EA FC 26 Wonderkids: 100 Best Young Players in Career Mode

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EA FC 26 brings with it another iteration of the beloved Career Mode, packed with outstanding young talents who can be developed into world beaters. There’s no feeling more satisfying than discovering a wonderkid in Manager Career and charting their path to becoming a club legend. It also helps if the starlets you’re focusing on have a high potential rating. Recruiting such players is far from easy, as there’s a ton of scouting involved, but we’ve got you covered on that front. Here are the 100 best wonderkids and young players in EA FC 26 Career Mode.

50 Best EA FC 26 Young Players

The list below features the 50 best young players in EA FC 26 Career Mode, who are aged 23 or younger. There are no ratings restrictions here, so you’ll see many household names who are already among the best players in the world.

Player Name	Age	Position	Club	FC 26 Rating	FC 26 Career Mode Potential Rating
Jude Bellingham	22	CM	Real Madrid	90	94
Lamine Yamal	18	RM	Barcelona	89	95
Florian Wirtz	22	CAM	Liverpool	89	93
Pedri	22	CM	Barcelona	89	93
Jamal Musiala	22	CAM	Bayern Munich	88	92
Cole Palmer	23	CAM	Chelsea	87	90
Moises Caicedo	23	CDM	Chelsea	87	89
Nico Williams	23	LM	Athletic Club	86	89
Willian Pacho	23	CB	PSG	86	89
Nuno Mendes	23	LB	PSG	86	89
Michael Olise	23	RM	Bayern Munich	86	88
Joao Neves	20	CM	PSG	85	90
Desire Doue	20	RW	PSG	85	91
Ryan Gravenberch	23	CDM	Liverpool	85	88
Bradley Barcola	23	LW	PSG	84	88
Josko Gvardiol	23	LB	Manchester City	84	87
Xavi Simons	22	CAM	Tottenham Hotspur	84	87
Murillo	23	CB	Nottingham Forest	83	87
Gavi	21	CM	Barcelona	83	89
Alejandro Balde	21	LB	Barcelona	83	87
Hugo Ekitike	23	ST	Liverpool	83	88
Piero Hincapie	23	CB	Arsenal	83	89
Lucas Chevalier	23	GK	PSG	83	88
Eduardo Camavinga	22	CM	Real Madrid	83	90
Dean Hujsen	20	CB	Real Madrid	82	89
Pablo Barrios	22	CM	Athletico Madrid	82	87
Savinho	21	RW	Manchester City	82	87
Milos Kerkez	21	LB	Liverpool	82	86
Morgan Rogers	23	CAM	Aston Villa	82	86
Malik Tillman	23	CAM	Bayer Leverkusen	82	87
Carlos Baleba	21	CDM	Brighton	81	87
Arda Guler	20	RM	Real Madrid	80	89
Johnny Cardoso	23	CDM	Athletico Madrid	81	87
Karim Adeyemi	23	RM	Borussia Dortmund	81	86
Rayan Cherki	22	RW	Manchester City	81	88
Fermin Lopez	20	CAM	Barcelona	80	87
Andrey Santos	20	CM	Chelsea	80	87
Warren Zaire-Emery	19	CM	PSG	80	87
Ousmane Diomande	21	CB	Sporting	80	87
Alvaro Carreras	22	LB	Real Madrid	80	88
Lewis Hall	21	LB	Newcastle United	80	86
Maghnes Akliouche	23	RM	Monaco	80	86
Levi Colwill	22	CB	Chelsea	80	84
Castello Lukeba	22	CB	RB Leipzig	80	88
Tino Livramento	22	RB	Newcastle United	80	86
Benjamin Sesko	22	ST	Manchester City	80	88
Christos Tzolis	23	LM	Club Brugge	80	87
Elliot Anderson	22	CDM	Nottingham Forest	80	85
Jeremy Doku	23	LW	Manchester City	80	85
Heorhiy Sudakov	23	CAM	Benfica (On Loan)	80	87

50 Best EA FC 26 Wonderkids

Below, we’ve listed the best wonderkids in EA FC 26 along with their current and potential ratings. We’ve narrowed down our focus to lesser-known players with high potential, all of whom are presently rated below 80.

Player Name	Age	Position	Club	FC 26 Rating	FC 26 Career Mode Potential Rating
Marc Casado	22	CDM	Barcelona	79	86
Samu	21	ST	Porto	79	86
Nico Paz	21	CAM	Como	79	84
Arnau Martinez	22	RB	Girona	79	84
Kenan Yildiz	20	CAM	Juventus	79	89
Arthur Vermeeren	20	CM	Marseille (On Loan)	77	87
Malick Fofana	20	LM	Lyon	78	86
Yankubah Minteh	21	RM	Brighton	77	85
Antonio Nusa	20	LM	RB Leipzig	76	88
Ethan Nwaneri	18	RM	Arsenal	76	87
Assane Diao	20	LM	Como	76	87
Rodrigo Mora	18	CAM	Porta	76	89
Geovany Quenda	18	RM	Sporting	76	88
Martim Fernandes	19	RB	Porto	75	85
Archie Gray	19	CDM	Tottenham Hotspur	75	86
Arne Engels	22	CM	Celtic	75	84
Wilfried Gnonto	21	RM	Leeds United	74	83
Jonas Urbig	21	GK	Bayern Munich	74	84
Arsen Zakharyan	22	RM	Real Sociedad	74	83
Conrad Harder	20	ST	RB Leipzig	74	85
Karim Konate	21	ST	RB Salzburg	72	85
Mike Penders	19	GK	Strasbourg	73	84
Julien Duranville	19	RM	Borussia Dortmund	72	87
Charalampos Kostoulas	18	ST	Brighton	72	87
Luka Vuskovic	18	CB	Hamburg SV (On Loan)	72	87
Luis Guilherme	18	RM	West Ham	71	84
Chris Rigg	18	CAM	Sunderland	70	84
Josh Achempong	19	RB	Chelsea	70	85
Bazoumana Toure	19	LM	Hoffenheim	70	85
Jeronimo Domina	19	ST	Union de Sante Fe	70	84
Vitor Reis	19	CB	Girona	70	84
Alex Toth	19	CDM	Ferencvárosi	70	84
Konstantinos Karetsas	17	CAM	Genk	70	86
Assan Ouédraogo	19	CAM	RB Leipzig	69	87
Sverre Halseth Nypan	18	CM	Middlesbrough (On Loan)	69	86
Jorthy Mokio	17	CDM	Ajax	69	89
Rio Ngumoha	17	LM	Liverpool	68	88
Tygo Land	19	CM	FC Groningen	68	86
Tidiam Gomis	19	LM	RB Leipzig	68	85
Jon Martin	19	CB	Real Sociedad	68	84
Said El Mala	19	LM	FC Koln	68	84
Dennis Seimen	19	GK	SC Paderborn 07	66	84
Pablo Garcia	19	RM	Real Betis	66	87
Joane Gadou	18	CB	RB Salzburg	66	85
Francesco Camarda	17	ST	Lecce	65	87
Chido Obi	17	ST	Manchester United	65	84
David Odogu	19	CB	Wolfsburg	65	83
Diego Leon	18	LB	Manchester United	64	85
Lennart Karl	17	CAM	Bayern Munich	63	86
Semm Renders	17	RB	Antwerp	62	84

We’ve got players from all around Europe on this list, all of whom have promising futures. Most young players on this list can be acquired at bargain rates on the transfer market, although you’ll likely face competition from other clubs.

And that wraps up our guide on the best wonderkids and young players in FC 26. Do you know of any players that belong on this list? Be sure to let us know in the comments.

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