The best Scottish footballers according to Fifa 18 revealed: Dundee FC and Saints stars snubbed

By Blair Dingwall

September 26 2017, 3:22pm

Dundee FC and St Johnstone players have failed to make it into Fifa 18’s list of top 50 Scottish players.

The highest ranked Scot has been revealed as Matt Phillips with Tom Cairney at number two and Celtic’s Scott Brown third on the list.

Fifa 18’s full list of player ratings has been revealed ahead of the hugely anticipated game’s release on Friday.

The highest ranked Dundee FC Scotsman is Paul McGowan, who comes in at 67 with an overall player rating of 68.

As only Scottish Premiership teams feature in the game, no Dundee United players are on the list.

Given an overall player rating of 68, the top Saint Johnstone Scot is Steven MacLean at 63rd on the list.

However Charlie Adam, who hails from Fintry and spent his youth career with the Dark Blues, is listed as Scotland’s 13th best player.

And Laurencekirk-born Ryan Guald, who plays for Portugal’s CD Aves, is listed as the country’s 24th top footballer.

Aberdeen FC star Graeme Shinnie is the Dons’ top Scot at 35th.

Five Celtic stars feature in the top 20 Scottish players list, but only one Rangers player made the same cut in Graham Dorrans.

West Brom’s Phillips has been given an overall rating of 77 – with his pace listed as 87, his dribbling skills at 77 and his shooting prowess 71.

Fulham’s Cairney is also given an overall 77 while Scotland captain Brown is rated as 76.

Stoke’s Darren Fletcher is number four with a 76 rating, West Brom’s Robert Snodgrass fifth at 76, and West Brom’s James Morrison is sixth also at 76.

James McArthur of Crystal Palace is seventh with a 75 overall score, Newcastle’s Matt Ritchie is eighth with the same rating, Celtic’s Stuart Armstrong is ninth also at 75.