FC 27 Level Cap Is 40: Every Pro Clubs Level Reward, 1–40 (and FC 26’s 1–100)

Updated 21 September 2026 — FC 27 figures confirmed on the retail game, level cap 40

FC 27’s level cap is 40, worth 962 AP all-in; FC 26 ran to 100. Every reward on the way — AP, PlayStyle slots, signature perks, PlayStyle+ upgrades, Masteries, card tiers — lands on a fixed schedule that EA has never published. Drag through either ladder:

Most copied FC 27 builds

Ranked by how many people have actually copied them into their own club. Every one opens in the builder, free, no install.

Mbappé '26 WC

Finisher · Lv 40

29 copies

5'10" · 161 lbs · Controlled

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5'10" · 161 lbs

Controlled

Gennaro Gattuso

Disruptor · Lv 40

22 copies

5'10" · 165 lbs · Controlled

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5'10" · 165 lbs

Controlled

Toni Kroos

Maestro · Lv 40

21 copies

6'0" · 168 lbs · Controlled

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6'0" · 168 lbs

Controlled

Vitinha

Maestro · Lv 40

17 copies

5'8" · 143 lbs · Explosive

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5'8" · 143 lbs

Explosive

Lamine Yamal

Magician · Lv 40

16 copies

5'11" · 143 lbs · Explosive

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5'11" · 143 lbs

Explosive

Thierry Henry

Finisher · Lv 40

15 copies

6'2" · 183 lbs · Controlled

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6'2" · 183 lbs

Controlled

What the FC 27 ladder does differently

Flip the explorer to FC 27 and almost every line changes. The cap is 40, not 100. By that cap you have three PlayStyle slots instead of nine, one Signature Perk instead of two, one PlayStyle+ upgrade instead of four, and a Gold 1 card where an FC 26 pro at the same level holds Gold 2.

One column does not change, and it is the interesting one. AP is identical at every level in both games — 224 banked by level 10, 397 by 20, 674 by 30, 962 by 40, the same in FC 26 and FC 27. What changes is how long that takes. Level 40 costs 16,000 match XP in FC 27 against 27,580 in FC 26, and the discount is not flat: around level 10 an FC 27 pro is roughly a third of the way up the FC 26 curve, and by 40 it is closer to three fifths. FC 27 hands you the same spending power much sooner — and gives you fewer slots to spend it into.

That is the whole shape of the new game in one sentence: a shorter climb to the same budget, spent into a tighter frame. It is why an FC 27 build is a set of hard choices rather than a shopping list, and why the finished level-40 builds look nothing like their FC 26 counterparts.

The genuinely new reward has no FC 26 equivalent at all. Masteries, at levels 10 (+1 to two attributes) and 30 (+1 more to one of them), are permanent and account-wide: they pay out across every build you own rather than only the one you are levelling. They are the fourth row in the explorer and the gold chips in the ladder, and they are the reason levelling a second archetype in FC 27 is worth doing even if you never play it.

Every FC 27 figure here is read from the game itself, and the builder runs on the same table. What changed for your archetype covers the rest.

The grind is heavily back-loaded

The match-XP curve steepens hard: level 2 costs 120 AXP, while the single step from 99 to 100 costs 2,740 — 23× as much. Half of the total 137,270 AXP is spent getting past level 68, which means the last third of the bar costs as much as everything before it.

The AP payout leans the same way: you cross half of the 3,167 lifetime AP at level 61, and the final 25 levels pay out 1,123 AP — 35% of everything you will ever earn. A build that needs deep tier-3 attribute runs simply is not finished at level 60, whatever it looks like on paper — what those runs cost is in our AP price guide.

Every unlock, level by level

Level 1 is your starting kit; after that, 16 more levels bring something new. AP arrives every level — this table lists the ones that also unlock something:

Note the stacked levels: level 40 alone brings Gold 2 card, 4th PlayStyle slot and 2nd signature perk; level 95 alone brings Elite 1 card, 9th PlayStyle slot and 4th PlayStyle+ upgrade. The 9th and final PlayStyle slot lands at level 95 — pair the schedule with our PlayStyle requirements explorer to see what you will actually be able to put in those slots.

Frequently asked questions

What is the level cap in Pro Clubs?

100. The cap was 50 at launch and was raised in a title update — EA's own Pitch Notes still describe the old cap, which is one reason no official table of this exists.

Does levelling up cost AP?

No — it is the other way round. Levels come from match XP and grant AP; AP is only ever spent on attribute upgrades. Nothing on the level track costs anything.

How much AP do you get in total?

3,167 AP across all 100 levels, in per-level awards ranging from 9 to 113. Three independent community datasets reproduce the same total.

When do PlayStyle slots unlock?

At levels 1, 10, 20, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95 — nine in all. Signature perks come at levels 1 and 40, and your archetype's signature PlayStyles upgrade to PlayStyle+ at 30, 50, 75 and 95.