This past week, EA Sports revealed the top 100 players for its new game FIFA 18. This week, millions of people around the world will be playing with virtual Ronaldo or virtual Messi and will be quick to discover and debate who has what overall rating and whether or not they should have a higher or lower rating.

Those who are getting the regular edition will have to wait until Friday while those who have the Ronaldo and Icon Editions will get to play Tuesday. I was able to get my copy of FIFA a day earlier than even those who get to play three days earlier, so I am one of the first people to get on and play the full version of FIFA 18 and see where everyone is ranked.

Obviously, it would be impossible to list the overall rating of every player in FIFA 18, but we’ll give you a sampling of the ratings and positions of some players on the top teams in Europe, the stars of MLS and those on the US Men’s and Women’s National Teams.

Premier League

Arsenal – 5 Stars – 86 ATT, 82 MID, 81 DEF

Alexis Sanchez – LM/ST/LW/RM – 89 OVR
Mesut Ozil – CAM/RW – 88
Petr Cech – GK – 86
Alexandre Lacazette – ST – 85
Shkodran Mustafi – CB – 84
Laurent Koscielny – CB – 84
Santi Cazorla – CM/CDM – 83
Olivier Giroud – ST – 82
Granit Xhaka – CM/CDM – 82
Aaron Ramsey – CM/CDM/RM – 82

Chelsea – 5 Stars – 85 ATT, 85 MID, 82 DEF

Eden Hazard – LW – 90 OVR
Thibaut Courtois – GK – 89
N’Golo Kante – CDM/CM – 87
Diego Costa – ST – 86
Cesc Fabregas – CM/CDM/CAM – 86
David Luiz – CB – 86
Cesar Azpilicueta – CB/RB/LB – 85
Willian – RW/RM/CAM – 84
Alvaro Morata – ST – 84
Pedro – RW/LW – 84

Liverpool – 4.5 Stars – 83 ATT, 82 MID, 80 DEF

Philippe Coutinho – LW/CAM – 86 OVR
Sadio Mane – RW/LW – 84
Adam Lallana – CM – 83
Roberto Firmino – ST/CF/CAM – 83
Mohamed Salah – RW – 83
Joel Matip – CB – 83
Daniel Sturridge – ST – 8
Georginio Wijnaldum – CM/CAM – 82
Jordan Henderson – CDM/CM – 82
Nathaniel Clyne – RB – 82

Manchester City – 5 Stars – 84 ATT, 85 MID, 81 DEF

Sergio Aguero – ST – 89 OVR
Kevin De Bruyne – CAM/CM/RM – 89
David Silva – CAM/CM/LM – 87
Ilkay Gundogan – CM/CDM – 85
Vincent Kompany – CB – 85
Bernardo Silva – RM – 84
Yaya Toure – CM/CDM – 83
Nicolas Otamendi – CB – 83
Kyle Walker – RB/RWB – 83
Ederson – GK – 83

Manchester United – 5 Stars – 86 ATT, 83 MID, 81 DEF

David De Gea – GK – 90 OVR
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – ST – 8
Paul Pogba – CM/CDM – 87
Romelu Lukaku – ST – 86
Henrik Mkhitaryan – RM/RW/LM – 85
Ander Herrera – CM/CDM – 84
Juan Mata – CAM/RM – 84
Eric Bailly – CB – 84
Nemanja Matic – CDM/CM – 83
Antonio Valencia – RB – 83

Tottenham Hotspur – 4.5 Stars – 86 ATT, 82 MID, 82 DEF

Hugo Lloris – GK – 88 OVR
Christian Eriksen – CAM/RM/LM – 87
Harry Kane – ST – 86
Toby Alderweireld – CB – 86
Jan Vertonghen – CB – 85
Dele Alli – CAM/CF/LM – 84
Moussa Dembele – CM/CDM – 83
Danny Rose – LB/LWB – 82
Victor Wanyana – CDM/CM – 82
Heung Min Son – LM/RM/ST – 82

La Liga

Atletico Madrid – 5 Stars – 84 ATT, 82 MID, 84 DEF

Antoine Griezmann – ST/RW/LW – 88 OVR
Diego Godin – CB – 88
Yan Oblak – GK – 88
Yannick Carrasco – LM/RM – 85
Felipe Luis – LB – 85
Koke – CM/RM/LM – 84
Nicolas Gaitan – LM – 83
Kevin Gameiro – ST – 83
Jose Maria Gimenez – CB – 83
Juanfran – RB – 83

Barcelona – 4.5 Stars – 87 ATT, 84 MID, 83 DEF

Lionel Messi – RW – 93 OVR
Luis Suarez – ST – 92
Andres Iniesta – CM/LM – 87
Ivan Rakitic – CM – 87
Gerard Pique – CB – 87
Sergio Busquets – CDM/CM – 86
Jordi Alba – LB – 85
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen – GK – 85
Ousmane Dembele – RW/LW/CAM – 83
Javier Mascherano – CB/CDM – 83

Real Madrid – 4.5 Stars – 87 ATT, 86 MID, 86 DEF

Cristiano Ronaldo – LW/ST – 94 OVR
Toni Kroos – CM/CDM – 90
Sergio Ramos – CB – 90
Luka Modric – CM/CDM – 89
Gareth Bale – RW – 89
Marcelo – LB – 87
Isco – CM/CAM/RM/LM – 86
Karim Benzema – ST – 86
Casemiro – CDM – 85
Raphael Varane – CB – 85

Bundesliga

Bayern Munich – 5 Stars – 91 ATT, 86 MID, 85 DEF

Manuel Neuer – GK – 92 OVR
Robert Lewandowski – ST – 91
Arjen Robben – RM/RW – 88
Thiago – CM/CAM/CDM – 88
Mats Hummels – CB – 88
Jerome Boateng – CB – 88
Arturo Vidal – CDM/CM – 87
James Rodriguez – CAM/CM/RM – 86
Javi Martinez – CB/CDM – 86
Thomas Muller – CF/RW/CAM/ST – 86

Borussia Dortmund – 4.5 Stars – 82 ATT, 82 MID, 81 DEF

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – ST – 88 OVR
Marco Reus – LM/ST/LW – 86
Sokratis – CB – 86
Roman Burki – GK – 84
Omer Toprak – CB – 83
Shinji Kagawa – CAM/CF – 83
Lukasz Piszczek – RB/CB – 83
Gonzalo Castro – CM/CDM/RM – 82
Raphael Guerreiro – LM/LWB/LB/CM – 81
Julian Weigl – CDM/CM – 81

Serie A

Juventus – 5 Stars – 90 ATT, 84 MID, 84 DEF

Gonzalo Higuain – ST – 90 OVR
Giorgio Chiellini – CB – 89
Gianluigi Buffon – GK – 89
Paulo Dybala – CAM/ST – 88
Alex Sandro – LB/LM – 86
Claudio Marchisio – CM/CDM – 85
Andrea Barzagli – CB – 85
Blaise Matuidi – CDM/CM – 85
Miralem Pjanic – CM/CDM – 85
Sami Khedira – CM/CDM – 84

Ligue 1

Paris-Saint Germain – 5 Stars – 85 ATT, 83 MID, 83 DEF

Neymar – LW – 92 OVR
Thiago Silva – CB – 88
Edinson Cavani – ST – 87
Marco Verratti – CM/CDM – 87
Angel Di Maria – RW/LW – 85
Julian Draxler – LW/CAM/LM – 84
Dani Alves – RB – 84
Javier Pastore – CM/LW/RW – 83
Kylian Mbappe – ST – 83
Marquinhos – CB – 83

USA

USMNT – 4 Stars – 75 ATT, 77 MID, 74 DEF

John Brooks – CB – 80
Fabian Johnson – LM/RB – 79
Michael Bradley – CDM/CM – 78
Clint Dempsey – CAM/CF/ST/LM – 78
Tim Howard – GK – 78
Christian Pulisic – RM/RW/LW/LM – 78
Jozy Altidore – ST – 76
Geoff Cameron – CDM/CB/RB/RWB – 76
Timmy Chandler – RB/RWB – 76
Lee Nguyen – CAM/ST/RM – 76
Benny Feilhaber – CM – 75
Sacha Kljestan – CAM/CM – 75
Darlington Nagbe – LM/RM/CM – 75
Bobby Wood – ST – 75
Alejandro Bedoya – CM/CDM/RM – 74
Matt Besler – CB – 74
Omar Gonzalez – CB – 74
Bill Hamid – GK – 74
Matt Hedges – CB – 74
Dax McCarty – CDM/CM – 74
Ike Opara – CB – 74
Dom Dwyer – ST – 73
Brad Guzan – GK – 73
Jermaine Jones – CM/CDM – 73
Matt Miazga – CB – 73
Kenny Saief – LM – 73
DeAndre Yedlin – RB – 73
Kellyn Acosta – CDM/CM – 72
Cristian Roldan – CDM/CM – 72
Paul Arriola – RM/RW – 71
Demarcus Beasley – LB – 71
Jorge Villafana – LB – 70
Graham Zusi – RB – 70

USWNT – 4.5 Stars – 81 ATT, 83 MID, 84 DEF

Alex Morgan – ST – 86
Tobin Heath – LM/CAM/RM – 86
Christen Press – ST/RM – 74
Carli Lloyd – CM/CAM/LM/ST – 92
Morgan Brian – CM – 78
Allie Long – CDM/CM – 73
Meghan Klingenberg – RB/LB – 82
Becky Sauerbrunn – CB – 87
Julie Ertz – CB/RB/RM – 86
Kelley O’Hara – RB/RM – 84
Ashlyn Harris – GK – 80
Crystal Dunn – RW/RB/RM/LB – 73
Mallory Pugh – ST/CM – 72
Megan Rapinoe – LM/CM/RM – 91
Lindsey Horan – CM/ST – 72
Ali Krieger – RB/RM/CDM – 83
Emily Sonnett – CB/CDM – 72
Alyssa Naeher – GK – 77
Sam Mewis – CM – 70
Sydney Leroux – ST/RW – 83
Rose Lavelle – CAM/CM – 70
Amy Rodriguez – ST/RW/LW/CAM – 77
Jane Campbell – GK – 74

[Photo: EA Sports]

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