

Marco van Basten and Uwe Seeler refused to take part in the project on a point of principle. One of Pelé's old teammates, the former Brazil midfielder Gérson, reacted to his omission from the FIFA 100 by tearing up a copy of the list on a Brazilian television programme. Such assertions were also forwarded by BBC columnist Tim Vickery. As evidence for this, Mellor noted the wide geographical spread of the selected players: a true selection would be more heavily biased to South America and Europe, he argued. He suggested that the selections looked as if they came from the pen of Sepp Blatter rather than Pelé. David Mellor, politician turned football pundit, wrote in his column in the Evening Standard that he felt the selections were politically motivated rather than made on purely footballing grounds. Some football observers have questioned the selection methodology of the list. At the time the FIFA 100 was selected, 50 of the players were still active, with the remaining 75 retired from the game.
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The list contains 123 professional male and 2 female players. The figure 100 refers to the 100th anniversary of FIFA and not the number of players listed, which is actually 125 Pelé had been asked to select 50 active players and 50 retired players, for a total of 100 players, but found it too difficult to limit the number of former players to just 50. Unveiled on 4 March 2004 at a gala ceremony in London, England, the FIFA 100 marked part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football. Technically, Ronaldo is the joint-third best player in FIFA 22, sharing the space with four other players.The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé's choice of the "greatest living footballers". Nonetheless, the two stars are among the top three players in the FIFA 22 game, with Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski the only player standing between them. The only area where Ronaldo is undoubtedly far superior to Messi is the physical attributes, with a rating of 75 - 10 better than the PSG star. Ronaldo's shooting skill is rated 93, one higher than Messi's 92, and his pace is 87, just two higher than his Argentine counterpart. Ronaldo edges Messi when it comes to pace, shooting and physical attributes, but only slightly. Messi's passing is rated at 91 to Ronaldo's 82 - a reflection the Argentina international's greater assists contribution - and his dribbling is at 95 compared to Ronaldo's 88.

Messi's overall rating in FIFA 22 is two higher (93) than that of Ronaldo (91), but here's how they compare when the attributes are broken down:Īs the table illustrates, Messi is considered better than Ronaldo in a number of areas, with his passing and dribbling abilities deemed much better than the Manchester United forward.

Interestingly, Messi's pace, shooting, passing, dribbling and physical attributes all remain unchanged from FIFA 21, but his defense attribute has gone down from 38 to 34 in FIFA 22. The new Paris Saint-Germain signing's FIFA ratings have actually been 90-plus since FIFA 09, and since being given a 94 in FIFA 12, he has not dropped below 93 in any of the 10 subsequent titles. His overall rating has remained unchanged from FIFA 21. Lionel Messi's FIFA 22 rating is 93 and that makes him the best player in the game.
