5 rating drops to legendary players on the FIFA series

#5 Thierry Henry

Henry’s legendary contributions for Arsenal have been immortalised in a statue outside the Emirates stadium

One of the best strikers the Premier League has ever seen, Thierry Henry was the focal point of the Arsenal team which went through an entire Premier League season undefeated in the 2003/2004 season. A perfect combination of pace, power, technique and the audacity to think of and execute the seemingly impossible, the Frenchman was an absolute terror for Premier League defences.

In a fitting tribute to his abilities, Henry was the best player in FIFA 05, rated at an astronomical 97 with a potential to reach the 99 mark. More realistically rated in FIFA 06, Henry was still one of the best in the game with an overall of 92. The next two editions of FIFA saw him stay at the 90 mark with FIFA 08 also being the year he made his move to FC Barcelona.

Henry’s first drastic drop in ratings came in FIFA 09, where a five point decline saw him move to the 85 mark. The inevitable downward trend had started for another legendary career and Henry recognised this, moving to the NY Red Bulls by the time FIFA 11 was released.

In the the 2011 instalment, Henry received a rating of 81, which was further downgraded to 78 in the subsequent edition. HIs rating remained at 78 until his retirement from the game in FIFA 14, by which time he had also made a hero’s return to Arsenal on loan in 2012.