How women players are rated in relation to their male counterparts on FIFA 16
This month’s release of FIFA 16 is set to take the football fans all over the world by storm. The game is the first in the FIFA series to include female players and the newest feature in the football simulation video game as this could prove to be a smart move by EA to expand their audience. Twelve international women’s teams are set to appear on the game including USA, England, Germany and many more.
While some of us may be ignorant and unaware of the great women players in the sport, there are couple of them who are rated in the game at almost the same level with players in the men’s game like Ronaldo and Messi. For instance, Carli Lloyd - World Cup winner, sits at top of the list in female’s game with an impressive overall rating of 91. Whereas Lionel Messi pips Cristiano Ronaldo to top spot on 94, ahead of the Real Madrid star man on 93 in the newest release of FIFA series.
The Argentina and Portugal internationals are the only players in the men’s game to have a higher rating than women’s number one player, Carli Lloyd. It has been an incredible year for the 33-year-old who played a key figure in her nation’s World Cup winning campaign earlier this year. Lloyd netted 6 goals during the tournament and the highlight of her successful tournament was when she bagged hat-trick in the final against Japan – with the third goal coming from the center line.
You may argue with the shocking and unexpected rating given by EA on some of the players, but Luis Suarez along with two of Bayern Munich star players share the third-highest male player rating of 90. Much to everyone’s surprise, USA pairing Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach are rated at the same level with the above-mentioned male players, along with France international Louisa Necib.
However, the only disappointment and sad news for English fans is that none of their women players make the cut in the top twenty list despite making it to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
So here’s a look at the top twenty players in the women’s game:
# | Name | Country | Rating |
1. | Carli Lloyd | USA | 91 |
2. | Megan Rapinoe | USA | 90 |
3. | Abby Wambach | USA | 90 |
4. | Louisa Necib | France | 90 |
5. | Nadine Kessler | Germany | 89 |
6. | Christine Sinclair | Canada | 88 |
7. | Marta | Brazil | 88 |
8. | Hope Solo | USA | 87 |
9. | Lotta Schelin | Sweden | 87 |
10. | Becky Sauerbrunn | USA | 86 |
11. | Nadine Angerer | Germany | 86 |
12. | Dzsenifer Marozsan | Germany | 86 |
13. | Celia Sasic | Germany | 85 |
14. | Christie Rampone | USA | 85 |
15. | Tobin Heath | USA | 85 |
16. | Alex Morgan | USA | 84 |
17. | Anji Mittag | Germany | 84 |
18. | Rosana | Brazil | 84 |
19. | Nilla Fischer | Sweden | 84 |
20. | Caroline Seger | Sweden | 84 |
EA’s rating of the women's game has been impressive showing patterns that are visible in the men’s ranking as well, for example, most players included in the list are from the footballing powers like Germany, France and of course USA, who are the current holders of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Comparing Top Five players from men and women’s game in FIFA 16
# | Women | Rating | Men | Rating |
1. | Carli Lloyd | 91 | Lionel Messi | 94 |
2. |
Megan Rapinoe Abby Wambach Louisa Necib |
90 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 93 |
3. | Nadine Kessler | 89 |
Luis Suarez Manuel Neuer Arjen Robben |
90 |
4. |
Christine Sinclair Marta |
88 |
Eden Hazard Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
89 |
5. |
Hope Solo Lotta Schelin |
87 | Neymar Jr. | 88 |
EA has not come out and explained about their decision process on the rating of the women players and no criteria were mentioned by the gaming company. However, the move can be regarded as a good one by EA to promote the ladies game and encourage more involvement in it.