Football is the most popular sport in the majority of countries in the world. Not so long ago there were two major competing football games - EAsFIFAand Konami’sPro Evolution Soccer. Konami lost that battle.
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EAsFIFAis today’s number one football simulation game. It all started in 1994 with the first game calledFIFA International Soccer, facing competition from other football games such asSensible Soccer,Kick-Off, andMatch Day. TheFIFAseries is now one of the most successful franchises in gaming history, so to highlight the series' success, we’ve listed theFIFAsalesfigures over the best-selling entries.
Updated on June 02, 2025, by Jack Pursey:When it comes to franchises with yearly releases, it can be hard to differentiate the games when looking back on them. Even diehard fans who have bought every FIFAentry since its FIFA 94inception would likely struggle to pinpoint key features and changes of past games.
The latest entry, FIFA 22, has recently hit stores. The game suffers from many of the common modern FIFA issues, such as the prioritizing of the microtransaction-heavyUltimate Team mode, though the game has been praised for offering some of thebest gameplay in the series, which may help it land on this list one day.
So, to help those who are wanting to reminisce, or are perhaps curious as to why the games listed below sold as well as they did, we’ve updated this list to include their release date to show theFIFA sales by year, each entry’s available platforms, and why each entry sold so well.
10FIFA 10 - 10m+
FIFA 10was the game that started the franchise in a new decade. It’s pretty similar to its predecessor in terms of graphics and gameplay. The new addition available in the game is a feature called “Total Football Experience” in which football news, like player transfers, fixtures, and results, from around the globe are visible. Additionally, features regarding the transfer system and the assistant manager were also improved.
FIFA 10managed to sell 1.7 million copies in Europe in the first week of launch, which made it then, the fastest-selling sports game ever. Since then, the game has managed to sell justover 10 million copies.
9FIFA 12 - 10m+
The 19th installment in the series,FIFA 12, was published across all platforms, including, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS, X as well handheld platforms PlayStation Portable, Nintendo 3DS, Xperia Play, Android, and iOS.
Like the previous entry,FIFA 12has now sold just over 10 million copies.
8FIFA 16 - 11m+
FIFA 16is the first entry in the series to include female players. It is also the first entry sinceFIFA 2000that wasn’t published on any ofNintendo’sconsoles. The PlayStation Vita version also wasn’t developed. Aside from thatFIFA 16is a classic entry in the series, with slight improvements in the addition of new content, with new players and stadiums.
Lionel Messi is still on the games' global cover art, while female players shine in North American versions.FIFA 16received positive reviews andsold just over 8 million copies on PS4and over3 million copies on Xbox One.
7FIFA 17 - 13m+
The firstFIFAgame to use the Frostbite engine,FIFA 17, also introduced a single-player story mode where the player assumes the role of a fictional player named Alex Hunter. Additional new features are new attacking techniques, physical player overhaul, active intelligence system, and set-piece rewrite.
Japanese top league is available for the first time as well as Norway’s women’s national football team. Marco Reus is on the cover art of the game after he won global voting, conducted by EA sports. The game sold just over10 million copies on PS4and over3 million copies on Xbox One.
6FIFA 14 - 14m+
FIFA 14features 33 fully licensed leagues over 69 stadiums, with 600 clubs and more than 16 000 players, as well 47 national teams.
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The game received positive reviews across all platforms, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 having slightly better reviews thanks to being developed on a new engine called Ignite Engine.FIFA 14is also notable for featuring new signature goal celebrations from a number of players like Cristiano Ronaldo’s “Calm Down,” Lionel Messy’s “Point to the Sky” and Gareth Bale’s “11 of Hearts.”
FIFA 14was the first entry in the eighth generation of home consoles, so its sales were split across multiple systems. The game sold justover 3 million copies on PS4, over6 million copies on PS3, over1 million copies on Xbox One, and over4 million copies on Xbox 360.
5FIFA 15 - 14m+
The sales cannot be attributed to the fact thatFIFA 15did something new, better, or innovative than the previous versions, but rather thanks to the fact that the next installments didn’t do that. Obviously, some people don’t think it’s worth buying a pretty similar game with minor improvements.
Regardless of the sales, is still a fun and enjoyable football simulation experience, with good graphics, massive content, and faithful representation of real-life football. LikeFIFA 14, FIFA 15’s sales were split across console generations. The game sold over6 million copies on PS4, over4 million on PS3, over2 million on Xbox 360, and over2 million on Xbox One.
4FIFA 13 - 14.5m+
FIFA 13didn’t make anything revolutionary as an entry, but with slight but visible improvements managed to receive critical acclaim and high sales. One of them is the “First Touch Control” feature and for the first time on the cover art is Barcelona’s, Lionel Messi.
The game also made notable improvements to the Carrer Mode, including the addition of National Teams, letting players manage two teams at once.FIFA 13has sold just over 14.5 million copies.
3FIFA 11 - 16m+
FIFA 11is the 18th installment in the series made available for all major platforms at that time, includingNintendo DS. Sales of the game were better than that of the previous entry, so were the reviews, andFIFA 11later received an award for Sports Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards.
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The game also has several new features like “Street Football,” “Manual Leaderboard,” “Goalkeeper Intelligence,” and “Career Mode,” among others. Thanks to more than positive reviews and several changes and improvements in gameplay,FIFA 11managed to sell justover 16 million copies.
2FIFA 19 - 20m+
FIFA 19is notable for capping off theFIFAseries' single-player story The Journey, with the third ad final entry in the Alex Hunter trilogy. The game is also notable for being the lastFIFAtitle to appear on seventh-generation consoles, and for finally obtaining the rights for the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Super Cup competition, which were previously owned by Konami for their PESseries.
FIFA 19has managed to sell justover 20 million copies.
1FIFA 18 - 26.4m+
The 25th installment in the series didn’t offer anything innovative but followed the path set by its previous entry with story-based mode seen in the previous game, and this time called, The Journey: The Hunter Returns.
It also performed well critically with positive reviews winning an award for the Best Sports Game at Game Critic Awards and the award for the Best Sports Game of the Year at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.FIFA 18performed very well commercially, selling just over26.4 million units.
The latestFIFAgame,FIFA 22, is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
