How to Buy EA Sports FC 26 Points (FIFA Points) in 2026 — Every Platform Explained

FC Points are the premium currency in EA Sports FC 26 — the same thing longtime players still call “FIFA Points”, just renamed since the series dropped the FIFA branding. You spend them almost entirely in Ultimate Team: opening store packs, entering Draft, and unlocking the Premium Season Pass and Evolutions. Buying them looks trivial, but there is one rule that catches a lot of players out — FC Points are locked to the platform you buy them on. This guide walks through every way to buy FC Points in 2026, the bundle sizes, the EA Play discount worth knowing about, how to fund the purchase with a gift card instead of a saved card, and exactly what your points can and can’t do.

What are FC Points?

FC Points are a prepaid, digital-only currency you load into EA Sports FC 26 and then spend inside Ultimate Team (FUT). There is no physical “FC Points card”, and points are not a subscription — they sit in your account until you use them. The most common reason players buy FC Points is to open store packs in the hunt for better players, but they’re also used for Draft entries and the premium tiers of seasonal content.

• FC Points are a purely digital currency — you top them up through a platform store or in-game; there is no scratch-card version.
• They are spent only in Ultimate Team. Other modes (Career, Clubs, Kick-Off) don’t use FC Points at all.
• Your FC Points balance is tied to the platform you bought it on — this is the single most important thing to understand (more below).
• Unspent FC Points historically carry over to the next year’s EA Sports FC title when you launch Ultimate Team — but only on the same platform. Check the in-game transfer notice each year.

The platform-lock rule (read this first)

This trips up more players than anything else. Your EA account links your progress and, on supported platforms, cross-play — but your FC Points wallet does not travel with it. Each platform keeps a separate FC Points balance, priced and sold through that platform’s own store.

FC Points bundle sizes

FC Points are sold in fixed bundles. The exact prices shift by region, platform and over time, so we don’t hardcode them here — but the bundle amounts are broadly consistent. Bigger bundles bring the effective cost per point down, so a large bundle is cheaper per point than buying several small ones.

Method 1 — Buy FC Points in Ultimate Team

The most direct route is inside EA Sports FC 26 itself. The in-game purchase still routes through your platform’s wallet (PlayStation, Xbox, or your PC store), so whatever payment method or gift-card balance you’ve loaded there is what gets charged.

1. Launch FC 26 and open Ultimate Team
   FC Points are only purchasable and spendable inside the Ultimate Team mode, so start there from the main menu.
2. Go to Store → Points
   From the Ultimate Team home screen, open the Store and select the “Points” tab. It lists the available FC Points bundles.
3. Choose the bundle you want
   Pick the FC Points amount. Remember the value-per-point improves on the larger bundles, and a Draft entry only needs 300.
4. Confirm through your platform wallet
   The purchase completes using your PlayStation, Xbox or PC store balance or saved payment method. Your FC Points appear immediately.

Method 2 — PlayStation Store

1. Open the PlayStation Store
   On your PS5, or via the PlayStation App / store.playstation.com, search for “EA Sports FC 26 Points”.
2. Select the FC Points bundle
   Choose the amount you want, and make sure you are signed in to the account you actually play FUT on.
3. Pay from your PSN wallet
   Fund the purchase from your PlayStation Network wallet balance. The FC Points land on your PlayStation copy of the game only.

Method 3 — Xbox / Microsoft Store

1. Open the Microsoft Store on Xbox
   On your Xbox Series X|S console, or at microsoft.com/store, search for “EA Sports FC 26 Points”.
2. Pick your FC Points bundle
   Select the amount. Confirm you’re on the correct Xbox / Microsoft account for the profile you play FUT with.
3. Pay from your Microsoft account balance
   Use your Microsoft account (Xbox) balance to complete the purchase. The FC Points are available on Xbox only.

Method 4 — PC (EA app, Steam & Epic)

On PC, EA Sports FC 26 is available through the EA app, Steam and the Epic Games Store. Buy FC Points through whichever launcher you actually play the game on — the purchase charges that store’s wallet or payment method, and a Steam balance and an EA/Epic balance are separate.

1. Steam
   Launch FC 26 via Steam and buy FC Points from the in-game Ultimate Team store; it charges your Steam Wallet. You can top up that wallet with a Steam gift card first if you’d rather not use a card.
2. EA app / Epic
   Launch through the EA app or Epic and buy FC Points in-game; it uses that store’s balance or saved payment method.
3. Pick one launcher and stick with it
   If you own the game on more than one PC store, decide which launcher is your “main” — otherwise you risk splitting FC Points across separate PC wallets.

The EA Play 10% discount

One perk regular buyers miss: EA Play members get 10% off FC Points purchases. If you already subscribe to EA Play (or EA Play is bundled into your Game Pass Ultimate on Xbox/PC), the discount applies automatically at checkout on eligible bundles. For anyone who buys FC Points every season, the membership can pay for itself on the points saving alone — but only buy it if you’ll actually use it.

Funding FC Points with a gift card (the smart way)

You never buy FC Points with a gift card directly — there is no dedicated FC Points card. Instead, you load a platform wallet with the matching gift card, then buy the FC Points bundle from that balance. This is the go-to method for parents topping up a kid’s account, for players without a card on file, and for anyone who wants a hard spending cap on packs.

• Playing on PlayStation? Redeem a PlayStation (PSN) gift card into your wallet, then buy FC Points.
• Playing on Xbox? Redeem an Xbox gift card into your Microsoft balance, then buy FC Points.
• Playing on PC via Steam? Redeem a Steam gift card into your Steam Wallet, then buy FC Points in-game.
• Playing FC Mobile? Buy FC Points through the mobile store with a Google Play or Apple gift card.
• Always match the gift card region to your store/account region — a mismatched code will be rejected.

What FC Points can buy

• Store packs — the main reason most players buy FC Points, opened in the hunt for better players and items.
• FUT Draft entries — 300 FC Points per entry (or 15,000 FUT coins).
• The Premium Season Pass — the paid tier of seasonal Ultimate Team rewards.
• Evolutions — some premium Evo slots that upgrade specific players can be unlocked with points.

Spending safely on packs

FC Points open randomised packs, and pack odds are published in-game precisely because this is real money spent on a chance-based reward. That makes a spending plan worth having — especially if a younger player is the one opening packs.

• Set a budget before a promo drops and load only that much into your wallet with a gift card.
• Check the published pack probabilities in-game before committing points — they’re there for a reason.
• For a child’s account, use console family controls to require approval on purchases, and fund with a gift card rather than a card on file.
• Remember unopened preview packs and the transfer market let you build a squad with earned coins too — points aren’t the only route.