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.

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

Rank	Name	Team	Nationality	Position	Age
1	Jadon Sancho	Dortmund	GBR	AM (RL)	20	90
2	Alphonso Davies	Bayern	CAN	D, AM (L)	19	90
3	Erling Haaland	Dortmund	NOR	ST (C)	20	88
4	Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	SWE	F (RC)	20	82
5	Phil Foden	Man City	GBR	M (C), AM (R)	20	82
6	Reece James	Chelsea	GBR	D (R), DM (C)	20	82
7	Trincão	Barcelona	PRT	AM, M (R)	20	79
8	Jens Hauge	Bodø/Glimt	NOR	W (LR)	20	79
9	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Salzburg	HUN	M (C), AM (L)	19	78
10	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	AM (R), F (C)	18	78

11	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	19	78
12	Eduardo Camavinga	Stade Rennais	FRA	M (C)	17	78
13	Takefusa Kubo	Villarreal	JPN	M (R), F (C)	19	78
14	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	D, AM (L)	19	77
15	João Félix	Atletico Madrid	PRT	S (C)	20	77
16	Brandon Williams	Man Utd	GBR	D, DM (L)	20	77
17	Vinicius Junior	Real Madrid	BRA	W, AM (L)	20	76
18	Benoît Mukinayi	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	19	76
19	Wesley Fofana	Saint-Étienne	FRA	D (CR)	19	76
20	Igor Diveev	CSKA Moskva	RUS	D (CL)	20	76
21	Ozan Kabak	Schalke	TUR	D (CR)	20	76
22	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	ESP	W (L)	17	76
23	Boubacar Kamara	Marseille	FRA	D, M (C)	20	75
24	Dwight McNeil	Burnley	GBR	M (L)	20	75
25	Pedro Neto	Wolves	PRT	AM (LR)	20	75
26	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Rubin Kazan	GEO	AM (LR)	19	74
27	Marash Kumbulla	Roma	ALB	D (CL)	20	74
28	Sandro Tonali	Milan	ITA	DM, M (C)	20	74
29	Ferrán	Man City	ESP	M, AM (R)	20	74
30	Antony	Ajax	BRA	AM, W (R)	20	73
31	Sven Botman	Lille	NLD	D (C)	20	73
32	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	GBR	W (R), AM (L)	19	73
33	Eljif Elmas	Napoli	MKD	M, AM (C)	20	72
34	Hamed Traoré	Sassuolo	CIV	M, AM (C)	20	72
35	Domagoj Bradarić	Lille	HRV	D (L)	20	71
36	Owen Wijndal	AZ	NLD	D (L)	20	71
37	Mohamed Simakan	Strasbourg	FRA	D (RC)	20	70
38	Nail Umyarov	Spartak Moskva	RUS	DM, M (C)	20	70
39	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (CR)	19	70
40	Leandro Barreiro Martins	Mainz	LUX	M, DM (C)	20	70
41	Benjamin Cabango	Swansea	WAL	D (CR)	20	70
42	Aurélien Tchouameni	Monaco	FRA	DM, M (C)	20	69
43	Daniil Utkin	Krasnodar-2	RUS	AM, M (C)	20	69
44	Myron Boadu	AZ	NLD	S (C)	19	69
45	Max Aarons	Norwich	GBR	D (R)	20	69
46	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina	SRB	ST (C)	20	69
47	Mohammed Kudus	Ajax	GHA	M, S (C)	20	69
48	Bafodé Diakité	Toulouse	FRA	D (CL)	19	69
49	Jean-Clair Todibo	Barcelona	FRA	D (C)	20	68
50	Josh Sargent	W. Bremen	USA	ST (C)	20	68