FIFA 23: Top 10 Defenders - Averages and Rating

 Find out which are the best defenders for your Ultimate Team team in FIFA 23. Get hold of them and you will be able to defend your field from any offense like you never imagined.

If you are looking to form an ideal team in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, then you should know which are the best players in this edition since getting the biggest superstars on the planet will give you a great advantage over your rivals.

In this particular entry of our guide, we are going to show you the best defenders in FIFA 23. Below you can check the players with the best rating for the defensive positions in the 2022-2023 season (specifically for the DFC, LD, and LI positions). Keep in mind that most of them are highly sought after and sought-after players, if you want to get hold of them in the trading market they will cost you large amounts of coins.

These are the 10 best defenders in all of FIFA 23:

Virgil Van Dijk

• Team: Liverpool
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 90
• Pace: 81
• Shots: 60
• Passes: 71
• Dribbling: 72
• Defense: 91
• Physical: 86

Marquinhos

• Team: Paris Saint-Germain
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 88
• Pace: 79
• Shots: 56
• Passes: 75
• Dribbling: 74
• Defense: 89
• Physical: 80

Joao Cancelo

• Team: Manchester City
• Position: LI
• Overall rating: 88
• Pace: 85
• Shots: 73
• Passes: 85
• Dribbling: 85
• Defense: 81
• Physical: 73

Ruben Dias

• Team: Manchester City
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 88
• Pace: 63
• Shots: 39
• Passes: 66
• Dribbling: 68
• Defense: 88
• Physical: 88

Antonio Rudiger

• Team: Real Madrid
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 87
• Pace: 82
• Shots: 53
• Passes: 71
• Dribbling: 67
• Defense: 86
• Physical: 85

Andrew Robertson

• Team: Liverpool
• Position: LI
• Overall rating: 87
• Pace: 80
• Shots: 61
• Passes: 81
• Dribbling: 81
• Defense: 82
• Physical: 76

kalidou koulibaly

• Team: Chelsea
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 87
• Pace: 82
• Shots: 33
• Passes: 59
• Dribbling: 68
• Defense: 88
• Physical: 85

Trent Alexander Arnold

• Team: Liverpool
• Position: RHP
• Overall rating: 87
• Pace: 76
• Shots: 69
• Passes: 89
• Dribbling: 80
• Defense: 80
• Physical: 73

Aymeric Laporte

• Team: Manchester City
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 86
• Pace: 61
• Shots: 50
• Passes: 72
• Dribbling: 69
• Defense: 86
• Physical: 79

Thiago Silva

• Team: Chelsea
• Position: CFD
• Overall rating: 86
• Pace: 49
• Shots: 54
• Passes: 73
• Dribbling: 72
• Defense: 87
• Physical: 76

How to get new players

If you are not sure how to get new players in FUT 23 for your squad, we remind you that it is quite simple and there are a few methods for it. Here below we summarize them (you will find more tips in our guide):

• Earn Players in Packs – You can buy them in the store with FIFA Points or FUT Coins (although chance and luck come into play with this method).
• Get them on the exchange market: trading is a quick way to get the exact players you are looking for. However, keep in mind that depending on the state of the market, the players you are looking for will cost you more or less coins.
• Miscellaneous Rewards – Some of the rewards in modes like Squad Battles, completing Ultimate Team goals and milestones, raising your Season Level, and more are packs that you can use to get new players.