eFootball Physical Contact: Meaning and Best Players Ranked

02/09/2026

In short: the best Physical Contact in eFootball

No.1: Erling Haaland on 97 Physical Contact (CF, 98 overall)
What it does: Indicates how well the player can hold off opponents and keep his balance when physically pressured.
How it is measured: at max level with the card’s own booster applied, across all 43,983 cards in the game
24 cards reach 95 or above
Most common at: CB (24), CF (4), DMF (2)

Contents

What Physical Contact means in eFootball
Best Physical Contact ranking — top 30
Where high Physical Contact shows up
Compare two players yourself
Summary

What Physical Contact means in eFootball

Indicates how well the player can hold off opponents and keep his balance when physically pressured.

That is the description shown in the game. It is one of the 26 stats on every card, and it moves with training and with the card’s booster, so a Lv1 comparison mostly shows which cards start high rather than which end up best. The ranking below is measured at max level.

Across all 43,983 cards, 24 reach 95 Physical Contact or above, and the highest is 97.

Best Physical Contact ranking — top 30

Every card ranked by Physical Contact at max level, with the card’s own booster applied. 43,983 cards were compared. Cards are ranked individually, so a player with several strong cards can appear more than once.

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Erling HaalandA

Trending · Manchester B

Physical Contact97

Max overall98

Total stats1722 (tiebreaker)

PositionCF

Playing styleATTFox In The BoxDEFBasic

BoosterPhysicality +3Balance+3 · Physical Contact+3 · Jumping+3 · Stamina+3

Special skills—

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Kim Min-JaeB

Featured · Munchen RW

Physical Contact97

Max overall97

Total stats1719 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTDestroyerDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

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Niklas SuleB

Highlight · Germany

Physical Contact97

Max overall95

Total stats1740 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTExtra FrontmanDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Harry MaguireC

Trending · Manchester United

Physical Contact97

Max overall93

Total stats1727 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Harry MaguireC

Highlight · England

Physical Contact97

Max overall92

Total stats1689 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Jonathan TahA

Show Time · Germany

Physical Contact96

Max overall99

Total stats1728 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterAerial Block +2Heading+2 · Defensive Awareness+2 · Physical Contact+2 · Jumping+2

Special skillsAerial Fort

Virgil van DijkB

Trending · Liverpool R

Physical Contact96

Max overall97

Total stats1714 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterAerial +3Finishing+3 · Heading+3 · Physical Contact+3 · Jumping+3

Special skills—

Daniel Van BuytenB

Epic · Munchen RW

Physical Contact96

Max overall97

Total stats1711 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTDestroyerDEFBasic

BoosterDefending +2Defensive Awareness+2 · Tackling+2 · Acceleration+2 · Jumping+2

Special skills—

Harry MaguireB

Highlight · England

Physical Contact96

Max overall95

Total stats1713 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Dayot UpamecanoC

Featured · Munchen RW

Physical Contact96

Max overall94

Total stats1732 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Leon GoretzkaC

Trending · Munchen RW

Physical Contact96

Max overall93

Total stats1828 (tiebreaker)

PositionDMF

Playing styleATTBox To BoxDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

JoaquimC

Trending · Santos FC

Physical Contact96

Max overall93

Total stats1636 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTDestroyerDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Dayot UpamecanoC

Legend · Munchen RW

Physical Contact96

Max overall92

Total stats1712 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Isaak ToureC

Highlight · Udinese Calcio

Physical Contact96

Max overall92

Total stats1628 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTExtra FrontmanDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Jan KollerB

Epic · Czechia

Physical Contact95

Max overall97

Total stats1738 (tiebreaker)

PositionCF

Playing styleATTTarget ManDEFBasic

BoosterAerial +2Finishing+2 · Heading+2 · Physical Contact+2 · Jumping+2

Special skills—

TulioB

Epic · Urawa Reds

Physical Contact95

Max overall96

Total stats1759 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTExtra FrontmanDEFBasic

BoosterAerial +2Finishing+2 · Heading+2 · Physical Contact+2 · Jumping+2

Special skills—

Ibrahima KonateC

Highlight · France

Physical Contact95

Max overall94

Total stats1696 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Ibrahima KonateC

Highlight · France

Physical Contact95

Max overall94

Total stats1694 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Niklas SuleC

Highlight · Borussia Dortmund

Physical Contact95

Max overall93

Total stats1740 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTExtra FrontmanDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Romelu LukakuC

Trending · Belgium

Physical Contact95

Max overall93

Total stats1697 (tiebreaker)

PositionCF

Playing styleATTFox In The BoxDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Jannik VestergaardC

Highlight · Denmark

Physical Contact95

Max overall93

Total stats1679 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Harry MaguireC

Highlight · Manchester United

Physical Contact95

Max overall91

Total stats1675 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

H. Appiah TawiahC

Highlight · Kyoto Sanga F.C.

Physical Contact95

Max overall91

Total stats1617 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTDestroyerDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

CasemiroC

Featured · Manchester United

Physical Contact95

Max overall90

Total stats1796 (tiebreaker)

PositionDMF

Playing styleATTAnchor ManDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

PepeS

Epic · Portugal

Physical Contact94

Max overall102

Total stats1743 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTDestroyerDEFBasic

BoosterStealing +3Tackling+3 · Aggression+3 · Acceleration+3 · Physical Contact+3

Special skillsFortressLong-reach Tackle

Virgil van DijkA

Show Time · Netherlands

Physical Contact94

Max overall99

Total stats1718 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterAerial Block +2Heading+2 · Defensive Awareness+2 · Physical Contact+2 · Jumping+2

Special skillsAerial Fort

Walter KannemannB

Highlight · Gremio FBPA

Physical Contact94

Max overall97

Total stats1790 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTDestroyerDEFBasic

BoosterTotal Package +3All stats+3

Special skills—

Brian BrobbeyB

Trending · Netherlands

Physical Contact94

Max overall95

Total stats1786 (tiebreaker)

PositionCF

Playing styleATTGoal PoacherDEFBasic

BoosterStrength +3Kicking Power+3 · Speed+3 · Physical Contact+3 · Jumping+3

Special skills—

Dayot UpamecanoB

Trending · Munchen RW

Physical Contact94

Max overall95

Total stats1732 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Dayot UpamecanoC

Highlight · Munchen RW

Physical Contact94

Max overall94

Total stats1735 (tiebreaker)

PositionCB

Playing styleATTBuild UpDEFBasic

BoosterNo booster

Special skills—

Where high Physical Contact shows up

Which positions and card types fill the top 30.

	Cards
CB	24 cards
CF	4 cards
DMF	2 cards
Highlight	12 cards
Trending	8 cards
Epic	4 cards
Featured	3 cards
Show Time	2 cards
Legend	1 card

Compare two players yourself

Put any two cards side by side to see how their Physical Contact compares along with every other stat.

Opens in full at https://ef-labo.com/tools/player-comparison/

Summary

✓Summary

The highest Physical Contact is Erling Haaland on 97.
43,983 cards were compared at max level with boosters applied.
24 of them reach 95 Physical Contact or above.

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.