Best FIFA 23 Career Mode midfielders: Highest-rated & top wonderkids

FIFA 23 Career Mode can be an absolute blast with the best midfielders in the game, so check out our guide on the highest-rated midfielders, as well as the best young stars to develop.

If FIFA 23 online play and Ultimate Team aren’t for you, then Career Mode is absolutely your best bet as you get to battle varying levels of AI difficulty across a whole season using the team of your choice.

There are plenty of fun teams for you to select, but even when you start your fresh Career Mode, it’s handy to know which players you should set your sights on in the game.

Attracting Europe’s hottest potential stars can lead to some truly world-class players, as well as huge transfer fees, so here are the best midfielders for you to sign in FIFA 23 Career Mode.

Best midfielders in FIFA 23 Career Mode

In FIFA 23, an amazing striker will get goals and a CB will help you to shut out opponents, but midfielders can bridge the gap between attack and defense by offering extra cover, providing assists to the forwards, and contributing goals themselves.

For this guide, we’re focusing on central midfielders comprised of CDMs, CMs, and CAMs, The game’s top 10 best midfielders can be found across these different positions – showing how versatile a midfield can be.

Obviously, unless you’re in charge of PSG or Manchester City then you won’t be able to go out and buy them just like that. If you can, here are the best players to buy in FIFA 23 Career Mode.

Player Name	Position	Age	Club	Value	Wage	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Kevin De Bruyne	CM	31	Manchester City	€107.5M	350K	91	91
Joshua Kimmich	CDM	27	Bayern Munich	€105.5M	130K	89	90
Casemiro	CDM	30	Manchester United	€86M	240K	89	89
Luka Modric	CM	36	Real Madrid	€29M	230K	88	88
N’Golo Kante	CDM	31	Chelsea	€64M	210K	88	88
Toni Kroos	CM	32	Real Madrid	€72M	310K	88	88
Bernardo Silva	CAM	27	Manchester City	€97.5M	260K	88	88
Marco Verratti	CM	29	PSG	€77.5M	155K	87	87
Frenkie de Jong	CM	25	Barcelona	€116.5M	230K	87	92
Rodri	CDM	26	Manchester City	€88.5M	200K	87	89

Best young midfielders in FIFA 23 Career Mode

While navigating FIFA 23’s Career Mode, you should aim to seek out the game’s best wonderkids that will go from promising starlets to world-beaters in a season or two.

Some are already exceptional talents that still have a scary amount of potential locked away just waiting to be unleashed too.

Let’s look at the young midfield maestros you should be looking to lure to your club.

Player Name	Position	Age	Club	Value	Wage	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Fabio Miretti	CM	18	Juventus	€10M	24K	74	88
Rayan Cherki	CAM	18	Lyon	€7M	14.5K	73	88
Tommaso Baldanzi	CAM	19	Empoli	€10M	6.1K	74	88
Nicolo Fagioli	CDM	21	Juventus	€13M	48.5K	75	87
Harvey Elliot	CAM	19	Liverpool	€16M	46K	76	87
Malik Tillman	CAM	18	Bayern Munich	€4.9M	22.5K	71	87
Martin Baturina	CM	19	Dinamo Zagreb	€4.4M	7.6K	71	86
Thiago Almada	CAM	21	Atlanta United	€17M	6.7K	76	87
Romeo Lavia	CDM	18	Southampton	€2.5M	4.2K	67	86
Tom Bischof	CAM	17	Hoffenheim	€2.2M	1K	65	86

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For even more FIFA 23 guide content, check out the best Ultimate Team players in each position:

Goalkeepers | Full-backs | Center-backs | Midfielders | Wingers | Strikers

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