FIFA 22 wonderkids for Career Mode: Best young players with high potential

Published: Sep 29, 2021, 00:36

EA Sports

With players logging into FIFA 22 and booting up the revamped Career Mode for the first time, EA SPORTS has revealed the players with the highest potential ratings, and we’ve gathered together some of the best “wonderkids” from across the world you should be taking a look at.The fun of FIFA’s Career Mode has always come from building your own championship squad and developing young players into beasts on the pitch.

Every player in FIFA Careers comes with a starting rating, and a maximum potential for how high their OVR can get. This is crucial info to know to build a championship Career Mode squad, and now EA has officially revealed the full list of highest potential ratings in FIFA 22.

Best FIFA 22 wonderkids to sign on Career Mode

As you might expect, Mbappe tops the list when it comes to highest potential in Careers.

You won’t be able to make cover star Kylian Mbappe, or any other pre-loaded player, into an OP 99 OVR machine in FIFA 22. But the PSG star, who starts at a 91 already, can advance to eventually become a 95 — higher than anyone else. That’s not to say there’s not plenty of talent just waiting to be unlocked though. Take a look at Barcelona winger Ansu Fati, who starts at a measly 76, but can be brought up to a 90 OVR eventually with the right training, not too shabby.

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You can take a look at the full list of the highest potential players in FIFA 22 Career Mode and their ratings right here, broken up by league:

Best FIFA 22 wonderkids in the Bundesliga

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Erling Haaland	ST	Borussia Dortmund	88	93
Dayot Upamecano	CB	Bayern Munich	82	90
Alphonso Davies	LB/LM	Bayern Munich	82	89
Jude Bellingham	CM/LM	Borussia Dortmund	79	89
Florian Wirtz	CAM/CM	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	78	89
Jamal Musiala	LM/CAM	Bayern Munich	76	88
Moussa Diaby	LW/RW	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	81	88
Giovanni Reyna	CAM/LM/RM	Borussia Dortmund	77	87
Florian Neuhaus	CM	Borussia Mönchengladbach	82	87
Dominik Szoboszlai	CAM/LM	RB Leipzig	77	87

Best FIFA 22 wonderkids in the Premier League

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Ederson	GK	Manchester City	89	91
Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	Liverpool	87	92
Ruben Dias	CB	Manchester City	87	91
Jadon Sancho	RM/CF/LM	Machester United	87	91
Aymeric Laporte	CB	Machester City	86	89
Kai Havertz	CAM/CF/CM	Chelsea	84	92
Phil Foden	CAM/LW/CM	Manchester City	84	92
Ferran Torres	RW/ST	Manchester City	82	90
Mason Mount	CAM/CM/RW	Chelsea	83	89
Mason Greenwood	RM/ST	Manchester United	78	89

Best FIFA 22 young players in the Eredivisie

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Ryan Gravenberch	CM/CDM	Ajax	78	90
Antony	RW	Ajax	79	88
Noni Madueke	RM/ST	PSV	77	88
Jurrien Timber	CB/RB	Ajax	75	86
Mohammed Kudus	CAM/CM	Ajax	77	86
Noussair Mazraoui	RB	Ajax	80	85
Lisandro Martinez	CB/LB/CDM	Ajax	79	85
Devyne Rensch	RB	Ajax	73	85
Justin Bijlow	GK	Feyenoord	77	85
Marcos Sensei	CB	Feyenoord	79	85

Best FIFA 22 young players in Ligue 1

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Kylian Mbappe	ST	PSG	91	95
Gianluigi Donnarumma	GK	PSG	89	93
Marquinhos	CB/CDM	PSG	87	90
Rayan Cherki	RW/LW	Olympique Lyonnais	73	88
Nuno Mendes	LWB/LB/LM	PSG (on loan)	78	88
Jeremy Doku	RW/RM	Stade Rennais FC	77	88
Renato Sanches	CM/RM	LOSC Lille	80	86
Jonathan David	ST	LOSC Lille	78	86
Maxence Caqueret	CM/CDM	Olympique Lyonnais	78	86
Boubacar Kamara	CDM/CB	Olympique de Marseille	80	86

Best FIFA 22 wonderkids in La Liga

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Jan Oblak	GK	Atletico Madrid	91	93
Frenkie de Jong	CM/CDM/CB	FC Barcelona	87	92
Joao Felix	CF/ST	Atletico Madrid	83	91
Pedri	CM	FC Barcelona	81	91
Ansu Fati	LW	FC Barcelona	76	90
Vinicius Jr.	LW	Real Madrid	80	90
Eder Millitao	CB	Real Madrid	82	89
Eduardo Camavinga	CM/CDM	Real Madrid	78	89
Rodrygo	RW	Real Madrid	79	88
Takefusa Kubo	RM/CM/CAM	RCD Mallorca	75	88

Best FIFA 22 wonderkids in Championship

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Fabio Carvalho	CAM/CM	Fulham	67	86
Abdallah Sima	RM/ST	Stoke City	73	86
Jayden Bogle	RWB/RB	Sheffield United	74	85
James Garner	CDM/CM	Nottingham Forest	69	84
Mogan Rogers	LW	AFC Bournemouth	66	84
Tyrhys Dolan	RW/LW/ST	Blackburn Rovers	68	83
Levi Colwill	CB	Huddersfield Town	66	83
Brennan Johnson	RM/LM/CAM	Nottingham Forest	69	82
Louie Sibley	CAM/RM	Derby County	68	82
Ian Maatsen	LWB/LB	Coventry City	66	82

Best FIFA 22 young players in Serie A

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Federico Chiesa	RW/LW/RM	Juventus	83	91
Matthijs de Ligt	CB	Juventus	85	90
Theo Hernandez	LB	AC Milan	84	90
Alessandro Bastoni	CB	Inter	80	89
Nicolo Barella	CM	Inter	84	89
Dejan Kulusevski	RW/CF	Juventus	81	89
Giacomo Raspadori	ST	Sassulo Calcio	74	88
Moise Kean	ST	Juventus	79	87
Victor Osimhen	ST	Napoli	80	87
Mikkel Damsgaard	LM/LW	Sampdoria	77	87

Best FIFA 22 young players in Rest of the World

Player	Position	Club	Starting OVR	Potential OVR
Caden Clark	CAM/CM	NY Red Bulls	66	86
Benjamin Sesko	ST	FC Red Bull Salzburg	68	86
Santiago Gimenez	ST/CF/CAM	Cruz Azul	71	86
Talles Magno	LM/CF	New York City FC	67	85
Karim Adeyemi	ST	FC Red Bull Salzburg	71	85
Jordan Larsson	ST	Spartak Moskva	77	84
Eric Martel	CDM	FK Austria Wien	66	84
Ziga Laci	CB	AEK Athens	68	83
Konstantinos Tzolakis	GK	Olympiacos CFP	67	83
Amar Dedic	RB/LB	RZ Pellets Wolfsberger	66	83

Haaland has plenty of potential in FIFA 22’s career mode.

Of course, there are also plenty of players with potential outside of this top 20, though none that will reach as high as the players listed here.

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So, if you have the chance to grab any of these stars during the transfer window, don’t hesitate to pull the trigger.