FIFA 20 Rankings: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo continue dominance atop rankings, Liverpool stars break into top-10

EA Sports took on the task of rescuing football fans around the world from the exasperating tedium of the international break on Tuesday, releasing a list of the top-100 players from the upcoming video-game FIFA 20, which is set to hit the markets on 27 September. The top-10 is fairly predictable, with Lionel Messi coming out on top in his seemingly ceaseless battle with Cristiano Ronaldo for the number 1 spot in the game. The Argentine attacker had yet another excellent season in front of goal with Barcelona, earning him a rating of 94, one point higher than Ronaldo’s 93. Coming in at a very respectable third is the series’ long-time poster-boy Neymar Jr., who rather mysteriously sees his rating remain constant at 92, despite missing most of last season with a long-term injury. Belgian duo Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne, as well as Luka Modric, keep hold of their top-10 rankings, while Liverpool boys Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk muscle their way in thanks to their Champions-League winning season. [caption id=“attachment_7318101” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] The holy trinity of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar make up the top 3 yet again. AFP[/caption] Further down the list, the likes of Toby Alderweireld, Matthijs de Ligt and Aymeric Laporte broke into the top-100 for the first times in their career, while players like Gareth Bale and Mesut Ozil failed to make the cut, with there being 24 new additions. Here is a complete list of the top 100 players in FIFA 20 by ranking: FIFA 20 Ratings: 100-91 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (LA Galaxy) – 85 Saul (Atletico Madrid) – 85 Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) – 85 Allan (Napoli) – 85 Rodri (Manchester City) – 85 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) – 85 Jose Maria Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) – 85 Kostas Manolas (Napoli) – 85 Koke (Atletico Madrid) – 85 FIFA 20 Ratings: 90-81 Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) – 85 Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) – 85 David Alaba (Bayern Munich) – 85 Blaise Matuidi (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 85 Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) – 85 Alejandro Gomez (Atalanta) – 85 Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich) – 85 Alex Sandro (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 85 Fabinho (Liverpool) – 85 Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 85 FIFA 20 Ratings: 80-71 Axel Wiesel (Borussia Dortmund) – 85 Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) – 85 Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) – 85 Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) – 85 James Rodriguez (Real Madrid) – 85 Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan) – 85 Marcelo (Real Madrid) – 85 Dani Parejo (Valencia) – 86 Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 86 Isco (Real Madrid) – 86 FIFA 20 Ratings: 70-61 Ciro Immobile (Lazio) – 86 Philippe Coutinho (Bayern Munich) – 86 Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) – 86 Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) – 86 Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) – 86 Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) – 86 Leandro Bonucci (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 86 Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain) – 86 Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 86 Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) – 86 FIFA 20 Ratings: 60-51 Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) – 86 Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) – 86 Miralem Pjanic (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 86 Leroy Sane (Manchester City) – 86 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) – 86 Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain) – 87 Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) – 87 Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) – 87 Casemiro (Real Madrid) – 87 Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) – 87 FIFA 20 Ratings: 50-41 Dries Mertens (Napoli) – 87 Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) – 87 Thiago (Bayern Munich) – 87 Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – 87 Toby Alderweield (Tottenham Hotspur) – 87 Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) – 87 Fernandinho (Manchester City) – 87 Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) – 87 Jordi Alba (Barcelona) – 87 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 87 FIFA 20 Ratings: 40-31 Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan) – 88 Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) – 88 Paulo Dybala (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 88 Diego Godin (Inter Milan) – 88 Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur) – 88 David Silva (Manchester City) – 88 Ederson (Manchester City) – 88 Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) – 88 Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) – 88 Paul Pogba (Manchester United) – 88 FIFA 20 Ratings: 30-21 Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) – 88 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – 88 Sadio Mane (Liverpool) – 88 – 88 Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) – 88 Gerard Pique (Barcelona) – 88 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) – 89 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – 88 David De Gea (Manchester United) – 88 Luis Suarez (Barcelona) – 89 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) – 89 FIFA 20 Ratings: 20-11 Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) – 89 Alisson Becker (Liverpool) – 89 N’Golo Kante (Chelsea) – 89 Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) – 89 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – 89 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 89 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 89 Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – 89 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) – 89 Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 89 FIFA 20 Ratings: 10-1 Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 90 Luka Modric (Real Madrid) – 90 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 90 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 90 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 91 Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) – 91 Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) – 91 Neymar Jr. (Paris Saint-Germain) – 92 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Piemonte Calcio) – 93 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 94