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	97
2	Alphonso Davies	Bayern	CAN	D, AM (L)	20	87
3	Jadon Sancho	Dortmund	GBR	AM (RL)	20	86
4	Reece James	Chelsea	GBR	D (R), DM (C)	20	84
5	Phil Foden	Man City	GBR	M (C), AM (L)	20	84
6	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	ESP	W, AM (L)	18	83
7	Eric Garcia	Man City	ESP	D (CR)	19	82
8	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Salzburg	HUN	AM (LC)	20	82
9	Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	SWE	F (RC)	20	81
10	Wesley Fofana	Leicester City	FRA	D (CR)	19	81

11	Marash Kumbulla	Roma	ALB	D (CL)	20	81
12	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Rubin Kazan	GEO	AM (LR)	19	80
13	Ferrán	Man City	ESP	M, AM (R)	20	80
14	Gio Reyna	Dortmund	USA	AM (C)	18	80
15	Brenner	São Paulo	BRA	F (C), AM (L)	20	80
16	Takefusa Kubo	Villarreal	JPN	M (R), F (C)	19	79
17	Eduardo Camavinga	Stade Rennais	FRA	M, AM (C)	18	79
18	Domagoj Bradarić	Lille	HRV	D (L)	20	78
19	Sven Botman	Lille	NLD	D (C)	20	78
20	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	AM (R), F (C)	19	78
21	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	D, M (L)	19	77
22	Vinicius Junior	Real Madrid	BRA	W, AM (L)	20	77
23	Benoît Mukinayi	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	19	76
24	Ethan Ampadu	Sheffield Utd	WAL	D, DM (C)	20	76
25	Antony	Ajax	BRA	AM, W (R)	20	76
26	Trincão	Barcelona	PRT	AM, M (R)	20	76
27	Illan Meslier	Leeds Utd	FRA	GK	20	76
28	Brandon Williams	Man Utd	GBR	D, DM (L)	20	75
29	Ozan Kabak	Schalke	TUR	D (CR)	20	75
30	Josh Sargent	W. Bremen	USA	S (C)	20	74
31	Leandro Barreiro Martins	Mainz	LUX	M, DM (C)	20	74
32	Moise Kean	PSG	ITA	ST (C)	20	74
33	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	19	74
34	Benjamin Cabango	Swansea	WAL	D (CR)	20	74
35	Sandro Tonali	Milan	ITA	DM, M (C)	20	73
36	Pavel Maslov	Spartak Moskva	RUS	D (RC)	20	73
37	Sebastian Walukiewicz	Cagliari	POL	D (CR)	20	73
38	Pedro Neto	Wolves	PRT	AM (LR)	20	73
39	Maxence Caqueret	Lyon	FRA	M, DM (C)	20	73
40	Abner	Paranaense	BRA	D (L)	20	73
41	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	GBR	W (RL)	20	73
42	Mohamed Simakan	Strasbourg	FRA	D (RC)	20	73
43	Mohamed Camara	RB Salzburg	MLI	M, DM (C)	20	72
44	Konstantin Maradishvili	CSKA Moskva	RUS	DM, M (C)	20	71
45	Gabriel Menino	Palmeiras	BRA	AM, D (R)	20	71
46	Mohammed Kudus	Ajax	GHA	M, S (C)	20	71
47	Lee Kangin	Valencia	KOR	F (C), M (L)	19	71
48	Marc Guéhi	Swansea	GBR	D (CL)	20	70
49	Aurélien Tchouameni	Monaco	FRA	M, DM (C)	20	70
50	Gonzalo Plata	Sporting CP	ECU	AM, DM (R)	20	70