FIFA 19 Winter Refresh Gives Ratings Upgrades To 23 Premier League Players, Brings First Group Of Icon Moments Players

Matt Couden 6 years ago
fifa 19 winter refresh ratings upgrades 23 premier league players prime icons
fifa 19 winter refresh ratings upgrades 23 premier league players prime icons
Matt Couden 6 years ago

There’s a lot going on with FIFA 19 Ultimate Team lately including their Winter refresh. This huge seasonal promotion includes new FIFA Ultimate Team content, as well as upgraded ratings for a total of 130 players in the game. As of Friday, some of the latest player ratings upgrades were revealed for a total of 23 Premier League players. That includes stars like Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling. In addition, FIFA dropped its first group of higher-rating Prime Icon Moments cards for Ultimate Team.

FIFA 19 Winter Ratings Refresh: Premier League players upgraded

FIFA previously mentioned that they would upgrade player ratings for 130 of the players in their game. They gave many Premier League fans plenty to cheer about with a look at 23 of the newly-upgraded players from the league. Among the standouts are a 90-rated Harry Kane, 88 Virgil Van Dijk, an 87 Raheem Sterling, 87 Fernandinho, and an 85 Heung Min Son.

Players received upgrades to their skills as necessary with this update. As an example, Sterling started off the FIFA 19 game at launch with an 85 rating. His original numbers included 93 Pace, 87 Dribbling, 73 Shooting, and 76 Passing. Sterling’s upgrade now features a 93 Pace, 88 Dribbling, 77 Shooting, and 79 Passing as part of an 87 overall.

All 23 of the Winter Refresh ratings upgrades for Premier League are shown below with their new skills and overall numbers.

Gamers should see these particular ratings upgrades take place immediately if their console or computer is connected online. In addition, EA Sports FIFA indicated that “applicable in-forms” will see an upgrade later on Friday (Feb. 15). Keep in mind, there are many more Winter Refresh upgrades on the way beyond just the 23 Premier League players.

FIFA 19 Prime Icon Moments cards revealed

The Winter Refresh also brought the first of the Prime ICON Moments cards for packs. These include some of the best in the game with sweet cards in the 90s. These are mostly existing Prime ICON players with upgrades as part of the winter promotion. They unveiled 22 of the 34 total ICON FUT players on Friday (Feb. 15) with the first group.

Just like the FIFA Team of the Week rosters, this first group includes a starting XI, substitutes and reserves (shown below).

This first group brings five different 94-rated ICON Moments cards. They include George Best, Roberto Baggio, Thierry Henry, and Lothar Matthaus. Of course, there are also players ranging from 91 through 93 here. With that in mind, it’s hard to call any of these cards unworthy of adding to a roster.

Starting XI ICON Moments players (Feb. 15)

  • George Best (94)
  • Roberto Baggio (94)
  • Thierry Henry (94)
  • Marco Van Basten (94)
  • Lothar Matthaus (94)
  • Fabio Cannavaro (93)
  • Alessandro Del Piero (93)
  • Carles Puyol (93)
  • GK Schmeichel (93)
  • Steven Gerrard (92)
  • Clarence Seedorf (92)

Reserve, Substitute ICON Moments players (Feb 15)

  • Dennis Bergkamp (93)
  • Michael Laudrup (93)
  • Ruud van Nistelrooy (93)
  • Patrick Kluivert (92)
  • Michael Laudrup (92)
  • Robert Pires (92)
  • Alan Shearer (92)
  • Marcel Desailly (92)
  • Deco (91)
  • Luis Hernandez (91)
  • Emmanuel Petit (91)

Not all of the Prime ICONs that are in FIFA 19 will be upgraded. However, the ones that are available make for some intriguing pickups. For those gamers who already had Prime ICON cards for these players, there’s good news too. It appears that using that Prime ICON can help with requirements to achieve the new card. Check out EA.com here for more details.

Get more of the latest FIFA 19 news here as Winter Refresh and other in-game content arrives.