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PES 2020 best players & who to play as on the game

Pro Evolution Soccer is back again for another season, packaged as eFootball PES 2020 this year, with many new licensed teams including Barcelona and Juventus.

Despite the fact that many teams are not licensed in the game and thus have fake names, fake badges and jerseys, every single player in the world's top leagues is in the game.

For example, Liverpool are called Liverpool R in PES 2020, but have all the proper players including some of the game's highest-rated talents - Virgil van Dijk is the best defender in the game.

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Contents

  1. Who are the best players in PES 2020?
  2. Who are the best young players in PES 2020?
  3. Who are the best legends in PES 2020?
  4. Who are the best teams in PES 2020?

Who are the best players in PES 2020?

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo battle every year to be the best player in the world and PES 2020 has decided not to separate them by giving them the same rating this season.

Both Messi and Ronaldo are the best players in PES 2020, with a 94 overall rating. Neymar ranks as the third best player in the game on 92, while 18 players are rated 90 or higher this year.

The majority of the highest rated players are attackers, but centre-backs Van Dijk, Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos make the top 10 this year.

RankingPlayerRating
1L. MESSI94
2C. RONALDO94
3NEYMAR92
4E. HAZARD91
5S. AGUERO91
6L. SUAREZ91
7V. VAN DIJK91
8SERGIO RAMOS90
9PIQUE90
10R. LEWANDOWSKI90
11DAVID DE GEA90
12A. GRIEZMANN90
13J. OBLAK90
14K. DE BRUYNE90
15H. KANE90
16M. SALAH90
17ALISSON90
18K. MBAPPE90
19M. NEUER89
20L. MODRIC89
21SERGIO BUSQUETS89
22R. STERLING89
23EDERSON89
24S. MANE89
25M. TER STEGEN89
26DAVID SILVA88
27K. BENZEMA88
28E. CAVANI88
29M. HUMMELS88
30T. KROOS88
31P. AUBAMEYANG88
32C. ERIKSEN88
33THIAGO A.88
34P. POGBA88
35N. KANTE88
36K. KOULIBALY88
37BERNARDO SILVA88
38S. HANDANOVIC87
39J. KIMMICH87
40H. LLORIS87
41G. CHIELLINI87
42D. GODIN87
43G. BALE87
44I. RAKITIC87
45M. PJANIC87
46JORDI ALBA87
47M. REUS87
48P. COUTINHO87
49R. VARANE87
50T. COURTOIS87

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Who are the best young players in PES 2020?

It should come as no surprise that Kylian Mbappe is the best player aged 21 or under in PES 2020. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is the only young player rated 90 or higher, with no other young player having a high enough overall score to make the game's overall top 50 best players.

Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt comes in at second place with an 86 rating, while both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Gianluigi Donnarumma are rate 85.

The PES 2020 ratings were generated before Erling Haaland stunned the Champions League and the Bundesliga and as a result, he has an 80 rating. No doubt his score will be increased in PES 2021.

RankingPlayerRating
1K. MBAPPE90
2M. DE LIGT86
3T. ALEXANDER-ARNOLD85
4G. DONNARUMMA85
5JOAO FELIX84
6J. SANCHO84
7M. ODEGAARD83
8EDER MILITAO83
9K. HAVERTZ82
10F. CHALOV81
11VINICIUS JUNIOR81
12C. PULISIC81
13J. DE PAULA81
14N. ZANIOLO81
15M. MOUNT81
16M. GUENDOUZI81
17H. AOUAR81
18L. MARTINEZ81
19A. HAKIMI81
20A. LAFONT81
21E. HAALAND80
22O. EDOUARD80
23FERRAN TORRES80
24J. IKONE80
25E. PALACIOS80
26F. VALVERDE80
27D. RICE80
28J. KOUNDE80
29M. KEAN79
30RODRYGO79

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Who are the best legends in PES 2020?

Some of football's iconic players are included in PES 2020 as legends including Brazil's Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. They are all ranked 87 overall or higher, with Romario the fourth best legend in the game this year.

World Cup winner and Argentina superstar Diego Maradona is the best legend in PES 2020 with an overall rating of 97. His rating makes him the best default player in the game, coming in higher than both Messi and Ronaldo.

Oliver Kahn is the highest-rated goalkeeper in PES 2020, while fellow German Franz Beckenbauer is the best defensive legend in the game.

RankingPlayerRating
1D. MARADONA97
2J. CRUIJFF93
3ZICO92
4ROMARIO91
5K. RUMMENIGGE91
6RONALDINHO G91
7F. BECKENBAUER91
8O. KAHN91
9INIESTA90
10G. BATISTUTA89
11ADRIANO89
12R. GULLIT89
13D. BECKHAM89
14P. NEDVED89
15P. VIEIRA89
16F. TOTTI88
17A. DEL PIERO88
18L. FIGO88
19RIVALDO88
20F. LAMPARD88
21A. PIRLO88
22J. ZANETTI88
23R. CARLOS88
24P. MALDINI88
25F. BARESI88
26D. LAW87
27A. RECOBA87
28RAI87
29P. SCHOLES87
30CAFU87

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Who are the best teams in PES 2020?

Three teams in PES 2020 have been given an overall rating of 86, making Barcelona, Manchester B and Madrid Chamartin B the best teams in the game.

Manchester B is the name used for Manchester City due to Konami's lack of licensing for the Premier League while Real Madrid Chamartin B is Real Madrid's moniker in PES 2020.

As PES 2020 has licenses for Bayern Munich, Juventus, Napoli and PSG, all these teams have the correct names in the game.

The Bundesliga is not in PES 2020, so Bayern are found in the Other European Clubs section, along with Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke.

TeamOverallDefenceMidfieldAttack
Barcelona86858488
Manchester B86848788
Madrid Chamartin B86858786
Bayern Munchen85838587
Juventus85858487
PSG85838489
Liverpool R84858286
Madrid Rosas RB84828484
Napoli83838383
Tottenham WB83828285

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