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A few different FIFA 22 cards have now been released, including the top 100 highest-rated cards, of which there are a couple of Premier League strikers present. There are some strikers still missing from this list (Wolves' Jimenez, for example, does not have a confirmed card yet), but this list is pretty close to the full release package of Prem strikers.
Other players, like Callum Wilson, Michail Antonio, Danny Ings, and Dominic-Calvert Lewin also don't have confirmed cards yet. We will update this list when their ratings come through to make a more accurate representation of the best Premier League strikers in the game. So far, then, here are the top 10.
10 Patrick Bamford - 78 Rated
Patrick Bamford gets a big boost to his FIFA 22 card, making it into the Golds for the first time with a 78 rated card. That's a massive 7 rating points jump from FIFA 21.
It makes sense: he had an awesome season with Leeds and was one of the top goalscorers in the Premier League. As a result, he gets almost a 10 point boost in shooting, up to 78 from 69.
9 Gabriel Jesus - 83 Rated
Gabriel Jesus' card was a sleeper hit in FIFA 21. He saw a lot of play throughout the early stages of the game's cycle and was widely considered to be a pretty broken card.
His FIFA 22 card looks just as good. He's got one less point in pace and dribbling, but an extra point in shooting. Still a great (relatively) affordable Premier League striker for your Prem squad.
8 Timo Werner - 84 Rated
Timo Werner has actually been downgraded from an 85 to an 84 rated card. This seems a little unfair. Although Werner did not find his goalscoring success with Chelsea, he still provided multiple assists throughout their Champions League-winning season.
However, EA has deemed him fit for a downgrade, and he gets his shooting slice by four points and his dribbling sliced by two. Still extremely rapid, though, so you'll likely still see him pop up in Weekend League.
7 Roberto Firmino - 85 Rated
Another downgrade coming up: Firmino drops two spots from 87 to 85. He didn't get many minutes for Liverpool last season, mostly due to the impactful performances of one Diogo Jota often filling Firmino's role alongside Salah and Mane.
His card is only slightly worse than last year, with a point less in dribbling, two points less in passing, and two points less for shooting. Firmino ended the last game with a stunning 99-rated card, but his base gold wasn't extremely useful due to the low 77 pace.
6 Aubameyang - 85 Rated
Auba also drops two points, down from 87 to 85. Arsenal hasn't been having the best time in the league, and this is reflected in Auba's downgrade.
The Arsenal frontman drops four points in pace, down from 93 to 89, as well as lower shooting and dribbling.
5 Edison Cavani - 85 Rated
Cavani's spot in the Manchester United starting 11 may have been outshone by the arrival of Ronaldo, but there's no denying that the Uruguayan made an impact for the club last season. Last-minute goals everywhere he turned.
As a result, Cavani actually gets an increase of one rating point in FIFA 22. He's much, much slower (down to 66 pace), but his shooting and physicality are up,
4 Jamie Vardy - 86 Rated
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Vardy retains his 86 rating, but his pace drops from 88 to 85, which makes this somewhat usable card from FIFA 21 a bit worse in FIFA 22.
Vardy is still prolific for Leicester and will likely see numerous upgrades throughout the season, all the way to something like his 94-rated TOTS card from 21. He'll be essential for Leicester's push for Champions League football this season.
3 Romelu Lukaku - 88 Rated
Lukaku breaks into the 88 rating for the first time, even more than his FIFA 19 87 rated card. His signing for Chelsea was a massive boost to the club's potential Premier League victory, as well as another run at the Champions League after last season's victory.
The Belgian striker receives an upgrade to his pace, up to 84 from 81, as well as a whopping four extra points in shooting. While his dribbling is pretty low for a forward, who knows how the meta will work out in FIFA 22. There might actually be a place for Lukaku.
2 Harry Kane - 90 Rated
Harry Kane drops down to second place in terms of Premier League strikers thanks to the signing of Ronaldo by Manchester United. However, Harry Kane jumps up to rating points from 88 to 90 after winning the Golden Boot last season, and this comes with a small pace boost and some extra dribbling and passing.
Will the card be more meta in FIFA 22? 70 pace is better than 68, but it's still quite slow for a forward in a game that relies heavily on rapid players. Time will tell. Kane is also still the highest-rated English player in the game.
1 Cristiano Ronaldo - 91 Rated
After a not-incredible season with Juventus, Ronaldo drops down to a 91 rating, behind Messi and Lewandowski. However, he now plays for Manchester United, which makes his broken FIFA card much easier to link in FIFA 22.
Fernandes and Ronaldo will appear in many Weekend League teams, we're thinking. Of course, you'll have to fork out hundreds of thousands of coins for both players, so that might be a little while off yet. Does Ronaldo fit into this year's best starting 11?