Are you building your squad but you are not sure which centre midfielders or wingers you should buy? Take our suggestions of the best FIFA 21 midfielders for Career Mode.
How to choose the Best FIFA 21 Midfielders
In this article we suggest the best FIFA 21 midfielders for Career Mode. 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 best FIFA 21 midfielders from two categories:
1 The Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
2 The Best Young
Under 23 midfielders with great growth. Potential future top players.
QUICK ACCESS CDM | CM | CAM | RM | LM
The Best Defensive Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 CASEMIRO
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 89
Potential (1): 89
Age: 28
Value: €59.5M
Wage: €310K
Casemiro is the best FIFA 21 defensive midfielder you can find. He’s not as fast as we would like but your defence will be much much stronger. He also has great shooting and passing stats.
02 JOSHUA KIMMICH
Nationality: Germany 🇩🇪
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 90
Age: 25
Value: €65M
Wage: €145K
This is not a normal player. In fact, he’s great as CDM but he’s also good as fullback, attacking midfielder or several other positions. For that reason, he’s probably the most usefull player of this game.
03 N’GOLO KANTÉ
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Chelsea
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 88
Age: 29
Value: €51M
Wage: €190K
It’s impossible to not love this one. He is one of the players that will add more quality to your team.
04 FABINHO
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 89
Age: 26
Value: €54.5M
Wage: €155K
Another defensive midfielder with great potential. If you don’t know if you should buy him or no, we will make the things easier to you: do it.
05 WILDFRED NDIDI
Nationality: Nigeria 🇳🇬
Club (first season): Leicester City
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 88
Age: 23
Value: €36.5M
Wage: €96K
Ndidi is a new addition to this top. He is not yet one of the world’s best CDMs but in he will be in one or two seasons.
🏆 BEST DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇧🇷 Casemiro
02 🇩🇪 Joshua Kimmich
03 🇫🇷 N’Golo Kanté
04 🇧🇷 Fabinho
05 🇳🇬 Wilfred Ndidi
06 🇪🇸 Rodri
07 🇪🇸 Sergio Busquets
08 🇨🇭 Denis Zakaria
09 🇮🇹 Sandro Tonali
10 🇫🇷 Boubacar Kamara
The Best Centre Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 FRENKIE DE JONG
Nationality: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 90
Age: 23
Value: €50.5M
Wage: €190K
It’s not usual to see someone so young here. However, we couldn’t deny this to him. Frenkie De Jong is already one of the best midfielders in the world.
02 SERGEJ MILINKOVIC-SAVIC
Nationality: Serbia 🇷🇸
Club (first season): Lazio
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 89
Age: 25
Value: €49M
Wage: €94K
Milinkovic-Savic is one of the best buys you can make in Career Mode. He is a perfect choice if you need a CM who also plays as a CAM or as a CDM.
03 PAUL POGBA
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 86
Potential (1): 87
Age: 27
Value: €50M
Wage: €190K
Pogba was one the most expensive players of all time. We don’t know if he is as good as United’s fans think he is, but we are sure about his value in Career Mode.
04 FEDERICO VALVERDE
Nationality: Uruguay 🇺🇾
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 90
Age: 21
Value: €36M
Wage: €235K
It’s great to see that this year there are so many high quality options for this position. Valverde is one of them. In two or three seasons he will be the best centre midfielder in the game.
05 TONI KROOS
Nationality: Germany 🇩🇪
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 88
Age: 30
Value: €55M
Wage: €310K
Modrić has highest rating but he will not improve much more. If you want the best midfielder now, that’s him who you are looking for. He’s slow and very expensive but no one is perfect, right?
🏆 BEST CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇳🇱 Frenkie de Jong
02 🇷🇸 Sergej Milinković-Savić
03 🇫🇷 Paul Pogba
04 🇺🇾 Federico valverde
05 🇩🇪 Toni Kroos
06 🇮🇹 Marco Verratti
07 🇧🇷 Arthur
08 🇩🇪 Leon Goretzka
09 🇫🇷 Houssem Aouar
10 🇪🇸 Saúl Ñíguez
The Best Centre Attacking Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 KEVIN DE BRUYNE
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 91
Potential (1): 91
Age: 29
Value: €87M
Wage: €370K
Vision 94. Short passing 94. Crossing 94. Should we stop? We believe you already got the idea.
02 KAI HAVERTZ
Nationality: Germany 🇩🇪
Club (first season): Chelsea
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 93
Age: 21
If his amazing stats are not enough to convince you to buy him, then you should know that he will be the best midfield in just one or two seasons. Who doesn’t want to play with the best?
02 BRUNO FERNANDES
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 90
Age: 25
Value: €63M
Wage: €195K
He already was on our top last year but this time only KDB is better than him. Bruno is a penalty specialist who will score many goals and make a lot of assists.
04 MARTIN ODEGAARD
Nationality: Norway 🇳🇴
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 89
Age: 21
Value: €36M
Wage: €135K
There is no club in the world that doesn’t want a player with this potential. Would be you the first one?
05 JULIAN BRANDT
Nationality: Germany 🇩🇪
Club (first season): Borussia Dortmund
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 88
Age: 24
Value: €40.5M
Wage: €75K
Currently not as good as the top four, Brandt has everything he needs to be in this shorlist for many years.
🏆 BEST CENTRE ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne
02 🇩🇪 Kai Havertz
03 🇵🇹 Bruno Fernandes
04 🇳🇴 Martin Odegaard
05 🇩🇪 Julian Brandt
06 🇲🇦 Hakim Ziyech
07 🇪🇸 Luis Alberto
08 🇩🇪 Thomas Muller
09 🏴 Dele Alli
10 🇦🇷 Alejandro Gómez
The Best Right Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 LIONEL MESSI
Nationality: Argentina 🇦🇷
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 93
Potential (1): 93
Age: 33
Value: €67.5M
Wage: €560K
Messi and Ronaldo were the best players of the last decade. Well, in fact they still are. Usually you don’t find players of this age on our tops but… c’mon, it’s Messi! He still has 2 or 3 seasons playing better than anyone else.
02 JADON SANCHO
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Borussia Dortmund
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 93
Age: 20
Value: €69.5M
Wage: €82K
What a player! Sancho is one of the most desired players this year and it’s easy to understand why. He’s ready to play in any club and, in a couple of years, he will be better than everyone.
03 MOHAMED SALAH
Nationality: Egypt 🇪🇬
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 90
Potential (1): 90
Age: 28
Value: €78M
Wage: €250K
Salah is one of the most popular players. Find out why by yourself.
04 BERNARDO SILVA
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 88
Age: 26
Value: €60M
Wage: €230K
Bernardo Silva has one of the highest dribbling stats in the world. It’s a really pleasure to watch him play. Always with the ball glued to his feet and the head up. Maybe it’s time to watch him playing for your team.
05 SERGE GNABRY
Nationality: Germany 🇩🇪
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 87
Age: 24
Value: €47.5M
Wage: €100K
We know that Gnabry is not cheap but imagine having him in your squad. It looks a dream, isn’t it?
🏆 BEST RIGHT MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
02 🏴 Jadon Sancho
03 🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
04 🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva
05 🇩🇪 Serge Gnabry
06 🇲🇦 Achraf Hakimi
07 🇦🇷 Ángel Di María
08 🇧🇷 Rodrygo
09 🇵🇹 Trincão
10 🇪🇸 Ferran Torres
The Best Left Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 NEYMAR
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Paris Saint-Germain
Rating: 91
Potential (1): 91
Age: 28
Value: €90M
Wage: €270K
Everyone knows the huge talent of Neymar. He’s simple amazing but it won’t be easy to buy him. PSG will not sell him easily.
02 SADIO MANÉ
Nationality: Senegal 🇸🇳
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 90
Potential (1): 90
Age: 28
Value: €78M
Wage: €250K
It’s ridiculous to have so much talent in a single position. Mané has amazing stats but he is only another high-quality left midfielder.
03 RAHEEM STERLING
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 90
Age: 25
Value: €72.5M
Wage: €270K
One of the things we love about football is to see young talents replacing older players. Sterling is a good example of how the future of this sport is guaranteed.
04 EDEN HAZARD
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 88
Age: 29
Value: €58M
Wage: €350K
Except for strikers, no other position have high-quality players like this one. Hazard is an amazing player that will make happy the fans of his club. It will be yours?
05 MARCUS RASHFORD
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 91
Age: 22
Value: €53M
Wage: €150K
Rashford will improve a lot his game in the coming years. You will love his pace, dribbling and shooting skills.
🏆 BEST LEFT MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇧🇷 Neymar Junior
02 🇨🇲 Sadio Mané
03 🏴 Raheem Sterling
04 🇧🇪 Eden Hazard
05 🏴 Marcus Rashford
06 🇩🇪 Leroy Sané
07 🇰🇷 Heung Min Son
08 🇪🇸 Oyarzabal
09 🇫🇷 Ousmane Dembele
10 🇫🇷 Kingsley Coman
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.
Hi,
Sadio Mane is Senegalese not Cameroonian.