KONAMI is constantly adding new powerful players – Epic, Big Time, and Show Time cards – to eFootball 2026, making it challenging to figure out which ones are truly valuable. Each update introduces new card packs and brings back popular players, but not all highly-rated cards perform equally well on the field.
This guide simplifies understanding the special cards in eFootball 2026 by ranking them in a tier list. Players are categorized by position – Forwards, Midfielders, Defenders, and Goalkeepers – within this ranking of Epic, Big Time, and Show Time players.
eFootball 2026 Player Tier List
This tier list features players available in eFootball 2026, sorted by position: Forwards, Midfielders, Defenders, and Goalkeepers.
Epic, Big Time, and Show Time Forwards Ranked
Here are the rankings updated for the Forwards.
| Tier | Epic | Big Time | Show Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSS (Endgame) | Marco van Basten Pele RomarioAndriy ShevchenkoKylian Mbappe Johan Cruyff |
Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimovic George Best |
NA |
| SS (Excellent) | Wesley SneijderSamuel Eto’oDidier DrogbaAlessandro Del PieroChristian VieriLuís Figo Ronaldinho GaúchoWayne RooneyDiego Forlán Luis Suárez Franck RibéryFerenc Puskas Jan Koller Neymar JrRaúlGabriel Batistuta Eric CantonaMichael Owen |
Ousmane Dembélé Sadio Mané |
Vinicius JuniorErling HaalandRomelu Lukaku Lautaro Martínez Bukayo Saka Ademola Lookman |
| S (Strong) | Ruud van Nistelrooij Fernando Torres Carlos Tevez Lorenzo Insigne Fernando Morientes Dennis Bergkamp |
NA | Jérémy Doku Alexander Isak Ayase Ueda Hugo Ekitike Antoine Semenyo Nick Woltemade |
| A (Good) | Lamine Yamal Lionel Messi Dimitar Berbatov |
NA | Brahim Diaz |
| B (Average) | NA | NA | NA |
| C (Below Average) | NA | NA | NA |
Epic, Big Time, and Show Time Midfielders Ranked
Here are the rankings for the Midfielders.
| Tier | Epic | Big Time | Show Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSS (Endgame) | Frank Rijkaard Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) Edmílson Zico Pavel Nedvěd Michel Platini Francesco Totti Ruud Gullit Patrick Vieira David Beckham Kaká |
NA | NA |
| SS (Excellent) | Frank Lampard Steven GerrardRivaldo Lamine YamalVitinha Marco Reus Andrés IniestaYaya ToureGuti Gennaro GattusoRui CostaEden HazardPaul Scholes Roberto Baggio Juan Sebastián Verón Clarence Seedorf Hidetoshi NakataEdgar Davids Bryan Robson Claude Makélélé (Madrid) |
NA | RodriFederico ValverdeMoisés Caicedo Declan Rice Aurélien Tchouaméni |
| S (Strong) | Mark van Bommel Darren Fletcher Tomáš Rosický Shinji KagawaPep Guardiola Thiago AlcantaraTakefusa Kubo John O’Shea Philip Cocu |
NA | Kaoru Mitoma Nicolò Barella Rayan CherkiJoão Neves Matthaus Cunha Pedro Neto Dominik SzoboszlaiMorgan Rogers Arda GulerHamdi Fathy Steve McManaman |
| A (Good) | NA | NA | Junya Ito |
| B (Average) | NA | NA | NA |
| C (Below Average) | NA | NA | NA |
Epic, Big Time, and Show Time Defenders Ranked
Here is the ranking for defenders in eFootball 2026.
| Tier | Epic | Big Time | Show Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSS (Endgame) | Alessandro NestaGiuseppe Bergomi Lilian Thuram Rio Ferdinand Paolo Maldini |
NA | William Saliba |
| SS (Excellent) | Leonardo Bonucci Fabio CannavaroA. Costacurta Roberto Carlos Carles PuyolGiorgio Chiellini Christian PanucciGareth Bale Philipp Lahm Pepe Marcel Desailly Franco BaresiCafu Gerard PiquéDenis Irwin |
NA | Micky van de Ven Ibrahima Konaté |
| S (Strong) | Mikael Silvestre Yuto Nagatomo MaiconSergi BerjuanMassimo Oddo Ronald Koeman Massimo Ambrosini |
NA | Pau CubarsíJoško Gvardiol Riccardo Calafiori Marc Cucurella |
| A (Good) | NA | NA | NA |
| B (Average) | NA | NA | NA |
| C (Below Average) | NA | NA | NA |
Epic, Big Time, and Show Time Goalkeepers Ranked
Here is the tier list for Goalkeepers.
| Tier | Epic | Big Time | Show Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSS (Endgame) | Peter Cech Edwin van der Sar Peter Schmeichel |
NA | Gianluigi Donnarumma Thibaut Courtois |
| SS (Excellent) | Dida | NA | Alisson Becker |
| S (Strong) | Christian Abbiati Oliver Kahn |
NA | Zion Suzuki Yassine Bounou |
| A (Good) | Iker Casillas | NA | NA |
| B (Average) | NA | NA | NA |
| C (Below Average) | NA | NA | NA |
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