Football Manager 2016 Wonderkids are young players with high potential ability that are likely to become big stars in the future. Below you will find a list of the best young players in Football Manager 2016. This list contains both those players guaranteed to be a success in FM16 and who will likely cost quite a bit of money. As well as the fm16 wonderkids whose potential is a little bit random so will be at different levels in each save game. These players are generally cheaper but will only sometimes mature into the best players in fm2016 and in other save games they won't. We recommend you take the time to let your scouts have a good look at them rather than just relying on this list, but in terms of possible fm2016 wonderkids, this is certainly the definitive list of fm2016 wonderkids with world class potential ability.
Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Paulo Dybala 21 AM/F C £72k £31m £83m 29-06-2020
Raheem Sterling 20 AM RLC, F C £150k £31m £82m 29-06-2020
Harry Kane 21 ST £50k £27m £114m 29-06-2020
Aymeric Laporte 20 D C £46k £15m £42m 29-06-2019
Paco Alcácer 21 ST £36k £18m £72m 29-06-2020
Julian Draxler 21 AM RLC £82k £14m £24m 29-06-2020
André Gomes 21 AM C £30k £15m £61m 29-06-2020
Lazar Markovic 20 WB R, AM RLC £75k £18m £59m 29-06-2016
Mateo Kovacic 20 AM C £85k £12m £36m 29-06-2021
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 21 AM RLC £55k £25m £73m 29-06-2018
Kurt Zouma 20 D RC £40k £24m £106m 29-06-2019
John Stones 20 D RC £30k £23m £40m 29-06-2019
Luke Shaw 19 D/WB L £110k £19m £68m 29-06-2019
Memphis Depay 20 AM L, ST £120k £18m £58m 29-06-2019
Alessio Romagnoli 19 D LC £48k £14m £50m 29-06-2020
José Gayà 19 D/WB/M L £45k £11m £51m 29-06-2020
José Giménez 19 D C £38k £12m £44m 29-06-2018
Yannick Carrasco 21 AM RL £49k £14m £35m 29-06-2020
Emre Can 20 D C, DM £45k £24m £95m 29-06-2019
Saido Berahino 21 AM RC, F C £25k £25m £42m 29-06-2017
Denis Suárez 20 AM LC £14k £12m £15m 29-06-2019
Kingsley Coman 18 AM RLC, F C £19k £19m £65m 29-06-2017
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 20 AM LC, F C £38k £11m £45m 29-06-2019
Luciano Vietto 21 ST £45k £12m £30m 29-06-2020
Héctor Bellerín 19 D/WB R £45k £19m £67m 29-06-2020
Domenico Berardi 20 AM RL, ST £27k £12m £21m 29-06-2019
Anthony Martial 19 AM L, ST £110k £27m £127m 29-06-2019
Ross Barkley 21 AM RLC £40k £26m £44m 29-06-2018
Bernardo Silva 20 AM RC £14k £12m £51m 29-06-2020
Saúl 20 D C, DM £38k £11m £30m 29-06-2016
Leon Goretzka 19 DM, AM C £25k £8m £38m 29-06-2018
Matthias Ginter 20 D RC, DM £27k £10m £42m 29-06-2019
Fabinho 21 D/WB R, DM £19k £7m £29m 29-06-2019
Daniele Rugani 20 D C £20k £7m £18m 29-06-2020
Keita Baldé 19 AM RL, ST £12k £11m £45m 29-06-2018
Gerard Deulofeu 20 AM RL £48k £10m £33m 29-06-2018
Ayoze Pérez 21 AM/F C £45k £10m £28m 29-06-2021
Marquinhos 20 D RC £35k £11m £31m 29-06-2019
Ivan Cavaleiro 21 AM RL £22k £8m £30m 29-06-2020
Maximilian Meyer 19 AM RLC £48k £7m £32m 29-06-2018
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 19 DM, AM C £27k £5m £13m 29-06-2016
Nabil Bentaleb 20 DM £40k £12m £33m 29-06-2020
Gabriel Barbosa 18 AM RL, ST £12k £6m £27m 29-09-2019
Sergi Darder 20 DM £13k £7m £30m 29-06-2020
Thomas Lemar 19 AM RC £13k £8m £34m 29-06-2020
Rúben Neves 17 DM £6k £6m £24m 29-06-2017
Marco Asensio 18 AM RLC £12k £6m £21m 29-06-2016
Julian Brandt 18 AM RL £11k £6m £28m 29-06-2019
Jonathan Calleri 21 AM R, ST £9k £2m £5m 29-06-2016
Adnan Januzaj 19 AM RLC £60k £10m £29m 29-06-2018
Bruma 20 AM RL £18k £4m £11m 29-06-2016
Niklas Süle 19 D C £14k £5m £8m 29-06-2019
Joshua Kimmich 19 DM, AM C £21k £8m £23m 29-06-2020
Danilo 18 DM £3k £5m £9m 29-06-2016
Elseid Hysaj 20 D RL £14k £8m £20m 29-06-2020
Óliver 20 AM RLC £14k £5m £14m 29-06-2018
Ángel Correa 19 AM LC, F C £21k £5m £16m 29-06-2019
Federico Bernardeschi 20 AM RL £19k £4m £10m 29-06-2019
Danilo Cataldi 20 DM, AM C £11k £1m £4m 29-06-2020
Sofiane Boufal 21 AM RL £15k £6m £17m 29-06-2019
Gérson 17 AM RLC £4k £3m £11m 10-11-2019
Samuel Umtiti 21 D LC £28k £5m £13m 29-06-2019
Levin Öztunali 18 D R, DM, AM C £5k £3m £10m 29-06-2016
Gelson Martins 19 AM RL £1k £4m £12m 29-06-2021
Malcom 17 AM RL, ST £18k £5m £18m 29-06-2020
Jorge 18 D/WB/M L £4k £1m £4m 31-12-2019
Tin Jedvaj 19 D RC £14k £3m £10m 29-06-2020
Bruno Fernandes 20 AM C £13k £4m £13m 29-06-2018
Serge Gnabry 19 AM RC £20k £8m £21m 29-06-2018
Will Hughes 19 DM, AM C £12k £9m £5m 29-06-2018
Gonçalo Guedes 18 AM RL £4k £5m £16m 29-06-2021
Riechedly Bazoer 18 D C, DM £6k £2m £8m 29-06-2020
Jesús Vallejo 17 D C £7k £2m £8m 29-06-2016
Ricardo Kishna 19 AM RL, ST £29k £2m £4m 29-06-2019
Andrija Zivkovic 18 AM RL £1k £1m £2m 29-06-2016
Adama Traoré 18 AM R £23k £5m £8m 29-06-2020
Lucas Ocampos 20 AM RL £20k £4m £9m 29-06-2020
Edoardo Goldaniga 21 D C £6k £1m £2m 29-06-2019
Hirving Lozano 19 AM RL £8k £2m £8m 29-06-2017
Iuri Medeiros 20 AM RLC £1k £2m £4m 29-06-2016
Paul Nardi 20 GK £6k £2m £6m 29-06-2019
Gabriel Jesus 17 AM/F C £3k £1m £5m 18-12-2019
José Mauri 18 DM £19k £2m £6m 29-06-2019
Godfred Donsah 18 DM, M RC £11k £1m £5m 29-06-2016
Álex Grimaldo 19 D/WB/M L £7k £1m £4m 29-06-2021
Luciano Cabral 20 AM C £2k £1m £2m 31-12-2017
Emanuel Mammana 18 D C £4k £2m £5m 29-06-2017
Andrés Cubas 18 DM £3k £951k £3m 31-12-2018
Bryan Cristante 19 DM £16k £2m £4m 29-06-2016
Gianluigi Donnarumma 15 GK £180 £7m £26m 29-06-2019
Mario Lemina 21 DM £29k £1m £2m 29-06-2016
Jack Grealish 19 AM RLC £15k £8m £11m 29-06-2018
Martin Ødegaard 16 AM RC £34k £2m £8m 29-06-2021
Cristian Pavón 18 AM LC £2k £875k £2m 31-12-2017
Predrag Rajkovic 19 GK £8k £650k £965k 30-05-2020
Valeriy Luchkevych 18 D/AM R £4k £2m £5m 29-06-2019
Youri Tielemans 17 DM, AM C £20k £2m £5m 29-06-2020
Bruno Paulista 19 DM £3k £1m £3m 29-06-2020
Simone Scuffet 18 GK £7k £2m £5m 29-06-2016
Charly Musonda 18 DM, AM RLC £10k £3m £9m 29-06-2016
Lincoln 16 AM LC £680 £111k £396k 06-12-2017
Lucas Hernández 18 D LC £7k £1m £4m 29-06-2018
Donis Avdijaj 18 AM/F C £8k £407k £1m 14-06-2016
Lewis Cook 17 DM £4k £6m £3m 29-06-2017
Kelechi Iheanacho 18 ST £10k £2m £6m 29-06-2019
Ante Coric 17 AM C £1k £2m £6m 14-06-2020
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde 16 AM RLC £100 £799k £3m 29-06-2016
Assane Gnoukouri 18 DM £2k £1m £4m 29-06-2020
Bartłomiej Drągowski 17 GK £790 £894k £446k 29-06-2019
Bertrand Traoré 19 AM RLC, F C £15k £1m £3m 29-06-2018
Robert 18 AM LC, F C £3k £528k £1m 29-06-2017
Erick Gutiérrez 19 DM £4k £632k £2m 29-06-2017
Wallyson 20 DM £1k £576k £1m 29-06-2016
Nahuel Leiva 18 AM RL £2k £524k £1m 29-06-2016
Rodrigo Bentancur 17 M RC £2k £951k £3m 29-06-2018
Borja Mayoral 17 ST £3k £1m £4m 29-06-2021
André Silva 19 ST £3k £1m £3m 29-06-2019
Salih Uçan 20 AM C £24k £891k £2m 29-06-2016
Arianit Ferati 17 AM RLC £3k £537k £2m 29-06-2020
Matheus Pereira 16 AM RLC £510 £426k £1m 15-03-2017
Federico Mattiello 19 WB/M L £2k £626k £2m 29-06-2016
Ondrej Duda 20 AM C £2k £1m £670k 29-06-2019
Jorge Meré 17 D C £5k £891k £3m 29-06-2019
Nicolás Delgadillo 17 AM RL £1k £751k £2m 31-12-2017
Mikel Merino 18 DM £3k £714k £2m 29-06-2018
Alex Meret 17 GK £4k £169k £465k 29-06-2018
Yelko Pino 18 AM RC £4k £752k £2m 29-06-2018
Timothy Castagne 19 D RC £2k £1m £3m 29-06-2019
Abdelhak Nouri 17 AM RLC £1k £143k £390k 29-06-2020
Abel Casquete 17 AM C £20 £1m £3m 31-12-2018
Maximiliano Romero 15 ST £20 £501k £2m 31-12-2020
Jean-Kévin Augustin 17 AM R, ST £4k £499k £1m 29-06-2018
Federico Dimarco 17 D/WB/M L £1k £150k £444k 29-06-2016
David Jones 19 D R £0 £0 £0
Kuki Zalazar 16 AM RC, F C £2k £389k £1m 29-06-2019
Sergio Díaz 16 AM L, ST £30 £333k £968k 31-12-2017
Clifford Aboagye 19 AM RC £50 £301k £616k 29-06-2016
Gaston Camara 18 AM RL £4k £479k £1m 29-06-2016
Davor Lovren 16 AM RL £580 £68k £93k 19-01-2018
Hachim Mastour 16 AM RLC, F C £180 £260k £808k 29-06-2017
Lucão 16 GK £80 £23k £72k 12-01-2017
Timothy Fosu-Mensah 16 D C, DM £100 £427k £1m 29-06-2016
Ramil Şeydayev 18 ST £450 £159k £359k 29-06-2017
Asier Villalibre 17 ST £980 £250k £706k 29-06-2016
Geovane 16 AM RC, F C £190 £33k £80k 31-12-2017
Che Nunnely 15 AM RL £70 £70k £211k 29-06-2019
Filippo Romagna 17 D C, DM £1k £144k £405k 29-06-2017
Jonathan Bamba 18 AM RL £3k £171k £379k 29-06-2016
Abdou Diakhaté 15 DM £180 £171k £561k 29-06-2019
Houssem Aouar 16 AM/F C £1k £157k £474k 29-06-2017
Anthony Maisonnial 16 GK £730 £30k £82k 29-06-2018
Rafael Barbosa 18 AM C £710 £72k £178k 29-06-2020
John Arango 16 AM C £10 £20k £27k 31-12-2017
Callum Gribbin 16 AM RC £100 £301k £892k 29-06-2019
Rui Pedro 16 ST £40 £63k £186k 29-06-2018
Jota 15 AM RL £40 £29k £92k 29-06-2019
Harry Wilson 17 AM RLC £3k £301k £801k 29-06-2018
Vlad Dragomir 15 AM C £100 £48k £150k 29-06-2016
Javairo Dilrosun 16 AM RL, ST £100 £100k £283k 29-06-2016
César Crespo 16 ST £10 £4k £10k 29-06-2018
Christian Capone 15 AM RLC, F C £180 £40k £107k 29-06-2019

Comments
Adam Eaton
11 years ago
5 years ago
89
Great list guys.

Sergio Diaz has been a great find for my Watford save !

stoffel78
13 years ago
5 years ago
1
No Leon Bailey (KRC Genk)?
Cube
16 years ago
2 weeks ago
83
Compared to the prices of the other -9.5s (no -10s this year), Odegard looks an absolute steal if he only just costs 8.22 million.
Footygamer
17 years ago
9 hours ago
75,151
No Leon Bailey (KRC Genk)?

Leon Baily has random potential between 130-160. So lower premier league/championship level.
matt195
16 years ago
4 weeks ago
15
Premium
finding that the costs listed above are way out, they based on beta database?
Footygamer
17 years ago
9 hours ago
75,151
It can change every game as well as depend on what team you are, any players in particular?
saxtouaek
9 years ago
7 years ago
1
Vicious One
16 years ago
1 day ago
99
Available in shortlist file?
Nuttasit
8 years ago
8 years ago
1
Can you make in shortlist file please? but thank you
mjpereira
14 years ago
8 years ago
2
I've have found on every offer I've made that the cost price is no where near (more than 3 - 5 times) the listed price on this page. Can we get an update? There shouldn't be that much variance.

As an example Bartlomiej Dragowski came back with an asking price of £11M instead of the listed £663k. That's not even remotely close in asking price.
mjpereira
14 years ago
8 years ago
2
OK I haven't been able to find a single player on this list that I've been able to sign for less than £10M. I consider this completely useless since my transfer kitty is only £10M
JackAttack
9 years ago
11 months ago
162
Zinédine Machach signed a 3 years contract (until june 2019), he is now starting every game. Including 9 league games
FM2016 ID 1394631704
Proof : http://www.lesviolets.com/actu/machach-devient-professionnel,32709.html
Face picture and proof : http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/machach-zinedine
JackAttack
9 years ago
11 months ago
162
Alexis Blin ID 85144161
Similar to Mikel Merino listed here (age 19), but younger (age 18).
Emieltjuh
8 years ago
3 years ago
2
waar kan ik shortlist downloaden ?
Panagiotis Gidaropoulos
8 years ago
3 years ago
1
Valerio Asero guys best Advanced forward i sold him when he turned 20 from my Panathinaikos team to Barcelona for 65million Euro
shinyjames
8 years ago
3 months ago
3
shinyjames
8 years ago
3 months ago
3
Breel Embolo in myu Southampton save in 2019
shinyjames
8 years ago
3 months ago
3
Thiago Maia from Santos in my Southampton save in 2019
dazzerblue
14 years ago
6 years ago
5
is there a shortlist i can upload into the game, cant see an icon to do this like on fm15
Katalonian
14 years ago
4 months ago
10
Why there is no shortlist file still? Kind of weird!

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