The famous football game EA Sports announced the strongest 23-man value of "FIFA 23", and Messi's overall rating fell, sharing the 91 total rating with Benzema, Lewandowski, Mbappebi and De Bruyne, tied for the top five.
Messi went from being the one in the top spot to being tied for the highest overall rating
Soccer game FIFA 23 will hit the shelves on September 30, and EA Sports is the first to announce the list of the strongest 23 players and their values. Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine star Lionel Messi, who dropped two levels to 91 from FIFA 22's 93, remains one of the highest-value players, alongside Benzema, Lewandowski, Mbappe and De Bruyne.
Although Real Madrid's French centre-forward Benzema is 34 years old, he has grown in value against age with his eight-sided performance last season, from 89 to 91 last year, a sharp increase in speed of 4 to 80, shots and passes rose 2 to 88 and 83 respectively, and physical confrontation rose 1 to 78, jumping 13 places to the first place.
Barcelona's Polish striker Lewandowski fell 1 to 91 percent from FIFA 22, while Messi's club team-mate Mbappe and Manchester City midfielder De Bruyne maintained their 91 overall ratings as they did last year.
Cristiano Ronaldo's speed plummeted in line with Messi's
The 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo lost his start at Manchester United this season, and his value in "FIFA 23" could not escape the fate of decline. He was still able to finish in 3rd place with 91 overall ratings at FIFA 22, and this year he slipped 1 to 90, falling out of the top 5.
This is Ronaldo's lowest overall rating since FIFA 2011, when he played for Real Madrid in his second season with an overall rating of 87.
In terms of sub-values, Cristiano Ronaldo fell in speed, shooting, passing and dribbling, of which the speed fell the most, falling 6 to 81, just like Messi's speed. Messi's pace has dropped 4 to 81 this year.
There are 5 players with a total rating of 90, in addition to Cristiano Ronaldo, there are Liverpool striker Salah, centre-back Van Dijk, Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibault Courtois and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Neuer, of which Salah, Van Dijk and Courtois also slightly increased by 1 in the overall rating.
Neymar and Jan Oblak fell below 90 overall
There are 10 players with an overall rating of 89, Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian striker Neymar has a total rating of 91 in FIFA 22 but the latest suddenly fell below 90 to 89, Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak also fell 2 to 89 overall, and Tottenham's kane and Chelsea midfielder Kante also fell slightly to 89 in the overall rating. Son Heung-min, Mane, Joshua Kimmich, Casemiro, Alisson Becker, and Edson maintained an overall rating of 89.
The last three of the strongest 23 are Manchester City striker Haaland, Real Madrid midfielder Tony Kroos and Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Marquinhos, all three with an overall rating of 88.
In addition, the two goalkeepers who rank high in FIFA 22, Ter Stegen and Donnarumma, both fell out of the top 23 of FIFA 23.