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	99
2	Jadon Sancho	Dortmund	GBR	AM (RL)	20	99
3	Phil Foden	Man City	GBR	AM (L), M (C)	20	88
4	Alphonso Davies	Bayern	CAN	D (L)	20	87
5	Eric Garcia	Man City	ESP	D (CR)	20	86
6	Gio Reyna	Dortmund	USA	AM (CL)	18	84
7	Mitchel Bakker	PSG	NLD	D (L)	20	83
8	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	ESP	W, AM (L)	18	83
9	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Leipzig	HUN	AM (L), M (C)	20	82
10	Wesley Fofana	Leicester City	FRA	D (CR)	20	81

11	Florian Wirtz	Leverkusen	DEU	M, AM (C)	17	81
12	Pedro Neto	Wolves	PRT	AM (LR)	20	81
13	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	GBR	W (RL)	20	80
14	Ethan Ampadu	Sheffield Utd	WAL	D, M (C)	20	79
15	Eduardo Camavinga	Stade Rennais	FRA	M, AM (C)	18	79
16	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Rubin Kazan	GEO	AM, W (L)	20	78
17	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	AM (R), S (C)	19	78
18	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	AM (R), M (L)	19	77
19	Benoît Mukinayi	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	19	77
20	Yacine Adli	Bordeaux	FRA	AM, DM (C)	20	77
21	Emile Smith Rowe	Arsenal	GBR	AM (CR)	20	76
22	Benjamin Cabango	Swansea	WAL	D (CR)	20	75
23	Brandon Williams	Man Utd	GBR	D, DM (L)	20	75
24	Yuri Alberto	Internacional	BRA	S (C)	19	75
25	Maxence Lacroix	Wolfsburg	FRA	D (C)	20	74
26	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	20	74
27	Sandro Tonali	Milan	ITA	DM, M (C)	20	74
28	Takefusa Kubo	Getafe	JPN	M, AM (R)	19	74
29	Pavel Maslov	Spartak Moskva	RUS	D (RC)	20	73
30	Vinicius Junior	Real Madrid	BRA	W, AM (L)	20	73
31	Ryan Sessegnon	Hoffenheim	GBR	D, AM (L)	20	73
32	Nehuén Pérez	Granada	ARG	D (C)	20	73
33	Abner	Paranaense	BRA	D (L)	20	73
34	Mohamed Simakan	Strasbourg	FRA	D (CR)	20	73
35	Ivan Ilić	Verona	SRB	DM, M (C)	19	73
36	Lutsharel Geertruida	Feyenoord	NLD	D (RC)	20	72
37	Sebastian Walukiewicz	Cagliari	POL	D (CR)	20	72
38	Marc Guéhi	Swansea	GBR	D (LC)	20	72
39	Gabriel Menino	Palmeiras	BRA	AM, D (R)	20	71
40	Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	SWE	F (CR)	20	71
41	Myron Boadu	AZ	NLD	S (C)	20	71
42	Ozan Kabak	Liverpool	TUR	D (C)	20	71
43	Jayden Bogle	Sheffield Utd	GBR	D, M (R)	20	71
44	Mohammed Kudus	Ajax	GHA	M, S (C)	20	71
45	Lee Kangin	Valencia	KOR	F, AM (C)	20	71
46	Gustavo Assunção	Famalicão	PRT	M, DM (C)	20	71
47	Davide Bettella	Monza	ITA	D (CR)	20	70
48	Heitor	Internacional	BRA	D (R)	20	70
49	Angel Gomes	Boavista	GBR	F, AM (C)	20	70
50	Gonzalo Plata	Sporting CP	ECU	AM, DM (R)	20	70