It has never been easy for footballers to make a fastest dribbler. It takes a lot of courage and hard work as well as just speed. They need to have good speed as well as defending skills, especially dribbling. Diving, jumping, ball rolling and dribbling are some of the most important skills to gain success in football. Luckily, a few footballers succeeded to have it all, becoming the best dribblers in FIFA 22 with the highest dribbling ratings.
FIFA has rated all the top dribblers or fastest defenders ranking them in ascending order. So let’s not delay and see who are the top fastest defenders in FIFA 22.
Top 10 Best Dribblers in FIFA 22:
10. Jack Grealish
The 27-year-old Jack Grealish is an English Professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Premier League club Manchester City as well as the England National team. Jack qualified for the England’s man squad for FIFA World Cup 2022 and is now having the taste of victories in Qatar.
Considering all of this, FIFA has rated him 88, one of the best dribblers with 88 dribbling. While his pace is 80, other attributes also contribute to his success including 46 defence, 64 physique, 83 passing, and 76 shout-out.
9. Eden Hazard
With dribbling as his best attribute rated 88, Eden Hazard has been regarded as one of the best dribblers in FIFA 22. The Real Madrid star who plays as a winger also has some of the best other attributes including 63 physique, 35 defence,80 shoot-out, and 82 passing.
Eden had also become one of the top fastest dribblers as well with a rating of 84 pace. The Real Madrid star hails from Belgium and serves as the captain for Belgium National Team. Looking at his high rated attributes, no doubt he is one of the best players of his generation.
8. Mateo Kovacic
The Croatian footballer is also named as one of the best dribblers in FIFA 22 with 88 dribbling, the same as Jack and Eden. With an overall rating of 83, the Chelsea player has become a fan favourite face. He consists of best high rated attributes like 71 physique, 69 defence, 69 shoot-out, 70 pace and 83 passing. With so many rated talents, Kovacic has made it to the list of fastest defenders.
The 28-years-old is currently playing as a midfielder for Premier League Chelsea as well as the Croatia National Team. His team number is 8 and he is usually involved in a central role but can play deeper positions as well. Chelsea pays him 52 lakhs GBP. Though he is not the taller or strongest player, his ability to defend at pace and dribble is just jaw-dropping. It’s way too much for a club who is looking to score.
7. Frankie De Jong
Again, with the same dribbling rating of 88, another player is named as one of the fastest defenders in FIFA 22 whose name is Frankie De Jong. Frankie hails from the Netherlands and plays as a midfielder for the La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands National Team. With Netherlands qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022, Frankie is accompanying the National squad for the tournament in Qatar.
He has even played three matches and scored one goal in the world cup. It should be understood by now why he became the Netherlands’ choice for the world cup as a midfielder who could quickly defend, dribble and pass. The versatile midfielder is actually known for his dribbling, passing, vision, strong defensive abilities, playing techniques and attacking prowess.
6. Philippe Coutinho
The FC Barcelona superstar is ranked fifth by FIFA as one of the best dribblers in the world with a rating of 88. Philippe Coutinho Correia is a Brazilian professional footballer who is currently playing as a winger for Premier league club Aston Villa as well as the Brazil National Team. Coutinho will be representing Brazil in FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar as one of the top dribblers.
Coutinho gained popularity during his time with FC Barcelona where he played from 2018 to 2022. The Brazilian dribbler with attributes such as 52 defence, 69 pace, 79 shoot-out, 80 passing and 59 physique has also been a part of bigger clubs like Inter Milan, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, etc.
Known for his passing, dribbling, vision and ability to make curving long-range strikes, Coutinho has been the world’s second most expensive player at his time after signing for Barcelona as well as the most expensive midfielder of 2022.
With 88 ratings for dribbling, Coman has become one of the best dribblers in the world in FIFA 22. The French footballer plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich as well as French National Team. Being one of the top dribblers in the world, Coman is all set to get France the World Cup title again. He has already played three matches in the tournament in Qatar.
The French footballer comprises a great combination of high rated attributes aside from dribbling including 30 defence, 60 physique, 79 passing, 76 shoot-out and 93 pace. Looks like Coman is even better at speed. The 26 years old Munich star has got a combination of talents as he is known for his Long shots, crossing, passing and balling.
4. Dries Mertens
Dries Mertens has got an overall rating of 84 and yet he is one of the best dribblers in FIFA 22 with a rating of 88. Dribbling is the best thing he does out of all other things. Yet, he has some other attributes making him the perfect fit for this list including 34 defence, 50 physique,79 passing, 82 shoot-out and 85 pace.
Mertens is a Belgian professional footballer who is also nicknamed “Ciro”. He plays as a striker or winger for the Super Lig club Galatasaray as well as Belgian National Team. Apart from his current clubs, the 35 years old Belgian star has played for clubs like Napoli in his career. With his utmost outstanding skills and attributes, he is all in the mood to set world cup 2022 on fire as Belgium qualified for the tournament from UEFA.
3. Roberto Firmino
Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira, commonly known as Roberto Firmino is the son of Brazil. He is a professional footballer and plays as a forward for the Premier League club Liverpool which is anonymously one of the most popular football clubs in the world. The Liverpool pride has been selected as one of the top dribblers by FIFA in the rating list of 2022.
Roberto’s dribbling 89 surpasses even his overall performance rating which is 85. But dribbling is not all he has. Some of his other best attributes are 78 physique, 59 defence, 79 passing, 78 shoot-out and 77 pace. These attributes and his creativity, goalscoring have earned him a reputation at Liverpool with the manager Jurgen Klopp referring to Roberto as the engine of the club. Before getting the title of best Dribbler, Firmino had got so many awards such as the UEFA champions league 2018-19, UEFA Super Cup.
2. Sadio Mane
Being the teammate of Kingsley Coman, Sadio Mane plays as a forward for the Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. He hails from Senegal and has acquired fame after playing for Liverpool. He made a total of 196 appearances for the club. Despite touching his thirties this year, Mane is the same strong player he has ever been. He has been the choice of clubs like Liverpool, Southampton, Red Bull Satzburg and many more because of his playing techniques and attributes.
With 89 dribbling and overall rating, he is undoubtedly one of the best South African footballers in the world of all time. Also, the South African player is known for his dribbling, speed and pressing. Yet,he possesses some other rated attributes too such as 77 physique, 44 defence, 80 passing, 83 shoot-out and 91 pace. Though Mane’s pace is rated higher than his dribbling, he remains one of the best dribblers in FIFA 22.
1. Thiago
Here comes our Spanish leader and four La Liga titles winner, Thiago Alcantara. Thiago got inspired from his teammate. Roberto Firmino became one of the best dribblers in FIFA 22 with a rating of 90. The Spanish footballer plays as a central midfielder for Liverpool as well as the Spanish National Team.
Thiago is a very creative and technically strong player who plays with strategies. He is gifted with excellent dribbling skills and ball control which allow him to play extremely brilliant as a Central midfielder. He is capable of playing advanced roles as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball distribution, passing techniques and vision, Thiago was called”an extraordinary player” by Xavi in 2013. Proving his success rate, FIFA has rated his attributes – 66 physique, 70 defence, 86 passion, 72 shoot-out and 63 pace.
Other than the above listed top 10 best dribblers in FIFA 22, there are ten highest rated dribblers who have broken several records as a Dribbler. And they are not just best dribblers but great footballers of all time as well. Let’s have a look at their names and dribbling.
List of best dribblers:
Players
Clubs
Position
Dribbling
Overall
Mohamed Salah
Liverpool
RW
90
89
Lorenzo Insigne
MLS. Toronto
LW
90
86
Riyad Mahrez
Man City
RW
90
88
Paulo Dybala
Serie A Roma
CF
90
87
Marco Verratti
PSG
CM
91
87
Jadon Sancho
Man United
RM
91
87
Bernardo Silva
Man City
CAM
91
86
Kylian Mbappe
PSG
ST
92
91
Neymar Jr
PSG
LW
94
91
Lionel Messi
PSG
RW
95
93
It should not come as a shock to you to see three PSG teammates who are also the greatest footballers of all time, at the top of the rating list. You already may know a lot about them as they are the real champions. Especially, Messi should not feel like a surprise to you as he has been ruling the football World since last two decades.