FIFA 21 strongest players revealed: Van Dijk, Pogba, Pique & more

FIFA 21 player ratings are starting to be revealed as we draw closer to that October 9 release date. Here, you can find the strongest players in the game. 

With the release of FIFA 21 on the horizon, Ultimate Team fans will be eyeing up some early choices for how they want to construct their team.

The silky skills of Kevin De Bruyne would obviously be ideal and the lightning pace of Christian Pulisic is also a good building block, but there is another key aspect to think about as well – strength and overall physicality.

Of course, being strong is usually more ideal for defenders – you want bruisers like Virgil van Dijk and Kalidou Koulibaly – but it doesn’t hurt to have them spread around your team in other positions.

Strongest players in FIFA 21 – ratings

Along with the reveal of the Top 100 ratings, EA revealed the first batch of the strongest players in the game – with some of the names we’ve already mentioned getting key top roles. 

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Van Dijk and Koulibaly were a part of the top three, clocking in with 92 and 94 strength respectively, until EA released the strength rankings for Silver and Bronze players. Then, Wanderers striker Adebayo Akinfenwa came along and took the top spot, as many expected him to.

1. Adebayo Akinfenwa – 97 strength
2. Daryl Dike – 96 strength
3. Romelu Lukaku – 95 strength
4. Alexander Vukotić – 95 strength
5. Armando Méndez – 95 strength
6. Obbi Oularé – 94 strength
7. Tomáš Petrášek – 94 strength
8. Stefan Maierhofer – 94 strength
9. Felipe Carvalho – 94 strength
10. Florian Ballas – 94 strength
11. Sebastián Coates – 94 Strength
12. Ariel Nahuelpan – 94 strength
13. Pape Abou Cissé – 94 strength
14. Kalidou Koulibaly – 94 strength
15. Geoffrey Kondogbia – 94 strength
16. Issa Marega – 93 strength
17. Niklas Süle – 93 strength
18. Willy Boly – 93 strength
19. Abdoulaye Seck – 93 strength
20. Mateo Pavlović – 93 strength
21. Virgil van Dijk – 92 strength
22. Erling Haaland – 91 strength
23. Casemiro – 91 strength
24. Paul Pogba – 89 strength
25. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – 88 strength
26. Matthias de Ligt –  88 strength
27. Giorgio Chiellini –  87 strength
28. Gerard Pique –  87 strength

Elsewhere, Erling Haaland and Robert Lewandowski are also highlights when it comes to forwards, with 91 and 86 respectively.

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Be sure to let us know your thoughts on the current crop of ratings, and who you think will eventually take the top spot, by tweeting us @UltimateTeamUK.