head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Competitive PvP
A movement-heavy battle royale shooter where squads fight for loot and zone control.

Execution · Competitive PvP
A football sim testing stick control plus constant prediction of a human opponent's tactics.
Apex Legends leans Execution (Competitive PvP); World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Apex Legends leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Apex Legends
Movement tech and recoil control gate fights heavily.
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9
First-touch timing, dribbling and shot placement decide matches
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Apex Legends
Adaptive squads in unpredictable rotations and third-parties.
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9
Human opponents feint, vary tactics and punish habits
Apex Legends leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Apex Legends
Loot RNG and ring pulls shape every match.
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9
Deflections and referee calls add bounded chaos
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Apex Legends
Legend synergy, rotations, and inventory routing matter.
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9
Formations, player roles and set pieces reward study
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.