FIFA 22 Ultimate Team ICONS: New, returning & leaked players

ICON players are some the most prestigious and sought after in all of Ultimate Team, adding a touch of football class into any squad. These are all of the ICONS, new and old, heading into FIFA 22.

Another year of FIFA brings with it another year of Ultimate Team. After the announcement of Hero cards and Ones to Watch, fans are preparing for another year of carefully crafting the perfect squad of talent.

While there’s plenty of special cards on offer in FUT every year, ICONS let players rub shoulders with footballing royalty.

Here are all of the FIFA 22 ICONS we’re expecting to see in Ultimate Team.

What are ICONS in Ultimate Team?

ICONS are unique special cards in FIFA Ultimate Team which depict a past legend of the real-world sport. They are hand chosen because of their achievements and contributions to football, which have been revered as an all-time great since their retirement.

Each of the FIFA 22 ICONS comes with three versions with different stats – a base, mid, and prime. Each one represents a different stage of the player’s career, from when they first burst onto the scene to the peak of their powers.

• Read more: FIFA 22 top 100 player ratings: Release date, confirmed ratings & predictions

They function like normal player cards in-game, only they offer chemistry links to every other player regardless of league or nation. However, they provide strong links to anyone from the same nation, making them extremely useful for building hybrid teams from different leagues.

FIFA 22 ICONS can be found in packs but have increased rarity because of their high rating and invaluable chemistry features. EA tends to add Squad Building Challenges later in the year to earn ICONS and Icon Swaps.

Leaked & rumoured FIFA 22 Ultimate Team ICONS

A handful of new potential ICONS have long been rumored, and some have even surfaced online through leaks.

• Read more: FIFA 22 Web App guide: Release date, features, & tips

Insiders like FUTWatch and Futzone reported months ago that a number of players had been added to the code for FIFA 22, however, it’s possible that some of them may come to the game as Heroes instead.

These are all of the potential ICONS that have been strongly rumored or leaked in the build-up to launch.

Player Name	Nationality	Potential Rating
Alfredo di Stéfano	Argentina	93
Fernando Cavenaghi	Argentina	85
Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	91
Jaap Stam	Netherlands	90
Lucio	Brazil	90
Park Ji-Sung	South Korea	88
Wesley Sneidjer	Netherlands	91

FIFA 22 Ultimate Team ICONS

FIFA 21 Ultimate Team saw the biggest lineup of ICONS to date, with 100 of the game’s best-ever players being added to the mode alongside today’s stars.

All of the legends from last year will make the switch into FIFA 22 ICONS, although EA is yet to confirm if adjustments will be made to any of the ratings.

• Read more: FIFA 22: Every new stadium, team, league & commentator so far

The roster from last year is set to be joined by Robin Van Persie, Iker Casillas, Cafu, and Wayne Rooney, with more likely to be revealed over the course of the year.

You can find every confirmed Icon in the list below. We will update this page with positions and confirmed ratings as soon as they are officially announced. New players are marked in bold.

Player Name	Nation	Ratings
Alan Shearer	England	87/89/91
Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	87/90/92
Alessandro Nesta	Italy	88/90/92
Andrea Pirlo	Italy	88/90/92
Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	86/88/91
Ashley Cole	England	85/87/89
Bastian Schweinsteiger	Germany	87/89/91
Bobby Moore	England	87/89/92
Cafu	Brazil	88/90/93
Carlos Alberto Torres	Brazil	87/90/93
Carles Puyol	Spain	86/90/92
Christian Vieri	Italy	86/88/90
Clarence Seedorf	Netherlands	85/88/91
Claude Makelele	France	85/88/90
David Trezeguet	France	86/89/91
Davor Šuker	Croatia	85/87/90
Deco	Portugal	85/87/90
Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	87/90/92
Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	87/89/91
Diego Maradona	Argentina	91/95/97
Edwin Van Der Sar	Netherlands	87/89/91
Emilio Butragueño	Spain	87/90/92
Emmanuel Petit	France	85/88/90
Eric Cantona	France	88/90/93
Eusébio	Portugal	89/91/93
Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	87/89/92
Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	89/92/94
Fernando Hierro	Spain	86/89/91
Fernando Torres	Spain	85/88/91
Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	85/87/90
Franco Baresi	Italy	88/91/93
Frank Lampard	England	86/88/90
Frank Rijkaard	Netherlands	86/88/90
Garrincha	Brazil	90/92/94
Gary Lineker	England	87/89/92
Gennaro Gattuso	Italy	85/87/89
George Best	Northern Ireland	88/90/93
Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	85/89/91
Gianfranco Zola	Italy	85/87/90
Gianluca Zambrotta	Italy	86/87/89
Henrik Larsson	Sweden	86/87/90
Hernán Crespo	Argentina	85/87/90
Hidetoshi Nakata	Japan	85/86/88
Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	87/90/92
Hugo Sánchez	Mexico	87/89/92
Ian Rush	Wales	87/89/91
Ian Wright	England	85/87/89
Iker Casillas	Spain	87/89/92
Jari Litmanen	Finland	85/88/90
Javier Zanetti	Italy	87/88/92
Jay Jay Okocha	Nigeria	85/88/90
Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	89/91/94
John Barnes	England	86/87/89
Josep Guardiola	Spain	85/87/90
Juan Riquelme	Argentina	87/89/91
Juan Sebastián Verón	Argentina	86/88/90
Kaka	Brazil	87/89/91
Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	87/90/92
Laurent Blanc	France	85/89/91
Lev Yashin	Russia	89/91/94
Lothar Matthäus	Germany	88/91/93
Luis Figo	Portugal	88/90/92
Luis Hernández	Mexico	85/87/90
Marc Overmars	France	86/88/90
Marcel Desailly	France	87/88/91
Marco Van Basten	Netherlands	89/91/93
Michael Ballack	Germany	86/89/91
Michael Essien	Ghana	85/87/90
Michael Laudrup	Denamark	85/89/91
Michael Owen	England	86/88/91
Miroslav Klose	Germany	87/89/91
Nemanja Vidić	Serbia	85/88/90
Paolo Maldini	Italy	88/92/94
Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	86/88/91
Patrick Vieira	France	86/88/91
Paul Scholes	England	87/89/91
Pavel Nedvěd	Czech Republic	86/89/91
Pelé	Brazil	91/95/98
Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	86/90/92
Petr Čech	Czech Republic	86/88/91
Phillip Lahm	Germany	87/89/91
Raúl	Spain	86/88/92
Rio Ferdinand	England	85/88/90
Rivaldo	Brazil	87/90/92
Robert Pirès	France	85/88/91
Roberto Baggio	Italy	89/91/93
Roberto Carlos	Brazil	86/88/91
Robin Van Persie	Netherlands	87/89/91
Ronald Koeman	Netherlands	85/88/91
Ronaldinho	Brazil	89/91/94
Ronaldo Nazário	Brazil	90/94/96
Roy Keane	Republic of Ireland	86/88/90
Rui Costa	Portugal	85/88/90
Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	86/90/93
Ruud Van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	86/90/92
Ryan Giggs	Wales	87/89/92
Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	87/90/92
Sócrates	Brazil	87/89/91
Sol Campbell	England	85/87/89
Steven Gerrard	England	86/89/91
Thierry Henry	France	87/90/93
Wayne Rooney	England	86/88/91
Xavi	Spain	88/90/93
Zinedine Zidane	France	91/94/96

That is all of the FIFA 22 ICONS we currently know will be playable in this year’s game. Final ratings and positions should follow after the game is released.

For more on FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, check out our guides for the best defenders, midfielders, and strikers you should buy.

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