As we are getting closer to the end of 2020, EA Sports will put together the list of players nominated for the FIFA 21 Team of the Year in December; while the 11 winners of TOTY will drop into the game in January 2021, if nothing unexpected happens. To help you get ahead idea, here we make a predicted list of the FIFA 21 TOTY candidates and final lineup, also cover the information you should know about the annual event including its release dates.
FIFA 21 Team of The Year (TOTY)
Team of the Year (TOTY) in FIFA Ultimate Team is a community selection of the top 11 players from 55 nominees who did outstanding performance in the past calendar year. These special versions of TOTY cards are recognizable by their blue and black colors, and especially their overall rating which is very high.
EA chose a list of 55 players, spanning goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and attackers, and asked a group of media, athletes, and members of the FIFA community to vote for their best players. Votes are based on actual performance from last year, with 60% of the final votes coming from this group of commissioners and the remaining 40% being decided by EA Sports. The list of nominees is usually be announced in December, while the final Team of the Year released in January (about 1 month after the announcement of TOTY nominees), then you are able to obtain these best-rated TOTY player cards in packs for a limited time or buy them from transfer market with a huge of FIFA coins.
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How will TOTY schedule this year be arranged? We haven’t received any information from EA, but we do think there will not much change from previous years. So we expect that FIFA 21 Team of The Year will be scheduled:
FIFA 21 TOTY Nominees Release Date:
In FIFA 20, the list of TOTY nominees was released at 4 pm (UK time), December 12, 2019. However, the announcement of FIFA 21 TOTY nominees is delayed, and we predict it would be scheduled on 24th December.
Note: At the same time, Team of the Year nominees will be available in FUT packs and the TOTY voting for community open.
FIFA 21 TOTY Vote Time
December 24 (Thursday) to December 30th (Wednesday), 2020 (To be confirmed)
Note: The voting period for the FIFA 20 Team of the Year officially opened at 4pm (UK time), December 12, and is scheduled to run until December 20, 2019.
FIFA 21 TOTY Release Date
January 11 (Monday) to January 19 (Tuesday), 2021 (To be confirmed)
Note: The TOTY players will be available in FUT Packs for a limited time in FUT 21 once the squad is revealed.
FIFA 21 Team of The Year XI Players Predictions
Here we choose the most possible we think would be named into the squad of FIFA 21 TOTY:
Goalkeeper
GK: Manuel Neuer (Bayern München) - 89 > 97
Defenders
RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) - 87 > 96
CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - 90 > 98
CB: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) - 89 > 97
LB: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) - 87 > 95
Midfielders
CAM: Thomas Müller (Bayern München) - 86 > 94
CAM: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 91 > 99
CDM: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München) - 88 > 96
Attackers
RW: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) - 93 > 99
ST: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München) - 91 > 99
LW: Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) - 91 > 98
12th Man
RM: Serge Gnabry (Bayern München) - 85 > 95
FIFA 21 TOTY Nominees Predictions
Obviously, only players who have performed particularly well in the last calendar year are present on this list. So we collect the below possible candidates of FIFA 21 Team of The Year, which are assigned to different position categories:
Attackers
ST: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München) - 91 > 99
ST: Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) - 90 > 98
ST: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) - 92 > 99
ST: Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - 87 > 96
ST: Erling Braut Håland (Borussia Dortmund) - 84 > 95
RW: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) - 93 > 99
RW: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 90 > 98
LW: Heung Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) - 87 > 96
LW: Sadio Mané (Liverpool) - 90 > 98
LW: Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) - 91 > 98
Midfielders
CM: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München) - 88 > 97
CM: Thiago (Bayern München) - 85 > 94
CM: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) - 86 > 95
CDM: Fabinho (Liverpool) - 87 > 96
CDM: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München) - 88 > 96
CDM: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) - 88 > 97
CDM: Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) - 85 > 93
CAM: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 91 > 99
CAM: Thomas Müller (Bayern München) - 86 > 94
CAM: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) - 87 > 95
RM: Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) - 87 > 95
RM: Serge Gnabry (Bayern München) - 85 > 95
Defenders
LB: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) - 87 > 96
LB: Alphonso Davies (Bayern München) - 81 > 94
LB: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) - 87 > 95
CB: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid) - 86 > 95
CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - 90 > 98
CB: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) - 89 > 97
CB: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid) - 86 > 95
CB: Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) - 85 > 94
CB: David Alaba (Bayern München) - 84 > 94
CB: Thiago Silva (Chelsea) - 85 > 94
RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) - 87 > 95
Goalkeeper
GK: Alisson (Liverpool) - 90 > 97
GK: Manuel Neuer (Bayern München) - 89 > 97
GK: Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid) - 91 > 96
GK: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) - 89 > 97
How To Get TOTY Cards in FIFA Ultimate Team?
TOTY cards have become the most desired card in FUT with its highest rating. Through packs, you can get TOTY cards, but you need a lucky hand for this. The chance is slim, but there is. Important: A pack must be able to contain rare gold players in order to have a chance of a TOTY player. There are also special pack offers during the TOTY event. Anyway, if you want to try your luck, you can stock some packs from now.
Unfortunately, the players are not all available at the same time but are added to the game in several steps. The strikers make the start and the remaining players will appear in the coming days. Last year, at the end of the week, all players were available at once.
The transfer market is also available to you. To buy the players there, however, you have to dig deep into your FIFA 21 coins. As the ratings of the stars, their prices are also quite high. The TOTY gives you the opportunity to shoot special bargains on the FUT transfer market.