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Best Defenders in EA FC 27

The best defenders in EA SPORTS FC 27 Ultimate Team, ranked by their official DEF rating.

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Ultimate Team players ranked by the DEF rating shown on their card.

Top 30 Best Defenders by Defending

  1. #1
    Maldini - 93 - Base Icon

    Paolo Maldini

    Base Icon
    95DEF
    Def. Awareness95
    Standing Tackle96
    Sliding Tackle95
    Strength86
    Heading93
    Interceptions95
    Lengthy186cmAverage Medium
  2. #2
    Baresi - 91 - Base Icon

    Franco Baresi

    Base Icon
    94DEF
    Def. Awareness94
    Standing Tackle94
    Sliding Tackle94
    Strength79
    Heading89
    Interceptions94
    Controlled176cmAverage Medium
  3. #3
    Beckenbauer - 93 - Base Icon

    Franz Beckenbauer

    Base Icon
    93DEF
    Def. Awareness95
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle90
    Strength83
    Heading88
    Interceptions96
    Controlled181cmAverage Medium
  4. #4
    Cannavaro - 89 - Base Icon

    Fabio Cannavaro

    Base Icon
    93DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle93
    Sliding Tackle92
    Strength85
    Heading88
    Interceptions94
    Controlled176cmAverage Medium
  5. #5
    Fernando Hierro - 88 - Base Icon

    Fernando Hierro

    Base Icon
    92DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle94
    Sliding Tackle77
    Strength87
    Heading93
    Interceptions92
    Lengthy187cmAverage Medium
  6. #6
    Chiellini - 88 - Base Icon

    Giorgio Chiellini

    Base Icon
    92DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle93
    Sliding Tackle91
    Strength92
    Heading88
    Interceptions90
    Lengthy187cmAverage Tall
  7. #7
    Moore - 90 - Base Icon

    Bobby Moore

    Base Icon
    92DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle93
    Sliding Tackle91
    Strength82
    Heading87
    Interceptions91
    Controlled178cmAverage Medium
  8. #8
    Nesta - 89 - Base Icon

    Alessandro Nesta

    Base Icon
    92DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle93
    Sliding Tackle92
    Strength89
    Heading84
    Interceptions91
    Lengthy187cmUnique
  9. #9
    Carles Puyol - 89 - Base Icon

    Carles Puyol

    Base Icon
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness90
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle88
    Strength91
    Heading90
    Interceptions93
    Controlled178cmStocky Medium
  10. #10
    Gabriel - 89 - Rare

    Gabriel

    Rare
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness92
    Standing Tackle91
    Sliding Tackle90
    Strength89
    Heading89
    Interceptions89
    Lengthy190cmAverage Tall
  11. #11
    Lúcio - 89 - Base Icon

    Lúcio

    Base Icon
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle91
    Sliding Tackle89
    Strength91
    Heading92
    Interceptions90
    Lengthy188cmAverage Tall
  12. #12
    Jones - 89 - Base Icon

    Steffi Jones

    Base Icon
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness92
    Standing Tackle93
    Sliding Tackle85
    Strength90
    Heading93
    Interceptions88
    Lengthy179cmAverage Medium
  13. #13
    Kohler - 89 - Base Hero

    Jürgen Kohler

    Base Hero
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle91
    Sliding Tackle93
    Strength90
    Heading88
    Interceptions87
    Lengthy186cmAverage Tall
  14. #14
    Ricardo Carvalho - 88 - Base Hero

    Ricardo Carvalho

    Base Hero
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness93
    Standing Tackle91
    Sliding Tackle89
    Strength78
    Heading89
    Interceptions88
    Controlled183cmAverage Medium
  15. #15
    Barzagli - 87 - Base Hero

    Andrea Barzagli

    Base Hero
    91DEF
    Def. Awareness94
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle88
    Strength89
    Heading83
    Interceptions90
    Lengthy187cmStocky Tall
  16. #16
    Pepe - 89 - Base Icon

    Pepe

    Base Icon
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle89
    Sliding Tackle92
    Strength89
    Heading88
    Interceptions92
    Lengthy188cmUnique
  17. #17
    Thuram - 89 - Base Icon

    Lilian Thuram

    Base Icon
    90DEF
    Sprint Speed88
    Stamina90
    Standing Tackle89
    Crossing75
    Def. Awareness92
    Acceleration89
    Controlled182cmAverage Medium
  18. #18
    Córdoba - 87 - Base Hero

    Iván Córdoba

    Base Hero
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness88
    Standing Tackle90
    Sliding Tackle87
    Strength84
    Heading92
    Interceptions91
    Controlled173cmAverage Medium
  19. #19
    Márquez - 88 - Base Hero

    Rafael Márquez

    Base Hero
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle89
    Sliding Tackle91
    Strength89
    Heading88
    Interceptions88
    Controlled184cmAverage Medium
  20. #20
    Blanc - 88 - Base Icon

    Laurent Blanc

    Base Icon
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle87
    Strength85
    Heading85
    Interceptions89
    Lengthy192cmAverage Tall
  21. #21
    Marquinhos - 88 - Team of the week

    Marquinhos

    Team of the week
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle90
    Sliding Tackle85
    Strength81
    Heading89
    Interceptions90
    Controlled183cmAverage Medium
  22. #22
    Formiga - 90 - Base Icon

    Formiga

    Base Icon
    90DEF
    Interceptions93
    Def. Awareness92
    Standing Tackle91
    Short Passing90
    Stamina92
    Strength85
    Explosive162cmUnique
  23. #23
    Ferdinand - 89 - Base Icon

    Rio Ferdinand

    Base Icon
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle91
    Sliding Tackle89
    Strength88
    Heading85
    Interceptions89
    Lengthy189cmUnique
  24. #24
    Vidić - 88 - Base Icon

    Nemanja Vidić

    Base Icon
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness92
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle88
    Strength92
    Heading90
    Interceptions87
    Lengthy190cmAverage Tall
  25. #25
    Kompany - 88 - Base Hero

    Vincent Kompany

    Base Hero
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle89
    Strength91
    Heading87
    Interceptions85
    Lengthy190cmAverage Tall
  26. #26
    Saliba - 88 - Rare

    William Saliba

    Rare
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness89
    Standing Tackle92
    Sliding Tackle89
    Strength86
    Heading85
    Interceptions89
    Lengthy192cmAverage Tall
  27. #27
    Pacho - 89 - Rare

    Willian Pacho

    Rare
    90DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle93
    Sliding Tackle86
    Strength89
    Heading84
    Interceptions88
    Lengthy188cmAverage Tall
  28. #28
    Desailly - 89 - Base Icon

    Marcel Desailly

    Base Icon
    89DEF
    Def. Awareness90
    Standing Tackle89
    Sliding Tackle87
    Strength92
    Heading88
    Interceptions89
    Lengthy185cmLean Tall
  29. #29
    Mapi León - 88 - Rare

    Mapi León

    Rare
    89DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle90
    Sliding Tackle88
    Strength85
    Heading83
    Interceptions88
    Controlled169cmUnique
  30. #30
    Upamecano - 89 - Destined for Glory

    Dayot Upamecano

    Destined for Glory
    89DEF
    Def. Awareness91
    Standing Tackle87
    Sliding Tackle88
    Strength88
    Heading86
    Interceptions92
    Lengthy186cmStocky Tall
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