FC 24 Base Icons guide as Zico, Hamm and Ribery arrive

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The FC 24 Base Icons system is structured differently to what you're used to from the FIFA days. Gone are Prime and Mid Icons for EA Sports FC 24. Instead, legendary players get additional limited releases through promos like FC 24 Centurions and FC 24 Thunderstruck. The Base versions are still worth owning, however, and there are eight newcomers including Bobby Charlton, Mia Hamm, Zico, and Franck Ribery. Keep scrolling down for the complete FC 24 Base Icons list.

All the new FC 24 Base Icons

There are eight new FC 24 Base Icons. Combine them together with all the new FC 24 Heroes, such as John Arne Riise and Alex Scott, and it means more than 20 past greats being added to this year's game. Below are all the Base Icon newcomers, along with their secondary positions.

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Name	Position	Secondary Positions	Country	Rating
Mia Hamm	ST	CAM, CF, RW	USA	93
Bobby Charlton	CAM	CF	England	92
Birgit Prinz	ST	CF	Germany	92
Zico	CAM	CM, CF	Brazil	91
Homare Sawa	CM	CAM	Japan	91
Camille Abily	CM	CAM	France	90
Kelly Smith	ST	CF	England	89
Franck Ribery	LW	LM	France	88

Are there any missing FC 24 Base Icons?

Three members of the FIFA 23 Base Icons list no longer hold that status in FC 24. Jari Litmanen and Rui Costa have been downgraded to Heroes items, while Italian striker Christian Vieri is gone from the game completely.

The complete FC 24 Base Icons list

Below is the list of all FC 24 Base Icons, and their in-game overall rating. See how they compare to the current crop of superstars using GR’s FC 24 ratings guide. Don't forget you can also switch their individual stats up to your liking with FC 24 chemistry styles.

Pele (CAM, Brazil) - 95
Zinedine Zidane (CAM, France) - 94
Ronaldo (ST, Brazil) - 94
Ronaldinho (LW, Brazil) - 93
Mia Hamm (ST, USA) - 93
Johan Cruyff (CF, Netherlands) - 93
Lev Yashin (GK, Russia) - 92
Ferenc Puskas (CF, Hungary) - 92
Garrincha (RW, Brazil) - 92
Paolo Maldini (LB, Italy) - 92
Gerd Muller (ST, Germany) - 92
Bobby Charlton (CAM, England) - 92
Birgit Prinz (ST, Germany) - 92
Franco Baresi (CB, Italy) - 91
Thierry Henry (ST, France) - 91
Carlos Alberto (RB, Brazil) - 87
Cafu (RWB, Brazil) - 91
Marco van Basten (ST, Netherlands) - 91
Eusebio (CF, Portugal) - 91
Zico (CAM, Brazil) - 91
Homare Sawa (CM, Japan) - 91
Roberto Baggio (CAM, Italy) - 91
Iker Casillas (GK, Spain) - 90
Raul (CF, Spain) - 90
George Best (RW, Northern Ireland) - 90
Andrea Pirlo (CM, Italy) - 90
Xavi (CM, Spain) - 90
Dennis Bergkamp (CF, Netherlands) - 90
Ruud Gullit (CF, Netherlands) - 90
Rivaldo (LW, Brazil) - 90
Roberto Carlos (LB, Brazil) - 90
Alessandro Del Piero (CF, Italy) - 90
Lothar Matthaus (CM, Germany) - 90
Camille Abily (CM, France) - 90
Bobby Moore (CB, England) - 90
Kenny Dalglish (ST, Scotland) - 89
Javier Zanetti (RB, Argentina) - 89
Alessandro Nesta (CB, Italy) - 89
Hugo Sanchez (ST, Mexico) - 89
Alan Shearer (ST, England) - 89
Kaka (CAM, Brazil) - 89
Samuel Eto’o (ST, Cameroon) - 89
Didier Drogba (ST, Ivory Coast) - 89
Ruud van Nistelrooy (ST, Netherlands) - 89
Eric Cantona (CF, France) - 89
Socrates (CAM, Brazil) - 89
Phillip Lahm (RB, Germany) - 89
Gary Lineker (ST, England) - 89
Hristo Stoichkov (ST, Bulgaria) - 89
Kelly Smith (ST, England) - 89
Fabio Cannavaro (CB, Italy) - 89
Jairzinho (RW, Brazil) - 89
Carles Puyol (CB, Spain) - 89
Emilio Butragueno (ST, Spain) - 89
Peter Schmeichel (GK, Denmark) - 89
Luis Figo (RW, Portugal) - 89
Franck Ribery (LW, France) - 88
Juan Roman Riquelme (CAM, Argentina) - 88
Michael Laudrup (CAM, Denmark) - 88
Fernando Hierro (CB, Spain) - 88
Andriy Shevchenko (ST, Ukraine) - 89
Steven Gerrard (CM, England) - 89
Ronald Koeman (CB, Netherlands) - 88
Paul Scholes (CM, England) - 88
Wayne Rooney (ST, England) - 88
Edwin van der Sar (GK, Netherlands) - 88
Petr Cech (GK, Czech Republic) - 88
Bastian Schweinsteiger (CM, Germany) - 88
Michael Owen (ST, England) - 88
Rio Ferdinand (CB, England) - 88
David Beckham (RM, England) - 88
Pavel Nedved (LM, Czech Republic) - 88
Lauren Blanc (CB, France) - 88
Patrick Vieira (CM, France) - 88
Robin van Persie (ST, Netherlands) - 88
Marcel Desailly (CB, France) - 88
Miroslav Klose (ST, Germany) - 88
Gheorghe Hagi (CAM, Romania) - 88
Ian Wright (ST, England) - 87
Clarence Seedorf (CAM, Netherlands) - 87
Michael Ballack (CM, Germany) - 87
Fernando Torres (ST, Spain) - 87
Davor Suker (ST, Croatia) - 87
Patrick Kluivert (ST, Netherlands) - 87
Claude Makelele (CDM, France) - 87
John Barnes (LW, England) - 87
Frank Lampard (CM, England) - 87
David Trezeguet (ST, France) - 87
Ian Rush (ST, Wales) - 87
Gianfranco Zola (CF, Italy) - 87
Robert Pires (LM, France) - 87
Frank Rijkaard (CDM, Netherlands) - 87
Nemanja Vidic (CB, Serbia) - 87
Xabi Alonso (CDM, Spain) - 87
Emmanuel Petit (LB, France) - 87
Juan Sebastian Veron (CM, Argentina) - 86
Ashley Cole (LB, England) - 86
Michael Essien (CDM, Ghana) - 86
Henrik Larsson (ST, Sweden) - 86
Hernan Crespo (ST, Argentina) - 86
Sol Campbell (CB, England) - 86
Roy Keane (CM, Ireland) - 86
Gennaro Gattuso (CDM, Italy) - 86
Gianluca Zambrotta (RB, Italy) - 86
Luis Hernandez (ST, Mexico) - 86

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