EA Sports has revealed the top 22 players in FIFA 22 (see what they did there?) as per this year's player ratings. All of the in-game stats are based on The Ratings Collective, which is a football scouting network, but there's no doubt that the rankings will spark a lot of discussion — as they do every year.
So, who's top of the pile? Well, you probably won't be surprised to learn that Lionel Messi's still considered the best of the best, with the highest overall rating of 93. Robert Lewandowski is just behind him at 92, and Cristiano Ronaldo comes in third with 91 — but the returning Manchester United signing is level with De Bruyne, Mbappé, Neymar, and Oblak in terms of actual rating. Indeed, Ronaldo's actually been docked an overall point compared to his FIFA 21 incarnation. He's not getting any younger!
Elsewhere, Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk is still the highest rated defender in the game, and a whopping seven goalkeepers make the cut, including Neuer, Ter Stegen, Donnarumma, Alisson, Courtois, Ederson, and the aforementioned Oblak.
Anyway, here's the top 22 in full:
- Messi (PSG) - 93
- Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 92
- Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 91
- De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 91
- Mbappé (PSG) - 91
- Neymar (PSG) - 91
- Oblak (Atletico Madrid) - 91
- Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) - 90
- Kanté (Chelsea) - 90
- Neuer (Bayern Munich) - 90
- Ter Stegen (Barcelona) - 90
- Salah (Liverpool) - 89
- Donnarumma (PSG) - 89
- Benzema (Real Madrid) - 89
- van Dijk (Liverpool) - 89
- Kimmich (Bayern Munich) - 89
- Son (Tottenham Hotspur) - 89
- Alisson (Liverpool) - 89
- Courtois (Real Madrid) - 89
- Casemiro (Real Madrid) - 89
- Ederson (Manchester City) - 89
- Mané (Liverpool) - 89
Do you agree with these ratings? Did EA Sports leave out anyone obvious? Check your all-important pace stat in the comments section below.
[source ea.com]
Comments 39
Not really much to complain about here, though Harry Kane is not a 90. Suppose that’s going to be a given though cause he’s apparently “world class”.
Edit - Salah has gone down! Courtois is garbage and Neymar still a 91. I change my mind, awful ratings 😂
I’m not sure I entirely agree that Messi’s a whole 2 points ahead of Ronaldo. This is the same FIFA that’s refusing to give a flashback card to Shunsuke Nakamura though so they clearly don’t know anything.
Lewa should have been top player. In fact ea undercuts his rating for the third year now. Lewa best player in the world and he proved it more than needed.
Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 93
Mbappe - 92
Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 91
Messi - 91
De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 91
Neymar (PSG) - 90
@nessisonett ngl, I thought this was a wind up and I was sat thinking, “why would they out a wrestler in FIFA” 😂😂
Outrageous that Willian didnt make the cut! 😐
Lewandowski isn't better than Ronaldo yet, both mostly tap-in merchants but Ronaldo still has more, the German league is extremely open and very very attacking, easy easy chances for Bayern all day long
@Jacko11 Courtois garbage? Tell me you don't watch him without telling me you don't watch him.
@Jacko11 The fact there’s a wrestler called that means that it’s very hard to celebrate the absolute legend that is Nakamura. I just want to be able to have a proper Celtic all-time 11 in Ultimate Team and there aren’t enough free-kick wizards in the game. No Juninho in there either!
@bozz been a Madrid fan for a good 20 years and watch almost every game. So check yourself at the door son
@Jacko11 Hi Madrid fan of 30+ years and club member here and he's comfortably not garbage in any sense of the word.
Almost a third of that list are goalkeepers (7 out of 22). Seems an unusually high representation for one position, especially for the position that is usually the most underrated compared to outfield players.
Na. This stats are whack. Son and Mane over Bruno?
Docking Ronaldo because he signs for united? Messi take early retirement to the French league.
Haters gonna hate.
Genuinely this list is nonsense
Edit no Haaland?!?!?
Get out of town. Did the work experience lad do these?
@bozz I disagree, bet Casillas was world class towards the end too right?
@Jacko11 lol no, not even remotely close.
@bozz in fifa 2021 he would be they love a keeper…. Ha
Also Liverpool and Spurs together have more players in the top 22 in world (6) than the rest of the premier league…
By half! (4)
FIFA 22 may be a steamy pile, but lol, those who actually know football would know that Messi deserves the rating, hell he basically has alreay won this years Ballond'or. Messi's 2021 stats for both Barca and Argentina was crazy.
Ronaldos rating is way to high, he isn't even top three best player in the world, scoring tap ins and penalties doesn't get you there. I commend him still going at this age, but facts are facts.
Lewa was increadible last year,but he had Injuries this year. Due to Lewa's underperformance for Poland and his 2021 injuries for Bayern this year, the best player of 2021 has to go to Messi.
All in all, Lewa and Messi are top 2 players, and no EPL fanboys , Ronaldo being in the EPL doesn't mean jack, this the same league in which its second place team(Man utd) lost to 7th placed La Liga team Villarreal.
Lewandowski and Messi in "inferior" leagues are both better then any player in the EPL currently.
@Stocksy Messi went to the french League because PSG are the only ones who could afford him, and Mancity and Chelsea had already bought players for £100 million and over.
@nessisonett Are you really going to ignore Messi's Copa America stats and his 2021 Barca stats?
If you look at his 2021 stats you would know why he is far above Ronaldo( the rivalery between the two has always been Media hype,because Ronaldo was never near Messi, in terms of who is the better footballer)
@rachetmarvel Ronaldo scored 5 in 4 at the Euros and also scored 29 in 33 for Juve last year. Messi didn’t do that much better, not enough to warrant being rated two points higher anyway. It’s a stupid debate, just stick them on the same rating to avoid arguments.
@nessisonett it’s that confounded physicality attribute. Putting Lewandowski ahead of Ronaldo! Bigger is better doesn’t really apply to football especially nowadays you can pull some hang ball out of the air and hold it up; whoop te do. WWE Nakamura can wrestle footballer Nakamura off the ball, etc. I’d probably include “guile”, or intelligence to separate the true class. The only permanent stat
@SystemAddict Football Manager’s had the better ratings since time immemorial anyway. Mental stats barely figure into FIFA which is pretty stupid. The only stats that matter are the speed and physical stats so you always get a few players each season used a lot more than technically higher rated players. It would be nice for mental stats to figure in a bit more.
@rachetmarvel First match in England 2 goals we are gonna see if you will be right in the end. One thing is certain Ronaldo scores in every League.
@nessisonett
1. This rating probably takes 2021 stats into concideration, and if that is so then Messi's achievments and G/A in 2021 far surpasses Ronaldo.
2. Using goals as the deciding factor for best player in a year, is not good, especially in a game like football. Thats why G/A, trophy achievements(personal and team based), MOTM and goal coeficents are taken into concideration. Suprise suprise, Messi beats Ronaldo in all this, especially in 2021.
And no, Messi and Ronaldo should not be given the same ratings, they are not equals lol, Messi far surpasses Ronaldo as a football player. There was no debate to begin with it, it was all just media hype.
@Bamila no way was Mbappe the 2nd best player in the world last season and giving Messi a 91 below him is straight disrespectful
Lewandowski, Messi - 93
Ronaldo, Neymar - 91
Mbappe, De Bruyne - 90
@Flaming_Kaiser Zlatan also scores in every League he has been in, so this point doesn't really mean much.
Again, Roanldo is a great goal scorer, he is even regraded as the perfect complete goal scorer, he can score with his head, left and right leg, and he is good at postining and penalties. In his prime he had blistering pace,a devasting long range shot and free kicks.
But here is the catch, Messi's goal tally isn't that far off Ronaldo's, hell he even has a better goal to game ratio than Roanaldo and more free kick goals.
If Ronaldo is regarded as the complete goal scorer, Messi is often regarded as the complete foward, hence the more complete footballer.
Why is that? becasue Messi's goal tally not only rivals that of Ronaldo, but surpasses him in many areas, a good example of this is that Messi(6) has more golden boots than Ronald(4), which is the award for having the most goals in a season,plus Messi has the 91 goals in a calendar year record in which Ronaldo has never come close to.
Messi is one of if not the best passer of the ball.
Messi is the best ball progresser.
Messi is the better free kick taker(has more than Ronaldo), hell he got better at freekicks as he got older which is contrary to Ronaldo.
Messi is the far better dribbler,hell he may be the best dribbler that has ever played the sport.
Messi is the more creative player by a long mile( has a higher assists , numerous times a leader in big chance created per match in a season, and a great ball progresser)and one of the best play makers the world has ever known.
Messi has more MOTM, ballond'ors, golden boots, fifa best ,trophies and more club records than Ronaldo, while playing less games than Ronaldo.
Ronaldo always had the international trophy argument going for him(winning the Euro's), but since Messi won the Copa,a cup that even the great Maradona failed to win for Argentina and which Argentina hasn't won in 28 years. Messi got the player of the tournament for the copa tournament win, while ronaldo did not get the player of the tournement for his euro win, and had less G/A than Messi.
Messi(2020) is the only footballer to win the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year.
As the great late Johan Cruyff once said about Messi:
"Messi is much more a team player than Cristiano is. He scores but also produces many assists. For me, as a player, Messi is better. There is a big difference in being just a great goalscorer and being the best player.
"This isn't about Cristiano at all. He's a fantastic player, one of the best goal scorers ever. This is about how ridiculously good Messi is."
“Probably, he will win five, six, or seven Ballon D'ors, he’s incomparable, He plays in another league.”
Who loves Messi? @rachetmarvel loves Messi
😂
@Nexozi Who knows, perhaps if they simp for Messi hard enough then he’ll let them sniff one of his socks?
@Nexozi
1. I am not going to deny it, I love watching Messi play football, he is my favourite footballer and sportsman. Hell that barca team of 2010 is what re-ignited my love for football,and i was lucky that the greatest player of all time was playing for that Team.
2. All what i have written can be factually backed up,and even if you don't want to look up stats you can use the eye test. There is a reason why so many Legends of the game, both players and managers,gravitate towards calling Messi the greatest of all time, and if not the greatest of all time, they at least acknowledge that he is better than Ronaldo.
@rachetmarvel Yea that barca team was amazing. I just don't get the constant back and forth for Messi v Ronaldo. They're both amazing players that have always been very different. They don't care about their clubs though, so why should fans argue over them.
@nessisonett 😂😂😂
@Nexozi
"They don't care about their clubs though, so why should fans argue over them."
This is wrong,lol, Messi cares about Barca, he has been at Barca from the academy(4 years) up to this year,so about 21 years now as a Barcelona player.
And if you are going to use Messi's PSG move as a sign that he doesn't care about Barca then you are obviously ignorant about why Messi couldn't resign for Barca this year.
Again, i to wonder why the argument is still going on, when it's obvious that Messi is and was always the better player. Different as they might be, they are both forwards with increadible consistency at the hightest level of football, so its more than fair to compare them.
I have doubts Lewandoski is fitter than Ronaldo.
The guy was "bred" for football since he was a child.
@rachetmarvel That's why with club nearly bankrupt he left for more money. Rather than staying there and taking a pay cut like most of the other players.
@rachetmarvel we get it, dude, jeez please just stop explaining why Messi is your god.
@rachetmarvel exceptional comment. Completely approve of this.
GOAT vs best striker
@Nexozi Again, your statement kinda tells me that you did not understand Messi's situation at Barcelona, so please go read about it so you can fully understand.
Messi is a cule and will always be one( well, except if he ever joins Real Madrid)
@lukaskus I know that was to ridicule me, but what i have said has facts to back them up,and since this is a site for discussions, i thought it would have been appreciated that i explain my claims in full detail.
@rachetmarvel As having no more than a passing interest in most football that's what I took from the reporting that was done. It honestly doesn't matter.
@rachetmarvel Lets see what prices he will win in another League i never seen him play another League then the spanish one. A team thats not build around him we will see it soon lets see if can win the Champions League with such a expensive team it should be easy.
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