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	Wesley Fofana	Leicester City	FRA	D (CR)	20	87
2	Eric Garcia	Barcelona	ESP	D (C)	20	84
3	Curtis Jones	Liverpool	GBR	M (C), W (L)	20	83
4	Pedri	Barcelona	ESP	M, AM (C)	19	81
5	Benoît Badiashile	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	20	81
6	Jeremy Doku	Stade Rennais	BEL	AM (RL)	19	81
7	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	ESP	W, AM (L)	19	80
8	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	AM (R), F (C)	20	80
9	Neco Williams	Liverpool	WAL	D, M (R)	20	79
10	Jamal Musiala	Bayern	DEU	AM (L)	18	79

11	William Saliba	Marseille	FRA	D, DM (C)	20	79
12	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Rubin Kazan	GEO	AM, W (L)	20	79
13	Jude Bellingham	Dortmund	GBR	DM, M (C)	18	79
14	Eduardo Camavinga	Real Madrid	FRA	M, AM (C)	19	78
15	Florian Wirtz	Leverkusen	DEU	AM, M (C)	18	78
16	Bryan	Tottenham	ESP	M, AM (L)	20	78
17	Yeremi Pino	Villarreal	ESP	W, M (R)	19	77
18	Pape Matar Sarr	FC Metz	SEN	M, DM (C)	19	77
19	Ryan Gravenberch	Ajax	NLD	M, DM (C)	19	77
20	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	AM (RL)	20	76
21	Jurrien Timber	Ajax	NLD	D (CR)	20	76
22	Illia Zabarnyi	Dynamo Kyiv	UKR	D (CR)	19	75
23	Renan	Palmeiras	BRA	D (LC)	19	75
24	Ivan Ilić	Hellas	SRB	DM, M (C)	20	74
25	Matheus Martinelli	Fluminense	BRA	DM, M (C)	20	74
26	Devyne Rensch	Ajax	NLD	D (RC)	18	74
27	Lucas Felipe Calegari	Fluminense	BRA	D (R)	19	74
28	Nuno Mendes	PSG	PRT	DM, D (L)	19	74
29	Khéphren Thuram-Ulie	Nice	FRA	M, DM (C)	20	73
30	Rayan Cherki	Lyon	FRA	AM (R)	18	73
31	Nicolò Rovella	Genoa	ITA	M, DM (C)	20	73
32	Matthew Hoppe	Mallorca	USA	S (C)	20	73
33	Luke Thomas	Leicester City	GBR	D, DM (L)	20	73
34	Gio Reyna	Dortmund	USA	AM (RC)	19	73
35	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	20	73
36	Andrea Carboni	Cagliari	ITA	D (LC)	20	73
37	Wilfried Singo	Torino	CIV	M, DM (R)	20	72
38	Veron	Palmeiras	BRA	AM (RL)	19	72
39	Adrien Truffert	Stade Rennais	FRA	D (L)	20	72
40	Noah Katterbach	1. FC Köln	DEU	D (L)	20	72
41	Sandry	Santos	BRA	DM, M (C)	19	72
42	Adil Aouchiche	Saint-Étienne	FRA	AM, M (C)	19	72
43	Gianluca Busio	Venezia FC	USA	M, DM (C)	19	72
44	Doğan Alemdar	Stade Rennais	TUR	GK	19	72
45	Karim Adeyemi	RB Salzburg	DEU	F, AM (C)	19	72
46	Luiz Henrique	Fluminense	BRA	AM, W (R)	20	71
47	Malick Thiaw	Schalke	DEU	D (CR)	20	71
48	Luiz Lúcio Reis Júnior	Famalicão	BRA	GK	20	71
49	Cristian Devenish	CDC Atlético	COL	D (CR)	20	71
50	Rayan Aït Nouri	Wolves	FRA	D, DM (L)	20	71