FIFA 17 is scheduled to be released on 27 September 2016 in North America and 29 September 2016 for the rest of the world. With the launch fast approaching, leaks are flooding on to the net in increasing numbers, including a Twitter account that has unearthed how the world's top gamers have been ranked before EA has even finished its countdown. There is no more accurate representation of a footballer's ability, it could be argued, than his rating on FIFA. It would be wrong, of course, but it could be argued nonetheless. That is why the release of the 50 players with the best ratings in FIFA 17 was always to be big news.
EA continue to eke out the list of Top 50 players in the upcoming FIFA 17, today reaching the dizzying heights of 20-11.
20. Pepe (CB 88)
19. Gonzalo Higuaín (ST 88)
18. Paul Pogba (CM 88)
17. Antoine Griezmann (ST 88)
16. Thiago Silva (CB 89)
15. Luka Modrić (CM 89)
14. Sergio Ramos (CB 89)
13. Thibaut Courtois (GK 89)
12. Mesut Özil (CAM 89)
11. Sergio Agüero (ST 89)
If you missed the prior 50-21 places, don’t worry, they’re all included in the list below.
50. Blaise Matuidi (CDM 86)
49. Marcelo (LB 86)
48. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (ST 86)
47. Dimitri Payet (LM 86)
46. Arjen Robben (RM 87)
45. James Rodríguez (CAM 87)
44. David Silva (LM 87)
43. Karim Benzema (ST 87)
42. Arturo Vidal (CM 87)
41. Sergio Busquets (CDM 87)
40. Samir Handanovič (GK 87)
39. Mats Hummels (CB 87)
38. Thomas Müller (CF 87)
37. Angel Di María (RW 87)
36. Alexis Sánchez (LW 87)
35. Ivan Rakitić (CM 87)
34. Jan Oblak (GK 87)
33. Leonardo Bonucci (CB 87)
32. David Alaba (LB 87)
31. Hugo Lloris (GK 88)
30. Eden Hazard (LM 88)
29. Giorgio Chiellini (CB 88)
28. Petr Čech (GK 88)
27. Toni Kroos (CM 88)
26. Gianluigi Buffon (GK 88)
25. Marco Reus (LM 88)
24. Andres Iniesta (CM 88)
23. Diego Godín (CB 88)
22. Philipp Lahm (RB 88)
21. Kevin De Bruyne (RM 88)
Showing up in this particular section are defensive hard-man turned cultured European Championship winner Pepe, Manchester United’s recent re-acquisition (and almost European Championship winner) Paul Pogba, fellow Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, and perennial fantasy football choice Sergio Aguero. Everybody in the 20-11 range is rated either 88 or 89. The rest of the FIFA 17 list will be appearing over the next two days, with the majority of the Top 10 (10-4) coming tomorrow, and the final three getting revealed on Friday.
