Defender

FC 26 FC 25

A no nonsense centre-back who excels at the basics of defending, including maintaining the defensive line.

Top Players with Defender ++

Willian PachoCB88

Jonathan TahCB87

Abby DahlkemperCB80

Kayla SharplesCB78

Tara RuddCB77

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT
1	Willian Pacho	CB	Ecuador	Paris Saint-Germain	88	90
2	Jonathan Tah	CB	Germany	Bayern München	87	87
3	Abby Dahlkemper	CB	United States	Bay FC	80	80
4	Kayla Sharples	CB	United States	Kansas City Current	78	79
5	Tara Rudd	CB	United States	Washington Spirit	77	82

Top Players with Defender +

William SalibaCB88

Millie BrightCB87

Rúben DiasCB87

Iñigo MartínezCB84

Antonio RüdigerCB84

Alex GreenwoodCB84

Ezri KonsaCB84

Vanessa GillesCB84

Glódís Perla ViggósdóttirCB84

Maya Le TissierCB84

Naomi GirmaCB84

Stefan de VrijCB83

Francesco AcerbiCB83

Matthias GinterCB83

José María GiménezCB83

Elena LinariCB83

Griedge MbockCB83

Manuel AkanjiCB83

Waldemar AntonCB83

Emily SonnettCB83

Sara DoorsounCB83

Laia AleixandriCB83

Pau CubarsíCB83

Thiago SilvaCB82

Kalidou KoulibalyCB82

Emre CanCB82

Fabian SchärCB82

Alessio RomagnoliCB82

Aymeric LaporteCB82

Saki KumagaiCB82

Magdalena ErikssonCB82

Kadeisha BuchananCB82

Josué ChiamuleraCB82

Matthijs de LigtCB82

Alessandro BuongiornoCB82

Edmond TapsobaCB82

VivianCB82

Sophia KleinherneCB82

Millie TurnerCB82

Micky van de VenCB82

Maëlle LakrarCB82

Maria MéndezCB82

Lauren LealCB82

Manuela VanegasCB82

MurilloCB82

Nacho FernándezCB81

Danilo PereiraCB81

Harry MaguireCB81

Kathrin HendrichCB81

Amanda IlestedtCB81

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT
1	William Saliba	CB	France	Arsenal	88	90
2	Millie Bright	CB	England	—	87	87
3	Rúben Dias	CB	Portugal	Manchester City	87	87
4	Iñigo Martínez	CB	Spain	Al Nassr	84	84
5	Antonio Rüdiger	CB	Germany	Real Madrid	84	84
6	Alex Greenwood	CB	England	Manchester City	84	84
7	Ezri Konsa	CB	England	Aston Villa	84	85
8	Vanessa Gilles	CB	Canada	Bayern München	84	84
9	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	CB	Iceland	Bayern München	84	84
10	Maya Le Tissier	CB	England	Manchester United	84	89
11	Naomi Girma	CB	United States	Chelsea	84	88
12	Stefan de Vrij	CB	Netherlands	Inter	83	83
13	Francesco Acerbi	CB	Italy	Inter	83	83
14	Matthias Ginter	CB	Germany	SC Freiburg	83	83
15	José María Giménez	CB	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid	83	83
16	Elena Linari	CB	Italy	London City Lionesses	83	83
17	Griedge Mbock	CB	France	Paris Saint-Germain	83	83
18	Manuel Akanji	CB	Switzerland	Inter	83	83
19	Waldemar Anton	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	83	83
20	Emily Sonnett	CB	United States	Gotham FC	83	83
21	Sara Doorsoun	CB	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	83	83
22	Laia Aleixandri	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	83	89
23	Pau Cubarsí	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	83	89
24	Thiago Silva	CB	Brazil	FC Porto	82	82
25	Kalidou Koulibaly	CB	Senegal	Al Hilal	82	82
26	Emre Can	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	82	82
27	Fabian Schär	CB	Switzerland	Newcastle United	82	82
28	Alessio Romagnoli	CB	Italy	Lazio	82	82
29	Aymeric Laporte	CB	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao	82	82
30	Saki Kumagai	CB	Japan	London City Lionesses	82	82
31	Magdalena Eriksson	CB	Sweden	Bayern München	82	82
32	Kadeisha Buchanan	CB	Canada	Chelsea	82	82
33	Josué Chiamulera	CB	Brazil	Santos	82	82
34	Matthijs de Ligt	CB	Netherlands	Manchester United	82	84
35	Alessandro Buongiorno	CB	Italy	Napoli	82	86
36	Edmond Tapsoba	CB	Burkina Faso	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	82	83
37	Vivian	CB	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao	82	85
38	Sophia Kleinherne	CB	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	82	86
39	Millie Turner	CB	England	Manchester United	82	82
40	Micky van de Ven	CB	Netherlands	Tottenham Hotspur	82	85
41	Maëlle Lakrar	CB	France	Real Madrid	82	87
42	Maria Méndez	CB	Spain	Real Madrid	82	87
43	Lauren Leal	CB	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid	82	87
44	Manuela Vanegas	CB	Colombia	Brighton & Hove Albion	82	88
45	Murillo	CB	Brazil	Nottingham Forest	82	86
46	Nacho Fernández	CB	Spain	Al Qadsiah	81	81
47	Danilo Pereira	CB	Portugal	Al Ittihad	81	81
48	Harry Maguire	CB	England	Manchester United	81	81
49	Kathrin Hendrich	CB	Germany	Chicago Stars FC	81	81
50	Amanda Ilestedt	CB	Sweden	Eintracht Frankfurt	81	81

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