FIFA Ultimate Team has greatly benefited from adding icons over the years, and naturally, FIFA 23 has most of them on its roster.
The first time icons were used was in FIFA 16, but at the time, they were referred to as "Legends." Legends were an Xbox-only exclusive, which at the time was quite popular and moved a lot of the FIFA community over to Microsoft's side to take advantage of these rewards
As FIFA grew in popularity, Legends evolved into "Icons," and EA added an increasing number of names to its roster. A stunning 100 icons are now available in FIFA 23, containing some of the greatest players in the game's history, including but not limited to Pele, Muller, Garrincha, Eusebio, and George Best.
Nonetheless, this raises the query, "Who are the top five?" Here are the Top 5 Icons in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team as of February 2023, according to Sportskeeda's ranking.
Although some special Icon cards will later be produced that may outperform the existing versions of each player, this assessment is based on their base Prime Icon versions.
One of FIFA 23's top Prime Icon cards belongs to German midfield general Lothar Matthaus. "Der Panzer" was unquestionably among the best central midfielders of all time and the most complete athletes to ever step foot on a football field.
Nothing was lacking for him. Anything a footballer could dream of or could think of, Matthaus could do. EA's Icon card, which has every stat comfortably beyond the 80-point threshold, reflects this to a tee.
If he had more skills, this card would likely be in a higher tier, but he doesn't. Still, this card is insane and would boss any midfielder in the Ultimate Team. Lothar Matthaus' Prime Icon card stats read:
Price - 2,515,000 FUT Coins
The legendary Brazilian
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