Who is the worst player on FIFA 20?

Almost 50 players in FIFA 20 have a rating of 48 or lower, but who are the worst players in this year's game?

Lionel Messi is the best player in FIFA 20, but which lesser-known names have the unwanted distinction of being the worst players in the game?

Five players are rated 47 overall in FIFA 20, making them the worst players in the game, with four of those playing in England's League Two. Chongqing Dangdai striker Yin Congyao, Crewe goalkeeper Sam Booth, Grimsby midfielder Brandon McPherson and Lincoln duo Gianluca Bucci and Joshua Woodcock all rank as the worst players in FIFA 20.

The four English-based players are all teenagers and thus have potential abilities in Career Mode ranging in the 50s and 60s overall, while Yin Congyao is 22 years old at the start of the game and has a potential score of 57.

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Gillingham's Simon Royce is an interesting addition to the FIFA 20 database. The goalkeeper was last in the game in FIFA 11 when he had an overall score of 61, but retired from playing in 2011-12 to become a goalkeeping coach.

However, the Gills had an injury crisis in September 2019, forcing coach Royce to take a spot on the bench for the League One clash against Oxford and thus become an eligible squad member for FIFA 20. Royce is now 48 years old, the same number as his rating in FIFA 20!

Like many of the players on this list, Royce does not have a card in FIFA Ultimate Team, with many of the lowest-rated players in the game not having their photos included. The lowest-rated players in FIFA Ultimate Team are all 48 overall, with 28 players in total rated 48 in that game mode.

There are 48 players rated 48 or lower in Career Mode, with the majority of those coming from the Chinese Super League, League Two, or the SSE Airtricity Premier Division.

FIFA 20: Worst players

Rank	Player	Position	Club	Rating
1	Yin Congyao	ST	Chongqing Dangdai	47
2	G Bucci	CB	Lincoln	47
3	B McPherson	RM	Grimsby	47
4	S Booth	GK	Crewe	47
5	J Woodcock	RB	Lincoln	47
6	S Royce	GK	Gillingham	48
7	Pan Ximing	CM	Hebei Fortune	48
8	Shan Huanhuan	ST	Dalian Yifang	48
9	K Fujikawa	CM	Jubilo Iwata	48
10	H Shirai	ST	Gamba Osaka	48
11	R Roache	ST	Blackpool	48
12	Zhang Yufeng	CM	Beijing Renhe	48
13	B Worman	ST	Cambridge	48
14	L Offord	CDM	Crewe	48
15	Liu Guobo	CM	Beijing Guoan	48
16	E Tweed	CM	Derry	48
17	Shao Shuai	CB	Beijing Renhe	48
18	Wang Peng	CAM	Guangzhou R&F	48
19	G Sykes-Kenworthy	GK	Bradford	48
20	J Norville-Williams	LB	Cambridge	48
21	R Wikberg	CB	Ostersunds	48
22	J Ryan	CM	UCD	48
23	M Gallagher	LM	Finn Harps	48
24	G Yow	ST	DC United	48
25	K Barker	CM	Peterborough	48
26	H Burrows	CM	Peterborough	48
27	Tao Qianglong	RM	Hebei Fortune	48
28	D Wallentinsson	CM	Sirius	48
29	Xiao Mingjie	CB	Shanghai SIPG	48
30	Wang Haijian	CM	Shanghai Shenhua	48
31	F Nevarez	RB	Juarez	48
32	O Watkinson	ST	Blackpool	48
33	S Graham	LWB	Blackpool	48
34	M Peck	CDM	Plymouth	48
35	J Belehouan	LB	Sheffield United	48
36	P Martin	GK	Waterford	48
37	V Storsve	GK	Lillestrom	48
38	Huang Jiahui	CB	Dalian Yifang	48
39	Zhang Wei	CM	Hebei Fortune	48
40	C Heath	CM	Crewe	48
41	B Sault	CM	Lincoln	48
42	B Barr	RB	Derry	48
43	R McKinley	CM	Derry	48
44	I Akinsete	RB	UCD	48
45	Z Al Oyouni	RB	Lincoln	48
46	H Kyprianou	CM	Leyton Orient	48
47	J Hope	LB	Grimsby	48
48	J Starbuck	CM	Grimsby	48
49	Zhou Ting	LB	Dalian Yifang	49
50	Zhang Junzhe	RB	Hebei Fortune	49

*All ratings shown and clubs listed are taken from the FIFA 20 database used for Career Mode.

FIFA 20: Worst players

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