If there’s one thing all EA FC 26 players know by heart, it’s that there’s nothing like the thrill of packing an Icon after a long grind. What follows, however, can be either heaven or hell, as not all of them do justice to their fame or real-life accolades. To help you see where your newly acquired card stands, or whether your idol is worth the investment, here’s our latest EA FC 26 Ultimate Team Base Icon Tier List.
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EA FC 26 Base Icon Tier List
In true tier list fashion, we decided to divide the EA FC 26 icons into five categories, going from SS to C. To make the piece more concise and stop the sections from being too long, we decided to also only include the OVR and main position of each of the players. You can check out an overview of each tier, as well as all of its members, below:
SS-Tier, Explained
Spearheaded by the unstoppable duo of R9 and Mia Hamm, the SS-Tier is the home of the game’s Apex cards, capable of ruling any match in multiple positions. As you can guess, that sees many of the cards here cost way over 2M coins in the market, with the mentioned Ronaldo being found for values as high as 11M on a lucky day.
- Pelé (95 OVR / CAM)
- Diego Maradona (95 OVR / CAM)
- Ronaldo (94 OVR / ST)
- Zinedine Zidane (94 OVR / CAM)
- Mia Hamm (93 OVR / ST)
- Johan Cruyff (93 OVR / CAM)
- Ronaldinho (93 OVR / LW)
- Paolo Maldini (92 OVR / RB)
- Carlos Alberto (91 OVR / RB)
- Thierry Henry (91 OVR / ST)
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (91 OVR / ST)
- Alex Morgan (91 OVR / ST)
- Ruud Gullit (90 OVR / CAM)
- Patrick Vieira (88 OVR / CM)
S-Tier, Explained
Still meta-defining, the S-tier features players that, although able to dominate 99.9% of the opposition, are outgunned by the above either in their main roles or through versatility. True to that, don’t expect them to be considerably cheaper, with players like Zico and Jairzinho staying firm in the over two/three million price range.
- Andrés Iniesta (92 OVR / CM)
- Ferenc Puskás (92 OVR / ST)
- Franz Beckenbauer (92 OVR / CB)
- Garrincha (92 OVR / RW)
- Bobby Charlton (92 OVR / CAM)
- Gerd Müller (92 OVR / ST)
- Oliver Kahn (91 OVR / GK)
- Homare Sawa (91 OVR / CM)
- Marco van Basten (91 OVR / ST)
- Eusébio (91 OVR / ST)
- Cafu (91 OVR / RB)
- Zico (91 OVR / CAM)
- Gianluigi Buffon (91 OVR / GK)
- Dennis Bergkamp (90 OVR / ST)
- Roberto Carlos (90 OVR / LB)
- Lothar Matthaus (90 OVR / CM)
- Lotta Schelin (90 OVR / ST)
- George Best (90 OVR / RW)
- Iker Casillas (90 OVR / GK)
- Camille Abily (90 OVR / CM)
- Samuel Eto’o (89 OVR / ST)
- Philipp Lahm (89 OVR / RB)
- Marcelo (89 OVR / LB)
- Jairzinho (89 OVR / RW)
- Fabio Cannavaro (89 OVR / CB)
- Gareth Bale (88 OVR / RW)
- Wayne Rooney (88 OVR / ST)
- Rio Ferdinand (88 OVR / CB)
- Lilian Thuram (88 OVR / RB)
- Giorgio Chiellini (88 OVR / CB)
- Fernado Torres (87 OVR / ST)
- Frank Rijkaard (87 OVR / CDM)
A-Tier, Explained
Housing by far the largest selection of picks and a good amount of more budget-friendly options, the A-tier features players that have minor but clear weaknesses when compared to our SS and S-Tiers. That also means that, unlike the above, many of them are likely to get pushed out of the top shelves over time.
- Lev Yashin (92 OVR / GK)
- Roberto Baggio (91 OVR / CAM)
- Xavi (91 OVR / CM)
- Toni Kroos (90 OVR / CM)
- Rivaldo (90 OVR / LW)
- Raul (90 OVR / ST)
- Caroline Seger (90 OVR / CM)
- Del Piero (90 OVR / CAM)
- Aya Miyama (90 OVR / LM)
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (89 OVR / ST)
- Eric Cantona (89 OVR / ST)
- Kelly Smith (89 OVR / ST)
- Kenny Dalglish (89 OVR / ST)
- Emilio Butragueño (89 OVR / ST)
- Kaká (89 OVR / CAM)
- Francesco Totti (89 OVR / ST)
- Didier Drogba (89 OVR / ST)
- Sócrates (89 OVER / CAM)
- Javier Zanetti (89 OVR / RB)
- Stoichkov (89 OVR / ST)
- Hugo Sánchez (89 OVR / ST)
- Luís Figo (89 OVR / RW)
- David Beckham (88 OVR / RM)
- Gheorghe Hagi (88 OVR / CAM)
- Steven Gerrard (88 OVR / CM)
- Robin van Persie (88 OVR / ST)
- Franck Ribéry (88 OVR / LM)
- Laurent Blanc (88 OVR / CB)
- Pavel Nedvěd (88 OVR / LM)
- Marcel Desailly (88 OVR / CB)
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (88 OVR / CM)
- Edwin van der Sar (88 OVR / GK)
- Petr Čech (88 OVR /GK)
- Michael Owen (88 OVR / ST)
- Frank Lampard (87 OVR / CM)
- Emmanuel Petit (87 OVR / CDM)
- Gianfranco Zola (87 OVR / CAM)
- Nemanja Vidić (87 OVR / CB)
- Michael Essien (86 OVR / CDM)
- Claude Makélélé (87 OVR / CDM)
- John Barnes (87 OVR / LW)
- Gianluca Zambrotta (86 OVR / RB)
- Sol Campbell (86 OVR / CB)
B-Tier, Explained
The middle ground, all of the cards within the B-tier are sure to perform and work well as top picks for budget-restricted teams. Just don’t expect them to be game-changing by themselves once you start facing the true monsters under the Rank 1 sea.
- Birgit Prinz (92 OVR / ST)
- Nadine Angerer (92 OVR / GK)
- Franco Baresi (91 OVR / CB)
- Julie Foudy (90 OVR / CM)
- Andrea Pirlo (90 OVR / CM)
- Bobby Moore (90 OVR / CB)
- Gary Lineker (89 OVR / ST)
- Alessandro Nesta (89 OVR / CB)
- Steffi Jones (89 OVR / CB)
- Riquelme (88 OVR / CAM)
- Marinette Pichon (88 OVR / ST)
- Fernando Hierro (88 OVR / CB)
- Miroslav Klose (88 OVR / ST)
- Andriy Shevchenko (88 OVR / ST)
- Michael Laudrup (88 OVR / CDM)
- Ashley Cole (86 OVR / LB)
- Cha Bum Kun (86 OVR / ST)
- Sissi (86 OVR / CAM)
C-Tier, Explained
To the despair of all who packed them, the C-Tier is the home of all Icons whose in-game performances fail to justify their cost or their status. Gatusso is the most egregious example of that, as the card can be rivaled or even surpassed by multiple under-20K Gold Rare picks.
- Alan Shearer (89 OVR / ST)
- Carles Puyol (89 OVR / CB)
- Ronald Koeman (88 OVR / CB)
- Paul Scholes (88 OVR / CM)
- Ian Rush (87 OVR / ST)
- Xabi Alonso (87 OVR / CDM)
- Patrick Kluivert (87 OVR / ST)
- Robert Pirès (87 OVR / LM)
- Ian Wright (87 OVR / ST)
- Davor Šuker (87 OVR / ST)
- Roy Keane (86 OVR / CM)
- Luis Hernández (86 OVR / ST)
- Hernán Crespo (86 OVR / ST)
- Sebastián Verón (86 OVR / CM)
- Henrik Larsson (86 OVR / ST)
- Gennaro Gattuso (86 OVR / CDM)
Now that you are done with our Icon tier list, make sure to also take a look at The Best Silver Players For All Positions In EA FC 26 Ultimate Team to boost your chances of packing them through silver tournament rewards.
