The top 100 players in the world have been ranked by Football Manager 2023, with the new game receiving its full release today.
Football Manager 2023 officially released on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 for PC, Mac, Mobile devices, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series S/X. But, as was announced earlier this month, the PS5 release has been delayed indefinitely due to "unforeseen circumstances". Sports Interactive has a number of new features introduced to FM23 including a Recruitment Revamp, new Match AI and Animation, Supporter Confidence, Dynamic Manager Timeline, UEFA licence and plenty more.
And with the game now available to play, players are starting to find out who Sports Interactive think are the best footballers in the world, with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Kylian Mbappe, Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema leading the way. Using the FM23 in-game editor, we've collected data and created a list of the top 100 players in world football according to FM23, ranking them by their current ability (CA).
Here are the top 100 players in the world, according to FM23.
The top 100 players in the world ranked by FM23
Current Ability is an attribute used in Football Manager games to judge how good a player is, with each player in the game's database given a rating out of 200 for both Current Ability (CA) and Potential Ability (PA). Potential Ability is a rating given to judge how good players could become, but we've just used CA to assemble a list of the top 100 players in Football Manager 2023.
Kevin De Bruyne takes the top spot in the FM23 list of the top 100 players, with the Manchester City midfielder's CA reaching 189 out of 200. The Belgian is closely followed by Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, whilst Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has dropped massively, just about scraping his way into the top 100.
- Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City (189/200)
Kylian Mbappe - Paris Saint-Germain (188/200)
Robert Lewandowski - Barcelona (186/200)
Karim Benzema - R. Madrid (185/200)
Mohamed Salah - Liverpool (185/200)
Erling Haaland - Manchester City (185/200)
Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur (183/200)
- Thibaut Courtois - R. Madrid (181/200)
Virgil van Dijk - Liverpool (181/200)
Lionel Messi - Paris Saint-Germain (180/200)
- Luka Modric - R. Madrid (179/200)
- Joshua Kimmich - FC Bayern Munchen (178/200)
- Alisson - Liverpool (177/200)
Neymar - Paris Saint-Germain (177/200)
Bernardo Silva - Manchester City (176/200)
Rodri - Manchester City (175/200)
Ederson - Manchester City (175/200)
- Manuel Neuer - FC Bayern Munchen (175/200)
- Marc-Andre ter Stegen - Barcelona (174/200)
- Vinicius Junior - R. Madrid (174/200)
- Ruben Dias - Manchester City (174/200)
- Heung-Min Son - Tottenham Hotspur (174/200)
Jan Oblak - A. Madrid (172/200)
Sadio Mane - FC Bayern Munchen (172/200)
Thomas Muller - FC Bayern Munchen (171/200)
Federico Valverde - R. Madrid (169/200)
- Thiago - Liverpool (169/200)
- Thiago Silva - Chelsea (168/200)
Raheem Sterling - Chelsea (168/200)
- Aymeric Laporte - Manchester City (168/200)
- Kai Havertz - Chelsea (167/200)
- N'Golo Kante - Chelsea (167/200)
- Joao Cancelo - Manchester City (167/200)
- Antonio Rudiger - R. Madrid (166/200)
- Luis Diaz - Liverpool (166/200)
- Jack Grealish - Manchester City (166/200)
Toni Kroos - R. Madrid (166/200)
Bruno Fernandes - Man UFC (166/200)
Mason Mount - Chelsea (165/200)
Leroy Sane - FC Bayern Munchen (165/200)
Edouard Mendy - Chelsea (165/200)
Ilkay Gundogan - Manchester City (165/200)
Reece James - Chelsea (164/200)
Marco Verratti - Paris Saint-Germain (164/200)
Jorginho - Chelsea (164/200)
Mateo Kovacic - Chelsea (164/200)
Yannick Carrasco - A. Madrid (164/200)
David Alaba - R. Madrid (164/200)
Kyle Walker - Manchester City (164/200)
Marquinhos - Paris Saint-Germain (164/200)
Leon Goretzka - FC Bayern Munchen (164/200)
Rafael Leao - AC Milan (163/200)
Frenkie de Jong - Barcelona (163/200)
Phil Foden - Manchester City (163/200)
Jules Kounde - Barcelona (162/200)
Declan Rice - West Ham United (162/200)
Antoine Griezmann - A. Madrid (162/200)
Kingsley Coman - FC Bayern Munchen (162/200)
Ousmane Dembele - Barcelona (162/200)
Gianluigi Donnarumma - Paris Saint-Germain (162/200)
Gabriel Jesus - Arsenal (162/200)
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - Lazio (162/200)
Romelu Lukaku - Inter Milan (162/200)
Mike Maignan - AC Milan (161/200)
Bukayo Saka - Arsenal (161/200)
Christian Erkisen - Man UFC (161/200)
Fabinho - Liverpool (161/200)
John Stones - Manchester City (161/200)
Casemiro - Man UFC (161/200)
Milan Skriniar - Inter Milan (161/200)
Lautaro Martinez - Inter Milan (161/200)
Sergio Ramos - Paris Saint-Germain (161/200)
Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool (160/200)
Eder Militao - R. Madrid (160/200)
Ronaldo Araujo - Barcelona (160/200)
Kalidou Koulibaly - Chelsea (160/200)
Marcelo Brozovic - Inter Milan (160/200)
Alphonso Davies - FC Bayern Munchen (160/200)
Serge Gnabry - FC Bayern Munchen (160/200)
Riyad Mahrez - Manchester City (160/200)
Paulo Dybala - AS Roma (160/200)
Martin Odegaard - Arsenal (160/200)
Ciro Immobile - Lazio (160/200)
Angel Di Maria - Juventus (160/200)
Nicolo Barella - Inter Milan (160/200)
Achraf Hakimi - Paris Saint-Germain (160/200)
Raphael Varane - Man UFC (160/200)
Paul Pogba - Juventus (160/200)
Aurelien Tchouameni - R. Madrid (159/200)
Pedri - Barcelona (159/200)
Andrew Robertson - Liverpool (159/200)
Presnel Kimpembe - Paris Saint-Germain (159/200)
Jose Gaya - Valencia (159/200)
Joao Felix - A. Madrid (159/200)
Jose Gimenez - A. Madrid (159/200)
Theo Hernandez - AC Milan (159/200)
Marco Reus - Borussia Dortmund (159/200)
Christopher Nkunku - RB Leipzig (158/200)
Diogo Jota - Liverpool (158/200)
Cristiano Ronaldo - Man UFC (158/200)
Football Manager 2023 is out now on PC and Mac, whilst FM23 Touch is also out now for Nintendo Switch and Apple Arcade, so the game can be played on iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV for the first time. FM23 console has received its release on Xbox Series S/X, but the PS5 release has been delayed indefinitely.
