You can see the full list of Icons below, along with their ratings.Heading into Monday's match in Group J, Flick and company needed only to defeat their hosts in Skopje and hope that Armenia dropped points against Romania elsewhere. Other heroes from past tournaments include 2002 World Cup winner Ronaldinho, Nigeria's iconic midfielder Jay-Jay Okocha and Germany's Miroslav Klose, who is the World Cup's all-time top scorer. Other forwards who will be useful attacking options include Brazil's Philippe Coutinho and Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain, who are 88-rated players.Īs well as the regular national team players, the FIFA 18 World Cup game features a number of international 'Icons', who have represented their respective countries at previous World Cups.Īmong the 17 Icons in the expansion game are Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona, Brazil's three-time World Cup winner Pele and former England striker Gary Lineker. Lewandowski (92), Suarez (91) and Eden Hazard (90) follow, with Cavani and Griezmann both rated 89. FIFA 18 World Cup best forwardĬristiano Ronaldo is the best forward in the game, followed by Messi and Neymar, with ratings of 95, 94 and 93 respectively. Salah, who is considered a right midfielder in the game, is one of four players boasting an 88 rating, alongside Mesut Ozil, Thiago Alcantara and N'Golo Kante. FIFA 18 World Cup best midfielderīelgium talisman Kevin De Bruyne and Germany's Toni Kroos are the highest rated midfielders in the game at 90.Ĭroatia star Luka Modric and Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen are next with ratings of 89. Brazilian duo Miranda and Marcelo are rated 87, as are Gerard Pique and Jerome Boateng. Veteran Portugal defender Pepe and Uruguay's Diego Godin follow with ratings of 88. The best defenders at the World Cup, according to the FIFA 18 game, are Spain's Sergio Ramos and Germany's Mats Hummels, who both have a rating of 90. They are followed by Belgium's Thibaut Courtois, who has a rating of 88, with France captain Hugo Lloris and Germany no. Two goalkeepers in the game have a rating of 91: David de Gea and Manuel Neuer. You can see every single player rated 90 or above in the FIFA 18 World Cup game below. Interestingly, despite his incredible season, Egypt forward Mohamed Salah is rated relatively low at 88, which puts him behind the likes of Luka Modric, Edinson Cavani, Christian Eriksen and Antoine Griezmann, who are all rated 89. Uruguay's Luis Suarez is rated at 91, as are Spain's David de Gea and Germany's Manuel Neuer. While Messi lags slightly behind his Portuguese nemesis in terms of pace and shooting attributes, his dribbling ability is one of the best in the game at 96.īrazil's talisman Neymar is the third best player in the game with an overall rating of 93 and Portugal striker Robert Lewandowski follows the Paris Saint-Germain forward in fourth, with a rating of 92. Ronaldo is followed in the game by his perennial rival Lionel Messi, with the Argentina captain boasting a rating of 94. The Portugal star's pace and shooting are undoubtedly his strongest qualities at 90 and 92 respectively. To help you get started, Goal takes a look at all the ratings for the game (per FUTBIN), including the best players, teams and icons.Įxcluding the Icons, the best player in the FIFA 18 World Cup game is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has an overall rating of 95. There's also an option to create a custom World Cup with a fantasy line-up, which on this occasion might be particularly appealing to gamers from the Netherlands, Italy or the United States.