FIFA 23 WC Icons Team 3 Is Live Now

Icons are the dream in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team. They have awesome stats and are the backbone and superstars on many teams. Here you can find the complete list of all Icons in FIFA 23. The World Cup Icon Team 3 is live!

Everyone loves Icons in Ultimate Team. Everyone wants to play with them in FIFA. And everyone wants to flex with those legends. Icons have been one of the mode's biggest highlights for as long as they existed.

Icons never really disappoint. We'll show you what chemistry the Icons have now, what new Icons have been added for FIFA 23 and what we can expect for the World Cup in FUT.

Helpful to get some Icons: FIFA Points on Amazon

What Are FUT Icons?

Icons are some of the strongest cards in FIFA Ultimate Team – not only because of their wonderful stats, but also because they push your chemistry to the limit. Well, almost... because Icons in FIFA 23's new chemistry system aren't as good as they were in previous years. They only give chemistry by nation because they don't have a league. So, the FUT Heroes are better (in terms of chemistry) than Icons in FIFA 23. Sometimes you're really lost, EA...

The rarity of Icons hasn't changed, though. You need a lot of luck to pack one of these. Icons come in different versions that are released throughout the year.

FUT Icons Release: Prime And Moments

The different versions of the Icons differ not only in their overall rating, but also in the time when they are released in Ultimate Team. While Base and Mid are already available at the launch of FIFA, the best versions are released post-launch.

Base Icons (FIFA Launch)
Mid Icons (FIFA Launch)
WC Icons (November 25)
Prime Icons (Mid-December)
Moments Icons (April 2023)

New Icons in FIFA 23

There are three new Icons in FIFA 23. And sadly, we also lost some this year. You can see the removed Icons further down.

POS.	PLAYER	NATIONALITY	BASE OVR	MID OVR	PRIME OVR	MOMENTS / CAMPAIGN OVR
ST	Gerd Müller	Germany	89	92	94
RW	Jairzinho	Brazil	88	90	92
CDM	Xabi Alonso	Spain	87	89	90

All Icons In FIFA 23 – With WC Versions And Leaks

On their official website, EA Sports have announced the "Class of 23". If you're really making the effort of going through every line in the list, you can count a total of 98 Icons. Here you can see all of them. The Icons are also not excluded from the new position system. Their positions can sometimes change, depending on their version. The stars are listed like in EA's picture below the table.

World Cup Icons Release

For the World Cup, we get extra Icons. Cafu and Patrick Vieira were the first ones to be released as part of the WC swaps event. Big W, EA! The WC Icons Team 1 dropped on November, 25. Team 2 was released on December, 2.

We even got a third Team on December 9!

Absolute gamechangers who made The World's Game their palette.

A third release of FIFA World Cup ICONs is now available in #FIFA23.#FUT pic.twitter.com/bRdlfcKHyh
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) December 9, 2022

We bolded the ratings of all the released Icons. Hristo Stoichkov is leaked and will be added as SBC.

POS.	PLAYER	NATION	BASE OVR	MID OVR	WC OVR	PRIME OVR	MOMENTS OVR
RB, RWB	Cafú	Brazil	88	90	92	93
GK	Iker Casillas	Spain	87	89	91	92
CF, CAM, ST	Roberto Baggio	Italy	89	91	92	93
CM, CDM	Michael Ballack	Germany	86	89		91
CB, CDM	Franco Baresi	Italy	88	91		93
CAM, CM LW	John Barnes	England	86	87		89
CM, RM	David Beckham	England	87	89		92
CF, CAM, ST	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	87	90		92
RW, RM, CAM, LW	George Best	England	88	90		93
CB, CAM	Laurent Blanc	France	85	89	90	91
CF, ST	Emilio Butragueno	Spain	87	90	91	92
CB	Sol Campbell	England	85	87		89
CB, RB	Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	87	89	91	92
CF, ST	Eric Cantona	France	88	90		93
RB, RWB, CB	Carles Puyol	Spain	86	90	91	92
CB, RB	Carlos Alberto	Brazil	87	90		93
GK	Petr Cech	Czech Republic	86	88	90	91
LB, LWB	Ashley Cole	England	85	87		89
ST, CF	Hernán Crespo	Argentina	85	87	89	90
CF, ST	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	89	91	92	94
ST	Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	87	90	91	92
CF, CAM, ST	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	87	90		92
CB, CDM	Marcel Desailly	France	87	88		91
ST, CF	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	87	89	90	91
CDM, CM	Michael Essien	Ghana	85	87		90
ST, CF	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	87	90	91	92
CF, ST	Eusébio	Portugal	89	91	92	93
CB	Rio Ferdinand	England	85	88		90
CB, CDM	Fernando Hierro	Spain	86	89		91
RW, RM	Garrincha	Brazil	90	92	93	94
CM, CDM, RM	Gennaro Gattuso	Italy	85	87		89
CDM, CM	Steven Gerrard	England	86	89		91
CM, CB, CF	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	86	90		93
CAM	Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	85	89	90	91
ST	Thierry Henry	France	87	90		93
ST	Luis Hernández	Mexico	85	87	88	90
CAM	Kaká	Brazil	87	89		91
CM	Roy Keane	Ireland	86	88		90
ST	Miroslav Klose	Germany	87	89	90	91
ST	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	86	88		91
CB	Ronald Koeman	Netherlands	85	88		91
LB, CDM, RB	Philipp Lahm	Germany	87	89		91
CM	Frank Lampard	England	86	88		90
ST	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	86	87		90
CF, LW, CAM	Michael Laudrup	Denmark	85	89	90	91
ST	Gary Lineker	England	87	89	90	92
CF, CAM	Jari Litmanen	Finland	85	88		90
CAM, RW	Luís Figo	Portugal	88	90	91	92
RM, CDM	Claude Makélélé	France	85	87		90
LB, CB	Paolo Maldini	Italy	88	92		94
CB, CDM, CM	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	88	91	92	93
CB	Bobby Moore	England	87	89	91	92
LM	Pavel Nedvěd	Czech Republic	86	89		91
CB	Alessandro Nesta	Italy	88	90		92
ST	Michael Owen	England	86	88		91
CF, CAM	Pelé	Brazil	91	95	96	98
LB, CDM	Emmanuel Petit	France	85	88	89	90
LM, CAM, RM	Robert Pirès	France	85	88		91
CM	Andrea Pirlo	Italy	88	90		92
CF, ST	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	89	92		94
CF, ST	Raúl González Blanco	Spain	86	88		92
CDM, CB	Frank Rijkaard	Netherlands	86	88		90
CAM	Riquelme	Argentina	87	89		91
CAM, CF, LW	Rivaldo	Brazil	87	90		92
LB	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	86	88	90	91
CAM, LW, CF	Ronaldinho	Brazil	89	91		94
ST, CF	Ronaldo	Brazil	90	94	95	96
CAM, CF, ST, LW	Wayne Rooney	England	86	88		91
CAM	Rui Costa	Portugal	85	88		90
ST, CF	Ian Rush	Wales	87	89		91
ST, CF	Hugo Sánchez	Mexico	87	89		92
GK	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	86	90		92
CM, CDM, CAM	Paul Scholes	England	87	89		91
LM, CM, RM, LW	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Germany	87	89	90	91
CM, CDM, RM, CAM	Clarence Seedorf	Netherlands	85	88		91
ST, CF	Alan Shearer	England	87	89		91
ST, CF, RW	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	86	88	90	91
CAM	Sócrates	Brazil	87	89		91
ST, CF, LW, LM	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	87	90	91	92
ST, CF	Davor Šuker	Croatia	85	87	88	90
ST, CF	Fernando Torres	Spain	85	88		91
ST, CF	David Trezeguet	France	86	89		91
ST, CF	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	89	91		93
GK	Edwin van der Sar	Netherlands	87	89		91
ST, CF	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	86	90		92
ST, LM, CF	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	87	89	90	91
CM, CDM	Juan Sebastián Verón	Argentina	86	88		90
CB	Nemanja Vidić	Serbia	85	88		90
CM, CDM	Patrick Vieira	France	86	88	90	91
ST, CF	Christian Vieri	Italy	86	88		90
ST, CF	Ian Wright	England	85	87		89
CM, CDM	Xavi	Spain	88	90		93
GK	Lev Yashin	Russia	89	91		94
RB, RWB, LB, LWB, RM	Gianluca Zambrotta	Italy	86	87	88	89
LB, LWB, LM, RB, RWB, CM	Javier Zanetti	Argentina	87	88		92
CM, CAM, LM	Zinedine Zidane	France	91	94	95	96
CF, ST	Gianfranco Zola	Italy	85	87		90

Removed Icons In FIFA 23

In comparison to the Icons in FIFA 22, we will have a few less in FIFA 23. Out of 105 Icons, the list drops to 98. But don't worry, you tryhards can still play Ruud Gullit, Pelé or Eusébio. Most Icons we have to live without in FIFA 23, weren't found in meta squads anyway. These Icons are not in FIFA 23 anymore:

Hidetoshi Nakata
Jay-Jay Okocha
Deco
Diego Maradona
Ryan Giggs
Pep Guardiola
Filippo Inzaghi
Marc Overmars

In case you missed it: Nakata and Okocha are still in the game – but as FUT Heroes.

The Best Icons In FIFA 23

In case you're already lucky with your packs in October or November, you can be hyped for former offensive monsters like Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (R9), Zinedine Zidane or Eusébio. In defense, players like Paolo Maldini, Sol Campbell or Marcel Desailly are amongst the most popular Icons. After all, it's mainly pace that counts here. These Icons also make your opponents quit in FIFA 23.

The best all-rounder is Ruud Gullit once again. Not only his stats show that, but he can also be played as a CB, CM or a CF. Perfection. Check out the best cheap Icons.

New Icon Swaps & SBCs

Icon Swaps and Icon SBCs are two other ways to get some Icons for free, or at least relatively cheap. Not much can be said about the Squad Building Challenges – you probably already know the system.At irregular intervals during the FIFA year, EA Sports releases Icon SBCs that can be used to get Icons. Frank Rijkaard and Samuel Eto'o were among the first ones this year.

Even more interesting are the Icon Swaps, because with them, you can unlock these players completely for free. Just a quick explanation: You can play matches in different game modes, complete tasks and collect tokens, which you can exchange for Icons or packs.