We know that FIFA 17 is developed by EA Sports. And EA is adept in developing sports game. Here are the biggest surprises in FIFA 17’s top 50 players, ahead of the game’s September 29 release. A new engine frost and a new story model “Journey” are added in FIFA 17. Compared with FIFA Series, FIFA 17 has a great development in each aspects. The new features in FIFA 17 include new attacking techniques, physical player overhaul, active intelligence system and set piece rewrite. And EA Sports announced at E3 2016 that they will have all 20 Premier League managers' likenesses in the game. FIFA 17 will be officially on sale on September 27, landing platform for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.
Most players in the top 50 have earned their place, but there’s some standout goalkeeper ratings that will cause debate. Ten players - Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez, Manuel Neuer, Gareth Bale, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Jerome Boateng and David De Gea - all have ratings of 90 or above compared to just four when FIFA 16 was released. The Italian outfit finished 15 clean sheets an 111 saves in 36 games for Inter in 2015-16, while only his ball handling and kicking statitics were given improvements. Is that enough to warrant Handanovic being in the top 50 players in the world? The 32-year-old Slovenian played 43 matches for Inter Milan last season, and is rated as the eighth best goalkeeper in FIFA 17.
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)
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)
10.David De Gea (GK 90)
09. Robert Lewandowski (ST 90)
08. Jérôme Boateng (CB 90)
07. Zlatan Ibrahimović (ST 90)
06. Gareth Bale (RW 90)
05. Manuel Neuer (GK 92)
04. Luis Suárez (ST 92)
03.Neymar (LW 92)
02.Lionel Messi (Lw 93)
01.Cristiano Ronaldo(LW 94)
As players get older, FIFA reflects the waning of players’ abilities through downgrading their ratings. Ronaldo is finally better than Messi. For the first time in seven years Lionel Messi isn’t the top rated player in EA Sports FIFA. That mantle now belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo. FIFA 09 - when Ronaldo was last No.1, along with goalkeeper Iker Casillas at the peak of his powers - was the last time Messi not the best player on the game, while FIFA 13 was the last edition Messi wasn’t on the front cover, which Marco Reus will take over in FIFA 17. Messi’s overall rating has dropped from 94 to 93, and Ronaldo’s improved from 93 to 94. That’s interesting because most of Messi’s base statistics have actually improved.
