Best Lengthy Players in EA Sports FC 26

Lengthy is back with a bang in EA Sports FC 26, with the return of three discrete sprint styles instead of the six that were introduced last year in FC 25.

Players can now once again only be either Explosive, Controlled, or Lengthy, with no in-betweens muddying the water. Based on this, it’s likely that Lengthy players will once again stand out as the quickest around after they reach their considerable top speed.

Here’s a selection of the best Lengthy players to look out for in FC 26.

How do players get lengthy in FC 26?

The conditions for players to qualify as Lengthy in FC 26 have been simplified, with most tall, strong players falling into this category:

• Male players need to be over 6ft 1” and female players need to be over 5ft 5”
• The player’s Strength stat needs to be a minimum of 65
• Their Acceleration must be over 40
• Their Strength stat must be at least 4 points higher than their Agility stat

In the past, there needed to be a much larger difference between the Strength and Agility stats, but this just led to every player being Controlled towards the end of the Ultimate Team life cycle as Promo items’ stats get juiced higher and higher.

The biggest thing, literally, to consider here is the height requirement, which precludes many players who would benefit massively from Lengthy from ever getting the sprint style. Slower, smaller Icon and Hero defenders such as Franco Baresi, Ronald Koeman and Ricardo Carvalho can never be Lengthy for instance. The height requirement also stops a lot of legendarily strong players from ever being lengthy too; Adama Traore is one that stands out for me, while The Beast Adebayo Akinfenwa could also never be Lengthy under these requirements.

As well as naturally Lengthy players, you can also make players Lengthy by using Chemistry Styles to boost their stats so they fit the sprint style formula. Basically, as long as a male player is over 6ft 1” and a female player is over 5ft 5”, if you boost their Strength to be higher than their agility, they’re basically always Lengthy.

Lengthy Players in EA Sports FC 26

Here’s a selection of the best Lengthy players in FC 26. I’ve ordered them by their pace, because we both know the whole reason you’re looking for them in the first place is to make use of the incredible top speed boost the sprint style gives them:

For more on how to get the best out of your Lengthy players, here are some of the best FC 26 Tactics Codes and formations.

Or for building a Career Mode squad, here are the best FC 26 Wonderkids.