Thursday 20 October 2016 13:33, UK
Man Utd striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the best outfield Premier League player on FIFA 17 with a rating of 90.
The former Paris Saint-Germain forward is one of three Man Utd players in the top 20, with world-record signing Paul Pogba given a rating of 88 and David de Gea tied with Ibrahimovic on 90.
But there is no player from defending Premier League champions Leicester City in the top 20, which means reigning PFA Players' Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez misses out.
Chelsea, who finished last season in 10th place, are well represented with five players, including Willian, Diego Costa and Eden Hazard, while Arsenal also boast five players, including Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla.
West Ham's best player (Dimitri Payet, 86 overall) is ranked higher than Liverpool's best (Philippe Coutinho, 85 overall).
For the first time in seven years, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi (93) is no longer the best player on the game. Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (94) has leapfrogged his La Liga rival, with Messi's team-mate Neymar (92) in third place.
Bayern Munich have three players in the top 10 - the game's highest ranked goalkeeper in Manuel Neuer (92) at five, the game's highest ranked defender in Jerome Boateng (90) at eight and Robert Lewandowski (90) at nine.
De Gea and Ibrahimovic are the only two Premier League players in the top 10 in the world, with Luis Suarez (92) in fourth and Gareth Bale (90) sixth, rounding out the best of the best.
Neuer, who is one of 14 Bayern Munich stars in the top 20 Bundesliga players, is ranked number one in the German top flight.
There are only two players not from either Bayern or Borussia Dortmund and they are both goalkeepers - Borussia Monchengladbach's Yann Sommer and Bayer Leverkusen's Bernd Leno.
In France, PSG dominate the top 20 rankings with no fewer than 10 players present, including the top three. They are Thiago Silva (89) at number one, followed by Angel Di Maria (87) and Blaise Matuidi (86).
Former Arsenal transfer target Alexandre Lacazette is the only non-PSG player in Ligue 1's top seven.
In Spain, it's no surprise to see Real Madrid and Barcelona monopolise the top 20. Apart from the players already mentioned, Real's Sergio Ramos (89) drops in at number 6, with his team-mate Luka Modric (also 89) in seventh.
Atletico Madrid duo Diego Godin and Antoine Griezmann (both 88) come next but there are no La Liga players from outside Real, Atletico or Barca in the league's top 20 players.
The first player from Serie A is Juventus' big-money signing Gonzalo Higuain (88), who is in 19th in the overall ranking.
Three of his new team-mates - Gianluigi Buffon (88), Giorgio Chiellini (88) and Leonardo Bonucci (87) - also feature in the top 50 overall ranking, as does Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic (87).
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