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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Who better Gerrard or Ballack
Maybe Gullit
Gerrard can help out in defense and in attack while ballack whil help out in defense more because he’s a defensive midfielder
Add 106 OVR Riqui Puig he is a beast
Please add the new Top Prospects players
Are you going to do lists for every position?
Please put Retro Stars Aouar in this list!He is extremely great
How about Modric in Atlantis？
What about Maddison 101?
Why 99 rated Henderson is not in this list???
91 OVR TOTSSF Naïngolan.
Solid in defense, although his pace isn’t as high as the likes of Milinkovic-Savic (around 3 less), his shooting makes up for that, absolute beast at long shots and dribbling, better than Milinkovic in my opinion.
Your opinion is right. He should be on the list…
Where is Vierra? He has power header as attribute.. with tha height he will provide variety.
I think Vieira better than most of these players
Santi Cazorla? I have him at 97+14 and he’s beast
They put Cazorla
90 TOTSSF Nkunku is so much better than BLR 92 Neuhaus.
You should add nkunko
97 Europa League Moutinho?
Pls update with TOTSSF
101 Eggestein? He is powerful
update
kroos card showed up with ovr 95 and better state
in my opinion saul is not good as state
yes he is just one of the best player
Yes u are right…
Isnt wijnaldum 88 UCL any good!?? Wondered why he couldnt take the place on that chart!! Even at the bottom of the list
Is savanier easter good?
Yes near Gerrard
Can you consider Demirbay 93 from Carniball while updating the list ?
93 Demirbay Carniball is also good. Performs well for me.
Any reviews about 96 Serdar BLR ?
what about Rakitic from UCL 16 ?
I use serdar… Overall his pace and dribbling skills help me get ahead of defenders .. he also msnges to beat the offside trap and plays forward… If ur team is focusing on a Bundesliga cm .. go for it
I use Neuhaus. He has 99 pace at 92 + 11 and has very good long shot and curve. Another good choice if you want a Bundesliga CM.
How about a 85ovr Phil Foden from program UCL Round of 16 with the skill boost of passing?
Isn’t Saul from Carniball the best CM in the game right now? Or where should he be placed in this rating?
Yes.. He is one of, if not the best, CM at this moment.
why there’s no Sanson Star Pass on the list? I think he have a great stats
LM and RM please….
Can I pair Rooney from Thanksgiving with Vardy from Scream for Vsa with 4-1-2-1-2 narrow formation
Martial is better than Vardy
How is boxing day Ward Prowse
what about Youri Tielemans heartbreak 92?
what do you think about kessie LNY ?
Best rm in the game pls?
best lm in the game, pls?
What about Saúl? From carniball? Needed some advice, I have 11k gems and am planning to go for Saúl, haven’t missed on energy even once till now, should I?
Don’t worry, they will add daily match for 12 Blank Masks so a 97 OVR player is very possible for f2p
I have a feeling he will be amazing
should steven gerrard be on the list?
TOTY De Jong (94 OVR) or UCL 16 Rakitic (93 OVR). Which is better at CM in a 3-5-1-1 Formation.
He is extraordinary… Juzz go for it
How about TOTW Milinković-Savić? Which version would be better if trained up?
Please guide me how to make millions of coins easily in Fifa Mobile 20… Please please. I like this page so much as I find authentic guides from here. Please help me.
* best RM to buy from Epl please reply
Greenwood UEL
Cdm please
ndombele 89 LNY CDM
Rice 88 Carniball
I have made a Bundesliga squD I am pretty upset with it I wanna change my league which league shud I build up and How much it would cost me my current ovr is 103(170)
Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A are the most recommended because of the large selection of high OVR players in the market.
should i pair Arthur with Herrara or UEL SMS in a 4-3-3 attack? Currently have LNY Ndombele out of position next to Arthur. Trying to build a la liga/serie a team
Arthur is having pace 83. Does that affect his gameplay . I am thinking whether to buy him or not .
Keepers please
https://www.fifamobileguide.com/best-gk
Can you post the best CAM PLZ??
Coming soon
Oxalade is in my team he is not good
Need suggestion on right back. Please make one
Luckily the I have the best 3 midfielders in my squad 😎
KDB
De jong, and
Oxl
I think it should have n golo kante
Kante is CDM
Yes, Kante , and I have sold Chamberlain..He is not the 2nd best , even Federico Valverde is better, 91 ovr 11 skill boost [box to BoX 118 Short passing , 116 Long passing , 76 sliding tackle , speed is good , ball control marking , long shots , finishing everything is good , only thing is that physical is not good ]
True even boxing day ward Prowse is better
What about boxing day winks
He is decent. But 3 weak foot rating and low shooting stats aren’t worth the price.
You are doing fantastic work & I daily visits your website, keep it up.
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I am using UEL Milinković-Savić since his introduction. He is really good at intercepting the passes & for scoring those near post headers. 👍👍👍
What about CAM and CDM?
Will add it on the another post.
What’s the best pair of the above for 5-2-2-1?
I already have UCL Ox, UEL Milinkovic-Savic and Freeze Delaney.
What rating should I train SMS and Delaney to if any of them should go with Ox?
I am more inclined to use Ox and Delaney because both have High/High workrates, what would you suggest?
PS: I’m trying to reach H2H masters for Zidane
on H2H, SMS is one of the best. I suggest you to pick SMS over Delaney.
Ok, I think I will try all 3 with 4-3-3 what ratings shoud I train them?
Yes
What ratings do I train them??
Ward prowse??( Boxing)
That card is better than Oxlade-Chamberlain in midfielder stats
86 Zakaria
Need a list for Left Backs desperately.
Please make one.
Okay, we will. It’s on the waiting list.
thanks alot
means a lot