In other articles, we’ve gone over some of the best attacking players, like strikers and wingers, but this time we’re going to cover the most crucial part of your team: the midfield. CDM’s are arguably the most critical part of a football team, and yet they’re often neglected in favor of stronger defenders or more flashy strikers.
Regardless, having a strong presence in between your offensive and defensive lines can provide some immense benefits. That’s why we’ve decided to take a closer look at some of the top-rated CDM’s in FIFA 21 and some cheap prospects that we can develop into world-class footballers.
Best CDM in FIFA 21
Top-rated CDM
These are the top-rated and best overall central defensive midfielders available in FIFA 21:
- Casemiro (89) – Real Madrid/Brazil
- N’Golo Kante (88) – Chelsea/France
- Joshua Kimmich (88) – Bayern Munich/Germany
- Sergio Busquets (87) – Barcelona FC/Spain
- Fabinho (87) – Liverpool/Brazil
- Jordan Henderson (86) – Liverpool/England
- Rodri (85) – Manchester City/Spain
- Wilfred Ndidi (84) – Leicester City/Nigeria
- Lucas Pezzini Leiva (84) – Lazio/Brazil
- Axel Witsel (84) – Borussia Dortmund/Belgium
- Marcelo Brozovic (84) – Internazionale/Croatia
- Idrissa Gueye (84) – PSG/Senegal
- Fernando Reges (83) – Sevilla FC/Brazil
- Denis Zakaria (83) – Bayer 04 Leverkusen/Switzerland
- Blaise Matuidi (83) – Inter Miami/France
- Charles Aranguiz (83) – Bayer 04 Leverkusen/Chile
- Danilo Luis Helio Pereira (82) – PSG/Portugal
- Konrad Laimer (82) – RB Leipzig/Austria
- Javier Martinez (81) – Bayern Munich/Spain
- Lucas Torreira (81) – Arsenal/Uruguay
- Tomas Soucek (81) – West Ham United/Czech Republic
- Frederico de Paula Santos (81) – Manchester United/Brazil
- Marten de Roon (81) – Atalanta/Netherlands
- Thomas Delaney (81) – Borussia Dortmund/Denmark
- Asier Illarramendi (80) – Real Sociedad/Spain
Best Cheap CDM
This group consists of players all under 21 old that cost less than £10m to acquire and can turn into elite-level players given the proper training and development.
- Tyler Adams (76-85) – RB Leipzig/United States – £9.9m
- Boubakary Soumare (76-85) – LOSC Lille/France – £9.9m
- Gustavo Assuncao (74-86) – Famalicao/Brazil – £8.6m
- Oscar Dorley (73-83) – Slavia Praha/Liberia – £5.4m
- Adrian Fein (72-83) – Bayern Munich/Germany – £4.2m
- Tudor Baluta (71-82) – Brighton/Romania – £3.4m
- Khephren Thuram (71-82) – OGC Nice/France – £3.3m
- Pape Gueye (70-84) – Olympique de Marseille/France – £3.3m
- Pepelu (70-82) – Vitoria Guimaraes/Spain – £2.7m
- Lewis Ferguson (69-84) – Aberdeen/Scotland – £2m
- Alhassan Yusuf (69-83) – IFK Goteborg/Nigeria – £1.9m
- Santiago Sosa (69-82) – River Plate/Argentina – £1.7m
- Nail Umyarov (68-84) – Spartak Moscow/Russia – £1.7m
- Cristian Casseres Jr. (68-83) – New York Red Bulls/Venezuela – £1.7m
- Oliver Skipp (68-84) – Norwich City/England – £1.6m
- Jesus Pretell (67-82) – Melgar FBC/Peru – £1.4m
- James Garner (66-84) – Watford/England – £1.2m
- Angelo Stiller (64-82) – Bayern Munich II/Germany – £810k
- David Ayala (61-82) – Estudiantes/Argentina – £473k
- Eugenio Pizzuto (59-82) – LOSC Lille/Mexico – £293k
