MF | 2,251 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 33¢ |
| Omar Alderete | Valencia | DF | 3,702 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 31¢ |
| Santiago Arzamendia | Cádiz | MF,DF | 724 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 31¢ |
| Óscar Romero | Alavés | MF,FW | 786 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 25¢ |
| Claudio Morel Rodríguez | La Coruña | DF | 1,245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16¢ |
| Justo Villar | Valladolid | GK | 2,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16¢ |
| Gustavo Gómez | Milan | DF | 1,087 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15¢ |
| José Ariel Núñez | Osasuna | FW,MF | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13¢ |
| Víctor Hugo Mareco | Brescia | DF | 549 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11¢ |
| César Meza Colli | Cesena | FW,MF | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6¢ |