The official player ratings for EA FC 27 have been released and Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe have the highest ratings, with both players receiving an overall rating of 91.
Nine players follow closely behind, all rated 90, which includes Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, and Lamine Yamal.
The game's global release is set for September 25th of this year, though anyone who bought the Ultimate or Ultimate Plus editions of the game will be granted early access on September 18th.
Every time the player ratings are released, there's always controversy, conversation starters, and banter that begins to make the rounds. Were certain players hard done by? Were certain players rated far too highly? Were certain players far too overlooked?
Either way, EA FC tries to take a lot of facets into consideration when making these ratings to try to make the game as realistic as possible while still remaining user friendly to anyone who might be picking up the game for the first time ever.
EA FC 27 Men's Player Ratings: Haaland and Mbappe Lead the Way
For anyone who closely follows European club football and major international tournaments, there aren't many major surprises.
Coming in at a whopping 91 rating to lead the game's highest rated players, Manchester City and Norway's Erling Haaland and Real Madrid and France's Kylian Mbappe top the list.
Coming on the heels of a 2025-26 season where he tallied 38 goals and 9 assists from all competitions en route to City winning the EFL and FA Cup double, he netted 7 goals at the World Cup for Norway.
For Mbappe, his Golden Boot winning 10 goal tally with France in the World Cup after 42 goals with Real Madrid last season made it a no-brainer to rate him at 91.
All of Lamine Yamal, Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Michael Olise, Ousmane Dembele, Vitinha, Rodri, Pedri, and Thibaut Courtois were given 90 ratings after solid club seasons with their respective clubs and likewise with their nations at the World Cup.
Olise was voted player of the season in the Bundesliga for his exploits with Bayern Munich and led the World Cup in assists with a record-setting 7 for France in their run to the semifinals as a standout from the nine players given a 90 rating. In EA FC 26, Olise was an 86 rating, and is the biggest riser from EA FC 26 to EA FC 27, gaining four points.
The Rest of the EA FC 27 Men's Top-Rated Players
- Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal) - 89
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City) - 89
- Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) - 89
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain) - 89
- Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain) - 89
- Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain) - 89
- Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) - 89
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) - 89
- Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) - 88
- Declan Rice (Arsenal) - 88
- William Saliba (Arsenal) - 88
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - 88
- Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain) - 88
- Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain) - 88
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) - 88
- Luis Diaz (Bayern Munich) - 88
From the above list of players rating 88 and 89, Virgil van Dijk and Joshua Kimmich stand out as the biggest 26 to 27 rating drops, with the pair of players having dropped one point (from 89 to 88).
EA FC 27 Women's Player Ratings: Putellas Leads the Rankings
On the women's side, London City Lionesses signing Alexia Putellas remains the highest-rated player in EA FC 27 with an overall rating of 91.
She sits one point ahead of former Barcelona teammate Aitana Bonmati, who drops from 91 to 90 after an injury-hit 2025-26 season.
Manchester City's Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw also reaches 90 after helping her side win the Women's Super League title.
- Alexia Putellas (London City Lionesses) - 91
- Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona) - 90
- Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw Manchester City) - 90
- Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona) - 89
- Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal) - 89
- Ewa Pajor (Barcelona) - 89
- Claudia Pina (Barcelona) - 89
- Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) - 89
- Mapi Leon (London City Lionesses) - 88
- Patri Guijarro (Barcelona) - 88
- Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City) - 88
- Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich) - 88
- Alessia Russo (Arsenal) - 88
- Sophia Wilson (Portland Thorns FC) - 88
- Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes) - 88
- Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride) - 88
- Debinha (Kansas City Current) - 87
- Irene Paredes (Barcelona) - 87
- Kadidiatou Diani (London City Lionesses) - 87
- Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC) - 87
- Sakina Karchaoui (Paris Saint-Germain) - 87
- Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City) - 87
- Ona Batlle (Arsenal) - 87
- Lauren Hemp (Manchester City) - 87
- Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC) - 87
- Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich) - 87
- Hannah Hampton (Chelsea) - 87
For the women's player ratings, Hannah Hampton and Yui Hasegawa are the biggest risers, with both players receiving a three-point increase from EA FC 26 to EA FC 27.
