Are you building your squad but you are not sure about which defenders you should buy ? Take our suggestions of the best defenders for FIFA 15 Career Mode.
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In this article we will suggest the best defenders for FIFA 15 Career Mode that you should be able to use in your low, medium or large budget club. Keep in mind that the best players for us may not be for you. It depends of your other players, formation, transfer budget, wages budget, play style, preferences, etc…
We will suggest defenders of three categories:
- Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
- Best Deals
Decent Defenders that you can find at good prices or ending their contracts.
- Best Young
Young Defenders with great growth and that will be top players in the future.
Best Centre Backs (CB) for FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best CB’s for FIFA 15 Career Mode
Our Choice: SERGIO RAMOS
Nationality: Spain
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 87
Potential: 87
Age: 28
There are several good players for this position but some of them can only be used with a pacey team mate next to them. Piqué and Hummels are two good examples. If you have a nice wallet, Ramos will do his work very well.
Best Alternative: MEHDI BENATIA
Nationality: Morocco
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 84
Potential: 86
Age: 27
Benatia has signed for Bayern Munich in one of the summer’s biggest transfers and he is now one of the best defenders of the game. Thiago Silva could be in this position too but his age is not so good.
Second Best Alternative: RAPHAEL VARANE
Nationality: France
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 81
Potential: 88
Age: 21
If you don’t have so much money, you can try another Madrid’s centre back. Varane is young, has good defending stats, is fast enough and he will be the best defender in a couple of years. In the one hundred best rated centre backs,, he is the one with highest potential growth.
Best CB’s Deals in FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best Deal: NICOLAS NKOULOU
Nationality: Cameroon
Club (first season): Marseille
Rating: 79
Potential: 85
Age: 24
Who already have played with him, probably knows that he is a good, fast and balanced defender. He ends his contract with Marseille in 2015, so you can get him for free.
Best Alternative: FABIAN SCHÄR
Nationality: Switzerland
Club (first season): FC Basel
Rating: 75
Potential: 84
Age: 23
If you are building a team for the future you probably will want to give a chance to Schär and discover by yourself why he is one of the favourite defenders of the community. And yes, his contract his coming to the end.
Second Best Alternative: GIORGIO CHIELLINI
Nationality: Italy
Club (first season): Juventus
Rating: 84
Potential: 84
Age: 30
Have you ever heard about Chiellini ? Of course you heard. He was one of the best defenders of previous years and he is still a great player in any team. Like it happens with Gary Cahill, his contract is valid only until 2015.
Best Young CB’s in FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best Promise: AYMERIC LAPORTE
Nationality: France
Club (first season): Athletic Bilbao
Rating: 81
Potential: 88
Age: 20
Laporte is already a very good player but in good hands he can be one of the best defenders of the game in only two or three seasons. He is a must-buy.
Best Alternative: MARQUINHOS
Nationality: Brazil
Club (first season): PSG
Rating: 77
Potential: 86
Age: 20
If you are looking for someone faster, Marquinhos may be a good acquisition. It will be not easy to convince PSG to sell him but if you manage a rich club, you have good chances.
Second Best Alternative: KURT ZOUMA
Nationality: France
Club (first season): Chelsea
Rating: 74
Potential: 84
Age: 20
Zouma is not prepared to be a first option yet but in the future he may be important in your team. If you can not afford Marquinhos or Laporte, this young man may be who you are looking for.
More young centre backs you should try:
– For Medium / High Quality Teams
- Shkodran Mustafi (Germany | Valencia CF)
Matthias Ginter (Germany | Borussia Dortmund)
Niklas Süle (Germany | 1899 Hoffenheim)
John Stones (England | Everton)
– For Low Quality Teams
- Jonathan Tah (Germany | F. Düsseldorf)
Nathan Aké (Netherlands | Chelsea)
Jean-Charles Castelletto (France | AJ Auxerre)
Best Right Backs (RB) for FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best RB’s for FIFA 15 Career Mode
Our Choice: ŁUKASZ PISZCZEK
Nationality: Poland
Club (first season): Borussia Dortmund
Rating: 82
Potential: 82
Age: 29
Now that Lahm is not a RB any more, there is a huge lack of quality players for this position. Piszczek is one of the good choices.
Best Alternative: PABLO ZABALETA
Nationality: Argentina
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 82
Potential: 82
Age: 29
Zabaleta is a good defender that would be a good addition to any team. The problem is that he is playing in a rich club that will not let him go away for a low price.
Second Best Alternative: CARVAJAL
Nationality: Spain
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 79
Potential: 83
Age: 22
Much younger than the first two, Carvajal is a good choice even to top teams. In our opinion, he is better than Danilo, Séamus Coleman and
Rafael.
Best RB’s Deals in FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best Deal: DANI ALVES
Nationality: Brazil
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 83
Potential: 83
Age: 31
No, we haven’t forgot about Dani Alves. We just think that for his age you should not pay much money for him. In fact, a good deal is to sign him for free at the end of the first season.
Best Alternative: MICAH RICHARDS
Nationality: England
Club (first season): Fiorentina
Rating: 77
Potential: 79
Age: 26
Strong and with a great stamina, Micah Richards is a good player that could fit very well in decent teams. Specially if you don’t have to pay nothing to buy him…
Second Best Alternative: IGNAZIO ABATE
Nationality: Italy
Club (first season): Milan
Rating: 74
Potential: 79
Age: 28
There are several good RB’s ending their contracts in the end of first season, but if you are looking for some one really fast, you must try Abate. He is the faster player in this position.
Best Young RB’s in FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best Promise: MATTIA DE SCIGLIO
Nationality: Italy
Club (first season): Milan
Rating: 76
Potential: 86
Age: 22
The Milan’s right back is very fast and may start playing in your team right now. If he gets enough chances, he will be one of the best players in his position.
Best Alternative: SERGE AURIER
Nationality: Ivory Coast
Club (first season): PSG
Rating: 77
Potential: 84
Age: 22
This fast young player has a lot to learn. In good hands he may becomes a good player for any team. Try to buy him as soon as possible because he will grow up very fast and soon his price will be less…friendly.
Second Best Alternative: CALUM CHAMBERS
Nationality: England
Club (first season): Arsenal
Rating: 70
Potential: 83
Age: 19
Chambers will be a great player for sure. The only question is: will he play on your team or not ? If you are looking for the future, you need to buy him.
More young right backs you should try:
– For Medium / High Quality Teams
- DeAndre Yedlin (United States | Sounders FC)
João Cancelo (Portugal | Valencia CF)
Montoya (Spain | FC Barcelona)
– For Low Quality Teams
- Gianluca Pollace (Italy | Lazio)
Kevin Akpoguma (Germany | 1899 Hoffenheim)
Best Left Backs (LB) for FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best LB’s for FIFA 15 Career Mode
Our Choice: DAVID ALABA
Nationality: Austria
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 82
Potential: 87
Age: 22
There are other quality LB’s, but no one is as good as Alaba is with his age. Buy him and you will get a good defender for many years.
Best Alternative: MARCELO
Nationality: Brazil
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 82
Potential: 85
Age: 26
Marcelo is a top left-back in our days. Madrid may make you a fair price since they have Coentrão too.
Second Best Alternative: JORDI ALBA
Nationality: Spain
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 81
Potential: 85
Age: 25
Just like Marcelo, Jordi Alba is a great option to this position. However, you will have to pay a small fortune to have him. If you don’t have a good budget, you may try Alex Sandro.
Best LB’s Deals in FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best Deal: JON FLANAGAN
Nationality: England
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 71
Potential: 80
Age: 21
It is very hard to find quality players for this position that are out of contracts. If you plan to play several years, you may try Flanagan which contract expires in the end of the first season.
Best Alternative: DZHAMALDIN KHODZHANIYAZOV
Nationality: Turkmenistan
Club (first season): Zenit
Rating: 67
Potential: 81
Age: 18
This young player, with a very difficult name, is unknown for most of the football fans. However, he will be one of the top defenders in just a few seasons. A must buy even if he renews his contract before the end of the first season.
Second Best Alternative: PABLO ARMERO
Nationality: Colombia
Club (first season): Milan
Rating: 73
Potential: 77
Age: 28
If you want someone more experienced, you should know that Armero’s contract ends in 2015. He is one of the fastest LB’s of the game.
Best Young LB’s in FIFA 15 Career Mode
Best Promise: LUKE SHAW
Nationality: England
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 75
Potential: 86
Age: 19
Luke Shaw has contract with Manchester United until 2018, which shows how he is looked by the club as a strong promise for the future. He is extremely fast and has everything to be one of the best defenders of the world.
Best Alternative: LAYVIN KURZAWA
Nationality: France
Club (first season): AS Monaco
Rating: 76
Potential: 85
Age: 22
Kurzawa is another player with a great future and apparently easier to buy than Shaw.
Second Best Alternative: RICARDO RODRIGUEZ
Nationality: Switzerland
Club (first season): VfL Wolfsburg
Rating: 80
Potential: 84
Age: 22
You probably know him better from the World Cup, where he made amazing exhibitions. He is the right choice if you want someone to play in your first team right now.
More young left backs you should try:
– For High Quality Teams
- Alex Telles (Brazil | Galatasaray SK)
Alberto Moreno (Spain | Liverpool)
Lucas Digne (France | PSG)
– For Lower Quality Teams
- Ali Adnan (Iraq | Çaykur Rizespor)
Erik Durm (Germany | Borussia Dortmund)
Grimaldo (Spain | FC Barcelona B)
Nicola Murru (Italy | Cagliari)
If you want to check the best players for other positions, just click over it:
What about ultimate team? Especially i need a good BPL RB for my team.
For Ultimate Team suggestions, please check fifauteam.com website.
They will publish the BPL guide very soon.
Where is Pique??
There are better players than him.
he has 89 pot. the best cb after 2-3 seasons
pique is much better in passing. has 84 short pass and long pass. So how benatia is better than him
Benatia is much faster and that is something really important in FIFA 15.
faster. Benatia’s agility is just a bit higher. Pique’s sprint speed is better and his long passing is 20 points higher and he has 89 pot. His agility can reach Benatia’s agility in 1.5 season.
I respect your opinion but mine is different. Benatia has many things better than Pique, like stamina and strength. It depends of our play style, formation and team mates too.
No Fabio coentrao??
He is good but there are better LBs.
Too popular
For a young exciting left back you should also add Josè Gayà from Valencia CF. 19 years old.
and Mangala man city
We can not have them all here. He is a good player, yes.
No Mascherano? Seriously?
Yes. No Mascherano. He is old and there are better players.
No Mats Humels?????
Hi.
Has you can read in the guide, we explained why Hummels is not here. You just need to read.
Laporte is a mst buy? Im sure you mean must
Thank you.
There is a right back at Cordoba Fc known as Campa…something. He grows to skill 86 after 3 or 4 seasons. He should b on the list.
Eduard Campabadal, yes he’s good
Do you know of any guides that show decent buys for very low quality sides? I’m starting in the English League 2 for a challenge, and even those listed on your sites as good for ‘lower teams’ they are still well above what can be afforded by teams in League 2 and equivalents.
No. We can try to publish something for these cases later.
What about neymar he is epic and why do u only have cb and Lb Rb u should have others plz add other positions and don’t forget to add neymar
……. It says best DEFENDERS and LW is not defence
Where is Hummels he is better than Ramos young better and higher potential I think Ramos is too old
I already answered this one.
Phillip lahm still can play at rb so he is a good option
De Sciglio is better than carvajal
Superb article. Really helped me spice up myA Liverpool’s defence
Great! It’s good to know that we were useful.
No Alaba? He’s epic playing at a 86 for me w
Alaba is our first choice. Check again please.
I got Dani Alves to 86 so please cahge that tnx :}
s we published, the potentials are estimated average overalls. It can be higher or it can be lower.
this article was the only reason I found Laporte &De Sciglio,
I also found Alvaro Balanta; Colombian from River Plate thats a 75 at 21 so he’s a good buy as well.
Thank you.
Jores okore is fast strong and young and i he is a great investment.
Andrew Robertson from hull I have him and he’s 86 rated good young lb
is james rodriguez better than isco
Yes.
Great article, it helped me a lot. I got sciglio in the 1st season and played him every match and he hasn’t grown at all,any solution?
Thank you.
That is strange. Sometimes if you have an unpopular club it may be more difficult. Don’t know if that is the case.
Bryan Dabo, he was a CM before the update but now an RB. Absolute BEAST he can play anywhere in the backline or CM/CDM. I got him (before update) with my Fiorentina squad, 87 in 4 seasons. He’s also on an expiring contract i believe
Y is your bench so bad and where is wabara..lol
Which bench ?!
Get Sturridge he is beast man
I’m Tellin’ ya’all get Dr Sturridge
I bought De Sciglio 2 seasons ago sent him out on loan for a season played him every game until he got injured and hes is 73 rated! any ideas why?
Hi.
It depends of may factors. Maybe the club that got him in loan was not good enough.
Luke garbutt is the best Lb apart from alaba both at 92 after 4 seasons so dunno what 87 all about for alaba?
Sorry, but we don’t agree with you. You had luck with him because most of the times he doesn’t reach 80.
Luke garrbut got to 89 after 4 seasons for me
Thanks for all these articles cuz without them i dont what to do
Here is my squad
Formation:4.3.3
Gk: Mandanda : 92 : Age: 32
Lb:Ricardo Rodriguez: 85 : Age : 25
Cb : Varane: 83 : Age : 24
Cb: Marquinhous: 82 : Age : 23
Rb: O’Neil: 88: Age : 26
Cm: Pogba: 86 : Age : 24
Cam: James Rodriguez: 91: Age : 26
Cam: Eriksen: 91 : Age : 25
Lw: El Shaarawy:81 : Age : 24
St: Benzema:87: Age : 29
Rw: Sterling:88 : Age : 22
I m in 4rth season and thiz is my great starting 11… My subs r Multhap…Laporte..Zouma..Depay..Coutinhio..Lucas..Morata
If u wanna find great future Players with great potential …u will be seein in the news sayin One for the future … And the club name,,if it is a known club thn scout tht kid and u will be seeing how good he is…and buy thm bfre someone else does…let em out fr loan fr 2 seasons…and thn let em play in ur squad and they will grow like hell and be the best….good luck all
If u guyz wanna knw whts the age n their overall rating fr my sub soo plz let me knw
play varane at lcb and laporte at rcb in first season and in January transfer window they both reach an 84 overall from 81
Mattia is lb now not rb.
OK, but if you start a career now, he is still a RB.
Laporte is one of the best players ever! In my 2nd sesson he has 87!
Gaya grows really fast, he is young and fast great potential
For some reason I can’t make Depay to grow, I’m in my 3rd season and his still 79. Since the first year I bought him, his been on my first team but I don’t know what to do to make him grow and I know he has a great potential that’s why I’m trying.
Usually he grow up a lot but sometimes is different.
Check if he is happy, if he has gameplay time and if your team has decent players that may help him to grow.
I’m doing a new Chelsea career.
This is my shortlist:
Ross Barkley
Fabian Schar
Aymeric Laporte
Raphael Varane
Sami Khedira
Ricardo Rodriguez
Stephan El Shaarawy
Carvajal
Dani Alves
Richalro Zlvkovic
Any other ideas???
Pogba.
Hi! Can U suggest me an cb cheap and grows Really Really fast?
Schar and Nkoulou that you can get for free in the end of the first season.
What is with Petr Cech growing so fast in a Chelsea career mode?? He’s 32 and he’s now 88 overall.
Really cool.
Zivkovic is 17 and is a beast. He can grow by up to 20 in less than six seasons! Scored 37 goals in one season for me.
Erik Durm is not from Hoffenheim. He’s from Borussia Dortmund.
Thank you. Already fixed.
Comment:can neymar play RW
Yes, he can.
What about umtiti? He is fairly young and he did grow from 77 to 80 only in half a season!
He is not a top player but he is a good one for average teams.
Need good young left back with potential except the likes on this list… First season Man City
Alberto Moreno and Lucas Digne
for lb try jetro willems from psv has four star weak foot and four star skills gr8 option to buy around 7 mills
I’ve got Kompany, Varane and Laport wich one of them should I sell?
Kompany
who do you think is better Danielo or Laporte
Laporte
How is Daniele rugani?
He is one of the best defenders you can buy. He is not in this list because he is under 23 but you can find him here.
What about Semih Kaya?
Decent CB
Where is aubumeyang
Not on defenders list, for sure.
What about Dennis Diekmeier from Hamburg SV as a RB?In my opinion he is a yvery good player
He’s very fast but we believe that you can find several better right backs.
What about Danilo? I bought him at 79 and after one season he’s up to an 82..plus his long shots are awesome. The rb position takes time to develop since there are none in the game when you start career mode that are 85+ except for maybe dani alves (to the best of my knowledge)
De Sciglio grew to an 87 with blistering pace for me..Ended up being the best rb in the game
I got lucky with a fifa generated player at lb that grew to a 92 with 99 sprint speed/acceleration…
Danilo is a good RB too but De Sciglio is better.
Dyabala… He is a sharpshooter with wicked pace and reactions.. He is a bit costly. Like you have shell out 20 million for him.. Thrives on through ball. And his work rate omg…
facundo cardozo is a better option for lower teams at cb comes around 1.5million has overall of 65 and grows to 70 in first season.his pace and jumping are superb
Heres my squad with formation 4-4-2 with overall after 3 seasons :
LS – Oscar 94
RS – Neymar 93
LCM – A. Vidal 89
CDM – B. Schweinsteiger 91
RCM – Robben 93
LB – D. Alaba 88
LCB – Piqué 91
RCB – Luke Garbutt 94
RB – P. Lahm 90
GK – T. Courtois 89
Subs :
De Gea 89
Ozil 90
E. Hazard 92
Bale 89
S. Ramos 92
C. Fàbregas 91
T. Müller 90
A. Sanchez 93
Forgot to add my CAM lol?..
Reus and overall is 89
Top squad!
try this
gk:butland
rb:aurier
lb:willems
lcb:stones
rcb:zouma
rdm:kovacic
ldm:lucas romero
cam:vitinho
lm:depay
rm:sterling
st:vietto
Got one too much at the subs..Bale is amongst the reserves
Waar is tah?
Manuel Neuer 94
Ramos 91
Hummels 91
Boateng 91
Silva 89
Rues 93
Pogba 91
Gundogan 90
Bale 93
Rodriguez 93
Burke 91
My best 11
Honourable mentions
Immobile 89
Isco 90
Cherychev 89
Kroos 89
Varane 89
Jese 87
Baker 87
Courtois 88