Who are the best defenders on FIFA 20?

Virgil van Dijk has been named the highest-rated defender on FIFA 20 after his hugely impressive year with Liverpool

Who are the best defenders on FIFA 20?

Which centre-back or full-back should you sign to complete your team?

Goal has rounded up the highest-rated defenders on the game, and you can see the full ranked list here.

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FIFA 20: Top-rated defenders

Player	Team	Nation	Position	Rating
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	Netherlands	CB	90
Giorgio Chiellini	Piemonte Calcio	Italy	CB	89
Kalidou Koulibaly	Napoli	Senegal	CB	89
Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	Spain	CB	89
Diego Godin	Inter	Uruguay	CB	88
Gerard Pique	Barcelona	Spain	CB	88
Jordi Alba	Barcelona	Spain	LB	87
Toby Alderweireld	Spurs	Belgium	CB	87
Mats Hummels	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	CB	87
Aymeric Laporte	Man City	France	CB	87
Thiago Silva	PSG	Brazil	CB	87
Jan Vertonghen	Spurs	Belgium	CB	87
Leonardo Bonucci	Piemonte Calcio	Italy	CB	86
Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	Germany	RB	86
Marquinhos	PSG	Brazil	CB	86
Milan Skriniar	Inter	Slovakia	CB	86
Samuel Umtiti	Barcelona	France	CB	86
David Alaba	Bayern Munich	Austria	LB	85
Alex Sandro	Piemonte Calcio	Brazil	LB	85
Dani Carvajal	Real Madrid	Spain	RB	85
Matthijs de Ligt	Piemonte Calcio	Netherlands	CB	85
Jose Maria Gimenez	Atletico Madrid	Uruguay	CB	85
Kostas Manolas	Napoli	Greece	CB	85
Marcelo	Real Madrid	Brazil	LB	85
Andrew Robertson	Liverpool	Scotland	LB	85
Niklas Sule	Bayern Munich	Germany	CB	85
Raphael Varane	Real Madrid	France	CB	85

Liverpool and Netherlands centre-back ace Virgil van Dijk has topped the list of the highest-rated FIFA 20 defenders with an overall score of 90, landing himself at number nine in the complete list.

Van Dijk's high rating comes at no surprise after a season in which he guided Liverpool to a sixth Champions League trophy and second place in the Premier League. He picked up the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award and was chosen as the PFA Player of the Year, and remains a favourite to win the Ballon d'Or ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Giorgio Chiellini, who has been registered as a Piemonte Calcio defender due to Konami's exclusive naming rights deal with Juventus, follows close behind at 89, retaining his rating from last year. He is joined by fellow Serie A stopper Kalidou Koulibaly as well as Sergio Ramos, also on 89.

Diego Godin, who just completed a fresh move to Inter from Atletico Madrid is on 88 along with Barcelona defender Gerard Pique. The Spain international got a ratings boost after his overall score of 87 last year.

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Tottenham duo Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen are close behind with an 87 rating, alongside Mats Hummels, Jordi Alba, Aymeric Laporte and Thiago Silva. Both Spurs defenders and Alba retained their score, while Laporte got an increase and Hummels got a slight downgrade from 89.

The likes of Samuel Umtiti, Milan Skriniar, Leonardo Bonucci, Joshua Kimmich and Marquinhos are all on an 86 rating.

Liverpool's Andy Robertson has enjoyed a boost from his previous rating of 83 to 85 thanks to Liverpool's European glory, and joins Real Madrid mainstay Raphael Varane and new Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt, whose Ajax side suffered Champions League semi-final heartbreak after losing to Tottenham in the dying seconds of the game.

Bayern's David Alaba, Piemonte Calcio's Axel Sandro and Jose Maria Gimenez round off the rest of the highest-rated defenders, along with Niklas Sule, Jose Maria Gimenez, Kostas Manolas and Marcelo.

FIFA 20: Top-rated defenders

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