Football Manager: How Are Player Star Ratings Decided?
When playing
Football Manager, you will notice that players will have a star rating. This is scored out of a maximum of 5 stars. With five stars being the highest and one star being the lowest. The star ratings will be important in helping you to decide if you should sign a particular player or who you might pick on match day. Sports Interactive have confirmed that there are a number of items taken into consideration when it comes to player star ratings.
What Are The Football Manager Star Ratings Dependant On?
- The reputation of the club - If you manage a team like Manchester United, you will often hear people making comments like "He is not a United player.". The reputation of your club can increase or decrease a players reputation. The term "Big fish in a small pond." is also another phrase often used in football.
- The reputation of the league/competition the team is playing in - We all know that leagues such as the Premier League and La Liga are of a higher quality than leagues such as the Welsh Premier League. No offence the Welsh Premier League. Quite often, if a player is the star player in one league, if he moves to a harder league or where the reputation of his new league is higher, then the players star rating will drop.
- The ability of the players already in your current squad - If you have a player in your team who is miles better than everyone else (think Messi at Barcelona). Then this can drop the star rating of all other players in your team. Other players in your team will be compared to the best player in your team and if the best player in your team is world class, then other players might not be close to his standard.
- The ability of your scout/coach in being able to read Current and Potential Ability - If your coaches and scouts have lower attributes in scouting current and potential ability, this will effect the knowledge you have of players and this can really confuse matters when it comes to star ratings. If you have a scout with excellent attributes in scouting current and potential ability, its worth listening to him rather than others at your club.
- The ability of the player - How good is the player? If you have a player who is quality then expect his star rating to be higher. If you have a player who is not too good, expect the star rating to be lower. It works as simple as this.