FIFA 22 TOTY: Ronaldo presented as 12th man & 15 Honourable Mentions

The 22 TOTY is approaching its climax. Meanwhile the 11 TOTY players are included in the packs and the 12th man as well as the Honourable Mentions will be added on Friday night. Thanks to leaks, we also already know which players these are. Below we present you all TOTY players including the leaked 12th player and the Honourable Mentions. Furthermore you can find out when which TOTY players will be released in the FIFA 22 Ultimate packs, how the works and what you can expect.

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FIFA 22 TOTY 12th man: CR7 is the twelfth player

Update 27.01.2022: EA Sports has just announced the 12th player of the TOTY and it is, as expected, Cristiano Ronaldo. So once again the leaks have proven to be correct. His card mixes in with the rest of the TOTY players, all of whom are now in the packs.

Cristiano Ronaldo is officially the 12th man of the FIFA 22 TOTY

FIFA 22 TOTY Leak: The 12th man is said to be Ronaldo

As it was to be expected, the 12th player has now been revealed (along with the Honourable Mentions) by several reliable leakers like “TrustyFutTrader” and “FutSheriff”! According to this, Cristiano Ronaldo will be added as the 12th man of the TOTY in FIFA 22 on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 19:00.

FIFA 22 TOTY 12th man nominees: Salah, Ronaldo or Benzema – choose your twelfth player

Between Monday, January 24, 2022 and Friday, January 28, 2022 (19:00) you can vote in FIFA 22 for the 12th player of the team of the year. You can choose between Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo or Karim Benzema, three very strong strikers.

How to vote for the 12th man in FIFA 22

As mentioned, this voting is done in the game. So you have to start FIFA 22 first. Then open “Ultimate Team” and go to the “Shop”. Here you will be greeted with the message “You still have to take care of some items”. Confirm the message and you can vote for the 12th man.

Who should be the 12th man of the FIFA 22 TOTY?


FIFA 22 TOTY Honourable Mentions: All “honorable mentions” players and their values

Update 01/27/2022: The FIFA 22 TOTY Honourable Mentions are now live and, as expected, they agree 100% with the leaks of “TrustyFutTrader”, “FutSheriff” and Co. This time there are 15 Honourable Mentions in FIFA 22 – nine more than last year – which have been published in one go. The following players are included:

  • Mohamed Salah
    Overall rating: from 91 to 94
    Position: RW (RF)
    Club: Liverpool FC
  • Karim Benzema
    Overall rating: from 91 to 92
    Position: ST
    Club: Real Madrid
  • Erling Haaland
    Overall rating: from 90 to 92
    Position: ST
    Club: Borussia Dortmund
  • Bruno Fernandes
    Overall rating: from 89 to 92
    Position: CAM (ZOM)
    Club: Manchester United
  • Leon Goretzka
    Overall rating: from 88 to 90
    Position: CM (ZM)
    Club: FC Bayern Munich
  • Antonio Rudiger
    Overall rating: from 86 to 90
    Position: CB (IV)
    Club: Chelsea FC
  • David Alaba
    Overall rating: from 86 to 89
    Position: CB (IV)
    Club: Real Madrid
  • Phil Foden
    Overall rating: from 87 to 89
    Position: CAM (ZOM)
    Club: Manchester City
  • Federico Chiesa
    Overall rating: from 87 to 89
    Position: ST
    Club: Juventus Torino (Piemonte Calcio)
  • Lorenzo Insigne
    Overall rating: from 86 to 89
    Position: LW (LF)
    Club: SSC Naples
  • Édouard Mendy
    Overall rating: from 87 to 89
    Position: GK (TW)
    Club: Chelsea FC
  • Jules Koundé
    Overall rating: from 83 to 88
    Position: CB (IV)
    Club: Sevilla FC
  • Leonardo Bonucci
    Overall rating: from 85 to 87
    Position: CB (IV)
    Club: Juventus Torino (Piemonte Calcio)
  • Jonathan David
    Overall rating: from 84 to 87
    Position: ST
    Club: OSC Lille
  • Kyle Walker
    Overall rating: from 85 to 87
    Position: RB (RV)
    Club: Manchester City

These are the FIFA 22 TOTY Honourable Mentions.


FIFA 22 TOTY: From now on you can draw all TOTY players

Update: 27.01.2022: After the players of the single positions were exclusively included in the packs during the last days, the time has come and the complete team is now included: Means: Since Thursday, the 27.01.2022 (19:00 o’clock) you can draw all TOTY players in FIFA 22. The whole thing goes for one week until Friday, 04.02.2022 (18:00).

After the Team of the Year in FIFA 22 was already named by very reliable leakers, EA Sports officially confirmed it on January 20, 2022 at 16:30. As usual, the players were not released in one fell swoop, but in stages. So the strikers are included in packs from January 21 to January 23, 2022 (19:00), then there are the midfielders until January 25, 2022 (19:00) and finally the defenders and the goalkeeper take over until January 27, 2022 (19:00). After that, all TOTY players (until the end of the event) will be included in the packs once again.

  • Kylian Mbappe
    Overall rating: from 92 to 97
    Position: ST
    Club: Paris Saint-Germain
    Reason: Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player ever to score 100 goals in French Ligue 1 in March 2021 and the youngest player ever to score 100 goals for Paris St. Germain in December 2021.
  • Robert Lewandowski
    Overall rating: from 93 to 98
    Position: ST
    Club: FC Bayern Munich
    Reason: Robert Lewandowski scored 43 goals, the most among any player in Europe’s top 5 leagues in 2021, setting a new Bundesliga record in the process.
  • Lionel Messi
    Overall rating: from 94 to 98
    Position: RW (RF)
    Club: FC Barcelona
    Reason: Lionel Messi was named the best player of Copa America 2021, winning the award for the second time (the first time in 2015). This makes him the fourth player to win this award twice and only the second Argentine after Manuel Seoane (1925 and 1927).
  • Kevin De Bruyne
    Overall rating: from 92 to 96
    Position: CM (ZM)
    Club: Manchester City
    Reason: Kevin De Bruyne created 3.7 chances per 90 minutes in the Premier in 2021 – the best rate of any player in the competition who played at least 500 minutes.
  • Jorginho
    Overall rating: from 85 to 97
    Position: CM (ZM)
    Club: Chelsea FC
    Reason: Jorginho recorded 25 wins on the ball for Italy at the 2021 European Championships, the most of any player at any tournament.
  • N’Golo Kante
    Overall rating: from 92 to 96
    Position: CDM (ZDM)
    Club: Chelsea FC
    Reason: N’Golo Kanté finished with 1.8 wins on the ball per 90 minutes in all competitions for Chelsea in 2021 – the best figure of any player with at least 2,000 minutes played for the club.
  • Joao Cancelo
    Overall rating: from 87 to 94
    Position: RB (RV)
    Club: Manchester City
    Reason: João Cancelo made the most passes of any full-back in Europe’s top 5 leagues, with 2403 passes (!).
  • Ruben Dias
    Overall rating: from 89 to 97
    Position: CB (IV)
    Club: Manchester City
    Reason: Rúben Dias walked off the pitch a winner in 32 of 39 league games played – the most for a defender in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
  • Marquinhos
    Overall rating: from 89 to 95
    Position: CB (IV)
    Club: Paris Saint-Germain
    Reason: Marquinhos completed 2901 of 3131 attempted passes in all competitions for Paris St. Germain in 2021 – more than any other player at the club.
  • Achraf Hakimi
    Overall rating: from 86 to 93
    Position: RB (RV)
    Club: Paris Saint-Germain
    Reason: Achraf Hakimi has 151 touches in the opposition penalty area in league games in 2021, more than any other defender in Europe’s top 5 leagues over the entire year.
  • Gianluigi Donnarumma
    Overall rating: from 89 to 96
    Position: GK (TW)
    Club: Paris Saint-Germain
    Reason: Gianluigi Donnarumma was awarded Player of the Tournament at the European Championship. This makes him the only goalkeeper to win this award.

This is the Team of the Year in FIFA 22.

These were the players from the TOTY Leak

As it was to be expected, shortly before the TOTY release the first TOTY leaks appeared in the net, which – as we know now – have been confirmed as well. Among other things Fut Sheriff (who is considered to be quite reliable in the FIFA Leak scene) has revealed the eleven men of the Team of the Year – but also only the names, no more exact data. According to this the following players will appear in the Team of the Year tomorrow:

  • Gianluigi Donnarumma
  • Joao Cancelo
  • Marquinhos
  • Rubén Días
  • Achraf Hakimi
  • Kevin De Bruyne
  • Jorginho
  • N’Golo edge
  • Kylian Mbappé
  • Robert Lewandowski
  • Lionel Messi