Electronic Arts (EA) Sports, on Monday, unveiled its annual player ratings for the FIFA 20 football simulation video game which will be released in a few weeks.
The list is topped by Lionel Messiย who just slightly beat outย Cristiano Ronaldoย for the top spot by one point. Messi isย FIFA 20’s highest played player with a rating of 94, followed by Ronaldo with 93, PSG forwardย Neymar Jr. trailed them with 92.
Also on the top five are Real Madrid midfielder Eden Hazard with 91, and Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne also with a score of 91.
FIFA 20โs other cover star Virgil van Dijk places seventh with a rating of 90. Elsewhere van Dijkโs Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salahย appears at No. 8 with a rating of 90.
The new rating has sparked a debate among football game lovers on social media.
While some picked holes in the rating and argued that it is not fair to their favourite players, others were of the opinion that it is balanced and fair to all.
Messi is higher because he scored more than 50 goals last season while Ronaldo scored 30
โ 3mi (@WiIdtacuache) September 9, 2019
How many goals/assists does Hazard have in a season
The guys higher than him make more differencesโ MrLawal 2 (@lekinsinn_lawal) September 9, 2019
Absolutely fair
โ AIMAN (@AIMAN786aiman) September 9, 2019
These ratings never made sense.They are not proportional to reality.
For example,the dribbling.: if Messi is 96,for Ronaldo it should be about 70,and his overall rating about 86,for an accurate representation of his performance this year.
โ Cyrano (@louis49xx) September 9, 2019
past decade lmao?
โ shox (@shoxie_jesus_) September 9, 2019
Messi mustโve attempted and completed the most dribbles in Europe
โ Hakeem? (@king_hac) September 9, 2019
So by your logic van Dijk should be the most rated player right?
โ J@y (@j7tandel) September 9, 2019
why? he is number 4 which is perfectly fine.
โ Niklas โฌ (@byNiklas) September 9, 2019
FIFA put higher ratings for people who they like (they put ronaldo low cause he left them last year) and if u see fifas before fifa 17, messi was higher and he didnโt deserve it
โ Im 2rnado ? (@Im2rnado) September 9, 2019
