Which attacker Archetype should you pick in FC 26?
Three Archetypes, and the position where the numbers genuinely separate people. Here is what each is for, and what forwards really score.
Measured hereUpdated 11 August 2026
Three, and the position where the numbers actually separate people — forwards out-score every other group several times over.
The attacker Archetypes
| Archetype | Fourth PlayStyle |
|---|---|
| Magician | Inventive |
| Finisher | Acrobatic |
| Target | Press Proven |
Names and PlayStyles are EA’s. Which Archetype belongs to which position is read from the order EA lists them in — see the full list for what is confirmed and what is inferred.
What each one actually produces
Measured across 101 archived forwards — the group people pick most, and the one where the counters EA does publish finally separate players by a wide margin.
| Archetype | Goals / 90 | Assists / 90 | Rating | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finisher | 1.01 | 0.53 | 7.6 | 61 |
| Magician | 0.84 | 0.78 | 7.4 | 40 |
Weighted by how many players actually use each build. Builds with fewer than 20 archived players are left out rather than printed thin.
The most picked is not the highest scoring
Finisher scores most at 1.01 per 90. It is also the most picked, at 61 players — the one group where the crowd and the scoring column agree.
That is worth sitting with before treating popularity as a recommendation. Forwards are the group where a build genuinely changes the numbers, and the crowd is not tracking the change. Magician leads the assists at 0.78 per 90, which is the other half of the job and the half a goals column never shows.
The group averages 0.94 goals and 0.63 assists per 90 at 7.5. Judge yourself against your own row rather than against that average — a forward asked to hold the ball up and one asked to run beyond are both in it.
Questions people ask
- How many attacker Archetypes are in FC 26?
- Three: Magician, Finisher and Target, with Inventive, Acrobatic and Press Proven as their fourth Signature PlayStyles.
- How many goals per game should a striker score in Pro Clubs?
- Forwards out-score every other position group several times over in the archived averages on this page. That figure, not a number from a build guide, is the bar.
- Which attacker Archetype is best?
- By win rate across archived builds: Finisher 54.6 per cent, Target 54.1, Magician 52.8 — the three lowest of any Archetype in the game. EA has published no ranking of its own, so the only honest one is counted. See the Archetype tier list on this site.
Measured from 109,638 players and 45,761 matches, kept since 17 September 2026. EA returns the last ten. Look up your own club and see where you land.
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