Messi, Ronaldo or Lewandowski? – FIFA 22 reveals who is the pick of the bunch

The
latest
edition
of
the
long-running
title
will
be
released
at
the
start
of
October
and
will
see
Messi
representing
a
team
other
than
Barcelona
for
the
first
time.

Messi
joined
Paris
Saint-Germain
in
August
and
will
give
gamers
the
chance
to
line
up
with
him,
Neymar
and
Kylian
Mbappe
all
in
the
same
front
three.

With
a
rating
of
93,
Messi
will
be
the
game’s
best
player,
excluding
icons
and
special
Ultimate
Team
cards.

The
ratings
of
Neymar
and
Mbappe
were
also
among
those
revealed
on
Monday,
with
the
pair
among
five
players
on
91
–
the
other
three
are
Cristiano
Ronaldo,
Jan
Oblak
and
Kevin
De
Bruyne.

Of
course,
the
game
will
give
Manchester
United
fans
the
chance
to
include
Ronaldo
in
their
Red
Devils
side
after
he
completed
his
return
to
the
club
following
a
12-year
absence.

Messi
aside,
the
only
other
player
to
be
rated
higher
than
Ronaldo
is
Bayern
Munich
striker
Robert
Lewandowski.

He
broke
Gerd
Muller’s
long-standing
record
of
40
Bundesliga
goals
in
a
single
season
in
2020-21
as
he
netted
41
times
en
route
to
the
title.

But
it
was
not
enough
to
topple
Messi.

Even
in
a
season
that
was
largely
underwhelming
for
Barcelona,
Messi
still
managed
to
score
30
LaLiga
goals
and
he
set
up
another
nine
–
only
four
players
had
more
assists.

This
perhaps
goes
some
way
to
explaining
why
the
six-time
Ballon
d’Or
winner
just
pips
Lewandowski
to
top-billing
despite
the
latter’s
historic
campaign.

FIFA
22’s
top
22
players:

Lionel
Messi,
Paris
Saint-Germain
–
93

Robert
Lewandowski,
Bayern
Munich
–
92

Cristiano
Ronaldo,
Manchester
United
–
91

Kevin
De
Bruyne,
Manchester
City
–
91

Kylian
Mbappe,
Paris
Saint-Germain
–
91

Neymar,
Paris
Saint-Germain
–
91

Jan
Oblak,
Atletico
Madrid
–
91

Harry
Kane,
Tottenham
–
90

N’Golo
Kante,
Chelsea
–
90

Manuel
Neuer,
Bayern
Munich
–
90

Marc-Andre
ter
Stegen,
Barcelona
–
90

Mohamed
Salah,
Liverpool
–
89

Gianluigi
Donnarumma,
Paris
Saint-Germain
–
89

Karim
Benzema,
Real
Madrid
–
89

Virgil
van
Dijk,
Liverpool
–
89

Joshua
Kimmich,
Bayern
Munich
–
89

Son
Heung-min,
Tottenham
–
89

Alisson,
Liverpool
–
89

Thibaut
Courtois,
Real
Madrid
–
89

Casemiro,
Real
Madrid
–
89

Ederson,
Manchester
City
–
89

Sadio
Mane,
Liverpool
–
89