Top 50 Best Golden Boys

Top 50 Best Young Players Under 21 Years

This is FC's list of the Top 50 Best Golden Boys in the world at the moment according to our algorithm. It contains the most talented football players under 21 years. We update this list every Monday. If you want more information on how our algorithm is calculated, please click here.

We also have a list with the Top 50 football players under the age of 21 whose form is improving right now.

These are the 50 best young soccer players on the planet right now:

Rank	Name	Team	Nationality	Position	Age
1	Erling Haaland	Dortmund	NOR	S (C)	20	94
2	Alphonso Davies	Bayern	CAN	D (L)	20	88
3	Phil Foden	Man City	GBR	AM, W (L)	20	87
4	Eric Garcia	Man City	ESP	D (C)	20	86
5	Gio Reyna	Dortmund	USA	AM (RC)	18	84
6	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	ESP	W, AM (L)	18	83
7	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Rubin Kazan	GEO	AM, W (L)	20	81
8	Wesley Fofana	Leicester City	FRA	D (CR)	20	81
9	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Leipzig	HUN	AM (L), M (C)	20	81
10	Ryan Sessegnon	Hoffenheim	GBR	D, AM (L)	20	79

11	Eduardo Camavinga	Stade Rennais	FRA	M, AM (C)	18	79
12	Vinicius Junior	Real Madrid	BRA	W, AM (L)	20	79
13	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	AM (R), S (C)	19	78
14	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	GBR	W (RL)	20	78
15	Ethan Ampadu	Sheffield Utd	WAL	M, D (C)	20	78
16	Florian Wirtz	Leverkusen	DEU	M, AM (C)	18	78
17	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	AM (R), M (L)	19	77
18	Benoît Mukinayi	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	20	77
19	Mitchel Bakker	PSG	NLD	D (L)	20	77
20	Yacine Adli	Bordeaux	FRA	AM, M (C)	20	75
21	Brandon Williams	Man Utd	GBR	D, DM (L)	20	75
22	Yuri Alberto	Internacional	BRA	S (C)	20	75
23	Ivan Ilić	Verona	SRB	DM, M (C)	20	75
24	Benjamin Cabango	Swansea	WAL	D (CR)	20	74
25	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	20	74
26	Emile Smith Rowe	Arsenal	GBR	AM (CL)	20	74
27	Kosei Tani	Bellmāre	JPN	GK	20	74
28	Jonathan Panzo	Dijon	GBR	D (CL)	20	73
29	Nehuén Pérez	Granada	ARG	D (C)	20	73
30	Abner	Paranaense	BRA	D (L)	20	73
31	Jayden Bogle	Sheffield Utd	GBR	D, M (R)	20	72
32	Jonathan Burkardt	Mainz	DEU	F (C), AM (R)	20	72
33	Flavius Daniliuc	Nice	AUT	D (RC)	20	72
34	Noah Katterbach	1. FC Köln	DEU	D (L)	20	72
35	Takefusa Kubo	Getafe	JPN	M, AM (R)	19	71
36	Gabriel Menino	Palmeiras	BRA	AM, D (R)	20	71
37	Mohammed Kudus	Ajax	GHA	M, S (C)	20	71
38	Lee Kangin	Valencia	KOR	F, AM (C)	20	71
39	Oliver Skipp	Norwich	GBR	DM, M (C)	20	70
40	Heitor	Internacional	BRA	D (R)	20	70
41	Gonzalo Plata	Sporting CP	ECU	AM, DM (R)	20	70
42	Nail Umyarov	Spartak Moskva	RUS	DM, M (C)	20	69
43	Khéphren Thuram-Ulie	Nice	FRA	M, DM (C)	20	69
44	Myron Boadu	AZ	NLD	S (C)	20	69
45	Sergiño Dest	Barcelona	USA	D, AM (R)	20	69
46	William Saliba	Nice	FRA	D (CL)	20	69
47	Nathan Collins	Stoke	IRL	D (RC)	20	69
48	Bryan	Eibar	ESP	M, AM (L)	20	69
49	Karim Adeyemi	RB Salzburg	DEU	ST (C)	19	68
50	Angel Gomes	Boavista	GBR	F, AM (C)	20	68