FC 24 wonderkids come in two forms - a list of the best youngest players with the highest potential ratings and a list of hidden gems with huge room for improvement.

Knowing who the ideal youngest players and hidden gems are gives you two things to take advantage of - the players with the highest rating they can reach, and the players with the most growth over time, which is useful if you're looking for some career mode bargains. I know we do.

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Need more help picking players? Check out our pages on best players overall, the fastest players, the best midfielders, and all player rankings,

FC 24 wonderkids and best young players with the highest potential overall

Here's a list of the 20 best wonderkids in FC 24 for career mode, classed as the players with the highest overall potential rating. This means there are a lot of known players on there - Erling Haaland, Vinícius Jr. and Pedri among them - which, incredibly, still have scope to get better.

Ultimately, this is where you'll find the absolute best young players, which are useful if you want the best young centre back with the highest potential rating, say, or the future best forward in the world.

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Please note that we've ordered this table by highest max Overall rating, as opposed to the maximum improvement possible. Though, that is visible in a dedicated column that you can click on to sort that way.

You can click on any column below to sort the table to your liking.

Here's the best young Wonderkids with the highest overall potential if FC 24:

RankNameClubPositionCurrentPotentialTotal Growth1Erling HaalandManchester CityST919432Vini Jr.Real MadridLW899453Jamal MusialaBayern MunichCAM869374Khvicha KvaratskheliaNapoliLW869265PedriBarcelonaCM869266Florian WirtzBayer LeverkusenCAM859167RodrygoReal MadridRW859168Jude BellinghamReal MadridCM869159Bukayao SakaArsenalRW8690410Phil FodenManchester CityLW8590511GaviBarcelonaCM8390712William SalibaArsenalCB8389613Enzo FernandezChelseaCM8389614Rasmus HojlundManchester UnitedST76891315Sandro TonaliNewcastleCDM8689316Xavi SimonsLeipzigCAM79891017BaldeBarcelonaLB8189818Aurelien TchouameniReal MadridCDM8489519Eduardo CamavingaReal MadridCDM8289720Gabri VeigaAl-AhliCM788911

The best young player hidden gems with the highest potential to go in FC 24

As well as the above young players with the highest potential cap, another consideration are young players with the most room for improvement. These are known as hidden gems, which are lesser-known players that, if snapped up early and improved upon, can you give you a real bargain in the career mode.

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Every player in the below list will grow by at least 21 points in their Overall stat, a huge jump compared to the above table of Wonderkids, where the highest growth possible is 13. These players will take a fair bit longer to reach their potential, but if you're in it for the long run with your Career Mode saves, this will make for some superb investments.

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Here's the best hidden gems with the highest potential to go in FC 24:

RankNameClubPositionCurrentPotentialTotal Growth1Lennon MillerMotherwellCM5985262Paul WannerElversbergCAM6386233Norman BassetteMechelenST6184234Laurin UlrichStuttgartCM6184235Luke HarrisFulhamCAM6184236Dennis SeimenStuttgartGK6184237Lucas BergvallDjurgårdenCM6184238Madi MonamayBayer LeverkusenCB6083239Lewis MileyNewcastleCM63852210Ben DoakLiverpoolRW62842211Kobbie MainooManchester UnitedCDM62842212Julien DuranvilleBorussia DortmundLM66872113Assan OuedraogoSchalke 04CM63842114Nestory IrankundaAdelaide UnitedRM628321

Tips for the best young players and FC 24 wonderkids

As well as the above, there are a couple of points worth bearing in mind when hunting down your next world class talent:

Age is an important factor here - Whilst younger, lower-Overall players might come at a better price, if you can afford more developed players then often it's a safer bet, and a faster one. You might not be fitting in four, five or six seasons into one Career Mode playthrough, after all, and so may never see a seventeen-year-old's full potential.For those longer playthroughs, we recommend players with a starting Overall ranking as low as possible - This keeps the cost down, which is where the hidden gems table above comes in handy.As always, be flexible with your positions - That's a good tip for FIFA and EA FC in general, but don't forget that players often have expertise in more than one spot on the team sheet, and it's more about their technical attributes like Pace, Dribbling, or Finishing that make a difference.For bargains, think about the size of the club you're buying from - are you more likely to get a good price from the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa? Or, should you try your hand at another league? Image credit: EA/EA Sports

All the best building your teams in FC 24!

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