Top Rated Players — Defenders

The highest-rated Career Mode players overall — FIFA 06

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1

Paolo Maldini91+-4

2

Rio Ferdinand91+-6

3

Gianluca Zambrotta91+-7

4

Alessandro Nesta90+-3

5

Lilian Thuram90+-3

6

7

8

John Terry90+-7

9

Sol Campbell90+-9

10

Carles Puyol89+-3

11

Fabio Cannavaro89+-4

12

Christian Wörns89+-5

13

Iván Helguera88+-2

14

Marcelo José Bordon88+-5

15

Roberto Fabián Ayala88+-6

16

Daniel Van Buyten88+-6

17

Míchel Salgado87+0

18

Fernando Meira87+-2

19

Cafu87+-3

20

Willy Sagnol87+-4

21

Walter Adrián Samuel87+-4

22

Roberto Carlos87+-5

23

Kolo Toure87+-6

24

Jonathan Woodgate87+-7

25

Valérien Ismaël87+-10

26

27

Gabriel A. Milito86+-2

28

Carlos Marchena86+-3

29

Christoph Metzelder86+-3

30

Tomas Ujfalusi86+-3

31

Ricardo Carvalho86+-4

32

William Gallas86+-5

33

Mladen Krstajic86+-5

34

Mario Yepes86+-6

35

Patrice Evra86+-7

36

Fabricio Coloccini85+-2

37

Sergio Ramos85+-2

38

Jens Nowotny85+-4

39

Javier Zanetti85+-4

40

Ashley Cole85+-4

41

Juan85+-4

42

Igor Tudor85+-5

43

Markus Babbel85+-5

44

Jamie Carragher85+-6

45

46

Cris85+-7

47

Philipp Lahm85+-11

48

Mikael Silvestre84+-1

49

Gabriel Heinze84+-3

50

Carlos Gamarra84+-3

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Paolo Maldini	CB	Italy	AC Milan	91	87	+-4
2	Rio Ferdinand	CB	England	Manchester United	91	85	+-6
3	Gianluca Zambrotta	LWB	Italy	Juventus	91	84	+-7
4	Alessandro Nesta	CB	Italy	AC Milan	90	87	+-3
5	Lilian Thuram	CB	France	Juventus	90	87	+-3
6	Lúcio	CB	Brazil	Bayern Munich	90	87	+-3
7	Jaap Stam	CB	Netherlands	AC Milan	90	85	+-5
8	John Terry	CB	England	Chelsea	90	83	+-7
9	Sol Campbell	CB	England	Arsenal	90	81	+-9
10	Carles Puyol	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	89	86	+-3
11	Fabio Cannavaro	CB	Italy	Juventus	89	85	+-4
12	Christian Wörns	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	89	84	+-5
13	Iván Helguera	CB	Spain	Real Madrid	88	86	+-2
14	Marcelo José Bordon	CB	Brazil	FC Schalke 04	88	83	+-5
15	Roberto Fabián Ayala	CB	Argentina	Valencia	88	82	+-6
16	Daniel Van Buyten	CB	Belgium	Hamburger Sport Verein	88	82	+-6
17	Míchel Salgado	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	87	87	+0
18	Fernando Meira	CB	Portugal	VfB Stuttgart	87	85	+-2
19	Cafu	RB	Brazil	AC Milan	87	84	+-3
20	Willy Sagnol	RWB	France	Bayern Munich	87	83	+-4
21	Walter Adrián Samuel	CB	Argentina	Inter Milan	87	83	+-4
22	Roberto Carlos	LWB	Brazil	Real Madrid	87	82	+-5
23	Kolo Toure	CB	Ivory Coast	Arsenal	87	81	+-6
24	Jonathan Woodgate	CB	England	Real Madrid	87	80	+-7
25	Valérien Ismaël	CB	France	Bayern Munich	87	77	+-10
26	Andrade	CB	Portugal	RC Deportivo La Coruna	86	85	+-1
27	Gabriel A. Milito	CB	Argentina	Real Zaragoza	86	84	+-2
28	Carlos Marchena	CB	Spain	Valencia	86	83	+-3
29	Christoph Metzelder	RB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	86	83	+-3
30	Tomas Ujfalusi	CB	Czechia	Fiorentina	86	83	+-3
31	Ricardo Carvalho	CB	Portugal	Chelsea	86	82	+-4
32	William Gallas	CB	France	Chelsea	86	81	+-5
33	Mladen Krstajic	CB	Serbia	FC Schalke 04	86	81	+-5
34	Mario Yepes	CB	Colombia	Paris Saint-Germain	86	80	+-6
35	Patrice Evra	LWB	France	AS Monaco	86	79	+-7
36	Fabricio Coloccini	LB	Argentina	RC Deportivo La Coruna	85	83	+-2
37	Sergio Ramos	CB	Spain	Sevilla	85	83	+-2
38	Jens Nowotny	CB	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	85	81	+-4
39	Javier Zanetti	RWB	Argentina	Inter Milan	85	81	+-4
40	Ashley Cole	LB	England	Arsenal	85	81	+-4
41	Juan	CB	Brazil	Bayer Leverkusen	85	81	+-4
42	Igor Tudor	CB	Croatia	Croatia	85	80	+-5
43	Markus Babbel	CB	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	85	80	+-5
44	Jamie Carragher	CB	England	Liverpool	85	79	+-6
45	Lauren	RB	Cameroon	Arsenal	85	79	+-6
46	Cris	CB	Brazil	Olympique Lyonnais	85	78	+-7
47	Philipp Lahm	LWB	Germany	Bayern Munich	85	74	+-11
48	Mikael Silvestre	CB	France	Manchester United	84	83	+-1
49	Gabriel Heinze	LB	Argentina	Manchester United	84	81	+-3
50	Carlos Gamarra	CB	Paraguay	Palmeiras	84	81	+-3