The Best lesser known Players in PES Games

This post is going to highlight some of the lesser known players who I enjoyed using the most throughout my time playing PES games. Some of these players weren't household names but they all had a stint in PES where they could perform just as well as any of the top players in the game. 

Goalkeeper: De Sanctis
It was a tossup between Toldo and De Sanctis for the goalkeeper spot but I feel De Sanctis just edged it, he was a lesser known goalkeeper so was somewhat of a hidden gem when I signed him in Master League in PES 2009

Right Back: Maicon
Before his overall rating went astronomically high back in 2011 he was always a player I loved to use in 2009-10, known for bombing up the wing he was possibly my favourite right back to ever use in PES.

Center Back: Durval
I first heard of Durval when using Santos in the PES 2013 demo and he became known to me as the Brazilian Paul McShane. His stats were quite poor, especially his speed yet he was the type of player who proved unexplainably hard to get past.

Center Back: Carvalho
Extremely solid centre back in the old PES games, just a notch below John Terry, relieable from PES 4 - PES 10

Left Back: Armero
First Started using him in PES 2012 with Udinese, his rating rocketed up to 93 in PES 2013 so I continued to use him, nuff said.

Center Midfield: Keita
Barca's forgetten midfielder? He was a poor man's Yaya Toure and actually a very good midfielder in PES 2009

Right Midfield: Arshavin
Impossible to play against in PES 2009 after he signed for Arsenal, his mazing runs were by far his best attribute.

Left Midfield: Piatti
It is not an exaggeration when I say he was better than Messi in PES 2012 despite his modest mid 70s rating. I first heard of him when watching PES 2012 youtube videos which iinspired me to start using him in the game and eventually record the amazing dribbles I performed with him

Attacking Midfield: Recoba
Was at his best in PES 6 feeding laser through balls to Adriano and Inrahimovic at Inter, almost on par with Kaka in his peak and still had excellent passing abilities in PES 2015.

Striker: Saviola
Was the Barca and Madrid super sub striker for many years, I used him a lot in PES 08-11 just when Eto or Raul was tiring I'd pull him off the bench in the 75th minute and nick a goal with him.

Striker: Aubemeyang
My adoration for Aubemeyang in PES 2013 cant be put into words, he was a free agent in the game so I only realized who he was when I sarted Master League Online and was searching for a frontman with pacey stats, needless to say I wasn't disappointed.

Substitutes:

Park Ji Sung
Had freakish Abilities in PES 2008 despite a modest rating, popped up with goals out of nowhere, konami at it again.

Barreto
PES 2011-12 he was was one of the best value for money strikers in the game.

Julio Baptista
PES 5 with Arsenal, making storming runs with the ball from attacking midfield, very physical and difficult to stop.

The video below shows me using these players in the PES league in Master League mode

 

Top 10 Highest Rated Players in PES Games, PES 2010 - PES 2017

This post is going to highlight the top 10 highest rated players in each PES game since the Overall Rating system was introduced in PES 2010

PES 2010
1.(95) Buffon
2.(94) C.Ronaldo
3.(93) Ferdinand
4.(93) Julio Cesar
5.(92) Rooney
6.(91) Lampard
7.(91) Gerrard
8.(91) Puyol
9.(90) Xavi
10.(90) Carvalho

PES 2011
1.(98) C.Ronaldo
2.(98) Messi
3.(97) Ibrahimovic
4.(96) Julio Cesar
5.(95) Drogba
6.(95) Xavi
7.(95) Buffon
8.(94) Dani Alves
9.(93) Casillas
10.(93) Lucio

PES 2012
1.(98) Messi
2.(97) C.Ronaldo
3.(97) Xavi
4.(96) Iniesta
5.(95) Fabregas
6.(94) Dani Alves
7.(94) Maicon
8.(94) Puyol
9.(94) Robben
10.(94) Xabi Alonso

PES 2013
1.(98) Messi
2.(97) Iniesta
3.(97) C.Ronaldo
4.(97) Xavi
5.(96) Thiago Silva
6.(95) Cesc Fabregas
7.(95) Ribery
8.(95) Xabi Alonso
9.(94) Dani Alves
10.(94) Maicon

PES 2014
1.(100) C.Ronaldo
2.(99) Aguero
3.(99) Ibrahimovic
4.(98) Iniesta
5.(98) Messi
6.(96) Pirlo
7.(96) Xavi
8.(96) Falcao
9.(95) Suarez
10.(95) Kompany

PES 2015
1.(95) Messi
2.(95) C.Ronaldo
3.(93) Ibrahimovic
4.(93) Neuer
5.(91) Robben
6.(90) Y.Toure
7.(90) Van Persie
8.(90) Ramos
9.(90) Bale
10.(90) Thiago Silva

PES 2016
1.(94) Messi
2.(92) C.Ronaldo
3.(92) Robben
4.(91) Ibrahimovic
5.(90) Y.Toure
6.(90) Aguero
7.(90) Neymar
8.(90) Suarez
9.(90) Ramos
10.(90) Bale

PES 2017
1.(94) Messi
2.(93) C.Ronaldo
3.(92) Suarez
4.(92) Thiago Silva
5.(90) Aguero
6.(90) Neymar
7.(90) Ramos
8.(90) Bale
9.(90) Ibrahimovic
10.(90) Neuer

The player who has been highest rated the most in PES games was Messi, coming first 5 times which is the same amount of times he has won the B'allon Dor. 

Ronaldo is in second place with 2 and the only other player to come first was Buffon back in 2010. 

Ronaldo was the only player to feature in the top 10 every year.

PES ratings system has been pretty shocking at times especially when it comes to overrating random players and slapping them with an overall in the 88-90 range and the worst rating system was arguably in PES 2014 when the players overall skyrocketed. There is good news for the future though as the ratings in PES 2017 seem to be the fairest and most accurate ones to date.

New PES 2014 Boots

Ronaldinho Face PES 2014

PES 2013 Become a Legend – How to get real players face and hair

The video below is a tutorial on how to create a player in the “Become a Legend” gamemode with the hairstyle and face of any player in the game. First you must set the features of your online avatar then every time you create your legend or manager they will have those features.

PES 2013: How to create players with Face Builder

PES 2013 prides itself on giving you the opportunity to create current and classic players accurately in Edit mode. If you want to create Pele or a player who is not represented in the game like David Beckham, you can either create them yourself or get the best “formulas” from PES 2013 forums.
I have created Ronaldinho in PES 2012 using my own formula and edited many players using the Face Builder – including Xherdan Shaqiri – seen in the video below.
I am currently creating a team of legendary players, which will include top footballers such as Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff and Zinedine Zidane.

If anyone has requests for players  they would like me to make, please contact me on my Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/PESskillerHD

PES 2013 Enter the Game tournament ends

PES 2013 Enter the Game was a spectacular tournament held in Madrid in Spain where the “Total Player” was chosen.


The total player will now fly to Japan and become the first fan to be virtually rendered into a video game. The contestants had to undergo a number of challenges to become one of the six finalists. It was a unique event and the challenges included both virtual and real matches. These games consisted mainly of dribbling and shooting and only the most skillfull players prevailed. Eventually the competition was narrowed down to just two contestants and the finalists had to play each other in a PES 2013 match to decide who the winner was. It was a close contest but the player using Real Madrid came out on top. The champion will be flown to Konami’s studios in Japan.