Football Manager 2021

  • Database 21.0.1
  • Build 2101
  • Game starts 1 Jul 2020
People530,328
Players392,594
Staff128,209
Clubs73,225
Cities53,139
Stadiums42,297
Awards3,144
Derbies1,280

Highest current ability

Highest reputation clubs

Highest reputation competitions

What changed since FM21 21.0.0

  • 392,594 players (was 392,137)
  • 2,466 new
  • 2,009 gone
  • 6,412 of 362,071 changed ability

Biggest risers

Hayden MullerMillwall8 → 90+82
Gabriel OliveiraSporting Clube Farense B6 → 68+62
Pietro PegolloReal Forte Querceta7 → 68+61
Luciano PeragginiClub Atlético Lanús30 → 84+54
Abai ZhunusovFK Arys37 → 87+50
Jude WinchesterBallymena United21 → 71+50
Pedro Aguirre20 → 70+50
Samat BerdauletovFK Aqjaıyq Oral25 → 74+49
Kenny CokerSouthend United20 → 65+45
Ädilbek ZhumakhanovFK Atyraý47 → 88+41

Biggest fallers

Gastón ColmánTacuarembó Fútbol Club105 → 20-85
Alekos Alekou85 → 25-60
Lucas NicchiarelliAtletico Racale101 → 51-50
Chad Bond81 → 31-50
Emilio CrusatArs et Labor Grottaglie105 → 59-46
Lucas BasualdoCastiadas Calcio99 → 55-44
Cristian SteleVirtus Matino99 → 56-43
Ofir AmramSport Association Nordia Jerusalem80 → 40-40
Omer MulaiFootball Club Maccabi Ashdod78 → 40-38
Ori PesoMaccabi Yavne78 → 40-38

Best new players

Petr CechChelsea124
Jorge FucileClub Atlético Juventud (Las Piedras)114
Eduardo Neto110
Cristiano LopesSociedade Esportiva União Cacoalense98
Nile RangerSpalding United95
Martín PreziosaClub Sportivo Peñarol de Chimbas94
Santiago San MartínUnión Deportivo Universitario94
Juan Manuel PerilloClub Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta93
Leandro RoggeroneAtlético Club San Martín de Mendoza93
RamonClub Athletico Paranaense93

Computed by the site from the two builds’ stored current ability (players in both builds with an ability on the 1–200 scale).

Where the managers are from

First-team managers (the editor’s job 5) by main nationality, counted by the site.

Reading the numbers

  • Figures are shown as this build of the game database stores them. A dash means the build does not record the value; zero is a real stored zero.
  • Players often have attributes missing: the game generates those when a new game starts, so they are not in the database.
  • Ability is on FM’s 1–200 scale. A negative potential is a range code (e.g. −75), shown as its range.
  • Anything marked calc is calculated by fm-reader from the stored data (values, ratings, best roles, stars). Figures described as the site’s own (strength, best eleven, set-piece scores, similar players) are this site’s calculations.
  • Names are real names; where the game ships a licensing name, pages say “Shown in game as …”.
  • Money is stored in pounds; pick a currency in the header to convert it in your browser.

About this database

Game
Football Manager 2021
Database version
21.0.1
Build
2101
Game start date
1 Jul 2020
Export schema
2.0.0
Exported
8 Nov 2026

Known data issues in this build

  • real_* name columns: no Real Name Fix was given to this export, so names the database itself fakes (e.g. Real Hispalis for Real Betis) keep real_* NULL; only names faked by the game's shipped licensing files have their real name (issue 0726)