They say a strong soccer team starts at the back, and nowhere is that truer than in the centre of defence—after all, you can’t win games if you keep conceding, no matter how good your attack is.
The same holds in EA FC 26.
While goals may come a bit more freely in the game than in real life, having a pair of elite centre backs can be the difference between winning or losing, lifting silverware or falling short, and dominating or struggling in Weekend League.
With that in mind, here are the 15 best centre backs in this year’s game, based on their official ratings at release.






