Fifa 12 – The Best Players

If you love sports games, you probably love numbers; especially numbers relating to players’ abilities. Well, we love those kinds of numbers as well. That’s why we’ve provided a breakdown of Fifa 12’s finest players to coincide with our review of the latest entry in the long-running (and consistently improving) series.
Below we’ve listed the 20 best overall players alongside the best in a number of positional categories. The number on the left represents the player’s overall ability ranking and is always out of a maximum of 100. 
Where there is a tie for 20th position we have listed all tied players.
Please note: Ratings are based on the release day edition of Fifa 12. Ratings may be updated as the season progresses via squad updates.
Overall
94 – L. Messi (Barcelona)
92 – Xavi (Barcelona)
91 – A. Iniesta (Barcelona) 
91 – A. Robben (Bayern Munich)
90 – C. Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
90 – W. Rooney (Manchester Utd)
89 – I. Casillas (Real Madrid) 
89 – N. Vidic (Manchester Utd)
88 – C. Fabregas (Barcelona)
88 – G. Pique (Barcelona)
88 – W. Sneijder (Inter)
88 – S. Eto’o (Anzhi Makhachkala)
88 – C. Tevez (Manchester City)
88 – Z. Ibrahimovic (AC Milan)
88 – F. Ribery (Bayern Munich)
87 – P. Lahm (Bayern Munich)
87 – T. Silva (AC Milan)
87 – R. Ferdinand (Manchester Utd)
87 – R. Van Der Vaart (Tottenham)
87 – D. Silva (Manchester City)
87 – F. Lampard (Chelsea) 

By position:
Goalkeepers
89 – I. Casillas (Real Madrid)
86 – M. Neuer (Bayern Munich)
85 – V. Valdes (Barcelona)
85 – M. Stekelenburg (Roma)
85 – J. Cesar (Inter)
85 – G. Buffon (Juventus)
85 – H. Lloris (Lyon)
85 – P. Cech (Chelsea)
84 – P. Reina (Liverpool)
84 – I. Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
84 – D. Lopez (Villarreal)
84 – R. Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)
84 – S. Mandanda (Marseille)
83 – c. Abbiati (AC Milan)
83 – M. De Sanctis (Napoli)
83 – T. Wiese (Werder Bremen)
83 – J. Hart (Manchester City)
82 – Helton (Porto)
82 – C. Kameni (RCD Espanyol)
82 – R. Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund)
82 – S. Given (Aston Villa)
Centre Backs
89 – N. Vidic (Manchester Utd)
88 – G. Pique (Barcelona)
87 – T. Silva (AC Milan)
87 – R. Ferdinand (Manchester Utd)
86 – C. Puyol (Barcelona)
86 – J. Terry (Chelsea)
85 – Pepe (Real Madrid)
85 – A. Nesta (AC Milan)
85 – W. Samuel (Inter)
85 – Lucio (Inter)
84 – R. Carvalho (Real Madrid)
84 – G. Chiellini (Juventus)
84 – M. Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
84 – V. Kompany (Manchester City)
83 – D. Agger (Liverpool)
83 – Alex (Chelsea)
83 – B. Ivanovic (Chelsea)
83 – T. Vermaelen (Arsenal)
82 – Luisao (Benfica)
82 – R. Albiol (Real Madrid)
82 – N. Subotic (Borussia Dortmund)
82 – S. M’Bia (Marseille)
82 – P. Mertesacker (Arsenal)
82 – D. Luiz (Chelsea)

Full Backs
87 – P. Lahm (Bayern Munich)
86 – D. Alves (Barcelona)
85 – S. Ramos (Real Madrid)
85 – P. Evra (Manchester Utd)
85 – A. Cole (Chelsea)
84 – Maicon (Inter)
83 – B. Sagna (Arsenal)
82 – Marcelo (Real Madrid)
81 – D. Criscito (Zenit St. Petersburg)
81 – A. Anyuko (Zenit St. Petersburg)
81 – E. Abidal (Barcelona)
81 – A. Reveillere (Lyon)
80 – G. Johnson (Liverpool)
80 – M. Richards (Manchester City)
80 – J. Bosingwa (Chelsea)
80 – Filipe (Atletico Madrid)
80 – G. Clichy (Manchester City)
80 – L. Baines (Everton)
80 – A. Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
Centre Midfielders
92 – Xavi (Barcelona)
91 – A. Iniesta (Barcelona)
88 – C. Fabregas (Barcelona)
88 – W. Sneijder (Inter)
88 – L. Modric (Tottenham Hotspur)
87 – R. Van Der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur)
87 – D. Silva (Manchester City)
87 – F. Lampard (Chelsea)
86 – X. Alonso (Real Madrid)
86 – J. Mascherano (Barcelona)
86 – M. Ozil (Real Madrid)
86 – S. Nasri (Manchester City)
86 – S. Gerrard (Liverpool)
85 – N. Sahin (Real Madrid)
85 – B. Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
85 – Y. Toure (Manchester City)
85 – M. Arteta (Arsenal)
85 – Kaka (Real Madrid)
84 – E. Cambiasso (Inter)
84 – J. Mountinho (Porto)
84 – Danny (Zenit St Petersburg)
84 – Hernanes (Lazio)

Wingers
91 – A. Robben (Bayern Munich)
88 – F. Ribery (Bayern Munich)
86 – G. Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
84 – Nene (Paris Saint-Germain)
84 – J. Navas (Sevilla)
84 – Nani (Manchester Utd)
84 – F. Malouda (Chelsea)
84 – J. Mata (Chelsea)
84 – J. Reyes (Atletico Madrid)
84 – J. Farfan (Schalke)
84 – Gervinho (Arsenal)
84 – Hulk (Porto)
83 – M. Bastos (Lyon)
83 – S. Cazorla (Malaga)
83 – L. Donovan (LA Galaxy)
83 – A. Di Maria (Real Madrid)
83 – A. Valencia (Manchester Utd)
83 – A. Young (Manchester Utd)
83 – R. Giggs (Manchester Utd)
83 – A. Juran (Atletico Madrid)
83 – A. Arshavin (Arsenal)
Forwards 
94 – L. Messi (Barcelona)
90 – C. Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
90 – W. Rooney (Manchester Utd)
88 – S. Eto’o (Anzhi Makhachkala)
88 – D. Villa (Barcelona)
88 – Z. Ibrahimovic (AC Milan)
88 – C. Tevez (Manchester City)
86 – A. Sanchez (Barcelona)
86 – Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
86 – A. Di Natale (Udinese)
86 – E. Cavani (Napoli)
86 – M. Gomez (Bayern Munich)
86 – S. Aguero (Manchester City)
86 – F. Torres (Chelsea)
86 – D. Drogba (Chelsea)
86 – R. Van Persie (Arsenal)
85 – L. Suarez (Liverpool)
85 – E. Hazard (Lille)
85 – A. Pato (AC Milan)
85 – Pedro (Barcelona)
85 – G. Higuain (Real Madrid)
Is Torres really better than Higuain or Pato? Is Gareth Bale better than Ashley Younger? Is Neuer the second best keeper in the world? Is Rio Ferdinand still that good? We’d love to hear what you think in the comments!