Skills & OVR
Six skills per player, and OVR is simply their sum. Outfield players and goalkeepers carry different sets, and value and salary follow from OVR and age.
The six skills#
| Outfield | Goalkeeper |
|---|---|
| Defense | Kicking |
| Heading | Aerial |
| Passing | Anticipation |
| Pace | Positioning |
| Shooting | Reaction |
| Ball Control | Jumping |
OVR is the sum. A goalkeeper with 121 Kicking, 87 Aerial, 93 Anticipation, 80 Positioning, 104 Reaction and 115 Jumping is OVR 600; a left-back with 50, 21, 52, 49, 7 and 24 is OVR 203. No skill goes below 1 and the six never add up to more than 999. Skills are drawn by position — a centre-back arrives with 27 to 33% of his OVR in Defense and 4.5 to 5.5% in Shooting, a striker the other way round — so two players of the same OVR in different positions are different footballers.
The scale#
| Where a player comes from | OVR |
|---|---|
| Founding squad | 200 to 300 |
| Season top-up fillers | 100 |
| Transfer lots | 250 to 350 |
| Youth Academy | 200 to 345, by Scout tier |
| Crafting | 300, 400, 500, 650, 800 or 925 by tier |
| Refining | 300, 400, 500, 650, 800 or 925 by formula |
| Welcome packs | 200 (free), 300 or 400 (paid) |
| Ceiling | 999 |
Value#
A player's base value, in Balance, is
9,261,009 × (OVR ÷ 999)2.5 × (1 − 0.7 × (age − 18) ÷ 15)1 + OVR ÷ 999
So a player at OVR 999 aged 18 is worth 9,261,009, value climbs steeply with OVR, and it falls with age. A 26-year-old at OVR 203 is worth 98,238. The value is what a transfer lot opens at, what a quicksell pays a share of, and what salary is charged on.
Salary#
| Where your club plays | Salary per match |
|---|---|
| Elite | 0.4% of value |
| Pro | 0.3% |
| Amateur | 0.2% |
| Rookie League | 0.15% |
Salary is paid for every player under contract on every competitive match the club plays, whether he played or not, less the Director's cut. The 98,238 full-back above costs 147 a match in the Rookie League and 393 in Elite. Friendlies charge nothing.
Where OVR appears#
On the card and the roster, on the lineup as Total Performance, on every transfer lot, in the match header as Squad OVR, and in the standings and the header chip as OVR XI — the sum of your ten best outfield players and your best goalkeeper, explained on the Leaderboards page.