eFootball David Bates - Stats & Build (Ricardo Quaresma)

16/10/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight CB that reaches 92 at max training
Strengths: Tackling (#12), Physical Contact (#45), Kicking Power (#103)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Tackling
What this page covers: the Highlight version of David Bates (this player has 2 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
More players from Ricardo Quaresma
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Player Review

Rating★☆☆☆☆C

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #446 of 7,358 CB cards, with a max-level overall of 92. It is currently the strongest David Bates card released.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

David Bates

PositionCB

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleBasic

Defensive styleDestroyer

Height190 cm

Age30

Max levelLv27

Progression points52

Overall at Lv179

Overall at max level92

Special skillsNone

Available fromRicardo Quaresma

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness56

Ball Control59

Dribbling57

Tight Possession55

Low Pass65

Lofted Pass63

Finishing54

Heading71

Set Piece Taking59

Curl56

Physical

Speed69

Acceleration65

Kicking Power71

Jumping73

Physical Contact81

Balance57

Stamina71

Defending

Defensive Awareness73

Tackling78

Aggression73

Defensive Engagement72

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageAverage

Weak foot accuracyHigh

FormAverage

Injury resistanceLow

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CB)

Not suited

Player skills

Shooting

Heading

Defending

Man Marking

Interception

Blocker

Aerial Superiority

Sliding Tackle

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a CB.

＋Acrobatic Clearanceclears tough balls

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against David Bates (Standard, 86) — the strongest David Bates card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

CB overall ranking

#1473 ~~/ 7,358 cards~~

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Among this player’s cards

David Bates all-time cards

#1 ~~/ 2 cards~~

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Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓David Bates (Highlight)

David Bates (Highlight) caps at Lv27 with a max-level overall of 92
It has 52 progression points to spend
Among the 2 cards of this player it ranks #1 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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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.