Central Midfielders (CMs) are the engine of every team in FC Mobile. They connect defense and attack, control possession, and dictate the tempo of play. The best CMs in the current meta are those who can contribute on both ends, creating chances while still helping recover the ball when out of possession.
The Best CMs
Here’s the latest ranking of the best Central Midfielders in FC Mobile 26 based on real in-game performance, stats, and current meta trends.
Zidane
- ✅ Exceptional Passing
Play Maker Trait
Long Passer Trait- ✅ Outstanding Pace
- ✅ ★★★★★ Weak Foot
- ✅ Outstanding Shooting
Outside Foot Shot Trait
Finesse Shot Trait- ✅ Outstanding Dribbling
- ✅ Amazing Strength
- ✅ Amazing Finishing
- ✅ Good Free Kick
- ✅ Good Heading
- ✅ Decent Stamina
Flair Trait
- ❌ None
De Bruyne
- ✅ Exceptional Passing
- Play Maker Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Crossing
Early Crosser Trait- ✅ Exceptional Shooting
- ✅ ★★★★★ Weak Foot
Long Shot Taker Trait- ✅ Exceptional Dribbling
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Amazing Strength
- ✅ Aggressive
- ✅ Great Finishing
- ✅ Great Free Kick
- ✅ Great Defending
- ✅ Great Stamina
- ❌ Bad Heading
Kroos
- ✅ Exceptional Passing
- Play Maker Trait
- Long Passer Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Crossing
- ✅ Exceptional Dribbling
- ✅ Exceptional Shooting
- ✅ ★★★★★ Weak Foot
- Long Shot Taker Trait
- ✅ Outstanding Pace
- ✅ Great Free Kick
- ✅ Great Finishing
- ✅ Great Strength
- ✅ Great Defending
- ✅ Decent Stamina
- ❌ Average Heading
Vieira
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Defending
Dives Into Tackles Trait- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Outstanding Dribbling
- ✅ Outstanding Heading
Power Header Trait- ✅ Amazing Shooting
- ✅ Amazing Passing
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ High Att/Def Work Rates
- ❌ Average Crossing
Sócrates
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Exceptional Passing
- ✅ Exceptional Shooting
- ✅ ★★★★★ Weak Foot
- Outside Foot Shot Trait
- Long Shot Taker Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Dribbling
- ✅ Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Finishing
- ✅ Amazing Crossing
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ Great Free Kick
Powerful Driven Free Kick Trait- ✅ Great Heading
- ✅ Great Defending
- Flair Trait
Gullit
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Outstanding Shooting
- ✅ ★★★★★ Weak Foot
- ✅ Amazing Passing
- Play Maker Trait
- ✅ Amazing Dribbling
- ✅ Amazing Defending
- ✅ Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ Great Free Kick
- Powerful Driven Free Kick Trait
- ✅ Great Heading
- Power Header Trait
- ✅ Good Finishing
- ✅ Decent Crossing
- ❌ None
Hamšík
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Outstanding Dribbling
- ✅ Outstanding Shooting
- ✅ ★★★★★ Weak Foot
- Long Shot Taker Trait
- ✅ Outstanding Passing
- Long Passer Trait
- Play Maker Trait
- ✅ Amazing Defending
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ Aggressive
- ✅ Great Finishing
- ✅ Great Crossing
- ✅ Decent Heading
- ✅ High Att/Def Work Rates
- ❌ None
Bellingham
- ✅ Exceptional Dribbling
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Shooting
- ✅ Outstanding Pace
- ✅ Outstanding Finishing
- ✅ Outstanding Passing
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Defending
- Dives Into Tackles Trait
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ Decent Heading
- ✅ Decent Crossing
- Flair Trait
- ✅ High Att/Def Work Rates
- ❌ None
Gerrard
- ✅ Exceptional Shooting
- Long Shot Taker Trait
- Outside Foot Shot Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Passing
- Play Maker Trait
- Long Passer Trait
- ✅ Exceptional Dribbling
- ✅ Outstanding Strength
- ✅ Outstanding Pace
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Defending
- ✅ Amazing Crossing
- ✅ Great Finishing
- ✅ Great Stamina
- ✅ Good Free Kick
- ✅ High Att/Def Work Rates
- ❌ Average Heading
Valverde
- ✅ Exceptional Strength
- ✅ Exceptional Pace
- ✅ Outstanding Shooting
- Long Shot Taker Trait
- Outside Foot Shot Trait
- ✅ Outstanding Dribbling
- ✅ Outstanding Defending
- ✅ Very Aggressive
- ✅ Amazing Passing
- Long Passer Trait
- ✅ Amazing Stamina
- ✅ Decent Finishing
- ✅ High Att/Def Work Rates
- ❌ Average Crossing
- ❌ Average Heading
Other Positions:
In FC Mobile 26, Central Midfielders play one of the most flexible roles on the pitch. Depending on your formation and playstyle, a CM can be a box-to-box midfielder, an attacking playmaker, or a defensive-minded controller.
For a box-to-box CM, key attributes are Pace, Stamina, Strength, Passing, and Shooting, as they need to move up and down the field constantly. An attacking CM benefits more from Dribbling, Ball Control, Finishing, and Long Shot, helping drive the offense and support strikers in scoring opportunities. On the other hand, a defensive CM should focus on Marking, Interceptions, Aggression, and Tackling to maintain midfield stability.
Ideally, your CM should have at least a 4★ Weak Foot, allowing smoother passing and shooting from either side. Players with traits like Long Shot Taker or Playmaker can provide an extra edge in tight matches.
In the current meta, well-balanced CMs with solid defending and attacking stats are the most valuable, especially in formations that rely on transitions and fast counterattacks.
Cheap Beast CMs
Looking for a budget-friendly central midfielder with solid gameplay? Check out our cheap beast CM recommendations below. Their base OVR may be lower, but once ranked up and trained, they can perform impressively in matches.
| Name | OVR | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Yaya Toure | 105 | Winter Wonders |
| Milinkovic-savic | 107 | TOTS |
| Barkley | 107 | Captains |
| Marchisio | 106 | Songkran Splash |
| Patrick Vieira | 104 | Ballon d’Or |
| De Bruyne | 104 | Ballon d’Or |
| Schweinsteiger | 105 | TOTY |
| Scholes | 104 | Thunderstruck |
| Pirlo | 104 | Ballon d’Or |
| Xabi Alonso | 104 | Trophy Titans |
Please note that all CMs 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. Central Midfielders have six types of skills to choose from: Defending, Passing, Physical, Ball-Winning Midfielder (Unlocks after Defending reaches Lvl. 3), Playmaker (Unlocks after Passing reaches Lvl. 3), and Box-To-Box (Unlocks after Physical reaches Lvl. 3).
EA can do buffs or nerfs on central midfielders 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 try to regularly update this list of the best CMs in FC Mobile 26.
If you have a good CM player recommendation besides the list above, please comment below.
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Why didn’t you added 110 pirlo?
Because he’s not in the top 10 rankings.
defensively lacking and pace wise too, but i think 112 modric deserves top 10
I was a bit disappointed with Socrates tbh, felt like he just disappeared at times maybe gets better with a buff. I tried the CAM Bellingham at CM and was very good, especially on the offensive end he was superb. Currently using Kroos and the Ballon D’Or Zidane, tried KDB but in a 424 Kroos just fits better. Kroos just seems to make the perfect pass all the time, makes great runs, great speed and shot, and seems to break up everything defensively. He plays better then the stats say he should forsure.
Isn’t that Zidane–KDB pair in a 424 a bit too offensive? I get why Kroos might fit better since he’s stronger defensively than Zidane/KDB. In midfield I also like running 2 CMs, and my favorites are Beckham, KDB, and Zidane. But I always keep a CDM to balance it out since they’re a bit too attacking and not that solid defensively.
I like to use the 424 to press, so KDB worked well with that but def got caught up lol. I gave it go because Gullit is also High/Medium, but it is odd not all guys with the same play style follow the same model. Gullit was everywhere at all times. My biggest issue with Kroos/Zidane is Eusebio dropping too far, MVB seems to be perfect with Mbappe/the CM pairing.
What about kdb and vitinha in a 424
Personally I would think they would be a bit too small. In the 424 your CM will need to be in the box to defend corners, unless you have VVD and Stam in there I would want one of the CM to be a bit taller. That is just what has worked for me.
I use UTOTS Gullit and the new Zidane at CM. It is so hard to replace Gullit because of how good he is in game lol. Considering upgrading one of them with Kroos, KDB, or Socrates. Socrates looks like an updates Gullit by the stats and everything.
Yeah, maybe that’s why EA rarely gives him the highest OVR anymore. They don’t want him to be too OP because he’s already the best without bumping his OVR or stats.
it is really insane lol just his stats and everything compared to even the newest cards you would think his card is at least 111. I did switch to Kroos but still sub in Gullit he is just a beast. With some of the high end legends, especially those still living and not recently retired, I wonder if part of that is they have to pay them more directly. I think the league/club holds a players NIL for a period which i would think Kroos still falls under. Would make sense why we have seen multiple Kroos in a short period of time but no Gullit or R9.
My opinion’s a bit different. I think it’s simple, EA rarely releases them so they can sell more packs. If they drop them at high OVR, people would just keep using them and not replace them until they’re outdated. That means fewer packs sold since players wouldn’t need new midfielders/attackers.
What about UCL declan rice
Hi, what about Xavi 111 captains? Isn’t he good?
Tots milinkovic or winter wonders toure
You can find newer, better cards just as cheap man. Some of the older cards are solid but really lack with how fast some of these cards are now.
Mcgregor
Why us velverde 111 rated so low ?
he is good but lacks traits and the 3* weak foot really hurts that card.
How is Callum McGregor from Captains ?
what about captains 110 odegaard
park ji sung 110 good?
is 110 de jong good?
I have 109 guti Ragnarok version and 109 hakam from grassroots i have to choose one which one is better my formation is defensive
Hakan Calhanoglu
I am surprised that there isn’t guti 109
Doesn’t calhanoglu make the list?
It’s debatable. He’s somewhere around 9th to 15th. He does have a 5★ weak foot and really good dribbling and passing, but UTOTS players like Pedri and Barella still have an edge because of their Diamond Skill Points.
Is hakan good
Yeah, he’s pretty good. 5* Weak Foot, good passing and dribbling.
Is 109 Bellingham (After Daybreak) good?
I use Barella and Pedri from UTOTS as CMs. Zico from Carnival completes my midfield as a CAM (I use the 4-3-3 offensive formation). Looking at the stats here makes me think that my mid lacks a lot of physical presence. To increase it, would you recommend me to invest in a CDM (like Touré from Ragnarok) to replace Zico (and play in a defensive 4-3-3) or to replace one of the CMs to a more physical one? I like Zico’s attacking style, but I also play with Arsenal in the PL challenge on a 4-3-3 defensive and I like it. Thanks!
Both approaches can work, but I’d personally go with the first option. I also use a 4-3-3 Holding setup with Rijkaard as the CDM, and TOTS De Bruyne and Beckham as my CMs.
Who should I pair my 110 Lampard with? Scholes or Alonso?
I’d go with Alonso. Lampard and Scholes have a similar playstyle, while Alonso is more defensive, better for balance.
What about new Schweinsteiger?
I’ve updated the list.
Guti?
Real good passing
Yeah, Guti has excellent passing and dribbling. But he’s a bit slow, has low physicality, and only a 3★ weak foot, which might hold him back depending on your playstyle.
What about Ragnarok Santi Cazorla(108) ??
He’s technically good. Great passing and control, but his low physicality and poor stamina hold him back.
What about szoboszlai?
He’s good. The only downside is his stamina and his M/M work rates.
League exchange Modric is beast when he is trained up and can even shoot finesse shot with weak foot even though he hat 4* weak foot (of course from long distance)
Inferno Scholes?
I’ve added him.
You should uptade those cheap beast because there are lots of change in price after ovr upgrade
Yeah, I’m planning to update them ASAP. Appreciate the feedback!
Xavi?
He is good technically but lacks physical presence and strength.