FUT 21: Ligue 1 - top players FIFA 21 guide, tips
Last update: 15 March 2021
In this chapter of the FIFA 21 guide, you will find a list of all the best players of the French Ligue 1 divided by position.
League 1 may not be the strongest football league, but it has some of the best footballers in the world, such as Kylian Mbappe and Neymar Jr. - they are the most expensive players on this list. Despite that, Ligue 1 is a great place to look for players for the initial golden squad – you can find really good players for a reasonable price, which you can use in hybrid (multi-league) teams.
- Goalkeepers (GK)
- Centre-backs (CB)
- Left-backs (LB)
- Right-backs (RB)
- Central midfielders (CM)
- Central attacking midfielders (CAM)
- Central defensive midfielders (CDM)
- Left wingers/left midfielders (LW/LM)
- Right wingers/right midfielders (RW/RM)
- Strikers/centre forwards (ST/CF)
Goalkeepers (GK)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Keylor Navas | Costa Rica | Paris-Saint Germain | 87 |
2. | Anthony Lopes | Portugal | Olympique Lyon | 83 |
3. | Steve Mandanda | France | Olympique de Marseille | 83 |
4. | Mike Maignan | France | Lille OSC | 82 |
5. | Walter Benítez | Argentina | OGC Nice | 81 |
6. | Stéphane Ruffier | France | AS Saint-Étienne | 81 |
Centre-backs (CB)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Marquinhos | Brazil | Paris-Saint Germain | 85 |
2. | Presnel Kimpembe | France | Paris-Saint Germain | 81 |
3. | Jason Denayer | Belgium | Olympique Lyon | 79 |
4. | Thilo Kehrer | Germany | Paris-Saint Germain | 77 |
5. | Abdou Diallo | France | Paris-Saint Germain | 78 |
6. | Pedro Mendes | Portugal | Montpellier HSC | 77 |
7. | Álvaro | Spain | Olympique de Marseille | 79 |
Left-backs (LB)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Juan Bernat | Spain | Paris-Saint Germain | 83 |
2. | Hassane Kamara | France | OGC Nice | 77 |
3. | Faitout Maouassa | France | Stade Rennais | 77 |
4. | Jordan Amavi | France | Olympique de Marseille | 78 |
5. | Youssouf Koné | Mali | Olympique Lyon | 77 |
Right-backs (RB)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Youcef Atal | Algeria | OGC Nice | 79 |
2. | Alessandro Florenzi | Italy | Paris-Saint Germain | 81 |
3. | Hamari Traoré | Mali | Stade Rennais | 79 |
4. | Bouna Sarr | France | Olympique de Marseille | 77 |
5. | Kenny Lala | France | RC Strasbourg | 79 |
Central midfielders (CM)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Marco Verratti | Italy | Paris-Saint Germain | 86 |
2. | Renato Sanches | Portugal | Lille OSC | 78 |
3. | Houssem Aouar | France | Olympique Lyon | 81 |
4. | Alexandr Golovin | Russia | AS Monaco FC | 79 |
5. | Morgan Sanson | France | Olympique de Marseille | 79 |
6. | Rafael Alcântara | Brazil | Paris-Saint Germain | 79 |
Central attacking midfielders (CAM)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Julian Draxler | Germany | Paris-Saint Germain | 80 |
2. | Florent Mollet | France | Montpellier HSC | 78 |
3. | Adrien Thomasson | France | RC Strasbourg | 77 |
4. | Ryad Boudebouz | Algeria | AS Saint-Étienne | 76 |
5. | Yusuf Yazici | Turkey | Lille OSC | 76 |
Central defensive midfielders (CDM)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Idrissa Gueye | Senegal | Paris-Saint Germain | 84 |
2. | Danilo Pereira | Portugal | Paris-Saint Germain | 82 |
3. | Benjamin André | France | Lille OSC | 80 |
4. | Damien Le Tallec | France | Montpellier HSC | 76 |
5. | Ibrahim Amadou | France | Angers SCO | 76 |
6. | Boubacar Kamara | France | Olympique de Marseille | 79 |
Left wingers/left midfielders (LW/LM)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Neymar Jr. | Brazil | Paris-Saint Germain | 91 |
2. | Jonathan Bamba | France | Lille OSC | 78 |
3. | Dimitri Payet | France | Olympique de Marseille | 82 |
4. | Moses Simon | Nigeria | FC Nantes | 77 |
5. | Henry Onyekuru | Nigeria | AS Monaco FC | 77 |
6. | Alexis Claude Maurice | France | OGC Nice | 75 |
Right wingers/right midfielders (RW/RM)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Ángel Di María | Argentina | Paris-Saint Germain | 87 |
2. | Raphinha | Brazil | Stade Rennais | 81 |
3. | Martins | Portugal | AS Monaco FC | 80 |
4. | Florian Thauvin | France | Olympique de Marseille | 82 |
5. | Jonathan Ikoné | France | Lille OSC | 79 |
6. | Maxwel Cornet | Ivory Coast | Olympique de Marseille | 75 |
Strikers/centre forwards (ST/CF)
No. | Player name | Nationality | Club name | Overall score |
1. | Kylian Mbappé | France | Paris-Saint Germain | 90 |
2. | Wissam Ben Yedder | France | AS Monaco FC | 84 |
3. | Memphis Depay | Netherlands | Olympique Lyon | 85 |
4. | Moussa Dembélé | France | Olympique Lyon | 81 |
5. | Kevin Volland | Germany | AS Monaco FC | 81 |
6. | Mauro Icardi | Argentina | Paris-Saint Germain | 85 |
7. | Andy Delort | Algeria | Montpellier HSC | 79 |