FIFA 2018
Best Ultimate Team FUT 18 and Career Players by Ratings
You may be able to build a good team just by looking at names and match performance, but player ratings are ideal for people who want to min-max. Knowing what the ratings mean, and knowing what is worth spending money on, will give you the best chance of success in the game, whether you're trying to win in Ultimate Team or Career mode.
Here's a quick look at the top 10 players by Overall Rating (OVR):
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - OVR 94
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - OVR 93
Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. (PSG) - OVR 92
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - OVR 92
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munchen) - OVR 92
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munchen) - OVR 91
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) - OVR 90
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - OVR 90
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) - OVR 90
Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus) - OVR 90
If you were to try to buy just the players with overall ratings of 90 or higher, then your team would run out of money quite quickly. You can mix and match the players with high overall ratings with others that are younger but that have a lot of potential. This may mean accepting a few losses early on to develop some newer players, but over a period of years those young stars will develop high OVRs themselves.
Take a look at the skill move ratings of the players before you buy them. Remember that to do skill moves with players, they need to have a star rating that is either equal to or higher than the move you are trying to do. If you want to be able to show off with those moves in a game, then you will need some five star rated players on your main 11.