FIFA 23: Best Career Mode defenders

Who do we think will be the best defensive signings on FIFA 23's Career Mode

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Whether you’re playing a back four or a back five, you need good defensive options. If you’re constantly leaking goals, you’re never going to get anywhere and trying to take your team to the very top is going to be very difficult. 

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Not only do you need a solid centre-back partnership, but it’s important to ensure you have good full backs that can help you defend, while also pushing the team forward to counter and create chances. 

On top of that, for a good FIFA 23 Career Mode, you need your defenders to still have a bit of time left in the tank, so they can develop and be moved on for some big money. 

We are going to take a look below at who we think will be the best defenders to sign in Career Mode on FIFA 23.

The players won’t be the best defenders in FIFA 23, because they’re probably going to be quite challenging to sign and will cost a fortune, but these players could be the best after a couple of seasons.imber

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There will also be no players on the list who have recently moved to a new club or are about to move, so no Jules Kounde on this list unfortunately. 

Best Career Mode Centre-Backs in FIFA 23

Joško Gvardiol	RB Leipzig	Croatia	81	89
Gonçalo Inácio	Sporting CP	Portugal	79	88
Jurriën Timber	Ajax	Netherlands	80	88
António Silva	SL Benfica	Portugal	69	87
Giorgio Scalvini	Atalanta	Italy	70	86
Castello Lukeba	Olympique Lyon	France	76	86
Maxence Lacroix	VfL Wolfsburg	France	77	86
Mohamed Simaken	RB Leipzig	France	78	86
Marc Guéhi	Crystal Palace	England	78	86
Piero Hincapié	Bayer Leverkusen	Ecuador	78	85

Best Career Mode Left-Backs in FIFA 23

Name	Club	Nationality	Overall	Potential
Rayan Aït Nouri	Wolverhampton Wanderers	France	76	86
Luca Netz	Borussia Mönchengladbach	German	73	85
Aaron Hickey	Brentford	Scotland	75	85
Alessandro Fontanarosa	Inter Milan	Italy	67	84
Quentin Merlin	FC Nantes	France	70	84
Adrien Truffert	Stade Rennais	France	75	84
Calvin Bassey	Ajax	Nigeria	74	84
Miranda	Real Betis	Spain	76	84
Cristian Riquelme	CD Everton de Viña del Mar	Chile	60	83
Milos Kerkez	AZ Alkmaar	Hungary	69	83

Best Career Mode Right-Backs in FIFA 23

Name	Club	Nationality	Overall	Potential
Jeremie Frimpong	Bayer Leverkusen	Netherlands	80	86
Vanderson	AS Monaco	Brazil	76	85
Livramento	Southampton	England	75	85
Malo Gusto	Olympique Lyon	France	75	85
Lutsharel Geertruida	Feyenoord	Netherlands	77	85
Juan Mina	Deportiva Cai	Colombia	64	84
João Mario	FC Porto	Portugal	75	84
Odilon Kossouno	Bayer Leverkusen	Ivory Coast	75	84
Kane Smith	Stevenage	England	62	83
Gonçalo Esteves	Estoril Praia	Portugal	70	83

The above players all have bags of potential on the new FIFA and any combination of these will help make up a very solid defence, that could last you years and be sold for immense profit too. 

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The ratings on the players above are only predicted, but the list should be very accurate taking into account last season, as well as their rating on FIFA 22.

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FIFA 23 Career Mode defenders FAQ

Which defender has the highest potential in FIFA 23?

Ruben Dias, who plays for Manchester City, has the highest potential of any defender in FIFA 23. Second is Bastoni at Inter Milan.