Besides the Goalkeeper, CB (Centre Back) is a vital position in EA Sports FC Mobile 25. Picking the wrong players can make your defense a mess and concede many goals.
Center-backs are the bedrock of your defensive strategy, tasked with the principal role of thwarting the opponent’s scoring attempts. A center-back lacking the requisite attributes can significantly weaken your defense.
Whether your formation includes two or three center-backs, it’s crucial they possess an optimal combination of speed, height, power, agility, and tactical acumen. A well-rounded center-back can not only deter but also intimidate opponents, making your defense considerably more formidable.
One of the most important stats for a CB is Marking. This stat determines whether your defender will always be closely marking the opposing player wherever he goes or just stunned when the opponent makes a skill move or tries to get past him.
Other important stats for CB are Interceptions, Aggression, Stand Tackle, Sliding Tackle, Heading, and Strength.
Best CB
Here are the best CBs in EAS FC Mobile 25.
Lúcio
OVR: 103
Program: Anniversary Hero
Height: 6’2″ (188 cm)
Weight: 84 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Dives Into Tackles trait + Amazing Heading + Power Header trait + Amazing Strength + Very Aggressive + Great Stamina + Good Pace | – None |
Virgil van Dijk
OVR: 103
Program: Trick or Treat
Height: 6’4″ (193 cm)
Weight: 92 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Amazing Heading + Power Header trait + Amazing Strength + Aggressive + Decent Pace | – Average Stamina |
Jaap Stam
OVR: 103
Program: Heroes
Height: 6’3″ (191 cm)
Weight: 86 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Amazing Heading + Amazing Strength + Very Aggressive + Decent Pace + Decent Stamina | – None |
Vidić
OVR: 101
Program: Retro Stars Icon
Height: 6’3″ (190 cm)
Weight: 84 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Amazing Heading + Power Header trait + Amazing Strength + Very Aggressive + Dives Into Tackles trait + Decent Pace + Decent Stamina | – None |
Cannavaro
OVR: 101
Program: Hall of Legends Icon
Height: 5’9″ (176 cm)
Weight: 75 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Dives Into Tackles trait + Amazing Strength + Great Heading + Decent Pace | – Height (aerial duels) – Average Stamina |
Mascherano
OVR: 103
Program: CONMEBOL Libertadores
Height: 5’9″ (174 cm)
Weight: 73 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Amazing Strength + Very Aggressive + Dives Into Tackles trait + Great Stamina + Good Pace | – Height (aerial duels) |
Kohler
OVR: 101
Program: Retro Stars Hero
Height: 6’1″ (186 cm)
Weight: 84 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Dives Into Tackles trait + Amazing Heading + Power Header trait + Amazing Strength + Very Aggressive + Great Stamina + Decent Pace | – None |
Schlotterbeck
OVR: 101
Program: Dynasties
Height: 6’3″ (191 cm)
Weight: 90 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Heading + Power Header trait + Amazing Strength + Great Defending + Dives Into Tackles trait + Decent Pace | – Average Stamina |
Ferdinand
OVR: 101
Program: Hall of Legends Icon
Height: 6’2″ (189 cm)
Weight: 87 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Great Heading + Power Header trait + Great Strength + Good Stamina + Decent Pace | – Medium Defending Work Rate |
Kompany
OVR: 101
Program: Retro Stars Hero
Height: 6’3″ (190 cm)
Weight: 85 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Dives Into Tackles trait + Amazing Heading + Amazing Strength + Aggressive + Decent Pace + Decent Stamina | – None |
Rüdiger
OVR: 100
Program: Retro Stars
Height: 6’3″ (190 cm)
Weight: 85 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Strength + Great Defending + Great Heading + Aggressive + Good Pace | – Average Stamina |
Hummels
OVR: 101
Program: Anniversary
Height: 6’3″ (191 cm)
Weight: 94 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Amazing Heading + Amazing Strength + Decent Pace | – Medium Defending Work Rate – Average Stamina |
Maldini
OVR: 99
Program: TOTS Icon
Height: 6’1″ (186 cm)
Weight: 83 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Defending + Dives Into Tackles trait + Great Heading + Great Strength + Decent Pace + Decent Stamina | – None |
Blanc
OVR: 99
Program: Euro Icon
Height: 6’4″ (192 cm)
Weight: 82 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Stamina + Great Defending + Good Heading + Good Strength + Decent Pace | – None |
Saliba
OVR: 100
Program: Euro
Height: 6’4″ (193 cm)
Weight: 85 kg
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| + Amazing Strength + Great Defending + Great Heading + Decent Pace | – Average Stamina |
Cheap Beast CBs
Looking for an affordable center-back with good gameplay? Check out the cheap beast center-back recommendations below.
These center-backs have lower OVRs, but their gameplay becomes quite impressive when ranked up and trained.
| Name | OVR | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Blanc | 95 | Icons |
| van Dijk | 94 | TOTY |
| van Dijk | 94 | Captains |
| Rio Ferdinand | 94 | Icons |
| Vidic | 95 | Centurions Icons |
| Nesta | 94 | Winter Wildcards Icons |
| Kompany | 94 | Heroes |
| Thiago Silva | 94 | Rulebreakers |
| Carvalho | 94 | Heroes |
| Maldini | 92 | Icons |
Please note that all of these CBs 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. Center Backs have six types of skills to choose from: Defending, Passing, Physical, No-Nonsense Centre-Back (Unlocks after Defending reaches Lvl. 3), Ball-Playing Defender (Unlocks after Passing reaches Lvl. 3), and Libero (Unlocks after Physical reaches Lvl. 3). Please read the guide on Skills and Skill Points here.
EA can do buffs or nerfs on goalkeepers 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 make an effort to regularly update this list of the best center-backs in FC Mobile 25.
Also, check out the best players in other positions :
Please comment below if you have a good CB player’s recommendation besides the list above.
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Trực says
Company maldini Kohler hummel who is better
Kartheeswaran says
Give me 103 van digk and 103 stam please 🥺🥺
Fgame says
Are 97 maldini and 98 van d perform almost same as their 99 card?
Are they better than 100 rudigar and saliba??
Jl says
And king 102 ?
Adri says
Who is best…..
1.BLANC
2.KOEMAN
admin says
Blanc
ToniKr8s says
Is varane 101 better than hummels 99
Prince says
Pls answer whats more better van dijk or blanc?
Holy01 says
Who is better 99 dynasty King or 99 HOL Koeman
admin says
Koeman
A7B7 says
I have 97 maldini and 98 rudiger but I’m thinking of selling rudiger red rank for ~114million
Who should I pick instead of rudiger? Should I even sell rudiger at all?
Leatherking says
I have 98 Márquez and 98 van Dijk, renderz is showing overall better stock stats for Márquez (2589 vs 2469). Is it still better to pick Dijk?
admin says
Those total stats are useless because what matters most for CBs are their defending-related stats.
Cristiano says
What about 100 retro stars Rudiger
admin says
He is in the top 15 or 20.
LosGalacticos says
If you could pick 3 CBs from this list who would you choose:
Maldini
Blanc
Rijkaard
Baresi
Cannavaro
admin says
Maldini, Blanc, Cannavaro
LosGalacticos says
Thanks!
I did as you said only yo get 101 Kompany in a Retro Stars pack.
Which 3 should I use now:
Maldini
Cannavaro
Blanc
Kompany
I’m thinking of selling Blanc. Thoughts?
I use a back 3 for my formation if that helps.
Adri says
Maldini.
Blanc.
Cannavaro.
Martin says
Should 101 kompany and 99 blanc as a duo ?
admin says
If you want to. They’re good.
Batigol says
Any update pls?
admin says
We have updated it.
Mehdi says
So what about ferdinand 101 and baresi 101 hol are they good? Especially ferdinand?
admin says
We’ve updated the list. Please check it out.
Koolio says
What about 100 Saliba and 100 Giménez? I have both of them and they’re phenomenal. 100 Saliba seems like a one up of the 99 Van Dijk when comparing stats of them in the game. I also don’t see 101 Cannavaro on the list. Are they bad?
admin says
Cannavaro is fast and a good tackler, but unfortunately he’s not that good on aerial duels because of his height.
Mark says
Between 98 Nesta 98 Saliba and 98 Ruben who would you recommend
admin says
Saliba/Nesta
Angel says
How is cannavaro 101 hol and gimenez 100 Copa America I have both but are they good?
Dave says
Hey when will the CBs be updated? There’s a ton of other people added
admin says
We’ve updated it now.
Some guy says
Update?
Thegamerman says
hello, please make a list with top 10 cheap players for each position, like you did for the goalkeeper, it would help us a lot, thank you very much!
admin says
We will try! Thanks for the feedback.
Neiket says
Can you update all lists to FC Mobile players?
Jarvib says
What about 114 de ligt, Please update the list
admin says
He is already on the list
DA says
What about heroes journey ricardo carvalho?
Shibam says
Hey there is a 111 card named jose fonte he is outstanding in defending,strength,tackling and others also , so you can place this card in top 10 list
Scorpion says
Hi, I would like to ask about the HOL players (Lucio and Campbell etc) since some of them can get in f2p and it’s good too.
admin says
Sol Campbell Star Pass and Jürgen Kohler (HoL Icon) are already on the list. Given the many excellent center-backs in the game right now, we simply can’t include them all.
Scorpion says
ah i see thanks
Jerry Dkhar says
Vieri is a striker not a centre back.
admin says
We know it.
Sakib _2023 says
vieri is central back
you don’t know that
Blasphemer says
Holding is no more a CB boost. It’s a CM & CDM boost
Also Tackling boost increases marking, stand tackle, slide tackle and acceleration. So it might be the best boost if ur CB is already having good strength
ranit says
who is best cb – Alaba (92) , Koulibaly (93) , manolas (93) please tell me
Nguyễn Tuấn Đạt says
Where are ST, RW, CM, LW,… We need all of them
Blasphemer says
Why no Vidic – 98 prime icon ???
admin says
Because he is a Prime Icon, and not achievable by f2p. Moreover, Prime Icon is guaranteed to have one of the best gameplay, so voting is not needed to be sure about it.
Legend0353 says
@Admin Where are the 110 ovr players of Preseason event????
Please update the list….
rallerock says
Zagadou???
Dan says
Where is cahill? He is a beast
SAHIL says
Where is Thiago Silva and Nicholas Otamendi they are beast
Wayne says
I have O Brien 85 CB The Emirates FA CUP…the guy is a beast, nobody gets past him
Ahmad says
Kumbulla is way better then sanchez and alderwareld stopper…
William says
99 Sokratis Should be in the top ten
Blasphemer says
Update needed with Treasure Hunt cards – Sokraitis 99ovr and Maldini 104ovr
Tough fight between Puyol, Vand dijk and Maldini
Cannavaro says
How is Bobby Moore (95 Icons) with Holding SB?. Although the attacking/defensive work rate is medium and has low height ,but he has good stats.
Niklas Stark says
Thiago Silva 98 TOTSSF is good and has Holding SB
Joesephi says
Opara, Acerbi, Thiago Silva WHERE ARE THEY
affan says
why is no body talking about bundesliga rivals akanji.he is a beast for heading.if you are playing against a hard team and you get a corner he will help you.not only that,he is nice also in defeding.he have 132 heading.my suggestion.
BagetAgent01 says
No. Akanji is trash. His defending stats are trash and even worse is his skill boost.
Arden says
opara totssf!!!!!!!, he’s a beast at 100, I have him at 90 and hes insane already. Super fast
Chudlam says
Soyoncu 93 Leicester City, totssf
shivam garg says
Is he good ? Can he do good header?
BagetAgent01 says
Yes, he is very good when trained up. His heading, strength and aggression are all exceptional.
Ron says
Simon Kjaer??? Top Transfer 97??
Fifa mobile player says
Where is Ramos (101) TOTSSF ???
kostich says
gabriel 98?
Tim says
Can I please ask, which is better ginter(88 rated) or elvedi(bundesliga rivals)