FIFA 17: Top 20 fastest players in the game revealed

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the highest rated players in FIFA 17 overall, but the duo are nowhere near the fastest 20 players in the game. In fact, only a single player rated in the 90s overall, Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale makes the list, while Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the fastest player in the game, rated 96 for pace.

Shockingly, last year’s #1 speedy player, Arsenal’s Theo Walcott, does not even make the top 20, a sharp decline in his pace rating coinciding with a fall in his form on the pitch as well. His teammate at the Gunners, Hector Bellerin does find himself highly rated for pace, with the Spaniard ranking 4^th in the list, just a point behind Aubameyang with his pace rated at 95.

The importance of sheer speed in the real version of the beautiful game is not particularly reflected in how good a player is, and EA Sports’ simulation also mirrors that view. SpVgg Greuther Fürth’s Mathis Bolly is the second fastest player in the game, but only gets an overall rating of 67, followed by Inter Milan’s Jonathan Biabiany in 3^rd place.

Lucas Moura, Raheem Sterling, Jordi Alba, Kingsley Coman and Ahmed Musa are the other notable names present in this list, which heavily features players with low overall ratings, with 4 players rated in their 60s and 10 players rated in the 70s.

FIFA 17 will be released on 27 September in the United States of America and 29 September worldwide, on major consoles like the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One as well as PCs.

Here is the list of the 20 fastest players in FIFA 17:

#	Player	Club	FIFA Rating	Pace
20	Fabian Castillo	Trabzonspor	76	93
19	Ahmed Musa	Leicester City	78	93
18	Kingsley Coman	Bayern Munich	81	93
17	Bruma	Galatasaray	77	93
16	Jordi Alba	Barcelona	86	93
15	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	82	93
14	Lucas	PSG	82	93
13	Jonas Aguirre	Rosario Central	68	94
12	Kekuta Manneh	Vancouver Whitecaps	70	94
11	Nnamdi Oduamadi	HJK Helsinki	66	94
10	Ryo Miyaichi	FC St. Pauli	70	94
9	Jefferson Cuero	Monarcas Morelia	74	94
8	Hector Villalba	Club Tijuana	74	94
7	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	90	94
6	Ernest Asante	FC Nordsjælland	69	95
5	Jurgen Damm	Tigres UANL	73	95
4	Hector Bellerín	Arsenal	79	95
3	Jonathan Biabiany	Inter Milan	76	95
2	Mathis Bolly	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	67	96
1	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	86	96

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