FIFA 21 Best CDM - Center Defensive Midfielders (2024)

Last Updated on 9 October, 2020

FIFA 21 Best CDM – Center Defensive Midfielders – Ranking with the top 50 CDM (Center Defensive Midfielders) of the game – ranked by their overall rating

Other Positions: CB, LB, RB, CM, CAM

FIFA 21 Best CDM – Top 10

Best CDM or CenterDefensive Midfielders ranked by their overall rating – Top 10

1- Joshua Kimmich – Overall Rating 88 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Bayern Munich – Germany

2- N’Golo Kante– Overall Rating 88 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Chelsea – France

3- Fabinho – Overall Rating 87 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Liverpool – Brazil

4- Sergio Busquets – Overall Rating 87 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Barcelona – Spain

5- Jordan Henderson – Overall Rating 86 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Liverpool – England

6- Rodri – Overall Rating 858 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Manchester City – Spain

7- Lucas Leiva – Overall Rating 84 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Lazio – Brazil

8- Axel Witsel – Overall Rating 84 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Borussia Dortmund – Belgium

9- Idrissa Gueye – Overall Rating 84 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – PSG – Senegal

10- Marcelo Brozovic – Overall Rating 84 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Inter Milan – Croatia

FIFA 21 Best CDM – Top 11 – 30

Best CDM or Center Defensive Midfielders ranked by their overall rating – Top 11 – 30

11- Wilfred Ndidi – Overall Rating 84 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Leicester – Nigeria

12- Blaise Matuidi – Overall Rating 83 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Inter Miami – France

13- Fernando – Overall Rating 83 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Sevilla – Brazil

14- Charles Aranguiz – Overall Rating 83 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Leverkusen – Chile

15- Denis Zakaria – Overall Rating 83 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – M’Gladbach – Switzerland

16- Danilo Pereira– Overall Rating 82 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Porto – Portugal

17- Konrad Laimer – Overall Rating 82 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – RB Leipzig – Austria

18- Javi Martinez– Overall Rating 81 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Bayern Munich – Spain

19- Thomas Delaney – Overall Rating 81 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Borussia Dortmund – Denmark

20- Marten de Roon – Overall Rating 81 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Atalanta – Holland

21- Fred– Overall Rating 81 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Manchester United – Brazil

22- Lucas Torreira – Overall Rating 81 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Arsenal – Uruguay

23- Tomas Soucek– Overall Rating 81 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – West Ham – Czech Republic

24- Luiz Gustavo – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Fenerbahçe – Brazil

25- Illarramendi – Overall Rating 80– Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Real Sociedad – Spain

26- Benjamin Andre – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – LOSC Lille – France

27- Nemanja Matic – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Manchester United – Serbia

28- Enzo Perez – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – River Plate – Argentina

29- Grzegorz Krychowiak– Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Lokomotiv Moscu – Poland

30- Granit Xhaka – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Arsenal – Switzerland

FIFA 21 Best CDM – Top 31 – 50

Best CDM or Center Defensive Midfielders ranked by their overall rating – Top 31 – 50

31- William Carvalho – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Betis – Portugal

32- Pierre Emile Hobjerg – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Tottenham – Denmark

33- Matias Vecino – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Inter Milan – Uruguay

34- Mauro Arambarri – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Getafe – Uruguay

35- Javier Mascherano– Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or CDM – Estudiantes – Argentina

36- Marcelo Diaz – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Racing – Chile

37- Marco Parolo – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Lazio – Italy

38- Yann M’Villa – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – As Saint Etienne – France

39- Steven Nzonzi – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Stade Rennais – France

Top 41 – 50

40- Iborra – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Villarreal – Spain

41- Nemanja Gudelj– Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Sevilla – Serbia

42- Jordan Veretout – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Roma – France

43- Fernando – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Brazil

44- Luka Milivojevic – Overall Rating 79 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Crystal Palace – Serbia

45- Taras Stepanenko– Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Shakhtar Donetsk – Ukraine

46- Maximilian Arnold – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Vfl Wolfsburgo – Germany

47- Omar Mascarell – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Schalke – Spain

48- Baptiste Santamaria – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Angers – France

49- Tiemque Bakayoko– Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Chelsea – France

50- Julian Weigl – Overall Rating 80 – Center Defensive Midfielder or also CDM – Benfica – Germany