The drama is nearly complete as only the top 10 players in FIFA 18 are still left to be discovered.
There’s less than three weeks left until FIFA 18 drops, and EA Sports is leaving gamers plenty of time to prepare their strategies for the games by making the top 100 highest-rated players in the game known.
For fans and gamers unfamiliar with the game’s player ratings, the overall rating is what these rankings are compiled by. The overall ratings are a combination of individual skill ratings which include Defending, Dribbling, Pace, Passing, Physical and Shooting for forwards, midfields and defenders, while keepers are rated for Diving, Handling, Kicking, Position, Reflexes and Speed.
20. Antoine Griezmann, Atlético de Madrid – 88
19. Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea – 89
18. Sergio Agüero, Manchester City – 89
17. Gareth Bale, Real Madrid – 89
16. Giorgio Chiellini, Juventus – 89
15. Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City – 89
14. Alexis Sánchez, Arsenal – 89
13. Gianluigi Buffon, Juventus – 89
12. Luka Modrić, Real Madrid – 89
11. David De Gea, Manchester United – 90
Of the 78 main players now revealed, a few have individual skill ratings that separate them from the rest. Bale creates a new high for the Pace skill with a 94 rating in that category, as Agüero has done in Shooting with an 88. Chiellini is now the game’s top-rated player in terms of Defending at 90. De Bruyne matches Christian Eriksen and Cesc Fàbregas in Passing with an 88. Andres Iniesta is still the top-rated player in Dribbling with a 90 while Diego Costa and Paul Pogba hold on to their top spots in Physical with 88 ratings.
The now 12 keepers who have been revealed are led in the Diving skill by De Gea (90), Reflexes by De Gea and Hugo Lloris (90), Handles by Courtois (91), Speed by Lloris (65), Kick by De Gea and Marc-André Ter Stegen (87), and Position by Buffon (90).
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Dedicated soccer fans and gamers can likely guess which players will fill out the remaining top 10, but there still should be a lot of intrigue about the order that those players will fall in. Regardless of how the players fall, the talent already presented in 90 of the top 100 highest-rated players is a great representation of the best footballers around the world.