Are you building your squad but you are not sure about which SF or ST you should buy? Follow our suggestions of the best FIFA 21 strikers and centre forwards for Career Mode.
How to choose the Best Strikers and Forwards
In this article we suggest the best FIFA 21 strikers and centre forwards 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 strikers and forwards of two categories:
1 The Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
2 The Best Young
Under 23 Strikers and Centre Forwards with great growth. Potential future top players.
Best FIFA 21 Centre Forwards for Career Mode
01 PAULO DYBALA
Nationality: Argentina 🇦🇷
Club (first season): Juventus
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 89
Age: 26
Value: €64.5M
Wage: €195K
Dybala is the best centre forward you can buy to improve your team. He would not be cheap but quality is guaranteed.
02 MEMPHIS DEPAY
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Olympique Lyonnais
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 88
Age: 26
Value: €39.5M
Wage: €110K
Pace. Checked. Shooting. Checked. Passing. Checked. Dribbling. Checked. Physicall. Checked. He has everything, including 5-star skills. How can be be better? He will show you.
03 JOÃO FÉLIX
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Atlético Madrid
Rating: 81
Potential (1): 93
Age: 20
Value: €28M
Wage: €38K
João Félix is the best centre forward in the game. Period. Only Mbappé is better than him. The only reason why he is not on the top of this ranking is because he still has a lot to improve. If you need someone good for the first season, there are other better options.
04 ROBERTO FIRMINO
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 87
Age: 28
Value: €63M
Wage: €220K
Firmino is a top-quality forward that will only accept to move to your club if you pay a good wage. If you have a good budget, you should seriously consider to buy him.
05 KARIM BENZEMA
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 89
Potential (1): 89
Age: 32
Value: €53M
Wage: €340K
He is currently the best centre forward in the world. However, he’s already 32 and you probably plan to play several seasons, right? If you don’t, go ahead and sign him.
🏆 BEST CENTRE FORWARDS
TOP 10
01 🇦🇷 Paulo Dybala
02 🇫🇷 Memphis Depay
03 🇵🇹 João Félix
04 🇧🇷 Roberto Firmino
05 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
06 🇧🇪 Dries Mertens
07 🇽🇰 Milot Rashica
08 🇦🇷 Joaquin Correa
09 🇧🇷 Reinier
10 🇮🇹 Federico Chiesa
Best FIFA 21 Strikers for Career Mode
01 KYLIAN MBAPPÉ
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Paris Saint-Germain
Rating: 90
Potential (1): 95
Age: 21
Value: €93.5M
Wage: €150K
There are no words to describe how good this striker is. With only 21 years old, he already is our favourite player!
01 ERLING HAALAND
Nationality: Norway 🇳🇴
Club (first season): Borussia Dortmund
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 92
Age: 20
Value: €22.5M
Wage: €34K
What a season he had! We can’t remember someone with such amazing development in a single year: it went from a rating 68 to a 84 rating. Obviously you will find better strikers than him but don’t forget that he will keep growing a lot.
02 HARRY KANE
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Tottenham Hotspur
Rating: 88
Potential (1): 89
Age: 27
Value: €96.5M
Wage: €200K
You can use Mbappé in this position but, if you want the best native striker, then you will need to play with Kane. He is not as fast as we would like but we still love him. He’s only 27 which means that you will be able to use him for many years.
06 LAUTARO MARTÍNEZ
Nationality: Argentina 🇦🇷
Club (first season): Inter
Rating: 84
Potential (1): 91
Age: 20
Value: €22.5M
Wage: €60K
Lautaro Martínez is one of the most interesting players this year. Pure class. We are sure that he will destroy a lot of defences.
07 ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI
Nationality: Poland 🇵🇱
Club (first season): FC Bayern
Rating: 91
Potential (1): 91
Age: 32
Value: €77M
Wage: €200K
Lewandowski is a true goal machine. We don’t like to select old players (that’s why Ronaldo is not on this shortlist), but with 32 years old and all his skills, Lewandowski is still one of the best strikers you can have on your team.
🏆 BEST STRIKERS
TOP 10
01 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
02 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland
03 🏴 Harry Kane
04 🇦🇷 Lautaro Martínez
05 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski
06 🇩🇪 Timo Werner
07 🇦🇷 Sergio Aguero
08 🇫🇷 Anthony Martial
09 🇫🇷 Antoine Griezmann
10 🇬🇦 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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.