5 FIFA 16 Player Rating Facts You Won't Believe

3. Cover Star Jordan Henderson Has A Lower Rating Than Mikel Arteta

FC Barcelona's Neymar, gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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England's latest FIFA cover star was given a pretty average 79 overall rating. Though Jordan Henderson is by no means a world beater, but he could be forgiven for feeling pretty hard done by. The new Liverpool captain is an England regular, and missed only one Premier League game last season. 

Though a rating any higher than an 81 would be questionable, Henderson has more than proven himself in the Premier League over the last few seasons.

To put it into perspective, Mikel Arteta played only seven games for Arsenal in the league last season, and looked a shadow of his former self. Yet, somehow, he has been rated as an 81 overall by EA Sports in FIFA 16. Jordan Henderson will certainly be scratching his head with this one. 

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