The winter upgrades in FUT 17 ratings will be rolled out between February 17 and February 27, as part of the Ratings Refresh Campaign. “The updated ratings will apply to new base items which are found in packs however some existing In-Form versions of select players will be automatically updated,” EA Sports stated.

Upgrades to Key Players

A host of popular as well as young talent has been awarded new overall scores based on their performance since the game came out in September 2016.

English Premier League

Attack

Eden Hazard (Chelsea): 88 — 89Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal): 87 — 88Diego Costa (Chelsea): 85 — 86Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur): 84 — 85Roberto Firmino (Liverpool): 82 — 83Sadio Mane (Liverpool): 79 — 82Jermain Defoe (Sunderland): 80 — 81Alvaro Negredo (Middlesborough): 80 — 81Divock Origi (Liverpool):  78 — 79Troy Deeney (Watford):  76 — 78Marcus Rashford (Manchester United):  76 — 77Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City):  74 — 76Viktor Fischer (Middlesbrough):  74 — 75

Midfield

Coutinho (Liverpool): 85 — 86Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur): 84 — 85N’Golo Kante (Chelsea): 81 — 83Adam Lallana (Liverpool): 82 — 83Ander Herrera (Manchester United): 82 — 83Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur): 80 — 82Jordan Henderson (Liverpool): 80 — 82Idrissa Gueye (Everton): 76 — 82Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace): 79 — 80Nordin  Amrabat (Watford):  79 — 80Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur):  79 — 80Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspur):  78 — 79Michail Antonio (West Ham United):  76 — 78Robert  Snodgrass (Hull City):  75 — 77Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal):  74 — 77Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion):  74 — 75Oriol Romeu Vidal (Southampton):  74 — 75Harry Arter (Bournemouth):  74 — 75Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton):  74 — 75Alex Iwobi (Arsenal):  70 — 74Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur):  64 — 70

Defense

Joel Matip (Liverpool): 82 — 83Virgil van Dijk (Southampton): 79 — 82Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City): 81 — 82Antonio Valencia (Manchester United): 80 — 82Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur): 81 — 82Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur): 80 — 81Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal):  79 — 80Marcos Alonso (Chelsea):  77 — 79Marcos Alonso Mendoza (Chelsea):  77 — 79Victor Moses (Chelsea):  77 — 78Tom Heaton (Burnley):  76 — 78Jordan Pickford (Sunderland):  73 — 76Darren Randolph (West Ham United):  74 — 75Danny Simpson (Leicester City):  74 — 75

Serie A

Attack

Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus):  88 — 89Paulo Dybala (Juventus): 85 — 86Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli): 83 — 84Dries Mertens (Napoli): 83 — 85Mauro Icardi (Inter): 82 — 84Mohamed Salah (Roma): 81 — 82José Callejón (Napoli): 81 — 82Ciro Immobile (Lazio): 80 — 81Edin Džeko (Roma): 80 — 81Felipe Anderson Pereira Gomes (Lazio): 79 — 81Keita Baldé Diao (Lazio): 78 — 80Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta): 80 — 81Andrea Belotti (Torino): 77 — 80Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre (Milan): 77 — 80Gianluca Lapadula (Milan): 74 — 76Matteo Politano (Sassuolo): 74 — 76Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo): 74 — 75Giovanni Simeone (Genoa): 69 — 74Andrea Petagna (Atalanta): 66 — 73

Midfield

Radja Nainggolan (Roma): 84 — 85Ivan Perišić (Inter): 83 — 84Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan): 82 — 83Juan Cuadrado (Juventus): 82 — 83Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina): 78 — 80Marcelo Brozović (Inter): 79 — 80Piotr Zieliński (Napoli): 76 — 78Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio): 76 — 78Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo): 71 — 77Amadou Diawara (Napoli): 74 — 76Diego Laxalt (Genoa): 74 — 76Roberto Gagliardini (Inter): 61 — 75Luca Rigoni (Genoa): 74 — 75Karol Linetty (Sampdoria): 74 — 75Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria): 71 — 75Franck Yannick Kessié (Atalanta): 70 — 75Seko Fofana (Udinese): 68 — 75Jakub Jankto (Udinese): 68 — 74Luca Mazzitelli (Sassuolo): 67 — 73

Defense

Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli): 82 — 83Wojciech Szczęsny (Roma): 79 — 81Daniele Rugani (Juventus): 79 — 80Federico Fazio (Roma): 77 — 80Antonio Rüdiger (Roma): 77 — 79Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan): 76 — 78Etrit Berisha (Atalanta): 75 — 77Wallace Fortuna Santos (Lazio): 75 — 77Luca Rossettini (Torino): 75 — 77Andrea Masiello (Atalanta): 74 — 75Matías Silvestre (Sampdoria): 74 — 75Adam Masina (Bologna): 74 — 75Angelo Esmael da Costa Júnior (Bologna): 72 — 74Mattia Caldara (Atalanta): 69 — 74Emerson Palmieri dos Santos (Roma): 69 — 73Antonio Barreca (Torino): 67 — 73

Downgrades to Key Players

As the saying goes ‘some you win, some you lose’ and as much good news it is that the aforementioned players will be getting an upgrade on their overall scores, there are a few players who haven’t been so lucky and have instead received a downgrade on their previously held scores.

English Premier League

Attack

Oumar Niasse (Hull City): 77 — 75

Midfield

Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United): 83 — 82Lazar Markovic (Hull City): 78 — 76Stephen Ireland (Stoke City): 76 — 74Evandro Goebel (Hull City): 76 — 74Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace): 75 — 72

Defense

Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City): 85 — 84Steve Mandanda (Crystal Palace): 85 — 84Claudio Bravo (Manchester City): 85 — 83John Terry (Chelsea): 84 — 82Robert Huth (Leicester City): 80 — 78Wes Morgan (Leicester City): 79 — 77John O’Shea (Sunderland): 76 — 74Gerhard Tremmel (Swansea City): 75 — 71

Serie A

Attack

Carlos Bacca (Milan): 84 — 83Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria ): 78 — 76Maxi Lopez (Torino): 78 — 75

Midfield

Gary Medel (Inter): 83 — 82Alberto Aquilani (Sassuolo): 78 — 76Simone Pepe (Pescara): 77 — 74

Defense

Pepe Reina (Napoli): 84 — 83Vassilis Torosidis (Bologna): 77 — 75Danilo (Torino): 76 — 74 FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 48FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 81FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 19FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 79FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 78FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 78FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 71FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 14FIFA 17 Winter Upgrades and Downgrades  EPL and Serie A - 95