Messi beats Ronaldo to be the highest rated player in FIFA 21 as De Bruyne tops EPL

Messi beats Ronaldo to be the highest rated player in FIFA 21 as De Bruyne tops EPL

Lionel Messi will once again be the highest-rated player on FIFA with the Barcelona and Argentina star just ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the upcoming video game.

Messi, who was linked with a move to Manchester City in recent weeks before deciding to stay with Barcelona, is given a rating of 93 by EA Sports for the latest instalment of their massively-popular series.

That puts him just ahead of Juventus and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo on 92 though his club appears as Piemonte Calcio in the game for licensing reasons.

 

 

Messi was also the top-rated player in the FIFA 20 edition with 94 and, like Ronaldo, he has slipped one point in the out-of-100 assessment of attributes.

Messi ended the 2019-20 season without any silverware whereas Ronaldo did win the Serie A title with Juventus.

The Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, whom many believe would have won this year’s Ballon d’Or prize had it been awarded, is one of four players rated 91.

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne – the highest Premier League player – plus Neymar of Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak, all have a 91 rating in FIFA 21.

 

 

Liverpool’s title-winning defender Virgil van Dijk, plus his club-mates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, have 90 ratings on the game, as does cover star Kylian Mbappe of PSG and France.

Lewandowski has effectively replaced Eden Hazard, who had a 91 rating in FIFA 20 but has slipped down the pecking order following a difficult first season with Real Madrid.

 

 

Messi leads the way in the attribute of dribbling with a score of 95, while Ronaldo is the top shooter with 93. De Bruyne has the outstanding passing mark of 93.

The game is set to be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows on October 9.

 

 

FIFA 21 top rated

93 – Lionel Messi

92 – Cristiano Ronaldo

91 – Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne, Neymar, Jan Oblak

90 – Virgil van Dijk, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Alisson Becker, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen

89 – Sergio Ramos, Manuel Neuer, Sergio Aguero, Karim Benzema, Casemiro, Thibaut Courtois

Top Premier League

91 – Kevin De Bruyne

90 – Virgil Van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Alisson

89 – Sergio Aguero

88 – Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Ederson, N’Golo Kante

87 – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Hugo Lloris, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Son Heung-min, Fabinho, Bruno Fernandes, Aymeric Laporte, Andrew Robertson, Bernardo Silva

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