EA Sports has revealed the top 26 players in both the Premier League and WSL for EA Sports FC 26.
In the men’s top league, after a dominant romp to the title last season Liverpool have come out on top with 8 players in the top 26, just beating Arsenal who have 7.
With a few high-profile departures as club legends reached the end of their time up North, Man City have just 5, including 2 downgrades for Rodri and Dias and 2 new players in Donnarumma and Reijnders.
Newcastle and Chelsea have 2 midfielders in the top 26 a piece, while Youri Tielemans makes it for Villa with Bruno Fernandes rounding out the list as the last vestigial reminder of Manchester United at the top end of the Premier League.
In the WSL though, underdog Champion’s League winners Arsenal have 3 players in the top 5, but it’s 6-in-a-row title winners Chelsea who have the most strength in depth, with a mighty 11 of the 26 highest rated WSL players (despite downgrades for key players like Sam Kerr and Lauren James following injury-hit seasons).
New additions include the popular Ultimate Team pick Grace Geyoro after her move from PSG to London City Lionesses (however that does mean she now no longer links with male PSG players), as well as Chelsea defender Naomi Girma who was the first women’s player to be transferred for more than $1 million.
These ratings come after the top 26 male and female players from every league around the world were revealed earlier this week, with Lamine Yamal seeing a huge +8 upgrade while Mo Salah and Kylian Mbappe claimed the top spots.
The full FC 26 database will be revealed on September 12, but the list of new Icons joining Ultimate Team is already out, including legendary names like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta and Francesco Totti.
EA Sports FC 26 drops, fittingly, on September 26 for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles as well as PC.
The full list of the 26 highest rated players in the Premier League and WSL is as follows:
| Highest Rated Premier League Players | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Rating: | Position: | Team: |
| Mohamed Salah | 91 | RW | Liverpool |
| Rodri | 90 | CDM | Man City |
| Virgil van Dijk | 90 | CB | Liverpool |
| Erling Haaland | 90 | ST | Man City |
| Gigi Donnarumma | 89 | GK | Man City |
| Alisson | 89 | GK | Liverpool |
| Florian Wirtz | 89 | CAM | Liverpool |
| Alexander Isak | 88 | ST | Liverpool |
| Gabriel | 88 | CB | Arsenal |
| Bukayo Saka | 88 | RW | Arsenal |
| Cole Palmer | 87 | CAM | Chelsea |
| Moises Caicedo | 87 | CDM | Chelsea |
| Declan Rice | 87 | CDM | Arsenal |
| Bruno Fernandes | 87 | CAM | Manchester United |
| William Saliba | 87 | CB | Arsenal |
| Alexis Mac Allister | 87 | CM | Liverpool |
| Martin Odegaard | 87 | CAM | Arsenal |
| David Raya | 87 | GK | Arsenal |
| Viktor Gyokeres | 87 | ST | Arsenal |
| Ruben Dias | 86 | CB | Man City |
| Bruno Guimaraes | 86 | CM | Newcastle |
| Ibrahima Konate | 86 | CB | Liverpool |
| Sandro Tonali | 86 | CM | Newcastle |
| Tijjani Reijnders | 86 | CM | Man City |
| Ryan Gravenberch | 85 | CDM | Liverpool |
| Youri Tielemans | 85 | CM | Villa |
| Highest Rated WSL Players | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Rating: | Position: | Team: |
| Alessia Russo | 89 | ST | Arsenal |
| Mariona | 89 | CM | Arsenal |
| Khadija Shaw | 89 | ST | Man City |
| Guro Reiten | 88 | LM | Chelsea |
| Chloe Kelly | 87 | RM | Arsenal |
| Lucy Bronze | 87 | RB | Arsenal |
| Leah Williamson | 87 | CB | Arsenal |
| Beth Mead | 87 | RM | Arsenal |
| Lauren Hemp | 87 | LW | Man City |
| Katie McCabe | 87 | LB | Arsenal |
| Millie Bright | 87 | CB | Chelsea |
| Sam Kerr | 87 | ST | Chelsea |
| Grace Geyoro | 86 | CM | London City Lionesses |
| Sandy Baltimore | 85 | LM | Chelsea |
| Erin Cuthbert | 85 | CDM | Chelsea |
| Ella Toone | 85 | CAM | Manchester United |
| Caitlin Foord | 85 | LM | Arsenal |
| Yui Hasegawa | 85 | CDM | Man City |
| Vivianne Miedema | 85 | ST | Man City |
| Kim Little | 85 | CDM | Arsenal |
| Lauren James | 85 | RM | Chelsea |
| Naomi Girma | 85 | CB | Chelsea |
| Keira Walsh | 85 | CDM | Chelsea |
| Chiamaka Nnadozie | 85 | GK | Brighton |
| Hannah Hampton | 84 | GK | Chelsea |
| Sjoeke Nusken | 84 | CDM | Chelsea |