Osimhen beaten: Here’s Africa’s highest-rated EA Sports FC star

Victor Osimhen salary - New details emerge — Credit: Icon Sport

The latest ratings of the EA Sports FC 24 is out, and there is plenty of talk concerning it, especially as it concerns Napoli forward Victor Osimhen.

Osimhen has been in the news recently, and it has not been positive. The superstar Nigerian forward is at loggerheads with his club following the mocking TikTok video of him.

Anyway, that is not our focus in this piece.

The Serie A top scorer last season was expected to get a bumper rating, and he sure did, but how does he compare with the other African stars?

The latest rating shows that Mohammed Salah is the highest-ranked African player, beating the Nigerian star to second place.

Despite Osimhen beating the Egyptian in most metrics last season, Liverpool is ranked higher than him.

Osimhen vs Salah EA Sports FC stats compared

Osimhen rated 90 on ea sprts 24 fc — Photo by Icon sport

Osimhen helped Napoli to the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years and finished as Capocannoniere. Let us compare the ratings and see if it is justified.

Play Styles
Victor Osimhen – Chip Shot, Power Header, Rapid and Acrobatic.
Mo Salah – Chip Shot, Rapid and Trivela.

Salah received a rating of 89, dropping one place and is 13th globally, but remains ahead of Osimhen, who moved up five points to 88 and 30th.

While Salah received three stars for his weak foot and four for his skill moves, Osimhen reversed it, getting four stars for his weak foot and three for his skills.

Both forwards are rated high on attack work rate and medium on their defence.

Salah beats Osimhen in positioning and finishing, as he is rated 92 on both, to the Nigerian’s 90 and 91.

Osimhen only beats Salah with his shot power but is rated lower in long shots, volleys and penalties.

The cumulative total for the Egyptian when it comes to shooting is 87 to 86.

Osimhen has a better pace total of 90 compared to Salah’s 89.

	POS	OVR	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY
Osimhen	ST	88	90	864	661	835	422	821
Salah	RW	89	891	872	811	882	45	761

Mo Salah

PACE	89	SHOOTING	87	PASSING	81	DRIBBLING	88
Acceleration	89	Positioning	92	Vision	84	Agility	89
Sprint Speed	89	Finishing	92	Crossing	80	Balance	91
		Shot Power	82	Free Kick Accuracy	69	Reactions	93
		Long Shots	84	Shot Passing	84	Ball Control	86
		Volleys	83	Long Passing	77	Dribbling	88
		Penalties	81	Curve	84	Composure	90

DEFENDING	45	PHYSICALITY	76
Interceptions	55	Jumping	80
Heading Accuracy	59	Stamina	87
Def Awareness	38	Strength	75
Standing Tackle	43	Aggression	63
Sliding Tackle	41

Victor Osimhen

osimhen moved up 5 places in the ea sports rating — Photo by Icon sport

PACE	90	SHOOTING	86	PASSING	66	DRIBBLING	83
Acceleration	87	Positioning	92	Vision	70	Agility	78
Sprint Speed	92	Finishing	91	Crossing	62	Balance	68
		Shot Power	86	Free Kick Accuracy	52	Reactions	89
		Long Shots	77	Shot Passing	74	Ball Control	86
		Volleys	83	Long Passing	54	Dribbling	83
		Penalties	81	Curve	63	Composure	80

DEFENDING	42	PHYSICALITY	82
Interceptions	34	Jumping	94
Heading Accuracy	84	Stamina	81
Def Awareness	36	Strength	86
Standing Tackle	45	Aggression	68
Sliding Tackle	22

Mahrez leads other Africans behind Salah and Osimhen

Riyad Mahrez had a fantastic season with Manchester City. The Algerian winger contributed to the monumental season they had that saw them win a treble (Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League).

Mahrez is ranked at 3rd in Africa and 71 globally with an overall rating of 86. He finishes above the likes of Sadio Mane, Thomas Partey and Achraf Hakimi.

Below are the top ten highest-rated African players in the EA Sports FC 24.

mmahrez is rated below osimhen in the ea sports rating — Photo by Icon sport

Top 10 Africans with the highest EA sports FC rating
#	Player	Country	Team	Age	Position	Rating	Potential
1	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool	31	RW	89*	89
2	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	Napoli	24	ST	88	90
3	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	Al Ahli	32	RM	86*	86
4	Sadio Mane	Senegal	Al Nassr	31	CF	86*	86
5	Yassine Bounou	Morocco	Al Hilal	32	GK	85*	85
6	Andre Onana	Cameroon	Man United	27	GK	85	86
7	Thomas Partey	Ghana	Arsenal	30	CDM	85	85
8	Ismael Bennacer	Algeria	AC Milan	25	CDM	84	87
9	Achraf Hakimi	Morocco	PSG	24	RB	84	87
10	Kalidou Koulibaly	Senegal	Al Hilal	32	CB	84*	84