Meta Score
Every card, scored in every position and role it can play, on what actually makes it good in-game: not just its overall rating.
What is Meta Score?
Meta Score rates how strong a card is in a specific role, with its best chemistry style, on a scale from 0 to 99.9. Each card gets one score per role it can play, and the card shows its best one.
- Position
- ST
- Where the card scores best. It isn't always the position on the card.
- Meta Score
- 96.3
- The best score across every role and chemistry style.
- Role
- Advanced Forward
- The in-game role behind that score.
- Chemistry style
- Hunter
- The chemistry style that gets the most out of the card in that role.
Why Meta Score is more useful than OVR
More than attributes
OVR only averages attributes. On top of attributes, Meta Score counts PlayStyles and PlayStyles+, AcceleRATE, height, preferred foot, weak foot, skill moves and Role+ / Role++ familiarity.
Weighted for each role
A Poacher and a Deep-Lying Playmaker need different things. Every role has its own weights, so attributes that don't matter in a role don't inflate its score.
Every chemistry style tested
Each card is scored with every chemistry style at full chemistry, including the AcceleRATE changes they cause, and the best one counts.
Stable and regularly tuned
The FUTMind team tunes the weights in versioned updates. New, stronger cards don't lower existing scores: a score only changes when the card is upgraded or the weights are updated.
How to use Meta Score
Higher OVR isn't always better
Raphinha has a lower OVR than Diego Armando Maradona but scores higher in the Playmaker role. Before you spend coins on an upgrade, compare the Meta Score of cards in the same position.
Pick the right chemistry style
These are the best chemistry styles for Mia Hamm in the Advanced Forward role, with the gain over playing without a chemistry style. The best one is Hunter.
- 1.Hunter96.3+2.6
- 2.Catalyst96.0+2.3
- 3.Engine95.6+1.9
- 4.Shadow95.6+1.9
- 5.Hawk95.5+1.8
- 6.Basic95.3+1.6
Find the best role
Franz Beckenbauer is listed as CB (90.5) but scores best in the CDM Deep-Lying Playmaker role (95.4). Across all their roles the score goes from 83.7 to 95.4.
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerCDM95.4
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerCM94.6
- HoldingCM92.6
- HoldingCDM92.2
- DefenderCB90.5
- Box-to-BoxCM90.1
- Ball-Playing DefenderCB89.8
- Centre HalfCDM88.6
- Wide BackCB88.2
- Wide HalfCDM87.3
- StopperCB87.2
- Box CrasherCDM87.0
- Half WingerCM85.0
- PlaymakerCM83.7
Plan your evolutions
Two evolution paths can end with the same OVR and still make a very different player. The evolution preview shows the card's Meta Score before and after the evolution, so you can see which upgrades actually help.
Browse evolutionsTop Meta Score cards right now
The highest-rated cards in the game, each in its best role.
What Meta Score leaves out
Price
Meta Score rates the card, not its value for money. Check the price alongside it.
Card type
Only in-game numbers count. An Icon and a gold card with the same attributes, PlayStyles and roles get the same score.
Your play style
Tactics, formations and personal feel matter. Use Meta Score to shortlist, then trust what works for you.
Frequently asked questions
What is Meta Score?
A FUTMind rating from 0 to 99.9 of how strong an EA FC Ultimate Team card is in a specific position and role, with its best chemistry style.
Why does a card have more than one Meta Score?
A card gets a score for every role of every position it can play. The card shows its best one.
Are chemistry styles included?
Yes. Every chemistry style is tested at full chemistry, and the score uses the best one for that role.
What do Role+ and Role++ do?
They are EA's role familiarity bonuses. A card with Role+ or Role++ in a role gets a higher score in that role, more for Role++.
Can a card with a lower OVR have a higher Meta Score?
Yes. OVR ignores PlayStyles, AcceleRATE, skill moves, weak foot and how attributes matter in each role, so a lower-rated card with the right mix often scores higher.
Will a card's Meta Score change?
Only when the card itself changes (an upgrade or evolution) or when the FUTMind team updates the weights. New, stronger cards don't lower the scores of existing ones.
Can I compare the Meta Score of cards in different positions?
Roughly. Scores are on the same scale, but comparing cards in the same position or role is the most reliable.
How is Meta Score different from OVR?
OVR is EA's weighted average of attributes for one position. FUTMind's Meta Score is a rating per role that also includes PlayStyles, AcceleRATE, skill moves, weak foot, role familiarity and chemistry styles.