FIFA Players | Most Loved, Popular, and Disliked Players

Players in FIFA

the following article lists the most popular, disliked, and liked players in FIFA across the three categories. The defensive role section encompasses all defensive positions, such as center back, fullback (left and right), and wingback (left and right).

The midfield includes roles such as defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder, and left and right midfielder. The offensive roles include positions such as center forward, Striker, and second striker.

Most Popular Players

The following section lists the most popular across the three categories. The popularity of a player is determined by the most games played.

Defensive Role (CB, LB, RB, RWB, LWB)

The most popular defensive player in FIFA at the moment is Raphaël Varane, a center-back. He has been in 56,803,476 games. Right behind him is Achraf Hakimi, a right-back who has been in 55,476,644 games.

Worthy of mention is also Gianluigi Donnarumma, who is a goalkeeper, and has been in 51,252,958 games. Other defensive players who are on the most popular list are the following:

LB – Ferland Mendy (48,262,106)
LB – Jordan Amavi 42,700,663)
CB – Marquinhos (42,110,268)

Midfield Role (CDM, CM, CAM, LM, RM)

The most popular midfield player in FIFA is N'Golo Kanté, who plays as a central-defensive midfielder. He is the second most played in the entire section and has been in 79,413,686 games. Second in line is Jonathan Bamba, who plays as a left midfielder. He has been in 38,741,446 games.

Other popular midfield players are:

CDM – Mattéo Guendouzi (38,245,403)
CM – Kevin De Bruyne (31,378,284)
LM – David Ginola (27,262,285)

Offensive Role (CF, ST, LW, RW)

The most popular offensive player is Kylian Mbappé in the position of striker, and he is also the most popular player on the list. He has been in 84,017,726 games. Right behind is Lionel Messi, who plays as a right winger. He has been in 74,177,253 games.

Other popular offensive players include:

ST – Christiano Ronaldo (60,900,233)
LW – Neymar Jr. (60,399,060)
RW – Mohamed Salah (35,222,072)

Most Liked Players

Now, onto the list of most loved FIFA players, based on the total number of likes on their FIFA card. The players are divided into three sections, the defensive, midfield, and offensive roles.

Defensive Role (CB, LB, RB, RWB, LWB)

The most loved defensive player is Nikklas Sommer, who plays as a right back. The number of likes on his FIFA card is 16,587. Second in the number of likes from the list of defensive players is Jonathan Clauss, a right-wingback, who has 14,727 likes.

Some other loved defensive players are:

CB – Phil Jones with (12,600 likes)
CB – Giorgio Chiellini (12,468 likes)
GK – David De Gea Quintana (8996 likes)

Midfield Role (CDM, CM, CAM, LM, RM)

At the moment, second on the list of most loved players, but first on the midfield list is Nabil Fekir, a center attacking midfielder with 27,779 likes. Second in line with 15,049 likes is Houssem Aouar, who plays as a center-midfielder.

More names on the list of likeable players include:

CM – Christian Gauseth (14,564 likes)
CM – Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima (12,227 likes)
CAM – Christopher Nkunku (12,081 likes)

Offensive Role (CF, ST, LW, RW)

Finally, on the list of most likeable players from the list of offensive players is striker Karim Benzema. He is also the most liked player on the list, with 30,123 likes. Next up, but with quite a few less likes, is Cristiano Ronaldo, another striker, with 14,884 likes.

More popular attackers who are quite liked are:

ST – Robert Lewandowski (14,502 likes)
ST – Adebayo Akinfenwa (14,442 likes)
ST – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (14,106 likes)

Most Disliked Players

Now, contrary to the previous stats, this section presents some of the most disliked players. Once again, like in the earlier paragraphs, they are divided into three sections, defensive, midfield, and offensive players. The statistic compares the number of dislikes on their FIFA cards.

Defensive Role (CB, LB, RB, RWB, LWB)

The list of most disliked defensive players starts with Joshua Cavallo, a left-back who has 9770 dislikes. Closeby, in second place, is Pedro Porro, a right-wingback, with 5936 dislikes.

Furthermore, the list of other unliked defensive players includes names such as the following:

RB – Trent Alexander-Arnold (4784 dislikes)
CB – Samuel Umtiti (4117 dislikes)
CB – Kurt Zouma (3204 dislikes)

Midfield Role (CDM, CM, CAM, LM, RM)

Continuing the list, we name some of the most disliked midfield players, starting with the most disliked Mason Greenwood. This right midfielder leads heavily with the number of dislikes on the entire list with 34,913 dislikes. Second in midfield and on the general list goes to Ferland Mendy, with 22,493 dislikes. Ferland plays as a center-midfielder.

Other disliked midfielders are:

CM – Ilkay Gündogan (13,433 dislikes)
CM – Robert Andrich (7267 dislikes)
LM – Stephy Mavididi (5770 dislikes)

Offensive Role (CF, ST, LW, RW)

And finally, the list of most disliked offensive players starts with Aubameyang. This striker stands at the top of the list with 14,937 dislikes. After him, the second most disliked attacker is another striker, Kylian Mbappé (Rating 97), with 9446 dislikes.

Other disliked players on the list include players such as: