Fifa 12 Player Overall Calculation

 Here is rough guide on calculating player overall based on player stats.

INTRO
A players' overall in TEAM MANAGEMENT always remains as that for his NATURAL POSITION, however I have found that if you go into EDIT PLAYER you see a players' overall based on the POSITION HE CURRENTLY OCCUPIES IN HIS TEAM (for the first team only - subs and reserves are listed by their natural position). For example Messi is a 94 Centre Forward, but Barcelona have him employed as a Striker, when you go into Edit Player and scroll to Barcelona he is listed as 92 here. If you go back to Team Management and for example put him as a Goalkeeper, Sweeper, Wing Back etc, quit out and go back to Edit Player - you'll find that here he will be ranked for THOSE positions.
This is the only way to see how a player fares in other positions. This is also how I was able to figure out how the overall stat works for all positions.

HOW TO DO IT

1: Find the values for the 'Scoring' categories for each position. VALUES LISTED BELOW.

2: Multiply each value by what the player has for each of those attributes (Max 99 for each). Example: For a * (Striker). Finishing is worth 20, Attack Positioning is worth 12. Let's be lazy and say he has 90 for each. He would get 20*90 (1800) from Finishing and 12*90 (1080) from Attack Positioning, giving him a cumulative total of 2880 so far. Keep doing this for the rest of his 'Scoring' attributes.

3: Add them together to get his final Total (Maximum 9900).

4: Based on your total, you can find out which OVR range your player falls in.

100-149 = OVR 1
150-249 = OVR 2
250-349 = OVR 3
etc etc until
9650-9749 = OVR 97
9750-9849 = OVR 98
9850-9900 = OVR 99

Ok, onto the coefficients.

Goalkeeper (GK)

GK Diving 24
GK Handling 22
GK Positioning 22
GK Reflex 22
Reactions 6
GK Kicking 4

Sweeper (SW)

Interceptions 20
Standing Tackle 14
Marking 12
Sliding Tackle 12
Heading 8
Ball Control 7
Short Pass 6
Reactions 6
Vision 6
Long Pass 5
Aggression 4

Centre Backs (LCB, CB, RCB)

Marking 15
Standing Tackle 15
Sliding Tackle 15
Heading 10
Strength 10
Aggression 8
Interceptions 8
Short Pass 5
Ball Control 5
Reactions 5
Jumping 4

Side Backs (LB, RB)

Sliding Tackle 13
Standing Tackle 12
Interceptions 12
Marking 10
Stamina 8
Reactions 8
Crossing 7
Heading 7
Ball Control 7
Short Pass 6
Sprint Speed 5
Aggression 5

Wing Backs (LWB, RWB)

Standing Tackle 11
Sliding Tackle 10
Crossing 10
Short Pass 10
Ball Control 10
Interceptions 10
Marking 9
Stamina 8
Reactions 8
Dribbling 7
Sprint Speed 4
Agility 3

Defensive Midfielders (LDM, CDM, RDM)

Short Pass 13
Interceptions 13
Long Pass 11
Marking 10
Standing Tackle 10
Ball Control 9
Reactions 9
Vision 8
Stamina 6
Strength 6
Aggression 5

Central Midfielders (LCM, CM, RCM)

Short Pass 15
Long Pass 13
Vision 12
Ball Control 10
Dribbling 9
Reactions 8
Interceptions 8
Attack Positioning 8
Standing Tackle 6
Stamina 6
Long Shots 5

Side Midfielders (LM, RM)

Crossing 14
Dribbling 14
Short Pass 12
Ball Control 12
Long Pass 8
Vision 8
Reactions 7
Attack Positioning 7
Stamina 5
Acceleration 5
Sprint Speed 5
Agility 3

Attacking Midfielders (LAM, CAM, RAM)

Short Pass 16
Vision 16
Ball Control 13
Attack Positioning 12
Dribbling 11
Reactions 8
Long Shots 6
Finishing 5
Shot Power 5
Acceleration 4
Agility 4

Wingers (Lw, RW)

Crossing 16
Dribbling 16
Ball Control 13
Short Pass 10
Attack Positioning 9
Acceleration 6
Sprint Speed 6
Reactions 6
Agility 5
Vision 5
Finishing 4
Long Shots 4

Centre and Side Forwards (LF, CF, RF)
Note: Centre Forwards and Side Forwards differed in Fifa 11, but not this year.

Finishing 12
Attack Positioning 12
Dribbling 11
Ball Control 11
Shot Power 10
Long Shots 10
Reactions 10
Short Pass 6
Heading 5
Vision 5
Acceleration 4
Sprint Speed 4

Strikers (LS, *, RS)

Finishing 20
Attack Positioning 12
Heading 10
Shot Power 10
Reactions 10
Dribbling 8
Ball Control 8
Volleys 5
Long Shots 5
Acceleration 5
Sprint Speed 4
Strength 3

All players created in game, 'conform' to these stats, I would assume players from the Creation Centre, once downloaded, will as well. For real-life players I found that a large number of them, particularily the better ones, had more than they would if I had created a new player with their stats. I eventually identified the reason, and can classify them into 4 groups.

This is awkward for me to explain clearly. The coefficients have the same effect, but some OVR stats are essentially bypassed. Each time this happens the real-life players' OVR moves one further ahead of a created players' with the same stats. The numbers mentioned are the numbers missed out when editing the real-life player.

A player = Bypasses stats 25, 51 and 77.
B player = Bypasses stats 34 and 68.
C player = Bypasses stat 50.
D player= Same as created player.

After testing Barcelona and Real Madrid (I'm going through the teams in order of the ones that have the best overall player - Man U + Bayern next).I have these results so far. Bear in mind that I am only testing 80+ OVR players so there may be some 79s and under that are C's perhaps?

A players; Messi, C Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta, David Villa.

B players; Casillas, Fabregas, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Benzema, Daniel Alves, Busquets, Higuain.

C players; Puyol, Mezut Ozil, Sanchez, Valdes, Mascherano, Kaka, Pepe, Di Maria, Pedro, Marcelo, Khedira, Nuri Sahin, Abidal, Afellay, L Diarra, F Coentrao, R Albiol, R Carvalho, Keita.

D players; Arbeloa, J Callejon.