The fourth round of EA Sports’ “Ratings Refresh” is upon us, this time with Bundesliga players on the receiving end of some juicy upgrades and downgrades. This follows the first four round of ratings adjustments from the Premier League, Serie A (aka “Calcio A”), Ligue 1, and then La Liga.
Jerome Boateng’s injury spell and reportedly being somewhat out of favor got to the ratings folks as we see him take a one overall rating dive. If you happen to have Ones to Watch Ousmane Dembele of Dortmund fame, well, you just got yourself quite the pacey upgrade. Dembele’s BVB teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also sees his stats continue to soar, benefitting those who invested in his in-form or SBC cards.
As with all these updates, it’s important to remember how special cards are impacted. Per EA:
Upgrades AND downgrades apply to new non-inform players found in packs. Non-IF players in your Club will not receive an upgrade or a downgrade.
If an upgraded player’s new OVR rating equals or surpasses his existing first in-form’s rating, his IFs will get an upgrade.
An exception is made for lower rated players with significant upgrades.
Does not apply to Movember or Ultimate Scream items.
If an upgraded player’s new OVR rating does not equal or surpass his existing in-form’s rating, his IFs will not get an upgrade.
However, if an upgraded player with an existing IF gets upgraded across Quality tiers (eg. Silver to Gold), his lower-quality IF will not get an upgrade. This preserves the in-form’s high value.
Downgrades to non-IF players will not affect their in-forms or special items if they happen to have them (which judging by the downgrade seems unlikely).
Here’s the full list of 2017 Bundesliga Ratings Refresh cards:
Upgrades
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Borussia Dortmund - ST: 86 → 87
- Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento - Bayern München - CM: 84→ 85
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos - Borussia Dortmund - CB: 84→ 85
- Javier Martínez Aginaga - Bayern München - CB: 84 → 85
- Jonas Hector - 1. FC Köln - LB: 80 → 81
- Anthony Modeste - 1. FC Köln - ST: 80 → 82
- Kevin Kampl - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - CM: 80 → 82
- Yunus Mallı - VfL Wolfsburg - CAM: 79 → 80
- Jonathan Tah - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - CB: 79 → 82
- Joshua Kimmich - Bayern München - CM: 78 → 80
- Lukáš Hrádecký - Eintracht Frankfurt - GK: 78 → 81
- Ousmane Dembélé - Borussia Dortmund - RM: 77 → 80
- Raphaël Guerreiro - Borussia Dortmund - LB: 76 → 78
- Emil Forsberg - RB Leipzig - CAM: 76 → 79
- Timo Werner - RB Leipzig - ST: 75 → 77
- Sead Kolašinac - FC Schalke 04 - LB: 75 → 77
- Naby Keïta - RB Leipzig - CM: 75 → 78
- Nabil Bentaleb - FC Schalke 04 - CM: 75 → 78
- Marcel Sabitzer - RB Leipzig - CAM: 74 → 76
- Willi Orban - RB Leipzig - CB: 74 → 77
- Serge Gnabry - Werder Bremen - LM: 73 → 77
- Emre Mor - Borussia Dortmund - RM: 64 → 70
- Julian Weigl - Borussia Dortmund - CDM: 79 → 80
- Thorgan Hazard - Borussia M'gladbach - CF: 79 → 80
- Vedad Ibišević - Hertha BSC - ST: 78 → 80
- Matthias Ginter - Borussia Dortmund - CB: 77 → 79
- Rune Almenning Jarstein - Hertha BSC - GK: 77 → 80
- Kevin Vogt - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - CB: 76 → 78
- Sandro Wagner - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - ST: 76 → 78
- Pavel Kadeřábek - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - RB: 75 → 77
- Alessandro Schöpf - FC Schalke 04 - RM: 75 → 77
- Marco Fabián - Eintracht Frankfurt - CAM: 75 → 78
- Guido Burgstaller - FC Schalke 04 - ST: 74 → 75
- Timmy Chandler - Eintracht Frankfurt - RB: 74 → 76
- Maximilian Philipp - SC Freiburg - CF: 74 → 76
- Niklas Stark - Hertha BSC - CB: 74 → 76
- Omar Mascarell González - Eintracht Frankfurt - CDM: 74 → 76
- Thomas Delaney - Werder Bremen - CM: 74 → 76
- Leon Bailey - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - LM: 74 → 76
- Yūya Ōsako - 1. FC Köln - CF: 73 → 75
- Kerem Demirbay - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - CAM: 73 → 76
- Jesús Vallejo Lázaro - Eintracht Frankfurt - CB: 73 → 77
- Nico Elvedi - Borussia M'gladbach - CB: 72 → 74
- Alexander Schwolow - SC Freiburg - GK: 70 → 73
- Christian Pulisic - Borussia Dortmund - RM: 69 → 74
- Benjamin Henrichs - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - RB: 65 → 74
- Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior - RB Leipzig - RB: 60 → 70
- Paul Seguin - VfL Wolfsburg - CDM: 60 → 68
- Dayot Upamecano - RB Leipzig - CB: 56 → 63
Downgrades
- Jérôme Boateng - Bayern München - CB: 89 ← 90
- Xabier Alonso Olano - Bayern München - CDM: 82 ← 84
- Yann Sommer - Borussia M'gladbach - GK: 83 ← 84
- Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues - FC Schalke 04 - CD: 83 ← 84
- Shinji Kagawa - Borussia Dortmund - CAM: 82 ← 83
- Luiz Gustavo Dias - VfL Wolfsburg - CDM: 82 ← 83
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - FC Schalke 04 - ST: 79 ← 81
- Takashi Usami - FC Augsburg - LM: 75 ← 77
- Haris Seferović - Eintracht Frankfurt - ST: 74 ← 76
- Gojko Kačar - FC Augsburg - CB: 74 ← 76
- Artem Fedetskyi - Darmstadt 98 - RB: 74 ← 76
- Jonathan Schmid - FC Augsburg - LM: 74 ← 76
- Anderson Soares de Oliveira - Eintracht Frankfurt - CB: 74 ← 76