FUT 21: All Icons - list FIFA 21 guide, tips
Last update: 15 October 2020
In this chapter of the FIFA 21 guide, you will find a complete list of Icons (special players) in FUT 21 (FIFA Ultimate Team) along with their overall rating for each card type. We grouped all Icons by position on the pitch.
FIFA 21 introduces 11 brand new Icons to the FUT (FIFA Ultimate Team) mode to the already existing 89 special players featured in the previous installment of the series, bringing the total number of players to 100. It should be noted here that in FIFA 21, Jens Lehmann has been removed from the list and will not be available in packages and/or in the transfer market.
- FUT 21 – new Icons
- Goalkeepers – list of Icons in FUT 21
- Defenders - list of Icons in FUT 21
- Midfielders - list of Icons in FUT 21
- Strikers - list of Icons in FUT 21
FUT 21 – new Icons
FIFA 21 introduces 11 brand new Icons to the most popular FUT (FIFA Ultimate Team) mode. Among them you can find, e.g. former Cameroon representative Samuel Eto'o (2000 Olympic gold medalist), as well as Fernando Torres, who won the 2010 World Cup, as well as the 2008 and 2012 European Championships with Spain. Ferenc Puskás - Hungarian football player and coach, 1952 Olympic gold medalist, and 1954 World Champion, Legend of Spanish club Real Madrid is also here. Without a doubt, he was one of the best strikers of all time.
Here's the complete list of new icons in FUT 21:
No. | Player name | Nationality | Player positions (depending on card) | Overall score |
1. | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary | Striker (ST) / Central forward (CF) | 89/92/94 |
2. | Éric Cantona | France | Central forward (CF) | 88/90/93 |
3. | Xavi | Spain | Central midfielder (CM) | 88/90/93 |
4. | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Striker (ST) | 87/90/92 |
5. | Philipp Lahm | Germany | Left back (LB) / central defensive midfielder (CDM) / right back | 87/89/91 |
6. | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | Left midfielder (LM) / central midfielder (CM) | 87/89/91 |
7. | Petr Cech | Czech Republic | Goalkeeper (GK) | 86/88/91 |
8. | Fernando Torres | Spain | Striker (ST) | 85/88/91 |
9. | Nemanja Vidic | Serbia | Cornerback (CB) | 85/88/90 |
10. | Davor Šuker | Croatia | Striker (ST) | 85/87/90 |
11. | Ashley Cole | England | Left back (LB) | 85/87/89 |
Goalkeepers – list of Icons in FUT 21
No. | Player name | Nationality | Player position | Overall score |
1. | Lev Yashin | Russia | Goalkeeper (GK) | 89/91/94 |
2. | Edwin van der Sar | Netherlands | Goalkeeper (GK) | 87/89/91 |
3. | Peter Schmeichel | Denmark | Goalkeeper (GK) | 86/90/92 |
4. | Petr Cech | Czech Republic | Goalkeeper (GK) | 86/88/91 |
Defenders - list of Icons in FUT 21
No. | Player name | Nationality | Player position (depending on card) | Overall score |
1. | Paolo Maldini | Italy | Left back (LB) / Cornerback (CB) | 88/92/94 |
2. | Franco Baresi | Italy | Cornerback (CB) | 88/91/93 |
3. | Carlos Alberto (Capita) | Brazil | Cornerback (CB) / Right back (RB) | 87/90/93 |
4. | Alessandro Nesta | Italy | Cornerback (CB) | 88/90/92 |
5. | Bobby Moore | England | Cornerback (CB) | 87/89/92 |
6. | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Cornerback (CB) | 87/89/92 |
7. | Javier Zanetti | Argentina | Left back (LB) / Right back (RB) | 87/88/92 |
8. | Puyol | Spain | Right back (RB) / Cornerback (CB) | 86/90/92 |
9. | Philipp Lahm | Germany | Left back (LB) / central defensive midfielder (CDM) / right back | 87/89/91 |
10. | Marcel Desailly | France | Cornerback (CB) / Central defensive midfielder (CDM) | 87/88/91 |
11. | Laurent Blanc | France | Cornerback ( CB) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 85/89/91 |
12. | Fernando Hierro | Spain | Cornerback (CB) | 86/89/91 |
13. | Roberto Carlos | Brazil | Left back (LB) | 86/88/91 |
14. | Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | Cornerback (CB) | 85/88/91 |
15. | Rio Ferdinand | England | Cornerback (CB) | 85/88/90 |
16. | Nemanja Vidic | Serbia | Cornerback (CB) | 85/88/90 |
17. | Gianluca Zambrotta | Italy | Right wing back (RWB) / Left back (LB) / Right back (RB) | 86/87/89 |
18. | Sol Campbell | England | Cornerback (CB) | 85/87/89 |
19. | Ashley Cole | England | Left back (LB) | 85/87/89 |
Midfielders - list of Icons in FUT 21
No. | Player name | Nationality | Player positions (depending on card) | Overall score |
1. | Diego Maradona | Argentina | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 91/95/97 |
2. | Zinedine Zidane | France | Central midfielder (CM) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 91/94/96 |
3. | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | Central midfielder (CM) / Central defensive midfielder (CDM) / Cornerback (CB) | 88/91/93 |
4. | Xavi | Spain | Central midfielder (CM) | 88/90/93 |
5. | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | Central midfielder (CM) / Central forward (CF) | 86/90/93 |
6. | Andrea Pirlo | Italy | Central midfielder (CM) | 88/90/92 |
7. | Ryan Giggs | Wales | Left midfielder (LM) | 87/89/92 |
8. | Juan Román Riquelme | Argentina | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 87/89/91 |
9. | Sócrates | Brazil | Central attacking midfielder | 87/89/91 |
10. | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | Left midfielder (LM) / central midfielder (CM) | 87/89/91 |
11. | Kaká | Brazil | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 87/89/91 |
12. | Paul Scholes | England | Central midfielder (CM) | 87/89/91 |
13. | Pavel Nedved | Czech Republic | Left midfielder (LM) | 86/89/91 |
14. | Steven Gerrard | England | Central defensive midfielder (CDM) / Central midfielder (CM) | 86/89/91 |
15. | Michael Ballack | Germany | Central midfielder (CM) | 86/89/91 |
16. | Patrick Vieira | France | Central midfielder (CM) | 86/88/91 |
17. | Michael Laudrup | Denmark | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) / Left winger (LW) / Central forward (CF) | 85/89/91 |
18. | Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 85/89/91 |
19. | Clarence Seedorf | Netherlands | Central midfielder (CM) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 85/88/91 |
20. | Robert Pires | France | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) / Left midfielder (LM) | 85/88/91 |
21. | Frank Rijkaard | Netherlands | Central defensive midfielder (CDM) / Cornerback (CB) | 86/88/90 |
22. | Verón | Argentina | Central midfielder (CM) | 86/88/90 |
23. | Marc Overmars | Netherlands | Left midfielder (LM) / Left winger (LW) | 86/88/90 |
24. | Frank Lampard | England | Central midfielder (CM) | 86/88/90 |
25. | Roy Keane | Ireland | Central midfielder (CM) | 86/88/90 |
26. | Rui Costa | Portugal | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 85/88/90 |
27. | Emmanuel Petit | France | Central defensive midfielder (CDM) / Left back (LB) | 85/88/90 |
28. | Jay-Jay Okocha | Nigeria | Right midfielder (RM) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 85/88/90 |
29. | Claude Makélélé | France | Right midfielder (RM) / Central defensive midfielder (CDM) | 85/88/90 |
30. | Jari Litmanen | Finland | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) / Central forward (CF) | 85/88/90 |
31. | Josep Guardiola | Spain | Central defensive midfielder (CDM) | 85/87/90 |
32. | Michael Essien | Ghana | Central defensive midfielder (CDM) | 85/87/90 |
33. | Deco | Portugal | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) / Central midfielder (CM) | 85/87/90 |
34. | John Barnes | England | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) / Left winger (LW) | 86/87/89 |
35. | Gennaro Gattuso | Italy | Central midfielder (CM) / Central defensive midfielder (CDM) | 85/87/89 |
36. | Hidetoshi Nakata | Japan | Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 85/86/88 |
Strikers - list of Icons in FUT 21
No. | Player name | Nationality | Player position (depending on card) | Overall score |
1. | Pelé | Brazil | Central forward (CF) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 91/95/98 |
2. | Ronaldo | Brazil | Striker (ST) | 90/94/96 |
3. | Mané Garrincha | Brazil | Right winger (RW) | 90/92/94 |
4. | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary | Central forward (CF) / striker (ST) | 89/92/94 |
5. | Ronaldinho | Brazil | Left winger (LW) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 89/91/94 |
6. | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Central forward | 89/91/94 |
7. | Eusébio | Portugal | Central forward (CF) | 89/91/93 |
8. | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Striker (ST) | 89/91/93 |
9. | Roberto Baggio | Italy | Central forward (CF) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 89/91/93 |
10. | Éric Cantona | France | Central forward (CF) | 88/90/93 |
11. | George Best | Northern Ireland | Right winger (RW) | 88/90/93 |
12. | Thierry Henry | France | Left winger (LW) / Striker (ST) | 87/90/93 |
13. | Luís Figo | Portugal | Right winger (RW) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 88/90/92 |
14. | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Striker (ST) | 87/90/92 |
15. | Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | Central forward (CF) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) | 87/90/92 |
16. | Emilio Butragueno | Spain | Striker (ST) | 87/90/92 |
17. | Kenny Dalglish | Scotland | Striker (ST) / Central forward (CF) | 87/90/92 |
18. | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | Central forward (CF) | 87/90/92 |
19. | Rivaldo | Brazil | Central striker (CF) / Central attacking midfielder (CAM) / Left winger (LW) | 87/90/92 |
20. | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | Striker (ST) / Left winger (LW) | 87/90/92 |
21. | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | Striker (ST) | 86/90/92 |
22. | Gary Lineker | England | Striker (ST) | 87/89/92 |
23. | Hugo Sánchez | Mexico | Striker (ST) | 87/89/92 |
24. | Raúl | Spain | Central forward (CF) | 86/88/92 |
25. | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | Striker (ST) | 87/89/91 |
26. | Miroslav Klose | Germany | Striker (ST) | 87/89/91 |
27. | Ian Rush | Wales | Striker (ST) | 87/89/91 |
28. | Alan Shearer | England | Striker (ST) | 87/89/91 |
29. | David Trezeguet | France | Striker (ST) | 86/89/91 |
30. | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | Striker (ST) | 86/88/91 |
31. | Patrick Kluivert | Netherlands | Striker (ST) | 86/88/91 |
32 | Michael Owen | England | Striker (ST) | 86/88/91 |
33. | Fernando Torres | Spain | Striker (ST) | 85/88/91 |
34. | Christian Vieri | Italy | Striker (ST) | 86/88/90 |
35. | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Striker (ST) | 86/87/90 |
36. | Hernán Crespo | Argentina | Striker (ST) | 85/87/90 |
37. | Luis Hernández | Mexico | Striker (ST) | 85/87/90 |
38. | Davor Šuker | Croatia | Striker (ST) | 85/87/90 |
39. | Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | Striker (ST) | 85/87/90 |
40. | Gianfranco Zola | Italy | Central forward (CF) | 85/87/90 |
41. | Ian Wright | England | Striker (ST) | 85/87/89 |