FC 26 1 of 10 88+ Historical Player Pick SBC: Full Reward Pool
Every Icon and Hero you can pull from the guaranteed 88+ pick, plus the squad requirement and cost.
Every Icon and Hero you can pull from the guaranteed 88+ pick, plus the squad requirement and cost.
by Shivam Malani
The 1 of 10 88+ Historical Player Pick is a Squad Building Challenge in FC 26 Ultimate Team that hands you a guaranteed Hero or Icon rated 88 or higher. Every card in the pool comes from a campaign that landed earlier in the season, so the selection leans heavily on special versions of legends rather than base items.
Quick answer: Submit one 88-rated squad to complete the challenge and open a pack containing a single Hero or Icon item rated 88 OVR or above. The challenge is repeatable, so you can run it again with fresh fodder.
Squad requirement and cost
The build needs a single squad with a minimum team rating of 88. There are no league, nation, or chemistry conditions tied to the submission, which keeps the planning simple. Because the reward floor is 88 OVR and the pool is limited to Heroes and Icons, every result is a special card.
Detail
Value
Challenge
88-Rated Squad (Min. team rating 88)
Reward
Guaranteed 88+ Hero or Icon pick
Repeatable
Yes
Estimated cost (Console)
~163,350 coins
Estimated cost (PC)
~179,400 coins
To keep spending down, fill the squad with untradeable duplicates already sitting in your club before buying anything from the transfer market. You will know the challenge worked when the pack opens and reveals a player rated 88 or higher from one of the campaigns below.
Icon rewards by campaign
The Icon side of the pool spans several promos. Only items rated 88 or higher are eligible, and the list pulls exclusively from campaigns released before April 17.
Champion Icon
Player
Position
OVR
Cha Bum Kun
ST
88
Sissi
CAM
88
Gerrard
CM
89
Totti
ST
89
Jones
CB
89
Chiellini
CB
89
Marcelo
LB
89
Seger
CM
90
Kroos
CM
90
Henry
ST
91
Morgan
ST
91
Kahn
GK
91
Ronaldo
ST
92
Iniesta
CM
92
Ibrahimovic
ST
92
Thunderstruck
Player
Position
OVR
Bale
RW
89
Ribery
LM
89
Koeman
CB
89
Schweinsteiger
CM
89
Beckham
RM
89
Eto’o
ST
90
Bergkamp
ST
91
Abily
CM
91
Roberto Carlos
LB
91
Schelin
ST
91
Rivaldo
LW
91
Xavi
CM
92
Eusebio
ST
92
Beckenbauer
CB
93
Maldini
CB
93
Prinz
ST
93
Maradona
CAM
96
Unbreakables
Player
Position
OVR
Larsson
ST
88
Robert Pires
LM
89
Nemanja Vidic
CB
89
Juan Roman Riquelme
CAM
89
Javier Zanetti
RB
91
Alan Shearer
ST
91
Time Warp
Player
Position
OVR
Roy Keane
CM
88
John Barnes
LW
89
Pavel Nedved
LM
89
Carles Puyol
CB
90
Philipp Lahm
RB
90
Bobby Moore
CB
91
Andrea Pirlo
CDM
91
Homare Sawa
CM
92
Marco van Basten
ST
92
Garrincha
RW
93
Winter Wildcards
Player
Position
OVR
Foudy
CM
88
Vieira
CM
90
Luis Figo
CAM
90
Cannavaro
CB
90
George Best
RW
91
Foudy
CM
91
Lothar Matthaus
CM
91
Aya Miyama
LM
91
Zico
CAM
92
Cafu
RB
92
Ferenc Puskas
ST
93
Thierry Henry
ST
93
Johann Cruyff
CAM
94
Ronaldinho
LW
94
Zinedine Zidane
CAM
95
TOTY Icons
Player
Position
OVR
Seger
CM
91
Carlos Alberto
RB
92
Wayne Rooney
ST
92
Lev Yashin
GK
93
Ruud Gullit
CAM
93
Alex Morgan
ST
93
Lilian Thuram
RB
93
Jairzinho
RW
94
Paulo Maldini
CB
94
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
ST
95
Future Stars
Player
Position
OVR
Pichon
ST
90
Shevchenko
ST
90
Scholes
CM
91
Drogba
ST
91
Abily
CM
92
Baresi
CB
92
Xavi
CM
93
Bergkamp
ST
93
Bale
RW
94
Eusebio
ST
94
Maradona
CAM
96
Pele
CAM
96
FUT Birthday
Player
Position
OVR
Crespo
ST
88
Cech
GK
89
Fernando Torres
ST
90
Eto’o
ST
91
Kroos
CM
91
Koeman
CB
91
Foudy
CM
92
Batistuta
ST
92
Miyama
LM
92
Charlton
CAM
93
Ibrahimovic
ST
93
Puskas
ST
93
Trophy Titans
Player
Position
OVR
Wright
ST
89
Thuram
RB
89
Rush
ST
89
Maldini
CB
89
Kluivert
ST
89
Prinz
ST
89
Marcelo
LB
90
Kaka
CAM
90
Emilio Butragueno
ST
90
Pires
RM
90
Lineker
ST
91
Larsson
ST
91
Campbell
CB
91
Cantona
ST
92
Nesta
CB
92
Rush
ST
92
Shearer
ST
92
Cole
LB
92
Zanetti
RB
92
Pires
LM
93
Rooney
ST
93
Moore
CB
93
Desailly
CB
93
Shevchenko
ST
93
Emilio Butragueno
ST
93
Angerer
GK
93
Fernando Hierro
CB
93
Totti
ST
93
Prinz
ST
94
Kluivert
ST
94
Beckenbauer
CB
94
Buffon
GK
94
Makelele
CDM
94
Carles Puyol
CB
94
Baggio
CAM
94
Thuram
RB
94
Van Basten
ST
94
Marcelo
LB
95
Cafu
RB
95
Gullit
CAM
96
Maldini
CB
95
Ronaldinho
LW
95
Henry
ST
96
Zidane
CAM
96
Schweinsteiger
CM
96
Morgan
ST
96
Knockout Royalty
Player
Position
OVR
Suker
ST
89
Rijkaard
CDM
89
Dunga
CDM
89
Hagi
CAM
90
Hurst
ST
90
Gerrard
CM
90
Chiellini
CB
90
Jones
CB
91
Schelin
ST
92
Muller
ST
93
Iniesta
CM
93
Alex Morgan
ST
94
Hero rewards by campaign
Alongside the Icons, the pick can also produce a Hero item. These are grouped by the campaign they belong to, and the same 88 OVR floor applies.
Ultimate Scream
Player
Position
OVR
Campos
ST
88
Marek Hamsik
CM
88
Yaya Toure
CM
88
Claudio Marchisio
CDM
88
Paulo Futre
ST
89
Wesley Sneijder
LM
89
Antonio Di Natale
LW
89
Javier Mascherano
CDM
89
Primetime
Player
Position
OVR
Michel Salgado
RB
88
Danielle De Rossi
CDM
89
Eden Hazard
LM
89
Georges
CB
89
Laudehr
CM
90
Joga Bonito
Player
Position
OVR
Rui Costa
CAM
88
Berbatov
ST
88
Necib
LM
88
Quaresma
RW
88
Nakata
CAM
88
Joe Cole
RW
88
Aimar
CAM
88
Maicon
RB
89
Ginola
LM
90
Abedi Pele
CAM
90
Okocha
CAM
90
Unbreakables (Heroes)
Player
Position
OVR
Williams
CM
88
Dempsey
CAM
88
Tevez
ST
89
Winter Wildcards (Heroes)
Player
Position
OVR
Ramires
CDM
88
Ramires
RM
88
Bompastor
LB
88
Cordoba
CB
88
Cordoba
RB
88
Stam
CM
89
Stam
CB
89
Zamorano
ST
89
Kesler
CM
89
Litmanen
CAM
90
Kohler
CB
90
Future Stars (Heroes)
Player
Position
OVR
Beasley
LM
88
Ricardo Carvalho
CB
89
Scott
RB
89
McManaman
RM
89
Doumbia
ST
89
Richards
RB
89
Georges
CB
90
Cesc Fabregas
CM
91
Hazard
LM
92
Trophy Titans (Heroes)
Player
Position
OVR
Bompastor
LB
89
Barzagli
CB
89
Milito
ST
89
Hazard
LM
89
Carragher
CB
89
Ramires
CDM
89
Lizarazu
LB
90
Francescoli
CAM
90
Kanu
ST
90
Vialli
ST
91
Salgado
RB
91
Milito
ST
91
Kohler
CB
91
Berbatov
ST
91
Pizarro
ST
92
Gomez
ST
92
Scott
RB
93
Ramires
CDM
93
Tevez
ST
93
Fernando Morientes
ST
94
Hazard
LM
94
How to weigh the pick before you commit
The appeal here is the high floor. Because nothing below 88 OVR can appear, even an unlucky roll still produces a usable special card. The ceiling reaches Trophy Titans Henry, Zidane, and Schweinsteiger at 96, Future Stars Pele and Maradona at 96, and Thunderstruck Maradona at 96.
Note: The reward is a single card, not a choice between several. If you want better odds at a top-end Icon or Hero, the repeatable structure lets you run the challenge again with another 88-rated squad. Use untradeable fodder each time to keep the per-attempt cost close to the listed estimates.