September 19, 2022

FIFA 23 – EPL Has The Highest Number Of Good Players This Year. Find Out How The Other Leagues Compare

We’ve reported on the top 25 players in 5 of the top European leagues in EA’s upcoming FIFA 23 – EPL, LaLiga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Serie A.

Our finding shows that the EPL has the most number of good players in them but let’s take a more in-depth look at how the other top-flight leagues compare.

The average OVR is calculated based on the simple formula of – OVR Scores of 25 players summed up then divided by 25 for the average rating.

We do acknowledge of course, that this finding may be inaccurate as we do not tally OVR scores beyond the Top 25 players but this should still give us a good impression of how the leagues compare when it comes to the quality of their players.

In case you missed our earlier FIFA 23 reports, check them out here;

We’ll start with the league with the lowest average score of the 5 leagues.

#5 France’s Ligue 1 – Top 25 Average OVR score = 83.84

It’s not shocking, to be honest. Ligue 1 is arguably the least competitive league of the 5 and as the list would go on to show – 12 of their top 25 players come from the same Club – Paris Saint Germain.

The Club itself is undoubtedly one of the best football clubs in Europe with arguably the most exciting front 3 in their lineup with Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr spearheading the team’s attacks. Furthermore, Mbappe and Messi’s OVR 91 puts them both as the best players in terms of OVR in the whole of FIFA 23, sharing that spot with several other players in the game.

But unfortunately, the quality of players PSG possess is almost exclusive to the club alone and the same cannot be said about the other teams in the same league. Ligue 1 is also the only league where its top 25 players consist of players with OVR 80 and the lowest one being 79.

This predicament has landed Ligue 1 in the last spot of the top 5 European leagues in overall player qualities, putting it more than 1 point behind the next closest league, and more than 4 points behind the best one.

Ligue 1 Top 25

Kylian Mbappe – PSG – OVR 91
Lionel Messi – PSG – OVR 91
Neymar Jr – PSG – OVR 89
Marquinhos – PSG – OVR 88
Gianluigi Donnarumma – PSG – OVR 88
Keylor Navas – PSG – OVR 88
Marco Verratti – PSG – OVR 87
Wissam Ben Yedder – AS Monaco – OVR 84
Achraf Hakimi – PSG – OVR 84
Sergio Ramos – PSG – OVR 84
Presnel Kimpembe – PSG – OVR 83
Kasper schmeichel – OGC Nice – OVR 83
Carlos Soler – PSG – OVR 83
Fabian – PSG – OVR 83
Kevin Volland – AS Monaco – OVR 82
Anthony Lopes – Lyonnais – OVR 82
Dimitri Payet – Marseille – OVR 82
Benjamin Bourigeaud – Stade Rennais – OVR 81
Seko Fofana – RC Lens – OVR 81
Gaetan Laborde – OGC Nice – OVR 81
Alexendre Lacazette – Lyonnais – OVR 81
Martin Terrier – Stade Rennais – OVR 81
Matteo Guendouzi – Marseille – OVR 80
Jose Fonte – Lille – OVR 80
Jonathan David – Lille – OVR 79

#4 Italy’s Serie A – Top 25 Average OVR score = 84.96

Italy’s Serie A is the only league that does not have an OVR 90 player in its Top 25 player listing but the league’s richer supplies of quality players had managed to salvage it a spot above France’s Ligue 1.

Leading the table is AC Milan’s goalie Mike Maignan with an impressive OVR of 87, closely followed by 9 other players behind him at OVR 86. The top 25 here are split between 6 teams with 7 from Juventus and Inter Milan each, 5 from AC Milan, and the rest from Sassuolo, AS Roma, and Lazio.

With the highest OVR at 87 and the lowest one at 84, Serie A is only behind the next league by a small margin of 0.24 of a point

Serie A Top 25

Mike Maigan – AC Milan – OVR 87
Lautaro Martinez – Inter Milan – OVR 86
Paulo Dybala – AS Roma – OVR 86
Ciro Immobile – Lazio – OVR 86
Romelu Lukaku – Inter Milan – OVR 86
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – Lazio – OVR 86
Nicolo Barella – Inter Milan – OVR 86
Marcelo Brozovic – Inter Milan – OVR 86
Milan Skriniar – Inter Milan – OVR 86
Wojcieh Szczesny – Juventus – OVR 86
Theo Hernandez – AC Milan – OVR 85
Paul Pogba – Juventus – OVR 85
Filip Kostic – Juventus – OVR 85
Dusan Vlahovic – Juventus – OVR 84
Sandro Tonali – AC Milan – OVR 84
Lorenzo Pellegrini – AS Roma – OVR 84
Federico Chiesa – Juventus – OVR 84
Angel Di Maria – Juventus – OVR 84
Hakan Calhanoglu – Inter Milan – OVR 84
Fikayo Tomori – AC Milan – OVR 84
Allessandro Bastoni – Inter Milan – OVR 84
Leonardo Bonucci – Juventus – OVR 84
Leao Rafael – AC Milan – OVR 84
Domenico Berardi – Sassuolo – OVR 84
Stefan de Vrij – Inter Milan – OVR 84

#3 Germany’s Bundesliga – Top 25 Average OVR score = 85.20

Ahead of Serie A by an almost negligible margin of 0.24 is the German Bundesliga. There is no shortage of talents here, especially Bayern Munich which has 11 of its players named on the list including the table-topping Manuel Neuer, the goalie and captain of the club.

This league’s top 13 include players from OVR 87 to OVR 85, which is a strong showing. I know I’ll be raiding this league for many of its players in my gameplay including Borrusia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham and getting Sadio Mane back for my Liverpool.

The league’s bottom half of the table isn’t as impressive with RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner sitting at spot number 25 with an OVR of 82, the next lowest individual OVR among all the top 25 players after Ligue 1’s Jonathan David from Lille with an OVR of 79.

But nevertheless, thanks to the formidable line-up and OVR scores in the top half, the Bundesliga league in FIFA 23 secured them the 3rd spot on our list.

Bundesliga Top 25

Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich – OVR 90
Sadio Mane – Bayern Munich – OVR 89
Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich – OVR 89
Thomas Muller – Bayern Munich – OVR 87
Leon Goretzka – Bayern Munich – OVR 87
Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig – OVR 86
Kevin Trapp – Eintracht Frankfurt – OVR 86
Kingsley Coman – Bayern Munich – OVR 86
Yann Sommer – Borrusia M’gladbach – OVR 85
Patrik Schick – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – OVR 85
Marco Reus – Borrusia Dortmund – OVR 85
Niklas Sule – Borrusia Dortmund – OVR 85
Serge Gnarby – Bayern Munich – OVR 85
Matthijs de Ligt – Bayern Munich – OVR 85
Peter Gulacsi – RB Leipzig – OVR 85
Jude Bellingham – Borrusia Dortmund – OVR 84
Lucas Hernandez – Bayern Munich – OVR 84
Alphonso Davies – Bayern Munich – OVR 84
Mats Hummels – Borrusia Dortmund – OVR 84
Koen Casteels – VFL Wolfsburg – OVR 84
Leroy Sane – Bayern Munich – OVR 84
Moussa Diaby – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – OVR 84
Konrad Laimer – RB Leipzig – OVR 83
Sebastien Haller – Borrusia Dortmund – OVR 82
Timo Werner – RB Leipzig – OVR 82

#2 Spain’s LaLiga – Top 25 Average OVR score = 86.32

The Spanish LaLiga is a league with a proven track record and solid history of clubs winning the UEFA Champion’s League. Other than Ligue 1’s Mbappe and Messi, this is the only other league of the 5 to have 2 OVR 91 players – Karim Benzema of Real Madrid and Barcelona’s new signing Robert Lewandowski.

The top 10 in this league include players of OVR 91 to 86 calibre with 6 of them hailing from Real Madrid, 3 from Barcelona, and 1 from Atletico Madrid. The lowest OVR of this league’s Top 25 is 84 of Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde.

LaLiga Top 25

Karim Benzema – Real Madrid – OVR 91
Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona – OVR 91
Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid – OVR 90
Jan Oblak – Atletico Madrid – OVR 89
Toni Kroos – Real Madrid – OVR 88
Luka Modric – Real Madrid – OVR 88
Marc-Andre ter-Stegen – Barcelona – OVR 88
Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid – OVR 87
Frenkie de Jong – Barcelona – OVR 87
Vinicius Jr – Real Madrid – OVR 86
Parejo – Villarreal CF – OVR 86
David Alaba – Real Madrid – OVR 86
Gerard Moreno – Villarreal CF – 85
Iago Aspa – Celta de Vigo – OVR 85
Pedri – Barcelona – OVR 85
Jordi Alba – Barcelona – OVR 85
Memphis Depay – Barcelona – OVR 85
Nabil Fekir – Real Betis – OVR 85
Sergio Busquets – Barcelona – OVR 85
Yannick Carrasco – Atletico Madrid – OVR 85
Marcos Acuna – Sevilla – OVR 85
Joao Felix – Atletico Madrid – OVR 84
Jules Kounde – Barcelona – OVR 84
Oyarzabal – Real Sociedad – OVR 84
Federico Valverde – Real Madrid – OVR 84

#1 England’s English Premier League (EPL) – Top 25 Average OVR score = 88

88. That’s the overall average OVR score of the top 25 EPL players and that number speaks volumes about the level of quality and competitiveness of this league.

Topping the table is Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne with an OVR of 91, followed closely by Liverpool’s talisman Mohamed Salah and Virgin van Djik, as well as United’s Christiano Ronaldo at OVR 90 each. The lowest of the top 10 here is OVR 86.

6 teams formed the entire top 25 here with Manchester City seeing 9 players in the list, followed by Liverpool with 6. Chelsea has 4 and Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs both have 3 respectively.

The quality of players in this league’s top 25 puts the English top flight ahead of its European peers, leading its closest competitor LaLiga by 1.68 points and ahead by 4.16 points from the bottom-placed Ligue 1.

EPL Top 25

Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City – OVR 91
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – OVR 90
Virgil van Djik – Liverpool – OVR 90
Christiano Ronaldo – Manchester United – OVR 90
Son Heung Min – Tottenham Hotspur – OVR 89
Casemiro – Manchester United – OVR 89
Alisson – Liverpool – OVR 89
Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur – OVR 89
Ederson – Manchester City – OVR 89
N’golo Kante – Chelsea – OVR 89
Erling Haaland – Manchester City – OVR 88
Joao Cancelo – Manchester City – OVR 88
Ruben Dias – Manchester City – OVR 88
Bernado Silva – Manchester City – OVR 88
Fabinho – Liverpool – OVR 87
Rodri – Manchester City – OVR 87
Andrew Robertson – Liverpool – OVR 87
Kalidou Koulibaly – Chelsea – OVR 87
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool – OVR 87
Hugo Lloris – Tottenham Hotspur – OVR 87
David De Gea – Manchester United – OVR 87
Edouard Mendy – Chelsea – OVR 86
Aymeric Laporte – Manchester City – OVR 86
Raheem Sterling – Chelsea – OVR 86
Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City – OVR 86

FIFA 23 is launching on the 30th of September this year on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, and Stadia.