Lionel Messi is the best footballer in the world, according to FIFA 20 Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Lionel Messi is the best footballer in the world, according to FIFA 20 Ronaldo slips to second. Bale out of the top 100. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 9 Sep 2019 20 comments Image credit: EA FIFA France Twitter. EA Sports has released the ratings for the top 100 players in FIFA 20, and this year Lionel Messi is on top. FIFA 19 saw rivals Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo joint top for the first time, with a rating of 94 each. For FIFA 20, EA Sports has downgraded Ronaldo's overall rating to 93 while keeping Messi at 94 (Messi has seen a position change from CF to RW). Digging into the detail, though, Ronaldo still has monster stats for all the categories that matter, so will no doubt be as indispensable this year as he was last. Ronaldo is no longer the FIFA cover star, and his club team, Juventus, is not officially licensed for FIFA 20. Football video game rival PES 2020 has the exclusive on Juventus, which has forced EA Sports to create Piemonte Calcio to replace the Old Lady. Watch on YouTube Elsewhere, Liverpool players rise up through the ranks, as you'd expect given they won the Champions League last season. Defender Virgil van Dijk enters the top 10 with a 90 overall rating, as does forward Mohamed Salah. Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos slips out of the top 10, as does Barcelona forward Luis Suarez, Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Real Madrid midfielder Tony Kroos (it's a bad year for Real Madrid players overall, as you'd expect given the team's poor form recently). Here's the top 10 (courtesy of the EA FIFA France Twitter account): Messi Ronaldo Neymar Hazard De Bruyne Oblak van Dijk Salah Modric ter Stegen The top-rated Englishman is, once again, Spurs striker Harry Kane, who retains his 89 rating from FIFA 19. Manchester City's speedy winger Raheem Sterling has an overall rating of 88, up from 85, to reflect his astonishing season for Premier League champions Manchester City. Welsh winger Gareth Bale is out of the top 100 altogether (did Zinedine Zidane put together this list?). You can see the top 100 in our big FIFA 20 player ratings list. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store