The 11 best forwards in world football according to FIFA 16

Neymar (L) and Cristiano Ronaldo (credit: GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Strikers are frequently the main goal-scorers and those who finish off a team move, or individual set-piece, often get most of the glory. 

There were only four goalkeepers listed on FIFA 16’s top 50 players in world football, yet there were a multitude of centre forwards.

Here we roundup the best 11 so you don’t have to.

1: Lionel Messi – FIFA 16 rating 94 – Barcelona

The greatest current footballer according to FIFA 16, Messi – still just 28-years-old – last season concluded his third most prolific season to date. 

Already with three to his name from this campaign, the Argentine has some way to go before equalling his 43 goals and 18 assists from 37 starts in La Liga.

Regardless, EA Sports tip him to be the superstar once again.

2: Cristiano Ronaldo – FIFA 16 rating 93 – Real Madrid

Ronaldo misses out on the top stop to his nemesis Lionel Messi. Yet he is going to have a record-breaking season.

Just two goals away from Raul’s total goal haul, Ronaldo is set to become Real Madrid’s most prolific ever goal-scorer. Some feat.

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

3: Luis Suarez – FIFA 16 rating 90 – Barcelona 

When at Liverpool, there was seemingly no stopping Suarez. 

While he isn’t having the same impact in Spain as another Premier League alumni Cristiano Ronaldo, he is still producing the goods at Camp Nou.

4: Zlatan Ibrahimovic – FIFA 16 rating 89 – Paris St Germain

He is Zlatan.

5: Neymar – FIFA 16 rating 88 – Barcelona 

The most popular footballer in Brazilian sports right now, Neymar, 23, has already returned three goals from four La Liga games this season.

Considering his age, he may have the greatest potential to grow in FIFA 16 out of all of those mentioned on this list.

Sergio Aguero (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

6: Sergio Aguero – FIFA 16 rating 87 – Manchester City

Aguero is rightly deemed the best striker in the Premier League. 

It is reported that some of the big clubs in Spain have been interested in recruiting him, but so far he firmly remains a staunch Citizen.

7: Robert Lewandowski – FIFA 16 rating 87 – Bayern Munich 

Lewandowski recently scored five goals in nine minutes. Yes, that’s minutes. Not games. 

The tall Polish international is proving a shrewd acquisition by Bayern and continues to go from strength to strength.

8: Carlos Tevez – FIFA 16 rating 86 – Boca Juniors

The Argentine has a 1:2 goals to games ratio in the Primera Division and some of his goals have been worthy of the highlight reel.

Diego Costa (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

9: Diego Costa – FIFA 16 rating 86 – Chelsea 

Chelsea fans may be apoplectic over Costa’s ranking as the 9th best striker in the world according to EA Sports – and they may have a case for a higher ranking. After all, Costa either scored (20) or assisted (3) once every 90.5 minutes he was on a Premier League field last year.

This season, though, he is out of form and currently serving a three game suspension.

10: Karim Benzema – FIFA 16 rating 86 – Real Madrid 

The Frenchman is a more out and out striker when compared to the withdrawn nature of Muller and that shows with his more reliable goal return.

Benzema has scored five goals already from four La Liga outings this season and he tallied another from just one Champions League performance – no wonder Arsenal were so desperate for his signature during the summer.

11: Thomas Muller – FIFA 16 rating 86 – Bayern Munich

Once described by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger as a player who possesses the ultimate physique for a striker, Muller can play anywhere around the forward line.

His performances at consecutive World Cups cemented his international reputation but he also has four Bundesliga titles and a Champions League winner’s medal.