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.
