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	99
2	Alphonso Davies	Bayern	CAN	D, M (L)	19	96
3	Erling Haaland	Dortmund	NOR	S (C)	19	91
4	Kai Havertz	Leverkusen	DEU	AM (CR)	20	91
5	Moussa Diaby	Leverkusen	FRA	AM (L), W (R)	20	85
6	Nicolò Zaniolo	Roma	ITA	AM (RC)	20	84
7	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	19	84
8	Ferrán	Valencia	ESP	M, AM (R)	20	84
9	Mohammed Salisu	Valladolid	GHA	D (C)	20	83
10	Matthijs de Ligt	Juventus	NLD	D (C)	20	83
11	Reece James	Chelsea	GBR	D (R), DM (C)	20	83
12	Dan-Axel Zagadou	Dortmund	FRA	D (CL)	20	83
13	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	D, AM (L)	18	82
14	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	F (C), AM (R)	18	81
15	Dejan Kulusevski	Parma	SWE	F (RC)	19	81
16	Eduardo Camavinga	Stade Rennais	COD	M (C)	17	80
17	Vinicius Junior	Real Madrid	BRA	W, AM (L)	19	80
18	Boubacar Kamara	Marseille	FRA	D, M (C)	20	79
19	Antony	São Paulo	BRA	AM (R)	20	79
20	Imran Louza	Nantes	FRA	AM, M (C)	20	79
21	Dwight McNeil	Burnley	GBR	M (L)	20	79
22	Alexander Isak	Real Sociedad	SWE	S (C)	20	78
23	Wesley Fofana	Saint-Étienne	FRA	D (CR)	19	78
24	Owen Wijndal	AZ	NLD	D (L)	20	78
25	Eljif Elmas	Napoli	MKD	M, AM (C)	20	78
26	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	GBR	W (R), AM (L)	19	78
27	Trincão	Braga	PRT	AM (R)	20	78
28	Ozan Kabak	Schalke	TUR	D (C)	20	77
29	William Saliba	Saint-Étienne	FRA	D (CR)	19	77
30	Florentino Luís	SL Benfica	PRT	M, DM (C)	20	77
31	Mattéo Guendouzi	Arsenal	FRA	DM, M (C)	20	77
32	Alessandro Bastoni	Inter	ITA	D (CL)	20	77
33	Phil Foden	Man City	GBR	M, AM (C)	19	76
34	Igor Diveev	CSKA Moskva	RUS	D (CL)	20	76
35	Benoît Mukinayi	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	19	76
36	Hamed Traoré	Sassuolo	CIV	M, AM (C)	20	76
37	Ibrahima Konaté	RB Leipzig	FRA	D (C)	20	76
38	Facundo Medina	Talleres	ARG	D (CL)	20	75
39	Stanley Nsoki	Nice	FRA	D (LC)	20	75
40	Takefusa Kubo	Mallorca	JPN	M (R), F (C)	18	74
41	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina	SRB	ST (C)	20	74
42	Justin Kluivert	Roma	NLD	AM (LR)	20	74
43	Domagoj Bradarić	Lille	HRV	D (L)	20	74
44	Sandro Tonali	Brescia	ITA	DM, M (C)	19	74
45	Evan N'Dicka	Frankfurt	FRA	D (L)	20	74
46	Zaydou Youssouf	Saint-Étienne	FRA	DM, M (C)	20	74
47	Myron Boadu	AZ	NLD	S (C)	19	74
48	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford	FRA	F (RC)	20	74
49	Sven Botman	Heerenveen	NLD	D (C)	20	74
50	Pedro Neto	Wolves	PRT	AM (L)	20	73