Fullbacks play an increasingly important role in the team in modern football. Backs nowadays must be able to do more than take out an opponent more and more is also being demanded from an offensive perspective. Anyone who has an important role for the right and left back in FIFA 21 would do well to include one of the players below in the team.

In the run-up to the release of the new game from EA Sports, the ratings of the fullbacks have been released. Liverpool duo Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson can call themselves the best backs in FIFA 21. Both backs have one overall rating of 87. Alexander Arnold scores 87 in passing, while Robertson is rated 83 in speed. The Scottish international is estimated a bit higher in defensive terms, but his English teammate is stronger in attacking terms.

Real Madrid right-back Daniel Carvajal and Barcelona left-back Jordi alba are not much inferior to the players of Liverpool with a rating of 86. Alba’s rating of 88 for speed and 83 for dribbling makes him a great offensive weapon. In fifth place can be found Kyle Walker of Manchester City. The England international has a rating of 85. You don’t have to let him shoot, as he only has a rating of 63 in that area.

Nicolás Tagliafico is the only back in the top twenty to earn his living in the Eredivisie. The Argentinian left leg employed by Ajax is in tenth place with a rating of 84. He can compete with backs like Lucas Digne, Alex Telles, César Azipilicueta and Jesús Navas. Remarkably, not a single fullback from the Bundesliga can be found in the top twenty. The Premier League, on the other hand, supplies eight players to this list.

The 20 best backs in FIFA 21