Best full-backs to buy in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

❘ Published: 2021-04-28T03:06:57

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Defending is more important than ever in FIFA 21, so you need the right players to back up your actions. Here, we’re running through our top recommendations for full-backs in Ultimate Team, the perfect plays to get forward and support the attacks but remain solid in defense when required.

Long gone are the days of holding X/A and being able to jockey an opponent away from the goal successfully. Recent FIFA titles have made manual defending seriously important, with defenders left to strafe, jockey, and slide when instructed to – and not when the AI does it for you.

This means you need the right players to back up your defensive actions. Ideally, a full-back will be quick and have high defensive stats, as well as decent crossing/passing to launch your attacks forward.

To help you find the perfect fullbacks for your team, we’ve put together two separate lists that are guaranteed to have a set of players for every FIFA fan. One will go over the best meta full-backs in FIFA 21, and the other will run down the best budget players for the position.

FIFA 21 released on October 6, 2020.

Best meta full-backs in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

If you’re looking to pick up top-tier full-backs and money isn’t an issue, these are the players you need to add to your squad.

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There’s a reason why the best full-backs aren’t cheap, and it’s because of how impactful they are on the pitch.

Player	Rating	Position	Country	Team	Price
Andrew Robertson	87	LB	Scotland	Liverpool	25,000 – 36,000
Jordi Alba	86	LB	Spain	FC Barcelona	20,000 – 27,000
Alex Sandro	85	LB	Brazil	Juventus	17,000 – 20,000
Alejandro Grimaldo	84	LB	Spain	SL Benfica	8,900 – 10,000
Nicolas Tagliafico	84	LB	Argentina	Ajax	8,000 – 10,000
Alex Telles	84	LB	Brazil	FC Porto	12,750 – 16,500
Trent Alexander-Arnold	87	RB	England	Liverpool	27,400 – 34,000
Daniel Carvajal	86	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	21,000 – 28,000
Ricardo Pereira	85	RB	Portugal	Leicester City	12,500 – 16,700
Kyle Walker	85	RB	England	Manchester City	22,000 – 30,000
Jesus Navas	84	RB	Spain	Sevilla FC	8,000 – 10,000

Pace is significant in the full-back position.

Best cheap full-backs in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

Not everyone has the spare coins to spend on top-tier fullbacks for their Ultimate Team. Fortunately, the position is filled with budget players who can still perform incredibly well with the right team.

They may not be the meta choice, but they get the job done and can have a huge impact on a squad.

Player	Rating	Position	Country	Team	Price
Juan Bernat	83	LB	Spain	PSG	4,900 – 5,400
Marcelo	83	LB	Brazil	Real Madrid	3,600 – 5,100
Ferland Mendy	83	LB	France	Real Madrid	7,200 – 11,000
Yuri Berchiche	83	LB	Spain	Atletico Madrid	3,300 – 4,900
Marcos Acuna	83	LB	Argentina	Sevilla FC	2,800 – 3,000
Hector Bellerin	80	RB	Spain	Arsenal	1,700 – 2,400
Joao Cancelo	83	RB	Portugal	Manchester City	5,500 – 7,000
Kieran Trippier	83	RB	England	Atletico Madrid	4,700 – 5,500
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	83	RB	England	Manchester United	8,800 – 11,000
Nelson Semedo	83	RB	Portugal	Wolves	5,800 – 8,000
Alessandro Florenzi	81	RB	Italy	PSG	1,900 – 3,000

Budget teams in FIFA 21 can be incredibly effective.

FIFA 21 Team of the Season (TOTS) full-backs

The football season is drawing closer to its end, and that means FIFA 21’s Team of the Season promotion event is underway. EA SPORTS started by releasing several cards, including three full-backs so far, and they’re worth picking up.

Player	Rating	Position	Country	Team	Price
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	92	RB	England	Manchester United	465,000 – 600,000
Nordi Mukiele	90	RB	France	RB Lepzig	265,000 – 320,000
Nicolas Tagliafico	90	LB	Argentina	Ajax	136,000 – 180,000

That rounds off our lists of the best full-backs to consider picking up in FIFA 21’s Ultimate Team. Hopefully, this has given you some ideas of which players you want to include in your squad.

Keep in mind we have guides for every position, whether it’s best goalkeepers, strikers, or just straight-up tactics, we’ve got you covered no matter what you’re looking for.

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