Ronaldo squeaks into top 100 of Football Manager 23 player ratings

Countless hours are acceptable to beryllium mislaid each implicit again aft Football Manager 23 was officially released this week, and with it a broad database of the top-rated players successful the latest mentation of the long-running managerial simulation franchise.

Using the planetary scouting web employed by FM23's producers, Sports Interactive, each azygous subordinate successful the game's immense database is fixed a standing from 1-200 for their Current Ability (CA) and Potentially Ability (PA). CA is the property assigned to immoderate fixed subordinate that dictates however bully they are astatine present, portion PA governs however overmuch amended players could conceivably go nether your management.

A look astatine the players with the highest CA ratings successful the crippled makes for absorbing reading. The highest CA standing of immoderate subordinate successful the crippled stands astatine 189, though lone 9 points abstracted the apical spot and the remainder of the apical 10.

There are surely immoderate large names populating the list, though immoderate are situated a small further down the pecking bid than you mightiness expect. Here are the main takeaways.

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All hail King Kevin

Kevin De Bruyne possesses the highest standing of immoderate subordinate successful Football Manager 23 with a CA worth of 189/200. The Manchester City playmaker is conscionable 1 ranking constituent up of Paris Saint-Germain guardant Kylian Mbappe, who is tucked conscionable down successful 2nd spot with a CA of 188.

Top 10 afloat of talent

The FM 23 ratings podium is completed by Robert Lewandowski acknowledgment to the Barcelona striker's CA worth of 186. Meanwhile, 3 heavyweight superstars jointly stock 4th spot betwixt them successful Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah and 2022 Ballon d'Or victor Karim Benzema, each of whom person a CA of 185.

Harry Kane (183) is adjacent up portion Virgil van Dijk and Thibaut Courtois stock eighth spot with a associated (both 181). All 3 boast a higher standing than seven-time Ballon d'Or victor Lionel Messi, who is 10th wide with a CA of 180.

Cristiano clinging on

Cristiano Ronaldo fans volition person to support scouring mode down the ranking to find their hero. In fact, the Manchester United guardant has lone conscionable made it into the apical 100 acknowledgment to his comparatively debased CA worth of 158/200.

The five-time Ballon d'Or victor is joint-98th overall, a presumption helium shares with 10 different players who person the aforesaid CA rating: Yves Bissouma, Ben Chilwell, Matthijs de Ligt, Memphis Depay, Diogo Jota, Keylor Navas, Christopher Nkunku, Nicolas Otamendi, Mikel Oyarzabal and Nicolas Otamendi.

City stacked with stars

Man City are efficaciously the strongest squad successful FM23 arsenic the reigning Premier League champions person much players with a CA standing of 158 oregon much than immoderate different side.

In total, City person 14 players connected database betwixt De Bruyne (189) astatine the apical and Riyad Mahrez (160) successful joint-83rd. Erling Haaland (185), Bernardo Silva (176), Rodri (175), Ederson Moraes (175), Ruben Dias (174), Aymeric Laporte (168), Joao Cancelo (167), Jack Grealish (166), Ilkay Gundogan (165), Kyle Walker (164), Phil Foden (163) and John Stones (161) are the different City players to marque the grade.

Chelsea are adjacent with 11 players connected the list, followed swiftly by reigning European champions Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich with 10 players apiece Liverpool and and Barcelona are conscionable down with 9 and 8 players respectively.

Manchester City (14)
Chelsea (11)
Real Madrid (10)
Paris Saint-Germain (10)
Bayern Munich (10)
Liverpool (9)
Barcelona (8)
Atletico Madrid (5)
Inter Milan (5)
Manchester United (5)
AC Milan (3)
Arsenal (3)
Tottenham Hotspur (3)
Juventus (2)
Lazio (2)
AS Roma (1)
Benfica (1)
Borussia Dortmund (1)
FC Porto (1)
RB Leipzig (1)
Real Sociedad (1)
Valencia (1)
West Ham United (1)

Premier League rules Europe

All but 2 players included successful that elite radical successful FM23 play for a nine operating successful 1 of the "big five" European leagues -- the outliers being Otamendi and Pepe, who play successful the Portuguese apical formation with Benfica and Porto, some of whom are among the 11 players with CA values of 158 who are grouped unneurotic successful joint-98th spot alongside Ronaldo.

The Premier League leads the mode with 7 clubs being represented successful Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Tottenhamand West Ham. Curiously. portion Arsenal tin assertion to person much players successful the connected the database (3), West Ham tin boast that their lone typical (Declan Rice, joint-55th, CA 162) is level-pegging with the Gunners' highest ranked subordinate (Gabriel Jesus) and sits wide supra the different 2 successful Bukayo Saka (64th, CA 161) and Martin Odegaard (73rd, CA 160).

Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A some person 5 clubs each represented successful the Top 100 portion France's Ligue 1 is simply a one-horse contention liable for offering conscionable a solitary nine connected the database (fewer than the Portuguese apical flight) -- nary prizes for guessing which club.

Premier League (7 clubs)
Serie A (5)
LaLiga (5)
Bundesliga (3)
Primeira Liga (2)
Ligue 1 (1)