Golden Boy 2025: Top 100 ranking revealed

Lamine Yamal is the current holder of the award.

Since its inception in 2003, the Golden Boy award, presented annually to the most outstanding young player in Europe, has evolved into one of the most prestigious honours in football. One of the award’s requirements is that no player can win it more than once, and there have been 22 winners.

The Italian daily Tuttosport first established the Golden Boy award and has since expanded to include votes from several European media, including L’Equipe in France, Bild in Germany, and The Times in the United Kingdom. Since 2003, five Spaniards have been crowned Golden Boys, making Spain the nation with the most Golden Boy honorees.

Even though there is still a lot of football to be played in 2025, some of the arguments made for the players on this list may become more compelling as the season progresses. As previously mentioned, the Golden Boy awards have stringent requirements.

Golden Boy Top 100 ranking revealed

1. Lamine Yama: Barcelona
2. Desire Doue: PSG
3. Pau Cubarsi: Barcelona
4. Dean Huijsen: Real Madrid
5. Myles Lewis-Skelly: Arsenal
6. Warren Zaire-Emery: PSG
7. Kenan Yildiz: PSG
8. Ethan Nwaneri: Arsenal
9. Jorre Hato: Chelsea
10. Arda Guler: Real Madrid
11. Geovany Quenda: Sporting CP
12. Eliesse Ben Seghir: Bayer Leverkusen
13. Archie Gray: Tottenham Hotspur
14.  Leny Yoro: Manchester United
15. Victor Froholdt: Porto
16. Lucas Bergvall: Tottenham Hotspur
17. Estevao: Chelsea
18. Antonio Milambo: Brentford
19. Pietro Comuzzo: Fiorentina
20. Franco Mastantuono: Real Madrid
21. Mamadou Sarr: Strasbourg
22. Senny Mayulu: PSG
23. Malick Fofana: Lyons
24. Jobe Bellingham: Dortmund
25. Nico O’Reilly: Manchester City
26. Charalampos Kostoulas: Brighton
27. Givairo Read: Feyenoord
28. Tom Bischof: Bayern Munich
29. Giovanni Leoni: Liverpool
30. Rodrigo Mora: Porto
31. Ayyoub Bouaddi: Lille
32. Aleksandar Stankovic: Brugge
33. Tyler Dibling: Everton
34. Guillaume Restes: Toulouse
35. Antonio Nusa: RB Leipzig
36. Kobbie Mainoo: Manchester United
37. Mathyls Tel: Tottenham
38. Joaquin Seys: Brugge
39. Christian Mawissa: Monaco
40. Jack Hinshelwood: Brighton
41. Tyrique George: Chelsea
42. Christos Mouzakitis: Olympiakos
43. Armin Pecsi: Liverpool
44. Eivind Helland: SK Brann
45. Keita Kosugi: Djurgardens
46. Lucas Hogsberg Strasbourg
47. Josh Acheampong: Chelsea
48. Can Uzun: Frankfurt
49. Chemsdine Talbi: Sunderland
50. Assane Diao: Como
51. Jean-Matteo Bahoya
52. Conrad Harder: Leipzig
53. Matias Fernadez-Pardo: Lille
54. Taras Mykhavko: Dynamo Kyiv
55. Arthur Vermeeren: Marseille
56. Jan-Carlo Simic: Anderlecht
57. Luka Vuskovic: Hamburg
58. Konstantinos Karetsas: Genk
59. Leo Sauer: Feyenoord
60. Andrija Maksimovic: Leipzig
61. Juma Bah: Nice
62. Paul Wanner: Eindhoven
63. Endrick: Real Madrid
64. Kyriani Sabbe: Brugge
65. Ibrahim Mbaye: PSG
66. Mika Godts: Ajax
67. Dario Essugo: Chelsea
68. Alex Jimenez: Bournemouth
69. Marvin Young: Sparta Rotterdam
70. Michal Gurgul: Lech Poznan
71. Runar Norheim: fc Nordsjælland
72. Martim Fernandes: Porto
73. Jesus Rodriguez: Como
74. Adam Aznou: Everton
75. Noam Ben Harush: Maccabi Tel Aviv
76. Mike Penders: Strasbourg
77. Yasin Ozcan: Anderlecht
78. Bazoumana Toure: Hoffenheim
79. Lewis Miley: Newcastle United
80. Joane Gadou: Salzburg
81. Ezechiel Banzuzi: Leipzig
82. Andrei Borza: Rapid Bucharest
83. Finn Jeltsch: Stuttgart
84. Adam Daghim: Wolfsburg
85. El Chadaille Bitshiabu: Leipzig
86. Lenon Miller: Udinese
87. Clement Bischoff: Salzburg
88. Joao Simoes: Sporting CP
89. Ayden Heaven: Manchester United
90. Caleb Yirenkyi: Nordjylland FC
91. Alex Toth: Ferencvaros
92. Josh King: Fulham
93. Veljko Milosavljevic: Bournemouth
94. Noah Adedeji-Sternberg: Genk
95. Thjimen Blokzijl: Groningen
96. Marc Guiu: Chelsea
97. Kees Smit: AZ Alkmaar
98. Mikel Gegorza: midtjylland fc
99. Jens Hjerto-Dahl: Tromso
100. Jorne Spileers: Brugge

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