It’s all well and good banging in goals with your world-class strikers every game, but those goals mean nothing if you’re conceding even more at the other end, and having a couple of top-notch centre-backs at the heart of your defence is the best way to ensure you’re not constantly shipping easy goals.
So if you’re looking to upgrade your defence in your Career Mode save, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put together a list of the 10 best young CBs in FC 25 for you to take a look at, so no matter what your budget is, there’s going to be a player here for you to check out. Just remember that you’ll need a great young right-back and left-back to go with them!
17-year-old Pau Cubarsi has the joint-highest potential of all FC 25 centre-backs. Image captured by VideoGamer
Best young CBs in FC 25
Here are the top 10 best young CBs in FC 25 ranked by their potential rating from highest to lowest:
| Player | Age | Club | OVR | POT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pau Cubarsi | 17 | FC Barcelona | 72 | 88 |
| Jorrel Hato | 18 | Ajax | 73 | 88 |
| Giorgio Scalvini | 20 | Atalanta | 78 | 88 |
| Antonio Silva | 20 | Benfica | 79 | 87 |
| Goncalo Inacio | 20 | Sporting CP | 80 | 87 |
| Luka Vuskovic | 17 | Hajduk Split | 64 | 86 |
| Zeno Debast | 20 | Sporting CP | 80 | 86 |
| Eduardo Quaresma | 22 | Sporting CP | 76 | 86 |
| Mosquera | 20 | Valencia CF | 77 | 86 |
| Ousmane Diomande | 20 | Sporting CP | 78 | 86 |
Giorgio Scalvini maintains his position as the top young CB in Career Mode with a potential of 88, though he’s joined this year by Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsi and Ajax’s Jorrel Hato. On the cheaper side of things, we’d recommend checking out Luka Vuskovic from Hajduk Split, a young talent who starts out with a rating of only 64, but can quickly grow to a solid 86 in a few seasons.
Eagle-eyed among you will have spotted that Portuguese club Sporting CB have a whopping four CBs on the list, each of them with a potential rating of 86 or 87. While you could easily buy a couple of them for your own team, you could simply choose to manage them instead, immediately giving you all four from the get-go and guaranteeing that you’ll have one of the game’s strongest defences in only a few seasons’ time – though your neighbours Benfica won’t be worried too much, as Antonio Silva is just as promising.
