FIFA 21 Career Mode best players: the top 100 FIFA 21 players ranked by Overall rating

All top 100 FIFA 20 player ratings listed.

Guide by Chris Tapsell Deputy Editor

Updated on Oct. 7, 2020

FIFA 21 player ratings are here with the arrival of the full game, giving you a chance to check out the best career mode players across FIFA's many leagues, clubs and positions.

The top ones are actually announced gradually in the build up to the latest FIFA's launch every year, usually with around ten players at a time, but now we're kicking with the game's full arrival we've gone ahead and listed the top 100 players in FIFA 21 for you below. This applies to both Ultimate Team and Career Mode, by the way, although with Ultimate Team releasing so many updated or changed versions of players' cards, in the long run Career Mode players will find it the most useful.

FIFA 21 Career Mode best players - the top 100 FIFA 21 players rated

The best way to use this guide, if you have something specific in mind, would be to Ctrl+F to find players of a certain position, rating, club or name. Here's a rundown of the full top 100.

The best players this year in FIFA 21 are once again Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - but only just. Image credit: EA Sports official site.

FIFA 21 Career Mode best players list:

Rank	Player	Club	Position	Rating
1	Messi	Barcelona	RW	93
2	Ronaldo	Juventus	ST	92
3	Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	ST	91
4	De Bruyne	Man City	CAM	91
5	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	LW	91
6	Oblak	Atletico Madrid	GK	91
7	Van Dijk	Liverpool	CB	90
8	Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	ST	90
9	Salah	Liverpool	RW	90
10	Mané	Liverpool	LW	90
11	Ter Stegen	Barcelona	GK	90
12	Alisson	Liverpool	GK	90
13	Ramos	Real Madrid	CB	89
14	Neuer	Bayern Munich	GK	89
15	Aguero	Man City	ST	89
16	Benzema	Real Madrid	CF	89
17	Casemiro	Real Madrid	CDM	89
18	Courtois	Real Madrid	GK	89
19	Kimmich	Bayern Munich	CDM	88
20	Kroos	Real Madrid	CM	88
21	Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	ST	88
22	Hazard	Real Madrid	LW	88
23	Sterling	Man City	LW	88
24	Dybala	Juventus	CF	88
25	Ederson	Man City	GK	88
26	Kanté	Chelsea	CDM	88
27	Handanovic	Inter Milan	GK	88
28	Koulibaly	Napoli	CB	88
29	Modric	Real Madrid	CM	87
30	Immobile	Lazio	ST	87
31	Aubameyang	Arsenal	ST	87
32	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	CAM	87
33	Di Maria	Paris Saint-Germain	RW	87
34	Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	RM	87
35	Son	Tottenham Hotspur	LM	87
36	Suarez	Atletico Madrid	ST	87
37	Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	RB	87
38	Griezmann	Barcelona	ST	87
39	Laporte	Man City	CB	87
40	Szcesny	Juventus	GK	87
41	Firmino	Liverpool	CF	86
42	Bernardo Silva	Man City	RW	87
43	Robertson	Liverpool	LB	87
44	Fabinho	Liverpool	CDM	87
45	Navas	PSG	GK	87
46	Busquets	Barcelona	CDM	87
47	Chiellini	Juventus	CB	87
48	Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	GK	87
49	Muller	Bayern Munich	CAM	86
50	Vardy	Leicester City	ST	86
51	Pogba	Manchester United	CM	86
52	Veratti	PSG	CM	86
53	Piqué	Barcelona	CB	86
54	Gómez	Atalanta	CAM	86
55	Henderson	Liverpool	CDM	86
56	Carvajal	Real Madrid	RB	86
57	Hummels	Borussia Dortmund	CB	86
58	David Silva	Real Sociedad	CAM	86
59	De Gea	Manchester United	GK	86
60	Varane	Real Madrid	CB	86
61	Alba	Barcelona	LB	86
62	Sommer	Borussia Monchengladbach	GK	86
63	Gnabry	Bayern Munich	RM	85
64	Marquinhos	PSG	CB	85
65	Lukaku	Inter Milan	ST	85
66	Thiago	Liverpool	CM	85
67	Havertz	Chelsea	CAM	85
68	Alberto	Lazio	CAM	85
69	Mahrez	Man City	RW	85
70	Depay	Lyon	CF	85
71	Donnarumma	Milan	GK	85
72	Ziyech	Chelsea	CAM	85
73	Reus	Borussia Dortmund	CAM	85
74	Werner	Chelsea	ST	85
75	Milinkovic-Savic	Lazio	CM	85
76	Wijnaldum	Liverpool	CM	85
77	De Ligt	Juventus	CB	85
78	Thiago Silva	Chelsea	CB	85
79	Pereira	Leicester City	RB	85
80	Insigne	Napoli	LW	85
81	Pjanic	Barcelona	CM	85
82	Rashford	Manchester United	LM	85
83	Sané	Bayern Munich	LM	85
84	Parejo	Celta Vigo	CM	85
85	Skriniar	Inter	CB	85
86	Koke	Atletico Madrid	CM	85
87	Dries Mertens	Napoli	CF	85
88	Leno	Arsenal	GK	85
89	Lenglet	Barcelona	CB	85
90	Bonucci	Juventus	CB	85
91	De Jong	Barcelona	CM	85
92	Rodri	Man City	CDM	85
93	Gulacsi	RB Leipzig	GK	85
94	Alderweireld	Tottenham Hotspur	CB	85
95	Godin	Inter	CB	85
96	Icardi	PSG	ST	85
97	Walker	Man City	RB	85
98	Sandro	Juventus	LB	85
99	Eriksen	Inter	CAM	85
100	Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	ST	84

For more on FIFA 21, so far we have new pages on the FIFA 21 release time and download details for all editions, best FIFA 21 goalkeepers, best FIFA 21 defenders, best FIFA 21 midfielders, best FIFA 21 wingers, best FIFA 21 strikers, a big breakdown of FIFA 21 potential wonderkids and career mode hidden gems and a list of FIFA 21 Career Mode's best players. Plus, we've pages on FUT Chemistry explained and a freshly updated FIFA 21 Chemistry styles list and affected attributes explainer, to get you started with FUT. Expect much more soon!

As we mentioned above this list will likely prove most useful for Career Mode players, although it'll still be a good starting point for scouting out potential signings in FUT as well.

For specific Ultimate Team explainers though, you'll find FUT Chemistry is much more important than actual player ratings, particularly when Chemistry Styles are capable of boosting a selection of your players' stats by a whopping 90 points in total.

It's otherwise an interesting read for those looking to see who has risen to the top - or dropped down the list - with each yearly iteration, with Gareth Bale now out of the top 100 altogether, having last year dropped from the top 10, and breakout stars like Jadon Sancho bursting into 34th place from being out of the reckoning last year.

For ultimate scouting knowledge, combine this with our guides to the best FIFA 21 goalkeepers, best FIFA 21 defenders, best FIFA 21 midfielders, best FIFA 21 wingers, best FIFA 21 strikers, and, crucially, our big list of FIFA 21 potential wonderkids and career mode hidden gems, too.