PES 2020 best players & who to play as on the game

Pro Evolution Soccer is back again for another season, packaged as eFootball PES 2020 this year, with many new licensed teams including Barcelona and Juventus.

Despite the fact that many teams are not licensed in the game and thus have fake names, fake badges and jerseys, every single player in the world’s top leagues is in the game.

For example, Liverpool are called Liverpool R in PES 2020, but have all the proper players including some of the game’s highest-rated talents – Virgil van Dijk is the best defender in the game.

1. Who are the best players in PES 2020?
2. Who are the best young players in PES 2020?
3. Who are the best legends in PES 2020?
4. Who are the best teams in PES 2020?

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo battle every year to be the best player in the world and PES 2020 has decided not to separate them by giving them the same rating this season.

Both Messi and Ronaldo are the best players in PES 2020, with a 94 overall rating. Neymar ranks as the third best player in the game on 92, while 18 players are rated 90 or higher this year.

The majority of the highest rated players are attackers, but centre-backs Van Dijk, Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos make the top 10 this year.

Ranking	Player	Rating
1	L. MESSI	94
2	C. RONALDO	94
3	NEYMAR	92
4	E. HAZARD	91
5	S. AGUERO	91
6	L. SUAREZ	91
7	V. VAN DIJK	91
8	SERGIO RAMOS	90
9	PIQUE	90
10	R. LEWANDOWSKI	90
11	DAVID DE GEA	90
12	A. GRIEZMANN	90
13	J. OBLAK	90
14	K. DE BRUYNE	90
15	H. KANE	90
16	M. SALAH	90
17	ALISSON	90
18	K. MBAPPE	90
19	M. NEUER	89
20	L. MODRIC	89
21	SERGIO BUSQUETS	89
22	R. STERLING	89
23	EDERSON	89
24	S. MANE	89
25	M. TER STEGEN	89
26	DAVID SILVA	88
27	K. BENZEMA	88
28	E. CAVANI	88
29	M. HUMMELS	88
30	T. KROOS	88
31	P. AUBAMEYANG	88
32	C. ERIKSEN	88
33	THIAGO A.	88
34	P. POGBA	88
35	N. KANTE	88
36	K. KOULIBALY	88
37	BERNARDO SILVA	88
38	S. HANDANOVIC	87
39	J. KIMMICH	87
40	H. LLORIS	87
41	G. CHIELLINI	87
42	D. GODIN	87
43	G. BALE	87
44	I. RAKITIC	87
45	M. PJANIC	87
46	JORDI ALBA	87
47	M. REUS	87
48	P. COUTINHO	87
49	R. VARANE	87
50	T. COURTOIS	87

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It should come as no surprise that Kylian Mbappe is the best player aged 21 or under in PES 2020. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is the only young player rated 90 or higher, with no other young player having a high enough overall score to make the game’s overall top 50 best players.

Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt comes in at second place with an 86 rating, while both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Gianluigi Donnarumma are rate 85.

The PES 2020 ratings were generated before Erling Haaland stunned the Champions League and the Bundesliga and as a result, he has an 80 rating. No doubt his score will be increased in PES 2021.

Ranking	Player	Rating
1	K. MBAPPE	90
2	M. DE LIGT	86
3	T. ALEXANDER-ARNOLD	85
4	G. DONNARUMMA	85
5	JOAO FELIX	84
6	J. SANCHO	84
7	M. ODEGAARD	83
8	EDER MILITAO	83
9	K. HAVERTZ	82
10	F. CHALOV	81
11	VINICIUS JUNIOR	81
12	C. PULISIC	81
13	J. DE PAULA	81
14	N. ZANIOLO	81
15	M. MOUNT	81
16	M. GUENDOUZI	81
17	H. AOUAR	81
18	L. MARTINEZ	81
19	A. HAKIMI	81
20	A. LAFONT	81
21	E. HAALAND	80
22	O. EDOUARD	80
23	FERRAN TORRES	80
24	J. IKONE	80
25	E. PALACIOS	80
26	F. VALVERDE	80
27	D. RICE	80
28	J. KOUNDE	80
29	M. KEAN	79
30	RODRYGO	79

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Some of football’s iconic players are included in PES 2020 as legends including Brazil‘s Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. They are all ranked 87 overall or higher, with Romario the fourth best legend in the game this year.

World Cup winner and Argentina superstar Diego Maradona is the best legend in PES 2020 with an overall rating of 97. His rating makes him the best default player in the game, coming in higher than both Messi and Ronaldo.

Oliver Kahn is the highest-rated goalkeeper in PES 2020, while fellow German Franz Beckenbauer is the best defensive legend in the game.

Ranking	Player	Rating
1	D. MARADONA	97
2	J. CRUIJFF	93
3	ZICO	92
4	ROMARIO	91
5	K. RUMMENIGGE	91
6	RONALDINHO G	91
7	F. BECKENBAUER	91
8	O. KAHN	91
9	INIESTA	90
10	G. BATISTUTA	89
11	ADRIANO	89
12	R. GULLIT	89
13	D. BECKHAM	89
14	P. NEDVED	89
15	P. VIEIRA	89
16	F. TOTTI	88
17	A. DEL PIERO	88
18	L. FIGO	88
19	RIVALDO	88
20	F. LAMPARD	88
21	A. PIRLO	88
22	J. ZANETTI	88
23	R. CARLOS	88
24	P. MALDINI	88
25	F. BARESI	88
26	D. LAW	87
27	A. RECOBA	87
28	RAI	87
29	P. SCHOLES	87
30	CAFU	87

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Three teams in PES 2020 have been given an overall rating of 86, making Barcelona, Manchester B and Madrid Chamartin B the best teams in the game.

Manchester B is the name used for Manchester City due to Konami’s lack of licensing for the Premier League while Real Madrid Chamartin B is Real Madrid’s moniker in PES 2020.

As PES 2020 has licenses for Bayern Munich, Juventus, Napoli and PSG, all these teams have the correct names in the game.

The Bundesliga is not in PES 2020, so Bayern are found in the Other European Clubs section, along with Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke.

Team	Overall	Defence	Midfield	Attack
Barcelona	86	85	84	88
Manchester B	86	84	87	88
Madrid Chamartin B	86	85	87	86
Bayern Munchen	85	83	85	87
Juventus	85	85	84	87
PSG	85	83	84	89
Liverpool R	84	85	82	86
Madrid Rosas RB	84	82	84	84
Napoli	83	83	83	83
Tottenham WB	83	82	82	85

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