Which illustrious athletes will make their FIFA 23 Icons debuts or come back this year? It's the main query on every FIFA supporter's mind right now. The FIFA series has honored some of the best players to ever play the beautiful game throughout the years, including football greats like Pele, Johan Cruyff, and Zinedine Zidane, and this year's edition won't be any different.
The majority of EA's FIFA 23 Icons roster, which includes a few new legendary players making their debut, has now been made public.
Numerous players who made their mark on past World Cups made the list this year because the game focused on the forthcoming World Cup.
Icon cards are among the greatest in the game, in case you weren't aware. Each player receives numerous cards, each of which highlights a distinct aspect of their career. These cards also have a secondary purpose in the process of assembling a team. In the new FIFA 23 chemistry system, icons give you two notches of nationality chemistry while regular players only give you one.
So who made this year's list? Which athletes are frequently mentioned as possible Icons? And who do we believe stands a chance of joining the lineup? As the release of FIFA 23 draws nearer, here is everything we know about these players.
FIFA 23 Icons
EA Sports has confirmed its FIFA 23 Icons lineup, with virtually the entire lineup from last year returning. Along with these more than 100 returning Icons, three new Icons have also been confirmed:
- Jairzinho (Class of 23)
- Xabi Alonso (Class of 23)
- Gerd Müller (Class of 23)
- Robert Baggio (Attacker)
- Dennis Bergkamp (Attacker)
- George Best (Attacker)
- Emilio Butragueño (Attacker)
- Eric Cantona (Attacker)
- Hernán Crespo (Attacker)
- Johan Cruyff (Attacker)
- Kenny Dalglish (Attacker)
- Alessandro Del Piero (Attacker)
- Didier Drogba (Attacker)
- Samuel Eto’o (Attacker)
- Eusébio (Attacker)
- Garrincha (Attacker)
- Thierry Henry (Attacker)
- Luis Hernández (Attacker)
- Miroslav Klose (Attacker)
- Patrick Kluivert (Attacker)
- Henrik Larsson (Attacker)
- Gary Lineker (Attacker)
- Luís Figo (Attacker)
- Michael Owen (Attacker)
- Pelé (Attacker)
- Ferenc Puskás (Attacker)
- Raúl (Attacker)
- Rivaldo (Attacker)
- Ronaldinho (Attacker)
- Ronaldo (Attacker)
- Wayne Rooney (Attacker)
- Ian Rush (Attacker)
- Hugo Sánchez (Attacker)
- Alan Shearer (Attacker)
- Andriy Shevchenko (Attacker)
- Hristo Stoichkov (Attacker)
- Davor Šuker (Attacker)
- Fernando Torres (Attacker)
- David Trezeguet (Attacker)
- Marco Van Basten (Attacker)
- Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Attacker)
- Robin Van Persie (Attacker)
- Christian Vieri (Attacker)
- Ian Wright (Attacker)
- Gianfranco Zola (Attacker)
- Michael Ballack (Midfielder)
- John Barnes (Midfielder)
- David Beckham (Midfielder)
- Michaël Essien (Midfielder)
- Gennaro Gattuso (Midfielder)
- Steven Gerrard (Midfielder)
- Ruud Gullit (Midfielder)
- Gheorghe Hagi (Midfielder)
- Xavi Hernández (Midfielder)
- Kaká (Midfielder)
- Roy Keane (Midfielder)
- Frank Lampard (Midfielder)
- Michael Laudrup (Midfielder)
- Jari Litmanen (Midfielder)
- Claude Makélélé (Midfielder)
- Lothar Matthäus (Midfielder)
- Pavel Nedved (Midfielder)
- Emmanuel Petit (Midfielder)
- Robert Pirès (Midfielder)
- Andrea Pirlo (Midfielder)
- Frank Rijkaard (Midfielder)
- Juan Román Riquelme (Midfielder)
- Rui Costa (Midfielder)
- Paul Scholes (Midfielder)
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Midfielder)
- Clarence Seedorf (Midfielder)
- Sócrates (Midfielder)
- Juan Sebastián Verón (Midfielder)
- Patrick Vierira (Midfielder)
- Zinedine Zidane (Midfielder)
- Franco Baresi (Defender)
- Laurent Blanc (Defender)
- Cafu (Defender)
- Sol Campbell (Defender)
- Fabio Cannavaro (Defender)
- Carlos Alberto (Defender)
- Ashley Cole (Defender)
- Marcel Desailly (Defender)
- Rio Ferdinand (Defender)
- Fernando Hierro (Defender)
- Ronald Koeman (Defender)
- Philipp Lahm (Defender)
- Paolo Maldini (Defender)
- Bobby Moore (Defender)
- Alessandro Nesta (Defender)
- Carles Puyol (Defender)
- Roberto Carlos (Defender)
- Nemanja Vidic (Defender)
- Gianluca Zambrotta (Defender)
- Javier Zanetti (Defender)
- Iker Casillas (Goalkeeper)
- Petr Cech (Goalkeeper)
- Peter Schmeichel (Goalkeeper)
- Edwin Van Der Sar (Goalkeeper)
- Lev Yashin (Goalkeeper)
