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	97
2	Alphonso Davies	Bayern	CAN	D, M (L)	19	91
3	Erling Haaland	Dortmund	NOR	S (C)	19	91
4	Reece James	Chelsea	GBR	D (R), DM (C)	20	83
5	Matthijs de Ligt	Juventus	NLD	D (C)	20	83
6	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	GBR	F (C), AM (R)	18	82
7	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	GBR	D, AM (L)	18	81
8	Phil Foden	Man City	GBR	M (C), AM (R)	20	80
9	Trincão	Braga	PRT	AM (R)	20	80
10	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	BRA	W (RL)	19	79
11	Eduardo Camavinga	Stade Rennais	FRA	M (C)	17	79
12	Dejan Kulusevski	Parma	SWE	F (RC)	20	79
13	Ozan Kabak	Schalke	TUR	D (CR)	20	78
14	Marash Kumbulla	Verona	ALB	D (CL)	20	78
15	Boubacar Kamara	Marseille	FRA	D, M (C)	20	78
16	Vinicius Junior	Real Madrid	BRA	W, AM (L)	19	78
17	Alexander Isak	Real Sociedad	SWE	S (C)	20	77
18	Christoph Baumgartner	Hoffenheim	AUT	AM, F (C)	20	77
19	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Salzburg	HUN	M (C), AM (L)	19	77
20	João Félix	Atletico Madrid	PRT	ST (C)	20	77
21	Takefusa Kubo	Mallorca	JPN	M (R), F (C)	19	77
22	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	ESP	W (L)	17	77
23	Wesley Fofana	Saint-Étienne	FRA	D (CR)	19	77
24	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	GBR	W (R), AM (L)	19	76
25	Antony	Ajax	BRA	AM (R)	20	76
26	Dwight McNeil	Burnley	GBR	M (L)	20	76
27	Owen Wijndal	AZ	NLD	D (L)	20	76
28	Igor Diveev	CSKA Moskva	RUS	D (CL)	20	75
29	Ferrán	Valencia	ESP	M, AM (R)	20	75
30	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina	SRB	S (C)	20	74
31	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford	FRA	F (RC)	20	74
32	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (CR)	19	74
33	Evan N'Dicka	Frankfurt	FRA	D (L)	20	74
34	Eljif Elmas	Napoli	MKD	M, AM (C)	20	74
35	Sandro Tonali	Brescia	ITA	DM, M (C)	20	74
36	Benoît Mukinayi	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	19	74
37	Pedro Neto	Wolves	PRT	AM (L)	20	73
38	Hamed Traoré	Sassuolo	CIV	M, AM (C)	20	72
39	Ismail Jakobs	1. FC Köln	DEU	AM (L)	20	72
40	Myron Boadu	AZ	NLD	S (C)	19	72
41	Max Aarons	Norwich	GBR	D (R)	20	72
42	Domagoj Bradarić	Lille	HRV	D (L)	20	72
43	Florentino	SL Benfica	PRT	M, DM (C)	20	71
44	Sven Botman	Heerenveen	NLD	D (C)	20	71
45	Joe Willock	Arsenal	GBR	AM, DM (C)	20	71
46	Zaydou Youssouf	Saint-Étienne	FRA	DM, M (C)	20	71
47	Yacine Adli	Bordeaux	FRA	AM, M (C)	19	70
48	Jean-Clair Todibo	Barcelona	FRA	D (C)	20	70
49	Bafodé Diakité	Toulouse	FRA	D (CR)	19	70
50	Heitor	Internacional	BRA	D (R)	19	70