Are you building your squad but you are not sure about which centre backs and full backs you should buy? Take our suggestions of the best defenders for FIFA 20 Career Mode.
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How to choose the Best Defenders
In this article we suggest the best defenders for FIFA 20 Career Mode that you should be able to use in your club. Keep in mind that the best players for us may not be for you. It depends on your club, other players, formation, transfer budget, wages budget, play style, preferences, etc…
To select the best players, we have mainly into consideration their stats, potential and age. That’s why a few old players are not in this list. Someone who will not be playing for more than two seasons in our club is not such a good buy as someone who will play for five or six seasons.
In our website we suggest defenders of three categories:
1 Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
2 Free Agents
Decent defenders that you can find for free or ending their contracts.
3 Best Young
Under 23 defenders with great growth. Potential future top players.
Best Centre Backs for FIFA 20 Career Mode
01 VIRGIL VAN DIJK
Nationality: 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 91
Potential (1): 92
Age: 27
Value: €84M
Wage: €285K
Van Dijk is the best defender in the world. Directly to the top of our choices, this centre-back has everything you need to keep your goal safe for many years.
02 KALIDOU KOULIBALY
Nationality: Senegal 🇸🇳
Club (first season): Napoli
Rating: 89
Potential (1): 91
Age: 28
Value: €63M
Wage: €150K
In this list, we have some young players who will be the best defenders in a few years. Older CBs like Sergio Ramos and Chiellini have no place in our choices. Koulibaly is in the middle of these two groups. It’s a solid centre-back, who play better than the young stars and is younger than the old experienced players.
03 MATTHIJS DE LIGT
Nationality: 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Club (first season): Juventus
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 93
Age: 19
Value: €47.5M
Wage: €62K
One day he will probably be better than Van Dijk. Can you imagine that? Insane!
04 RAPAHEL VARANE
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 90
Age: 26
Value: €42.5M
Wage: €205K
Varane must be one of the first buys in any major club. As simple as that. He is already one of the best defenders but the most impressive is his potential.
05 MARQUINHOS
Nationality: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Club (first season): Paris Saint-Germain
Rating: 86
Potential (1): 90
Age: 25
Value: €48.5M
Wage: €120K
There are so many good centre backs. Not all high-quality defenders achived this top 10. Marquinhos is one of the responsibles to left out Umtiti and other grat talents out of this list. He should be proud.
🏆 BEST CENTRE BACKS
TOP 10
01 🇳🇱 Virgil van Dijk
02 🇸🇳 Kalidou Koulibaly
03 🇳🇱 Matthijs de Ligt
04 🇫🇷 Raphaël Varane
05 🇧🇷 Marquinhos
06 🇫🇷 Lucas Hernández
07 🇩🇪 Niklas Süle
08 🇸🇰 Milan Škriniar
09 🇫🇷 Clément Lenglet
10 🇫🇷 Aymeric Laporte
Best Right Backs for FIFA 20 Career Mode
BEST CHOICE
01 JOÃO CANCELO
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 89
Age: 25
Value: €34M
Wage: €130K
Cancelo is having make part of our rankings for so many years. First, as a hot-prospect and now as the best right-back money can buy.
02 TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 89
Age: 20
Value: €30M
Wage: €90K
Is incredible to see someone of his age in the top 5 of the best defenders in FIFA 20 Career Mode. You will love everything in him.
03 NÉLSON SEMEDO
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 82
Potential (1): 87
Age: 25
Value: €24.5M
Wage: €150K
It isn’t easy to find a top-quality player like Nelson Semedo. In this top 10, six players are from Portugal or Spain.
04 JOSHUA KIMMICH
Nationality: 🇩🇪 Germany
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 86
Potential (1): 88
Age: 24
Value: €45M
Wage: €125K
Kimmich isn’t fast but, depending on your needs, he may be extremely useful. Don’t expect a typical right-back. He has good attributes to play in several positions of your team.
05 KYLE WALKER
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 84
Age: 29
Value: €23.5M
Wage: €165K
Kyle Walker is still a good choice for any team. He will not improve anymore but he’s already good enough to help your club.
🏆 BEST RIGHT BACKS
TOP 10
01 🇵🇹 João Cancelo
02 🏴 Trent Alexander-Arnold
03 🇵🇹 Nélson Semedo
04 🇩🇪 Joshua Kimmich
05 🏴 Kyle Walker
06 🇪🇸 Daniel Carvajal
07 🇪🇸 Héctor Bellerín
08 🇪🇸 Odriozola
09 🇵🇹 Ricardo Pereira
10 🇦🇱 Elseid Hysaj
Best Left Backs for FIFA 20 Career Mode
BEST CHOICE
01 ANDREW ROBERTSON
Nationality: Scotland 🏴
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 89
Age: 25
Value: €41M
Wage: €145K
Robertson had an amazing season and was rewarded with a huge upgrade. He is now the best left-back you can buy.
02 GRIMALDO
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): SL Benfica
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 87
Age: 23
Value: €28M
Wage: €18K
He is the type of player everyone loves. Balanced, fast, young and with a great potential, he is probably already in your list, right?
03 ALEX TELLES
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): FC Porto
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 86
Age: 26
Value: €30.5M
Wage: €23K
Alex Telles has been rumoured with many clubs and it’s easy to understand why. At least, add him to your watch list.
04 DAVID ALABA
Nationality: Austria 🇦🇹
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 86
Age: 27
Value: €35.5M
Wage: €135K
Alaba was donwgraded on his potential, but he is still one of the best player in his position. He’s not as fast as Alba, but he has other great skills.
05 FERLAND MENDY
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 80
Potential (1): 86
Age: 24
Value: €17M
Wage: €115K
It is not normal to see so many young full backs with high potential. Ferland mendy is just one of the best examples. With him in your team you don’t need anyone else. Hype!
🏆 BEST LEFT BACKS
TOP 10
01 🏴 Andrew Robertson
02 🇪🇸 Alejandro Grimaldo
03 🇧🇷 Alex Telles
04 🇦🇹 David Alaba
05 🇫🇷 Ferland Mendy
06 🇧🇷 Alex Sandro
07 🇪🇸 Jordi Alba
08 🇫🇷 Lucas Digne
09 🇧🇷 Marcelo
10 🇫🇷 Benjamin Mendy
Notes:
(1) Potential is an average of estimated rating a player can reach. It doesn’t mean that you will reach that overall nor that you won’t overcome it.