EA Sports has begun to reveal who the best players on the new game are - will Cristiano Ronaldo be No.1 again?
EA Sports has begun its long-anticipated reveal of the top 100 players on FIFA 19 as the countdown begins in earnest for the new game's release on September 28.
As has become tradition, FIFA's top 100 players are drip-fed to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Nintendo Switch gamers who look forward to finding out who are the best on the new iteration.
Last year cover star Cristiano Ronaldo had the best rating having guided Real Madrid to Champions League and La Liga glory the previous season. This year he is with a new team, Juventus, having left Real Madrid behind after nine fantastic years at the club.
Lionel Messi, Neymar, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric, Robert Lewandowski, Mohamed Salah and Eden Hazard will undoubtedly be among the top 20, but FIFA's begun by announcing the lowest 40 players of the top 100.
Check out the full list below, bookmark this link and check back here every day after 2pm UK time (9am US ET) to find out the latest players revealed in the countdown.
100. Kostas Manolas | CB | Roma | Greece OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 83 Shooting = 18 Passing = 42 Dribbling = 62 Defence = 86 Physical = 82
99. Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | Algeria OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 85 Shooting = 79 Passing = 81 Dribbling = 90 Defence = 37 Physical = 59
98. Zlatan Ibrahimovic | ST | LA Galaxy | Sweden OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 59 Shooting = 86 Passing = 77 Dribbling = 79 Defence = 34 Physical = 78
97. Raheem Sterling | RW | Manchester City | England OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 93 Shooting = 73 Passing = 76 Dribbling = 87 Defence = 47 Physical = 56
96. Blaise Matuidi | CDM | Juventus | France OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 78 Shooting = 68 Passing = 77 Dribbling = 79 Defence = 83 Physical = 83
95. Marco Asensio | LW | Real Madrid | Spain OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 81 Shooting = 84 Passing = 83 Dribbling = 85 Defence = 43 Physical = 60
94. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic | CM | Lazio | Serbia OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 69 Shooting = 79 Passing = 80 Dribbling = 82 Defence = 77 Physical = 84
93. Joshua Kimmich | RB | Bayern Munich | Germany OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 73 Shooting = 68 Passing = 83 Dribbling = 82 Defence = 77 Physical = 73
92. Edin Dzeko | ST | Roma | Bosnia-Herzegovina OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 66 Shooting = 85 Passing = 71 Dribbling = 75 Defence = 46 Physical = 73
91. Koke | LM | Atletico Madrid | Spain OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 69 Shooting = 75 Passing = 88 Dribbling = 82 Defence = 69 Physical = 78
90. Marcos Reus | LM | Borussia Dortmund | Germany OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 85 Shooting = 86 Passing = 82 Dribbling = 86 Defence = 44 Physical = 64
89. Filipe Luis | LB | Atletico Madrid | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 75 Shooting = 62 Passing = 78 Dribbling = 79 Defence = 81 Physical = 79
88. Vincent Kompany | CB | Manchester City | Belgium OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 56 Shooting = 54 Passing = 65 Dribbling = 66 Defence = 85 Physical = 81
87. Arjen Robben | RM | Bayern Munich | Netherlands OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 79 Shooting = 85 Passing = 81 Dribbling = 88 Defence = 32 Physical = 62
86. Alisson | GK | Liverpool | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 85Diving = 82 Handling = 81 Kicking = 85 Reflexes = 62 Speed = 54 Positioning = 83
85. David Alaba | LB | Bayern Munich | Austria OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 82 Shooting = 73 Passing = 80 Dribbling = 80 Defence = 81 Physical = 75
84. Fabinho | CDM | Liverpool | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 71 Shooting = 69 Passing = 78 Dribbling = 77 Defence = 84 Physical = 84
83. Arturo Vidal | CDM | Barcelona | Chile OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 57 Shooting = 80 Passing = 79 Dribbling = 78 Defence = 84 Physical = 83
82. Virgil van Dijk | CB | Liverpool | Netherlands OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 71 Shooting = 60 Passing = 67 Dribbling = 70 Defence = 85 Physical = 84
81. Diego Costa | ST | Atletico Madrid | Spain OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 75 Shooting = 83 Passing = 64 Dribbling = 76 Defence = 49 Physical = 87
80. Radja Nainggolan | CM | Inter | Belgium OVERALL RATING = 85Pace = 75 Shooting = 79 Passing = 78 Dribbling = 82 Defence = 83 Physical = 83
79. Alex Sandro | LB | Juventus | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 85 Shooting = 65 Passing = 77 Dribbling = 81 Defence = 82 Physical = 83
78. Medhi Benatia | CB | Juventus | Morocco OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 70 Shooting = 45 Passing = 54 Dribbling = 65 Defence = 87 Physical = 85
77. Dani Parejo | CM | Valencia | Spain OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 47 Shooting = 80 Passing = 88 Dribbling = 79 Defence = 71 Physical = 71
76. Nemanja Matic | CDM | Manchester United | Serbia OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 56 Shooting = 71 Passing = 79 Dribbling = 76 Defence = 83 Physical = 83
75. Douglas Costa | LM | Juventus | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 95 Shooting = 75 Passing = 81 Dribbling = 91 Defence = 43 Physical = 65
74. Cesar Azpilicueta | CB | Chelsea | Spain OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 76 Shooting = 55 Passing = 78 Dribbling = 74 Defence = 87 Physical = 77
73. Naldo | CB | Schalke | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 63 Shooting = 69 Passing = 64 Dribbling = 62 Defence = 87 Physical = 74
72. Fernandinho | CDM | Manchester City | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 67 Shooting = 74 Passing = 78 Dribbling = 79 Defence = 83 Physical = 79
71. Miralem Pjanic | CM | Juventus | Bosnia & Herzegovina OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 66 Shooting = 70 Passing = 86 Dribbling = 86 Defence = 73 Physical = 69
70. Leroy Sane | LW | Manchester City | Germany OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 95 Shooting = 81 Passing = 78 Dribbling = 86 Defence = 38 Physical = 70
69. Leonardo Bonucci | CB | Juventus | Italy OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 61 Shooting = 58 Passing = 69 Dribbling = 71 Defence = 87 Physical = 80
68. Jerome Boateng | CB | Bayern Munich | Germany OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 73 Shooting = 50 Passing = 72 Dribbling = 66 Defence = 85 Physical = 83
67. Thomas Muller | CF | Bayern Munich | Germany OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 74 Shooting = 83 Passing = 80 Dribbling = 78 Defence = 50 Physical = 71
66. Ederson | GK | 86 | Manchester City | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 86Diving = 85 Handling = 80 Kicking = 90 Positioning = 87 Reflexes = 64 Speed = 82
65. Roberto Firmino | CF | Liverpool | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 77 Shooting = 83 Passing = 80 Dribbling = 86 Defence = 61 Physical = 78
64. Marco Verratti | CM | PSG | Italy OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 65 Shooting = 60 Passing = 84 Dribbling = 89 Defence = 79 Physical = 66
63. Nicolas Otamendi | CB | Manchester City | Argentina OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 60 Shooting = 57 Passing = 63 Dribbling = 61 Defence = 86 Physical = 80
62. Thiago | CM | Bayern Munich | Spain OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 73 Shooting = 74 Passing = 84 Dribbling = 89 Defence = 67 Physical = 63
61. Mesut Ozil | CAM | Arsenal | Germany OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 70 Shooting = 73 Passing = 86 Dribbling = 84 Defence = 24 Physical = 58
60. Sadio Mane | LW | Liverpool | Senegal OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 94 Shooting = 80 Passing = 76 Dribbling = 87 Defence = 42 Physical = 73
59. Ivan Perisic | LM | Inter | Croatia OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 86 Shooting = 80 Passing = 80 Dribbling = 83 Defence = 62 Physical = 78
58. Raphael Varane | CB | Real Madrid | France OVERALL RATING = 86Pace = 84 Shooting = 45 Passing = 61 Dribbling = 65 Defence = 86 Physical = 80
57. Ciro Immobile | ST | Lazio | Italy OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 82 Shooting = 87 Passing = 63 Dribbling = 82 Defence = 39 Physical = 76
56. Alexis Sánchez | LW | Manchester United | Chile OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 82 Shooting = 83 Passing = 79 Dribbling = 89 Defence = 45 Physical = 77
55. Kalidou Koulibaly | CB | Napoli | Senegal OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 72 Shooting = 26 Passing = 46 Dribbling = 60 Defence = 88 Physical = 86
54. Dries Mertens | CF | Napoli | Belgium OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 89 Shooting = 83 Passing = 80 Dribbling = 90 Defence = 34 Physical = 55
53. Mauro Icardi | ST | Inter | Argentina OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 78 Shooting = 85 Passing = 61 Dribbling = 79 Defence = 36 Physical = 72
52. Keylor Navas | GK | Real Madrid | Costa Rica OVERALL RATING = 87Diving = 90 Handling = 81 Kicking = 75 Reflexes = 90 Speed = 54 Positioning = 82
51. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | ST | Arsenal | Gabon OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 94 Shooting = 84 Passing = 75 Dribbling = 80 Defence = 37 Physical = 70
50. Andres Iniesta | CM | Vissel Kobe | Spain OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 69 Shooting = 70 Passing = 87 Dribbling = 90 Defence = 61 Physical = 57
49. Jordi Alba | LB | FC Barcelona | Spain OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 93 Shooting = 69 Passing = 79 Dribbling = 83 Defence = 79 Physical = 72
48. Jan Vertonghen | CB | Tottenham Hotspur | Belgium OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 63 Shooting = 63 Passing = 73 Dribbling = 72 Defence = 88 Physical = 79
47. Samuel Umtiti | CB | FC Barcelona | France OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 72 Shooting = 64 Passing = 71 Dribbling = 72 Defence = 88 Physical = 82
46. Marek Hamsík | CM | Napoli | Slovakia OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 70 Shooting = 80 Passing = 84 Dribbling = 84 Defence = 72 Physical = 69
45. Romelu Lukaku | ST | Manchester United | Belgium OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 84 Shooting = 84 Passing = 76 Dribbling = 75 Defence = 35 Physical = 87
44. Ivan Rakitic | CM | FC Barcelona | Croatia OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 62 Shooting = 84 Passing = 87 Dribbling = 82 Defence = 72 Physical = 69
43. Gerard Pique | CB | FC Barcelona | Spain OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 55 Shooting = 61 Passing = 69 Dribbling = 66 Defence = 87 Physical = 76
42. Kylian Mbappe | RW | Paris Saint-Germain | France OVERALL RATING = 87Pace = 96 Shooting = 81 Passing = 79 Dribbling = 89 Defence = 39 Physical = 72
41. Thiago Silva | CB | Paris Saint-Germain | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 88Pace = 71 Shooting = 54 Passing = 73 Dribbling = 70 Defence = 88 Physical = 79
40. Lorenzo Insigne | LW | Napoli | Italy OVERALL RATING = 88
39. Samir Handanovic | GK | Inter | Slovenia OVERALL RATING = 88
38. Gonzalo Higuain | ST | AC Milan | Argentina OVERALL RATING = 88
37. Casemiro | CDM | Real Madrid | Brazil OVERALL RATING = 88
36. James Rodriguez | CAM | Bayern Munich | Colombia OVERALL RATING = 88
35. Gianluigi Buffon | GK | PSG | Italy OVERALL RATING = 88
34. Christian Eriksen | CAM | Tottenham | Denmark OVERALL RATING = 88
33. Paul Pogba | CM | Manchester United | France OVERALL RATING = 88
32. Sergio Busquets | CDM | Barcelona | Spain OVERALL RATING = 88
31. Gareth Bale | RW | Real Madrid | Wales OVERALL RATING = 88
Slim2dor
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Seriously? Umtiti better than Varane? Seriously? This is a joke. And Higuain better than Icardi? Another EA joke. EA is funny.
fuslmoru
92
How Sanchez was rated higher than Mane is something I would never understand...🙄
madcow
81
Out of all the pictures???
SgtSINGAM67
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Apologies as well, EA Sports (Enough Acting), I'm not impressed with your list of ratings which is branded as desired to Fun Time activity.