FIFA 21 Ligue 1 top player ratings: Neymar, Mbappe, Navas & more Dexerto\/EA SportsFIFA 20 is fast approaching the end of its life cycle, so we\u2019re turning our attention to next year\u2019s title. EA have confirmed the top 100 player ratings in the upcoming game, but here we\u2019re focusing on Ligue 1 alone. Each year, prior to the release of a new FIFA game, the player ratings receive significant attention. How can these two players be the same rating? How can this player only have 80 pace, when this player has 90? Regardless of what we all think, EA\u2019s ratings are final and the entire top 100 has been revealed. Here, we\u2019re taking an in depth look at the highest rated players from the French top flight. Below are the top 10 from last year\u2019s title, so we can make good comparisons on how they\u2019ve altered. Ligue 1, rather unsurprisingly, is dominated by PSG, who have won the last three domestic competitions, and finished runner-up in this year\u2019s Champions League. Top of the tree once again is Neymar, who has fallen 1 OVR to 91. He remains the best card in his league, but the gap has closed somewhat as his teammate Mbappe finds his rating up 1, to 90. Read More: FIFA 21 Premier League top-rated players – We correctly called Mbappe\u2019s OVR boost, but Neymar\u2019s downgrade came as a bit of a shock off the back of another strong season. Below are the top 8 rated FIFA 21 Ligue 1 players, alongside their overall ratings. You can compare them to their FIFA 20 ratings (above) and how we predicted the top 10 to fall (below). Neymar (91) – Kylian Mbappe (90) – Angel Di Maria (87) – Keylor Navas (87) – Marco Verrati (86) – Marquinhos (85) – Memphis Depay (85) – Mauro Icardi (85) – Unfortunately the last couple haven\u2019t been confirmed just yet, but we expect to see Houssem Aouar and Wissam Ben Yedder to make up slots 9 and 10. Only time will tell whether we\u2019re right. FIFA 21 Ligue 1 top-rated players: Predictions 10. Houssem Aouar (84) OVR: 81 > 84 Lyon\u2019s Houssem Aouar has had a seriously impressive seriously. At just 21 years old, the midfielder\u2019s nine goals and seven assists in all competitions becomes even more impressive. We expect him to feature incredibly regularly for Lyon in the coming seasons. 9. Memphis Depay (84) OVR: 84 > 84 Memphis Depay, we\u2019re predicting, is set to stay at 84. Alongside Moussa Dembele and Houssem Aouar, the Lyon forward has had a decent season. The only thing that\u2019s burdened him is a lack of appearances, but 9 goals and 2 assists proves that when he\u2019s on the pitch, he\u2019s more than worthy of an 84 OVR. 8. Wissam Ben Yedder (85) OVR: 83 > 85 Wissam Ben Yedder already causes enough problems, despite his modest 83 OVR in FIFA 20. The thought of an upgraded, 85 OVR, Ben Yedder is pretty terrifying, but it\u2019s hard not to predict an upgrade given his 18 goals and four assists for Monaco this season. 7. Mauro Icardi (85) OVR: 85 > 85 Icardi, like most PSG players, should stay the same in next year\u2019s game. He\u2019s impressed in a stellar PSG side, but probably hasn\u2019t done enough to improve on his already high 85 OVR. 12 goals in 14 appearances is impressive, but it\u2019s hard to ignore how much of the season he\u2019s missed. 6. Marco Verratti (86) OVR: 86 > 86 We\u2019re also predicting Marco Verratti will stay the same. The midfielder has featured regularly for PSG this season, but hasn\u2019t had the stand out season that would probably warrant an upgrade. Solid, but no exceptional. 5. Marquinhos (86) OVR: 86 > 86 Marquinhos probably deserves to stay the same at 86. He has been a stalwart of PSG\u2019s defence this season, appearing regularly in both Ligue 1 and the Champions League. Approaching 27 years old, it\u2019s fair to assume he\u2019s nearing his peak, and 86 appears a fair rating. 4. Angel Di Maria (87) OVR: 86 > 87 Di Maria has struggled to improve massively in recent years. His move to Manchester United proved futile, but his transfer to Paris has seen him finally find some form of consistency, no more so than in the 2019\/20 campaign. Appearing 26 times in the league for PSG, Di Maria has received multiple in-forms and featured in the Ligue 1 TOTSSF. An upgrade to 87 is more than fair. 3. Thiago Silva (87) OVR: 87 > 87 Thiago Silva is another PSG player we expect to stay the same. He remains one of the world\u2019s best defenders, but hasn\u2019t done enough to warrant an upgrade in next year\u2019s game. Like his compatriot and defensive partner Marquinhos, solid. 2. Kylian Mbappe (90) OVR: 89 > 90 Mbappe is a nightmare for defenders in FIFA 20, but his young age and impressive campaign means we expect him to hit 90 OVR next year. 18 goals and five assists in 17 appearances means the only way he can go is up. 1. Neymar (92) OVR: 92 > 92 This year\u2019s top Ligue 1 player is set to be next year\u2019s too. Neymar has impressed in Paris this season, with 13 goals and six assists in just 15 league appearances. He\u2019s not done enough to challenge Ronaldo or Messi for the top spot, but he continues to be hot on their heels for the title of FIFA\u2019s highest-rated player. Obviously these predictions are subject to real-world circumstances. We\u2019ve taken Edinson Cavani out of the list as he becomes a free agent, and there are still rumors that Mauro Icardi could be heading for England. Neymar has also long been rumored to return to Spain, but with this year\u2019s transfer window still up in the air, who really knows? What do you make of our predictions? Tweet us your thoughts @UltimateTeamUK!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIFA 21 Ligue 1 top player ratings: Neymar, Mbappe, Navas & more Dexerto\/EA SportsFIFA 20 is fast approaching the end of its life cycle, so we\u2019re turning our attention to next year\u2019s title. EA have confirmed the top 100 player ratings in the upcoming game, but here we\u2019re focusing on Ligue 1 alone. Each year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}