The 32 Highest Rated Teams in EA Sports FC 26 Revealed

The official EA Sports FC 26 ratings reveal kicks off Sept. 8.

Max Mallow | Sep 302025

Paris Saint-Germain are one of seven teams to be rated five stars. / X/EA Sports FC

EA Sports released the first batch of club ratings in the upcoming FC 26highlighting the 32 highest-rated teams in the game.

Compared to Madden as an examplealso developed by EA SportsFC 26 uses a star rating system for clubs in modes like Kick-Off. The best clubs in the game are rated five stars compared to a 99 overall that you might see in other games. While fans anxiously await confirmation on Ultimate Team ratingsEA Sports teased fans with the first look at club ratings for men’s and women’s football.

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Here’s a look at the highest rated men’s and women’s teams in EA Sports FC 26:

EA Sports FC 26 Highest Rated Men’s Teams

Team	Rating
Real Madrid	Five Stars
Barcelona	Five Stars
Paris Saint-Germain	Five Stars
Liverpool	Five Stars
Manchester City	Five Stars
Arsenal	Five Stars
Bayern Munich	Five Stars
Atlético Madrid	Four-and-a-half Stars
Newcastle United	Four-and-a-half Stars
Napoli	Four-and-a-half Stars
Borussia Dortmund	Four-and-a-half Stars
Tottenham Hotspur	Four-and-a-half Stars
Chelsea	Four-and-a-half Stars
Aston Villa	Four-and-a-half Stars
Manchester United	Four-and-a-half Stars
Bayer Leverkusen	Four-and-a-half Stars

Unless further teams are given five-star ratings closer to launchthere are just seven men’s teams to receive top billing. BarcelonaPSGLiverpool and Bayern Munich won their respective leaguesbut Napoli as the Serie A champions come in at just four-and-a-half stars. That likely speaks to their players’ ratings in-gamebut teams to not win their league last season to get five stars include Real MadridManchester City and Arsenal.

EA Sports FC 26 Highest Rated Women’s Teams

Team	Rating
Barcelona	Five Stars
Olympique Lyon	Five Stars
Chelsea	Five Stars
Arsenal	Five Stars
Bayern Munich	Five Stars
Real Madrid	Four-and-a-half Stars
Paris Saint-Germain	Four-and-a-half Stars
Manchester City	Four-and-a-half Stars
Wolfsburg	Four-and-a-half Stars
Manchester United	Four-and-a-half Stars
Kansas City Current	Four-and-a-half Stars
Washington Spirit	Four Stars
Eintracht Frankfurt	Four Stars
NJ/NY Gotham	Four Stars
Juventus	Four Stars
Orlando Pride	Four Stars

For the women’s gamejust five teams received five-star ratings; BarcelonaOlympique LyonChelseaArsenal and Bayern Munich. Barcelona represent as Liga F winnersOL as the Arkema D1 championsBayern Munich in the Frauen-BundesligaChelsea in the Women’s Super League and Arsenal as Women’s Champions League victors.

More club ratings should be revealed closer to launchbut fans await confirmation on player ratings as leaks have been rampant in the community.

When is the FC 26 Ratings Reveal?

EA Sports confirmed the ratings reveal event will begin on MondaySept. 8. Given the language usedit seems ratings will be a multi-day event as EA Sports prepares for the launch of their latest entry in their popular video game franchise.

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Published Sep 62025|Modified Sep 302025

MAX MALLOW

Max Mallow is an associate editor for Sports Illustratedprimarily working on the SI FC brand.