Football Manager 2019 wonderkids, and the process of tracking down the best, highest potential young players is - along with searching for freebies and bargain buys - arguably the most satisfying aspect of the Football Manager series.

Often these are of course youngsters, who have the potential to become future greats and would be welcome in almost any club you choose to manage - but unless you get lucky or have a phenominal scouting record, some of the brighest stars can end up flying mostly under the radar.

Here on this page, we've rundown a full wonderkids shortlist of the fifty best young players and upcoming talents in FM19, which you can browse below.

Football Manager 2019 wonderkids list: the best, highest potential young players in FM19 Here's our list of the best wonderkids in FM19, sorted by Potential Ability - or, when there's a range, their maximum possible Potential Ability. More on how that works in the section below! Rank Name Position Current ability Potential ability Age Club Unique ID 1 Kylian Mbappe AM (R), S (C) 173 196 19 Paris Saint-Germain 85139014 2 Gianluigi Donnarumma GK 150 160-190 19 Milan 43252073 3 Matthijs de Ligt D (C) 138 160-190 18 Ajax 37055843 4 Vinicius Junior AM (L) 133 160-190 18 Real Madrid 19302146 5 Rodrygo AM (L), S (C) 130 160-190 17 Santos 19306929 6 Pietro Pellegri S (C) 114 160-190 17 AS Monaco 43344129 7 Ousmane Dembele M/AM (RL) 162 185 21 Barcelona 85140178 8 Marco Asensio M/AM (C) 157 185 22 Real Madrid 67197125 9 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic M (C) 166 184 23 Lazio 62127037 10 Marcus Rashford AM (L), S (C) 148 150-180 20 Man Utd 28100266 11 Lautaro Martinez S (C) 145 150-180 20 Inter 14110660 12 Wilfred Ndidi DM/M (C) 143 150-180 21 Leicester City 18091791 13 Malcom AM (RL) 143 150-180 21 Barcelona 19229435 14 Frenkie de Jong D/DM/M (C) 138 150-180 21 Ajax 37047745 15 Gedson Fernandes M (C) 135 150-180 19 Benfica 83111338 16 Theo Hernandez D/WB (L) 134 150-180 20 Real Madrid 67211695 17 Alban Lafont GK 132 150-180 19 Fiorentina 48036990 18 Paulinho M/AM (L), S (C) 132 150-180 18 Bayer Leverkusen 19302476 19 Juan Hernandez S (C) 125 150-180 19 Watford City 76043783 20 Diogo Dalot D/WB (R) 124 150-180 19 Man Utd 83105845 21 Moise Kean AM (L), S (C) 120 150-180 18 Juventus 43274977 22 Sergio Gomez M/AM (C) 120 150-180 17 Borussia Dortmund 67258414 23 Ferran Torres AM (R), S (C) 115 150-180 18 Valencia 89056854 24 Sandro Tonali DM/M (C) 115 150-180 18 Brescia 43298481 25 Tahith Chong AM (RLC) 110 150-180 18 Man Utd 37058361 26 Antonio Marin AM (L) 109 150-180 17 Dinamo Zagreb 24056361 27 Amine Gouiri S (C) 108 150-180 18 Lyon 48044735 28 Abel Ruiz S (C) 107 150-180 18 Barcelona B 67245418 29 Willem Geubbels S (C) 106 150-180 16 AS Monaco 49038936 30 Ryan Gravenberch M/AM (C) 103 150-180 16 Ajax 37071197 31 Pelayo Morilla AM (C) 100 150-180 17 Sporting B 67263884 32 Claudio Gomes DM (C) 100 150-180 18 Man City 49037592 33 Kangin Lee M/AM (C) 90 150-180 17 Valencia B 67260506 34 Fabio Silva S (C) 80 150-180 16 Porto 83228802 35 Leon Bailey M/AM (RL) 151 178 20 Bayer Leverkusen 18083491 36 Leroy Sane AM (L) 164 177 22 Man City 91138280 37 Kai Havertz AM (C) 140 176 19 Bayer Leverkusen 91151081 38 Dele Alli AM (C) 158 176 22 Tottenham Hotspur 29085579 39 Anthony Martial AM (L), S (C) 154 175 22 Man Utd 85086702 40 Joe Gomez D (RC) 146 175 21 Liverpool 29115800 41 Arthur Melo M (C) 152 175 21 Barcelona 19259600 42 Gabriel Fernando de Jesus S (C) 160 175 21 Man City 19220266 43 Jadon Sancho M/AM (L) 137 175 18 Borussia Dortmund 28108490 44 Phil Foden AM (C) 130 175 18 Man City 28108494 45 Leon Goretzka M/AM (C) 150 173 23 FC Bayern 91104807 46 Dayot Upamecano D (C) 135 172 19 Leipzig 16182894 47 Julian Brandt M/AM (RL) 152 172 22 Bayer Leverkusen 91119265 48 Nicolo Barella M (C) 140 172 21 Cagliari 43139595 49 Joao Felix M (C), AM (LC) 128 172 18 Benfica 83169822 50 Milan Skriniar D (C) 158 172 23 Inter 63013145