It’s a new era for EA Sports’ football games, with the long-running FIFA series no more. EA FC 24, due out later in September, is EA Sports’ first non-FIFA game, and with it comes a fresh assessment of the real-life footballers whose virtual counterparts star in the game.
EA has revealed the top 24 men and women’s ratings for FC 24, confirming who it reckons are the four best footballers on earth.
FC 24 has four players with an overall rating of 91. They are:
FC 24 lets male and female players play with and against each other in Ultimate Team, the game’s most popular and controversial mode. Women players are not at a natural disadvantage in Ultimate Team, either.
If a male and female player have the same attributes (stats), the same height, and the same mass (governed by weight), the outcomes on the virtual pitch are exactly the same. Attributes are relative to the competition the player plays in. This means Chelsea superstar Sam Kerr brings her 90 overall rating relative to the Women’s Super League into Ultimate Team, and can compete with similarly-rated male players in the mode.
It’s perhaps no surprise to see French forward Mbappé, Spanish World Cup winner Alexia Putellas, and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne top the list given the seasons they’ve had. Mbappé was the top scorer at the 2022 World Cup with eight goals, Putellas won the World Cup, and Haaland and De Bruyne combined to devastating, record-breaking fashion as Man City won the Premier League again.
Other highlights from the top 24 list include the eternally world class Lionel Messi, who has a 90-rated card after winning the World Cup with Argentina aged 35. Harry Kane, fresh from his move from Spurs to title-winning candidates Bayern Munich,
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