Center Backs are the backbone of any defense in FC Mobile. The best ones combine strength, positioning, and composure to stop attacks before they turn into goals. While many players focus on pace, a good CB needs more than that. Height, aggression, and smart positioning are what truly set them apart in high level play.
Best CB
Here’s the latest ranking of the best Center Backs in FC Mobile 26 based on real in-game performance, stats, and current meta trends.
Lúcio
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
Dives Into Tackles Trait- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Amazing Dribbling
- ✅ Great Passing
- ✅ Great Stamina
- ❌ None
Maldini
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- Dives Into Tackles Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Great Dribbling
- ✅ Decent Stamina
Early Crosser Trait
- ❌ None
Stam
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- ✅ Amazing Heading
- ✅ Amazing Pace
- ✅ Good Dribbling
- ❌ No Defensive Traits
- ❌ Average Stamina
Van Dijk
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
Power Header Trait- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Outstanding Pace
- ✅ Great Dribbling
Long Passer Trait
- ❌ Bad Stamina
Ferdinand
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- Dives Into Tackles Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- Power Header Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Great Pace
- ✅ Decent Dribbling
- ❌ Medium Defending Work Rate
- ❌ Average Stamina
Barzagli
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- Dives Into Tackles Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Pace
- ❌ Bad Stamina
Chiellini
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- Dives Into Tackles Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Great Pace
- ✅ Decent Dribbling
- ✅ Decent Stamina
Long Throw Trait
- ❌ None
Saliba
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Amazing Pace
- ✅ Aggressive
- ✅ Good Dribbling
- Long Passer Trait
- ❌ Bad Stamina
Beckenbauer
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Amazing Pace
- ✅ Amazing Dribbling
- ✅ Amazing Strength
- ✅ Amazing Passing
Play Maker Trait- Long Passer Trait
- ✅ Good Stamina
- ✅ Decent Shooting
Long Shot Taker Trait
- ❌ No Defensive Traits
Blanc
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
- ✅ Exceptional Heading
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Pace
- ✅ Amazing Dribbling
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ Good Passing
- ❌ No Defensive Traits
Other Positions:
In EA Sports FC Mobile 26, the Center Back (CB) is one of the most vital positions after the goalkeeper. Choosing the wrong defender can quickly expose your backline and lead to unnecessary goals.
A good center-back must excel in both physical and tactical areas. Key attributes include Marking, Interceptions, Aggression, Standing Tackle, Sliding Tackle, Heading, and Strength. These determine how well a CB tracks runs, wins duels, and blocks shots.
Height also plays a major role. Taller defenders tend to dominate aerial battles and are especially effective when defending corners or long balls. Pairing them with a slightly faster partner helps maintain balance between physical presence and recovery pace.
The current meta favors center-backs with a Low/High work rate, staying deep to protect the goal while maintaining strong defensive awareness. CBs with medium or high attacking work rates can be too aggressive, often stepping out of position and leaving gaps behind. To handle this, many players pair an aggressive CB with a more conservative “cover” type defender for better stability.
When it comes to traits, Dives Into Tackles and Power Header are the most useful. The first helps in winning ground duels effectively, while the latter gives an edge during corners and aerial challenges.
Cheap Beast CBs
Looking for an affordable center-back with good gameplay? Check out the cheap beast center-back recommendations below.
These center-backs have lower OVRs, but their gameplay becomes quite impressive when ranked up and trained.
| Name | OVR | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Vidić | 105 | TOTY |
| Blanc | 105 | Ballon d’Or |
| Stam | 105 | Hero Chronicles |
| Cannavaro | 105 | Ballon d’Or |
| Nesta | 105 | Thunderstruck |
| Ferdinand | 105 | Winter Wonders |
| Kompany | 105 | Winter Wonders |
| Desailly | 105 | TOTY |
| Lucio | 104 | Ballon d’Or |
| Kohler | 105 | Trophy Titans |
Please note that all of these CBs need to be Ranked and trained to display their best gameplay. The higher their Rank and Training Levels, the better their gameplay becomes.
You must also activate their Skills using Skill Points to maximize their stats. Center Backs have six types of skills to choose from: Defending, Passing, Physical, No-Nonsense Centre-Back (Unlocks after Defending reaches Lvl. 3), Ball-Playing Defender (Unlocks after Passing reaches Lvl. 3), and Libero (Unlocks after Physical reaches Lvl. 3). Please read the guide on Skills and Skill Points here.
EA can do buffs or nerfs on goalkeepers in FC Mobile, and EA also always releases new cards along with new events, so the list above can change at any time. We’ll make an effort to regularly update this list of the best center-backs in FC Mobile 26.
Please comment below if you have a good CB player’s recommendation besides the list above.
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Which is bette?
102 gabriel or,
102 king
Please recommend best pairing for 95-100 MLS event Nesta 🛐
Who should l get 99 TOTY Maldini or 101 HOL Baresi 🙏
Maldini
Who is better 103 gimenez or 103 Marquinhos
marquinhos
Company maldini Kohler hummel who is better
Kohler
kohler is better than them
maldini , company, kohler, hummels in that order
maldini company kohler hummels in that order
Give me 103 van digk and 103 stam please 🥺🥺
Just use van dijk, saliba, schlotterback, maldini cards at high levels every other defenders are mid,
Are 97 maldini and 98 van d perform almost same as their 99 card?
Are they better than 100 rudigar and saliba??
And king 102 ?
yes they are but only if they are at least 20+ levels trained
Who is best…..
1.BLANC
2.KOEMAN
Blanc
Koeman
Is varane 101 better than hummels 99
yes
Pls answer whats more better van dijk or blanc?
Who is better 99 dynasty King or 99 HOL Koeman
Koeman
I have 97 maldini and 98 rudiger but I’m thinking of selling rudiger red rank for ~114million
Who should I pick instead of rudiger? Should I even sell rudiger at all?
I have 98 Márquez and 98 van Dijk, renderz is showing overall better stock stats for Márquez (2589 vs 2469). Is it still better to pick Dijk?
Those total stats are useless because what matters most for CBs are their defending-related stats.
What about 100 retro stars Rudiger
He is in the top 15 or 20.
If you could pick 3 CBs from this list who would you choose:
Maldini
Blanc
Rijkaard
Baresi
Cannavaro
Maldini, Blanc, Cannavaro
Thanks!
I did as you said only yo get 101 Kompany in a Retro Stars pack.
Which 3 should I use now:
Maldini
Cannavaro
Blanc
Kompany
I’m thinking of selling Blanc. Thoughts?
I use a back 3 for my formation if that helps.
Maldini.
Blanc.
Cannavaro.
Should 101 kompany and 99 blanc as a duo ?
If you want to. They’re good.
Any update pls?
We have updated it.
So what about ferdinand 101 and baresi 101 hol are they good? Especially ferdinand?
We’ve updated the list. Please check it out.
What about 100 Saliba and 100 Giménez? I have both of them and they’re phenomenal. 100 Saliba seems like a one up of the 99 Van Dijk when comparing stats of them in the game. I also don’t see 101 Cannavaro on the list. Are they bad?
Cannavaro is fast and a good tackler, but unfortunately he’s not that good on aerial duels because of his height.
Between 98 Nesta 98 Saliba and 98 Ruben who would you recommend
Saliba/Nesta
How is cannavaro 101 hol and gimenez 100 Copa America I have both but are they good?
Hey when will the CBs be updated? There’s a ton of other people added
We’ve updated it now.
Update?
hello, please make a list with top 10 cheap players for each position, like you did for the goalkeeper, it would help us a lot, thank you very much!
We will try! Thanks for the feedback.
Can you update all lists to FC Mobile players?
What about 114 de ligt, Please update the list
He is already on the list
What about heroes journey ricardo carvalho?
Hey there is a 111 card named jose fonte he is outstanding in defending,strength,tackling and others also , so you can place this card in top 10 list
Hi, I would like to ask about the HOL players (Lucio and Campbell etc) since some of them can get in f2p and it’s good too.
Sol Campbell Star Pass and Jürgen Kohler (HoL Icon) are already on the list. Given the many excellent center-backs in the game right now, we simply can’t include them all.
ah i see thanks
Vieri is a striker not a centre back.
We know it.
vieri is central back
you don’t know that
Holding is no more a CB boost. It’s a CM & CDM boost
Also Tackling boost increases marking, stand tackle, slide tackle and acceleration. So it might be the best boost if ur CB is already having good strength
who is best cb – Alaba (92) , Koulibaly (93) , manolas (93) please tell me
Where are ST, RW, CM, LW,… We need all of them
Why no Vidic – 98 prime icon ???
Because he is a Prime Icon, and not achievable by f2p. Moreover, Prime Icon is guaranteed to have one of the best gameplay, so voting is not needed to be sure about it.
@Admin Where are the 110 ovr players of Preseason event????
Please update the list….
Zagadou???
Where is cahill? He is a beast
Where is Thiago Silva and Nicholas Otamendi they are beast
I have O Brien 85 CB The Emirates FA CUP…the guy is a beast, nobody gets past him
Kumbulla is way better then sanchez and alderwareld stopper…
99 Sokratis Should be in the top ten
Update needed with Treasure Hunt cards – Sokraitis 99ovr and Maldini 104ovr
Tough fight between Puyol, Vand dijk and Maldini
How is Bobby Moore (95 Icons) with Holding SB?. Although the attacking/defensive work rate is medium and has low height ,but he has good stats.
Thiago Silva 98 TOTSSF is good and has Holding SB
Opara, Acerbi, Thiago Silva WHERE ARE THEY
why is no body talking about bundesliga rivals akanji.he is a beast for heading.if you are playing against a hard team and you get a corner he will help you.not only that,he is nice also in defeding.he have 132 heading.my suggestion.
No. Akanji is trash. His defending stats are trash and even worse is his skill boost.
opara totssf!!!!!!!, he’s a beast at 100, I have him at 90 and hes insane already. Super fast
Soyoncu 93 Leicester City, totssf
Is he good ? Can he do good header?
Yes, he is very good when trained up. His heading, strength and aggression are all exceptional.
Simon Kjaer??? Top Transfer 97??
Where is Ramos (101) TOTSSF ???
gabriel 98?
Can I please ask, which is better ginter(88 rated) or elvedi(bundesliga rivals)