Two WSL stars and one of England’s Euro 2022 heroes rank among the top 10 best players in the world, according to FIFA 23 ratings.
The latest instalment of the game was released late last month, with the UEFA Women’s Champions League featuring for the first time after a multi-year agreement was signed with EA Sports.
The Women's Super League and France's Division 1 Feminine became the first professional female leagues to be introduced to the game, and a host of other European clubs are now set to join them.
The latest edition of the game compiles the most extensive women’s ratings to date, with hundreds of players scored on more than 30 different attributes.
Chelsea ’s Sam Kerr comes in at second place in the rankings, after claiming last season’s WSL golden boot and helping her side secure a domestic double. The WSL’s all-time leading scorer, Vivianne Miedema, also makes the top 10 after Arsenal missed out on the league title by just a single point last term.
Lucy Bronze is the only Lioness to make the cut. The Barcelona right-back made the switch to the Primera División from Manchester City in the summer.
Here is the full list of the top 10 female players in the world, according to FIFA 23 ratings....
1. Alexia Putellas - 92
The Barcelona captain secured her second successive Ballon D’Or earlier this month and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
Despite missing this summer's Euros with an ACL injury, Putellas has won all major club and individual awards available to a European player and is the top female player in the game.
2. Sam Kerr - 91
Chelsea's Australian star netted 20 goals in 20 Women's Super League games last season, earning her the WSL golden boot as the Emma Hayes' Blues secured the title for the third season running, winning it each year Kerr has been at the club.
Kerr finished third in this year's Ballon d'Or standings and opened her account for the season against West Ham last month.
3. Wendie Renard - 91
The French centre-back has won eight Champions League trophies with Lyon. With more than 100 international caps under her belt, Renard is captain for both club and country.
4. Ada Hegerberg - 91
Hegerberg is the all-time Champions League top scorer and helped Lyon to their eighth victory in the competition earlier this year. The Norwegian won the Ballon d'Or in 2018 and was nominated again this year.
5. Marie Katoto - 90
The PSG starlet is just 23 but is already the club's top scorer. Having graduated from the French club's academy, the striker certainly has a bright future ahead of her.
6. Lucy Bronze- 90
The England defender has won three UEFA Women's Champions Leagues as well as three FA Women's Super League titles with Liverpool and Manchester City. Her experience and technical ability helped England triumph at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.
7. Alex Morgan - 90
The American striker became one of the first female players to star on a Fifa cover in 2015 and has scored more than 100 goals for her country.
8. Caroline Graham Hansen - 90
The Norwegian plays as a winger Barcelona and the Norway women's national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best wingers in the world for her performances for both club and country.
9. Christiane Endler
The Chilean is widely regarded as one of the best female goalkeepers in the world. In both 2019 and 2020, she was among the three finalists nominated for Best Women's Goalkeeper at the Best FIFA Football Awards
10. Vivianne Miedema
The Arsenal star is recognised one of the greatest strikers in modern women's football having scored 114 goals in 132 gamed for Arsenal since arriving from Bayern Munich in 2017.
Miedema is the all-time leading scorer in the WSL and has scored more goals at the international level for the Netherlands than any other player, netting 95 since her senior international debut in 2013.
