
While Kante's rise is to be commended, the Chelsea man isn't the highest climber to find their way into this year's Top 22. Given that we're talking about a player who was named Man of the Match in both the Champions League semifinal second leg and the final in 2021-22, the plaudits are well deserved. This has been increased to 90 in FIFA 22, putting the France international in ninth place to reach the Top 10 for the very first time. Kante was given an 88 rating last year, which placed him 26th overall. Of the ratings revealed thus far, Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante has seen a significant year-on-year ratings climb.

However, having both been docked a point from 90 to 89, the Anfield duo tumble down to 12th and 15th place in the overall ratings this year. Both Salah and Van Dijk found themselves riding high in the FIFA 21 ratings, in ninth and seventh place respectively. Liverpool's comparative slump in 2020-21 has had a negative effect on their player ratings, with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk both sliding out of the Top 10. It's tighter at the top that it's ever been. In fact, just two ratings points separate Ronaldo (91) in third and Sadio Mane (89) in 22nd.

Manchester City's midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne also boasts an overall rating of 91, along with Paris Saint-Germain pair Kylian Mbappe and Neymar as well as Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Third place is crowdedĪlong with Ronaldo, the third-place berth is shared by no fewer than four other players. Few could argue that the prolific Poland striker deserves his place in the very upper echelons, having skyrocketed up from 15th place overall in the FIFA 20 ratings list. Robert Lewandowski has seen his overall rating bumped up from 91 last year to 92 in FIFA 22, thus seeing the Bayern Munich goal machine become the first new name to break the top two in over a decade.

This is the first time since FIFA 10 that Ronaldo hasn't occupied at least a joint-level placing inside the top two, when he was narrowly beaten out by Casillas and Messi in the edition of the game released in 2009. EA has risked ructions among fans by downgrading Ronaldo by a point, from 92 to 91, therefore dropping the Manchester United forward to joint-third in the overall ratings. On that subject, a grand dynasty has come to an end with the news that Ronaldo is not one of the two highest-rated players in FIFA 22. Messi has been a constant fixture in the top two of the FIFA ratings ever since he missed out by a single point in FIFA 09 (behind Iker Casillas and Ronaldo). The upheaval caused by Messi's real-world decampment from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain hasn't affected the Argentina superstar's FIFA rating, which remains at 93. Don't have ESPN? Get instant access Lionel Messi is still the best player in the world ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more (U.S.)

We've sifted through the FIFA 22 ratings that EA has chosen to reveal so far, and here are the 10 things to know: The ratings are produced by The Ratings Collective, which serves as a talent scouting network for the FIFA games, assessing more than 17,000 players worldwide and assigned numerical values to more than 30 of their attributes to define their in-game skill levels. The biggest name among the movers and shakers is undoubtedly Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been handed a demotion, which is certain to make waves among the FIFA-playing community. 1ĮA Sports has released the first batch of its player ratings for FIFA 22, announcing the top 22 ranked players in this year's edition of the game.Īs is usually the case, some of the ratings that have been meted out by EA have sent ripples through the gaming community as favourite stars climb, drop and swap rungs on the ladder.
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