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FC 27 Wonderkids: The 50 Best Young Players (Under-21), Ranked

Digital lifestyle 2 September 2026

Digital lifestyle 2 September 2026

Every under-21 star in FC 27, ranked and sortable — Lamine Yamal leads at 90. Position shortlists, the women’s top 15, and the six face stats for each.

There are 4,607 under-21 players in the men’s FC 27 database alone — and the best of them is rated 90. Below: the top 50 in a sortable table, the best youngster in every role, and the top 15 in the women’s game.

These are the official EA SPORTS FC 27 ratings, now revealed and live below. Early access starts 18 September, worldwide launch is 25 September 2026; the database refreshes automatically whenever EA adjusts a rating.

#	Player	Age	Pos	Club	Nation	OVR	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY
1	Lamine Yamal	19	RW	FC Barcelona	Spain	90	86	84	87	93	38	61
2	João Neves	21	CM	Paris SG	Portugal	88	72	75	84	87	86	82
3	Pau Cubarsí	19	CB	FC Barcelona	Spain	86	78	44	69	77	85	81
4	Désiré Doué	21	RW	Paris SG	France	86	83	81	79	90	55	80
5	Yan Diomande	19	RW	RB Leipzig	Côte d'Ivoire	84	93	77	75	87	47	70
6	Nico Paz	21	CAM	Como	Argentina	84	81	78	79	84	54	68
7	Kenan Yıldız	21	CAM	Juventus	Turkey	84	85	81	79	85	59	70
8	Warren Zaïre-Emery	20	CM	Paris SG	France	83	79	71	78	81	79	85
9	Lewis Hall	21	LB	Newcastle Utd	England	83	78	64	81	82	80	68
10	Nico O'Reilly	21	LB	Manchester City	England	83	83	70	78	79	81	81
11	Arda Güler	21	RM	Real Madrid	Turkey	83	77	79	85	84	55	57
12	Victor Froholdt	20	CM	FC Porto	Denmark	82	79	76	76	81	78	80
13	Luka Vušković	19	CB	Brighton	Croatia	81	54	62	62	65	83	82
14	Kobbie Mainoo	21	CDM	Man Utd	England	81	66	70	77	83	78	75
15	Robin Risser	21	GK	RC Lens	France	81	82	76	84	84	39	78
16	Dean Huijsen	21	CB	Real Madrid	Spain	81	72	55	72	72	82	77
17	Ayyoub Bouaddi	18	CDM	LOSC Lille	Morocco	80	75	56	74	79	75	76
18	Estêvão	19	RM	Chelsea	Brazil	80	89	76	75	84	33	57
19	Johan Manzambi	20	CM	Aston Villa	Switzerland	80	71	74	73	83	70	71
20	Eli Junior Kroupi	20	ST	AFC Bournemouth	France	80	83	83	71	81	48	65
21	Ibrahim Maza	20	CAM	Leverkusen	Algeria	80	74	69	77	85	64	66
22	Noah Sadiki	21	CDM	Sunderland	Congo DR	80	79	67	75	80	75	75
23	Rayan	20	RM	AFC Bournemouth	Brazil	79	85	78	74	80	35	74
24	Senny Mayulu	20	CM	Paris SG	France	79	75	75	75	79	64	62
25	Endrick	20	ST	Real Madrid	Brazil	79	87	81	66	80	30	73
26	Tom Bischof	21	CM	FC Bayern München	Germany	79	57	72	80	80	67	68
27	Álex Jiménez	21	RB	Fiorentina	Spain	79	85	55	71	78	76	64
28	Myles Lewis-Skelly	19	LB	Arsenal	England	78	71	60	75	77	76	77
29	Marc Bernal	19	CDM	FC Barcelona	Spain	78	71	62	73	77	73	79
30	Bazoumana Touré	20	LW	Newcastle Utd	Côte d'Ivoire	78	91	70	71	82	29	52
31	Leny Yoro	20	CB	Man Utd	France	78	69	41	60	65	79	73
32	Lucas Bergvall	20	CM	Spurs	Sweden	78	74	68	77	78	72	71
33	Jorrel Hato	20	LB	Chelsea	Holland	78	85	42	70	74	76	74
34	Saïd El Mala	20	LM	1. FC Köln	Germany	78	89	78	68	84	41	67
35	Can Uzun	20	CAM	Frankfurt	Turkey	78	73	81	72	81	38	64
36	Jon Martín	20	CB	Real Sociedad	Spain	78	68	31	57	67	78	77
37	Anan Khalaili	21	RM	R. Union St.-G.	Israel	78	84	72	71	80	66	72
38	Mika Godts	21	LW	Ajax	Belgium	78	83	72	71	84	42	65
39	Mathys Tel	21	LM	Spurs	France	78	86	80	70	79	29	64
40	Wilson Odobert	21	LM	Spurs	France	78	86	73	72	80	30	51
41	Mike Penders	21	GK	Chelsea	Belgium	78	80	77	80	78	33	75
42	Patrick Dorgu	21	LM	Man Utd	Denmark	78	86	73	72	77	72	73
43	Marco Palestra	21	RB	Chelsea	Italy	78	90	65	69	80	70	81
44	El Hadji Malick Diouf	21	LB	West Ham	Senegal	78	79	67	73	75	74	75
45	Guillaume Restes	21	GK	Toulouse FC	France	78	79	75	80	80	40	78
46	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	21	ST	LOSC Lille	Belgium	78	91	77	70	82	43	76
47	Antonio Nusa	21	LW	RB Leipzig	Norway	78	85	73	70	85	42	64
48	Afonso Moreira	21	LM	Leverkusen	Portugal	78	89	71	70	78	50	70
49	Lennart Karl	18	RM	FC Bayern München	Germany	77	73	73	73	84	34	43
50	Franco Mastantuono	19	RM	Real Madrid	Argentina	77	74	71	75	79	50	65

Click a column header to sort. Official FC 27 ratings.

Positional shortlist — the best under-21 in every role

GK: Robin Risser (81, RC Lens), Mike Penders (78, Chelsea), Guillaume Restes (78, Toulouse FC)
Centre-backs: Pau Cubarsí (86, FC Barcelona), Luka Vušković (81, Brighton), Dean Huijsen (81, Real Madrid)
Full-backs: Lewis Hall (83, Newcastle Utd), Nico O'Reilly (83, Manchester City), Álex Jiménez (79, Fiorentina)
Midfield: João Neves (88, Paris SG), Nico Paz (84, Como), Kenan Yıldız (84, Juventus)
Wingers: Lamine Yamal (90, FC Barcelona), Désiré Doué (86, Paris SG), Yan Diomande (84, RB Leipzig)
Strikers: Eli Junior Kroupi (80, AFC Bournemouth), Endrick (79, Real Madrid), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (78, LOSC Lille)

Top 15 under-21 in the women’s game

#	Player	Age	Pos	Club	Nation	OVR	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY
1	Alyssa Thompson	21	LM	Chelsea	United States	85	93	81	78	83	47	67
2	Linda Caicedo	21	LW	Real Madrid	Colombia	85	93	75	78	89	37	68
3	Vicky López	20	RW	FC Barcelona	Spain	84	85	80	81	86	47	60
4	Olivia Moultrie	20	CAM	Portland Thorns	United States	83	69	79	83	80	71	66
5	Claire Hutton	20	CDM	Bay FC	United States	81	71	69	74	81	78	71
6	Franziska Kett	21	LB	FC Bayern München	Germany	81	78	68	76	77	79	71
7	Melween N'Dongala	21	RB	Paris FC	France	81	83	40	67	78	80	75
8	Dudinha	21	LM	San Diego Wave	Brazil	81	71	73	78	81	41	52
9	Lily Yohannes	19	CM	OL Lyonnes	United States	80	73	74	75	81	68	68
10	Jaedyn Shaw	21	LM	Gotham FC	United States	80	82	72	77	78	44	65
11	Clara Serrajordi	18	CM	FC Barcelona	Spain	79	75	68	75	75	56	77
12	Momoko Tanikawa	21	CAM	FC Bayern München	Japan	79	72	76	76	79	56	66
13	Wieke Kaptein	21	CAM	Chelsea	Holland	79	68	71	72	77	69	69
14	Justine Rouquet	19	LM	Montpellier	France	78	85	75	72	81	54	58
15	Tōko Koga	20	CB	Spurs	Japan	78	60	34	58	66	81	72

Reading the list like a scout

Lamine Yamal (90 at 19, FC Barcelona) tops the list — the standout teenager of this year’s database. Behind the leader: João Neves (88), Pau Cubarsí (86), Désiré Doué (86), Yan Diomande (84). For career-mode value, watch the 77–79 band, where the biggest potential upside usually sits.

Career mode notes

EA’s public database doesn’t include the hidden potential stat, so this list ranks current ability under 21 — the closest public proxy for wonderkid status. To see which of these youngsters jumped furthest from FC 26, open the upgrades and downgrades tracker.

FC 27 FAQ

Who is the best young player in FC 27?

Lamine Yamal — rated 90 overall at just 19, the highest under-21 rating in the FC 27 database. The full ranked top 50 is in the table above.

What counts as a wonderkid here?

Anyone aged 21 or under in the ratings database. Age is taken from EA’s player data, so it can differ by a few weeks from a player’s matchday age.

How many young players are in FC 27?

4,607 under-21 players in the men’s game and 530 in the women’s — the top of each is ranked above.

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Unofficial fan content by Recharge.com — not affiliated with or endorsed by EA SPORTS. Player data: EA SPORTS FC public ratings database, refreshed automatically; FC 27 launches 25 September 2026.

Written by

Conor Byrne

FC 27 Wonderkids: The 50 Best Young Players (Under-21), Ranked

Positional shortlist — the best under-21 in every role

Top 15 under-21 in the women’s game

Reading the list like a scout

Career mode notes

FC 27 FAQ

Who is the best young player in FC 27?

What counts as a wonderkid here?

How many young players are in FC 27?

More FC 27 on Recharge

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