Best defenders in EA FC 27
Updated 25 October 2026 · tap a heading to sort · tap + to compare
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| # | Card | OVR | Console price | Defending | Def. Aware | Stand Tackle | Slide Tackle | Interceptions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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93 | 4.34M | 95 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 95 | |
| 2 |
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91 | 470K | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | |
| 3 |
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93 | 2.48M | 93 | 95 | 92 | 90 | 96 | |
| 4 |
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89 | 825K | 93 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 94 | |
| 5 |
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90 | 376K | 92 | 93 | 93 | 91 | 91 | |
| 6 |
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89 | 400K | 92 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 91 | |
| 7 |
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88 | 871K | 92 | 93 | 93 | 91 | 90 | |
| 8 |
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88 | 320K | 92 | 93 | 94 | 77 | 92 | |
| 9 |
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87 | 575K | 91 | 94 | 92 | 88 | 90 | |
| 10 |
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89 | 160K | 91 | 93 | 91 | 93 | 87 | |
| 11 |
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88 | 429K | 91 | 93 | 91 | 89 | 88 | |
| 12 |
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89 | 22.8K | 91 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 89 | |
| 13 |
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89 | 455K | 91 | 92 | 93 | 85 | 88 | |
| 14 |
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89 | 1.79M | 91 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 90 | |
| 15 |
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89 | 403K | 91 | 90 | 92 | 88 | 93 | |
| 16 |
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90 | 3.87M | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 93 | |
| 17 |
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89 | Extinct | 90 | 92 | 89 | 94 | 88 | |
| 18 |
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88 | 720K | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 87 | |
| 19 |
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89 | 2.2M | 90 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 89 | |
| 20 |
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89 | 165K | 90 | 91 | 93 | 86 | 88 | |
| 21 |
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89 | 951K | 90 | 91 | 89 | 92 | 92 | |
| 22 |
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88 | 875K | 90 | 91 | 92 | 87 | 89 | |
| 23 |
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88 | 650K | 90 | 91 | 92 | 89 | 85 | |
| 24 |
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88 | 279K | 90 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 90 | |
| 25 |
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88 | 233K | 90 | 91 | 89 | 91 | 88 | |
| 26 |
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88 | 2.68M | 90 | 90 | 93 | 89 | 86 | |
| 27 |
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88 | 34.2K | 90 | 89 | 92 | 89 | 89 | |
| 28 |
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87 | 897K | 90 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 91 | |
| 29 |
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89 | 1.18M | 89 | 91 | 87 | 88 | 92 | |
| 30 |
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88 | 12.5K | 89 | 91 | 90 | 88 | 88 | |
| 31 |
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86 | 563K | 89 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 87 | |
| 32 |
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89 | 1.13M | 89 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 89 | |
| 33 |
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89 | 1.14M | 89 | 90 | 90 | 82 | 87 | |
| 34 |
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88 | 260K | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 91 | |
| 35 |
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87 | 239K | 89 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 88 | |
| 36 |
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87 | 7.5K | 89 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 89 | |
| 37 |
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88 | 767K | 89 | 89 | 88 | 92 | 87 | |
| 38 |
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88 | 14.8K | 89 | 89 | 90 | 85 | 88 | |
| 39 |
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87 | 1.36M | 89 | 89 | 92 | 88 | 85 | |
| 40 |
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89 | 530K | 89 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 91 | |
| 41 |
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90 | 5.6M | 89 | 87 | 92 | 89 | 91 | |
| 42 |
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88 | 1.3M | 88 | 92 | 94 | 85 | 90 | |
| 43 |
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87 | 8K | 88 | 91 | 84 | 85 | 90 | |
| 44 |
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88 | 229K | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 88 | |
| 45 |
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88 | 355K | 88 | 90 | 91 | 89 | 92 | |
| 46 |
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88 | 2.55M | 88 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 88 | |
| 47 |
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91 | 945K | 88 | 88 | 90 | 84 | 90 | |
| 48 |
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86 | 179K | 88 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 86 | |
| 49 |
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91 | 2.09M | 88 | 87 | 89 | 88 | 89 | |
| 50 |
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89 | 830K | 88 | 87 | 92 | 85 | 93 | |
| 51 |
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87 | 495K | 88 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 88 | |
| 52 |
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89 | 2.29M | 88 | 86 | 91 | 91 | 86 | |
| 53 |
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88 | 2.29M | 88 | 84 | 92 | 85 | 92 | |
| 54 |
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88 | 628K | 87 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 88 | |
| 55 |
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88 | 659K | 87 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 89 | |
| 56 |
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87 | 7.9K | 87 | 88 | 88 | 84 | 84 | |
| 57 |
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86 | 92K | 87 | 88 | 87 | 90 | 87 | |
| 58 |
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85 | 86K | 87 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 89 | |
| 59 |
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87 | 475K | 87 | 87 | 88 | 92 | 85 | |
| 60 |
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87 | 7.4K | 87 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 87 | |
| 61 |
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86 | 6.3K | 87 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 86 | |
| 62 |
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87 | 81K | 87 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 88 | |
| 63 |
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87 | 451K | 87 | 86 | 89 | 85 | 88 | |
| 64 |
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89 | 740K | 86 | 90 | 84 | 94 | 89 | |
| 65 |
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85 | 49K | 86 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 87 | |
| 66 |
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85 | 3K | 86 | 90 | 84 | 84 | 85 | |
| 67 |
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88 | 556K | 86 | 89 | 88 | 90 | 88 | |
| 68 |
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86 | 23.5K | 86 | 89 | 86 | 85 | 84 | |
| 69 |
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87 | 9.9K | 86 | 88 | 84 | 85 | 89 | |
| 70 |
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86 | 5.6K | 86 | 88 | 85 | 84 | 85 | |
| 71 |
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84 | 2.9K | 86 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 83 | |
| 72 |
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83 | 900 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 84 | |
| 73 |
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88 | 1.11M | 86 | 87 | 89 | 87 | 89 | |
| 74 |
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87 | 7.5K | 86 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 83 | |
| 75 |
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86 | 27K | 86 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 85 | |
| 76 |
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86 | 47.8K | 86 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 84 | |
| 77 |
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86 | Extinct | 86 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 85 | |
| 78 |
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85 | 3K | 86 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 86 | |
| 79 |
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85 | Extinct | 86 | 87 | 85 | 88 | 88 | |
| 80 |
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84 | 1.3K | 86 | 87 | 89 | 81 | 82 | |
| 81 |
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84 | 1.1K | 86 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 85 | |
| 82 |
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83 | 1K | 86 | 87 | 87 | 81 | 83 | |
| 83 |
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86 | 107K | 86 | 86 | 90 | 88 | 89 | |
| 84 |
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85 | 15.2K | 86 | 86 | 87 | 84 | 87 | |
| 85 |
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84 | 1.2K | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 84 | |
| 86 |
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85 | 21.8K | 86 | 85 | 89 | 85 | 85 | |
| 87 |
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85 | 61K | 86 | 85 | 90 | 83 | 84 | |
| 88 |
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89 | 469K | 86 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 89 | |
| 89 |
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88 | 13.2K | 86 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 86 | |
| 90 |
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84 | Extinct | 86 | 83 | 89 | 86 | 83 | |
| 91 |
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87 | 132K | 85 | 88 | 85 | 87 | 86 | |
| 92 |
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85 | 3K | 85 | 88 | 85 | 84 | 83 | |
| 93 |
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85 | Extinct | 85 | 88 | 86 | 83 | 88 | |
| 94 |
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84 | 1K | 85 | 88 | 88 | 79 | 82 | |
| 95 |
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84 | 1K | 85 | 88 | 85 | 79 | 86 | |
| 96 |
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84 | 1.2K | 85 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 85 | |
| 97 |
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89 | 1.41M | 85 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 83 | |
| 98 |
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85 | 3K | 85 | 87 | 85 | 80 | 87 | |
| 99 |
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84 | 1.3K | 85 | 87 | 88 | 84 | 83 | |
| 100 |
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84 | 1.2K | 85 | 87 | 84 | 85 | 85 |
About this list
Outfield cards ranked by Defending, with Defensive Awareness as the tie-breaker.
Out of 17,957 matching cards, Maldini 93 (Base Icon) is top, followed by Baresi 91 and Beckenbauer 93. This list shows the top 100 and updates automatically every day as new cards are released.
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