Best defenders
Goals win you matches, but you’ll need a tight defense if you want to climb the ranks in EA FC 26. So, here are the best defenders you should sign, including left-backs, right-backs, and center-backs.
Best center-backs
Player | Club | Rating |
|---|---|---|
Virgil van Dijk | Liverpool | 90 |
Mapi Leon | Barcelona | 89 |
Irene Paredes | Barcelona | 88 |
Gabriel | Arsenal | 88 |
Millie Bright | Chelsea | 87 |
Jonathan Tah | Bayern Munich | 87 |
William Saliba | Arsenal | 87 |
Jules Kounde | Barcelona | 87 |
Alessandro Bastoni | Inter Milan | 87 |
Marquinhos | PSG | 87 |
Leah Williamson | Arsenal | 87 |
Willian Pacho | PSG | 86 |
Ibrahima Konate | Liverpool | 86 |
Ruben Dias | Manchester City | 86 |
Antonio Rudiger | Real Madrid | 86 |
Best left-backs
Player | Club | Rating |
|---|---|---|
Sakina Karchaoui | PSG | 87 |
Katie McCabe | Arsenal | 87 |
Ona Batlle | Barcelona | 86 |
Nuno Mendes | PSG | 86 |
Sandy Baltimore | Chelsea | 85 |
Selma Bacha | Lyon | 85 |
Federico Dimarco | Inter Milan | 85 |
Joao Cancelo | Al Hilal | 84 |
Grimaldo | Bayer Leverkusen | 84 |
Josko Gvardiol | Manchester City | 84 |
Theo Hernandez | Al Hilal | 84 |
Fridolina Rolfo | Manchester United | 84 |
Marc Cucurella | Chelsea | 84 |
Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich | 84 |
Olga Carmona | PSG | 84 |
Best right-backs
Player | Club | Rating |
|---|---|---|
Achraf Hakimi | PSG | 89 |
Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich | 89 |
Federico Valverde | Real Madrid | 89 |
Jule Kounde | Barcelona | 87 |
Lucy Bronze | Chelsea | 87 |
Ona Batlle | Barcelona | 86 |
Trent Alexander-Arnold | Real Madrid | 86 |
Dani Carvajal | Real Madrid | 86 |
Joao Cancelo | Al Hilal | 84 |
Giulia Gwinn | Bayern Munich | 84 |
Maya Le Tissier | Manchester United | 84 |
Denzel Dumfries | Inter Milan | 84 |
Marcos Llorente | Atletico Madrid | 84 |
Ellie Carpenter | Chelsea | 84 |
Ashley Lawrence | Lyon | 84 |
The beauty of EA FC 26’s tactics system is that many players can fit anywhere across the backline, which is why you’ll see the likes of Jules Kounde popping up at both right and center-back. Partcualrly in Ultimate Team, where pace is much more important, playing a full-back in the middle is actaully beneficaly, as it gives them a greater chance of marking rapid strikers.
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