Top 5 best players for the Defensive Driver Evolution in EA Sports FC 25

The latest Paid Evolution is here, for 25,000 Coins / 150 FC Points we can use Defensive Driver to give players some key upgrades with defending PlayStyles.

Defensive Driver Evolution Requirements

Here are the requirements for the Defensive Driver Evolution:

• Overall: Max. 90
• Max PlayStyles: 9
• Max PlayStyles+: 2
• Pace: Max. 90
• Shooting: Max. 80
• Dribbling: Max. 90

Defensive Driver Evolution Upgrades

Here are all the upgrades from the Defensive Driver Evolution:

• Intercept PlayStyles+ (Capped at 2 PlayStyles+)
• Jockey, Intercept, Anticipate, Bruiser and Aerial PlayStyles (Capped at 9 PlayStyles)
• +1 Overall Rating (Capped at 91)
• +6 Defending and Physicality (Capped at 91)

Best players for the Defensive Driver Evolution

Here are the best players for this evolution slot:

1. Thunderstruck William Saliba
2. TOTW Virgil van Dijk
3. Flashback João Cancelo
4. Winter Wildcards Hero Vincent Kompany
5. Grassroots Great N'Golo Kanté

1. William Saliba

With his 6'4 height, the French defender is one of the best in FC 25 with an array of impressive defending PlayStyles and the most important Anticipate PlayStyles+ giving him some broken tackles, adding a second PlayStyles+ to his repertoire with boosted physicals makes him the best pick for this evo.

2. Virgil van Dijk

The Liverpool captain is one of the best defenders in the game due to his physicality and the Aerial PlayStyles+, giving his TOTW version an upgrade and getting him closer to his UCL RTTK version which costs almost twice as much is great value from this evo.

3. João Cancelo

He was one of the top SBCs completed during TOTY due to his great price and a good set of PlayStyles+ with Rapid and Intercept for a fullback, 5-Star Weak Foot and the ability to play on both flanks, the additional PlayStyles and boosts in defending and physicality allows the Portuguese international to catch up to the current power curve.

4. Vincent Kompany

The second evo of the year for the Belgian Hero gives him an incredible second PlayStyles+ and a small stat boost making him more effective against current attackers, if you're in need of a Premier League CB this upgrade is the one for you.

5. N'Golo Kanté

Another popular SBC player who would be a great option for this evo, he is the perfect double-pivot CDM and the boosts from the evo elevate his physical presence in the middle of the park which is honestly the only thing that was keeping him from being elite in EA FC 25.

This is our list of players to choose from, but there are so many good ones out there. Who are you using in this Evolution slot? Tell us below!