In FIFA 22 you will find a lot of promising players who will revitalize your team in Career mode. In this article we show you who are the best young promises of each position, ordered by the potential that each one can achieve.
Selected players are 23 years old or younger. We also report the current average, the purchase value, the team they belong to and when their contracts end.
Goalkeepers
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | 92 | 89 | 106M | 23 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2026 |
| Diogo Costa | 86 | 77 | 20.5M | 22 | FC Porto | 2026 |
| Alban Lafont | 85 | 79 | 23M | 23 | FC Nantes | 2024 |
| Luis Maximiano | 85 | 78 | 24.5M | 23 | Granada CF | 2025 |
| Gavin Bazunu | 85 | 69 | 3.2M | twenty | Manchester City – Loaned to Portsmouth | 2024 |
| Illan Meslier | 84 | 77 | 18.5M | 22 | Leeds United | 2026 |
| Andriy Lunin | 84 | 74 | 8M | 23 | real Madrid | 2024 |
| Maarten Vandevoordt | 84 | 70 | 3.3M | twenty | KRC Genk | 2023 |
| Giorgi Mamardashvili | 83 | 77 | 13M | twenty-one | Valencia CF | 2024 |
| Jay Gorter | 83 | 69 | 3M | twenty-one | Ajax | 2025 |
| Etienne Green | 82 | 74 | 8M | twenty-one | AS Saint-Étienne | 2025 |
| Maduka Okoye | 82 | 72 | 4.6M | 22 | Watford – Loaned to Sparta Rotterdam | 2027 |
| Alejandro Iturbe | 82 | 65 | 1.6M | 18 | Atlético de Madrid | 2024 |
| Matous Trmal | 81 | 71 | 3.6M | 23 | Vitória de Guimarães | 2025 |
| Lautaro Morales | 81 | 71 | 3.6M | 22 | Clube Atlético Lanús | 2025 |
| Luíz Junior | 81 | 70 | 3M | twenty-one | FC Famalicao | 2026 |
| Arnau Tenas | 81 | 67 | 2.1M | twenty | FC Barcelona | 2023 |
| Konstantinos Tzolakis | 81 | 67 | 2.1M | 19 | Olympiacos Pireu | 2024 |
| Lucas Chevalier | 81 | 65 | 1.6M | twenty | LOSC Lille – Loaned to Valenciennes FC | 2024 |
| Peder Lervik | 81 | 56 | 400K | 17 | FK mold | 2024 |
Central Defenses
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthijs de Ligt | 89 | 85 | 71M | 22 | Juventus (Piemonte Calcio) | 2024 |
| Jules Koundé | 89 | 83 | 53M | 23 | Sevilla FC | 2024 |
| Alessandro Bastoni | 89 | 83 | 53M | 23 | Inter de Milan | 2024 |
| Ronald Araújo | 89 | 82 | 57.5M | 23 | FC Barcelona | 2026 |
| Josko Gvardiol | 89 | 79 | 35.5M | twenty | RB Leipzig | 2025 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | 88 | 80 | 44.5M | 22 | Liverpool | 2026 |
| Jurrien Timber | 88 | 79 | 36M | twenty | AFC Ajax | 2024 |
| Noah Mbamba | 88 | 64 | 1.7M | 17 | Brugge | 2023 |
| Dayot Upamecano | 87 | 82 | 42.5M | 23 | Bayern Munich | 2026 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | 86 | 80 | 31M | 23 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2026 |
| Nico Shlotterbeck | 86 | 80 | 31M | 22 | SC Freiburg | 2023 |
| Eric Garcia | 86 | 79 | 32M | twenty-one | FC Barcelona | 2026 |
| William Saliba | 86 | 79 | 32M | twenty-one | Arsenal – Loaned to Olympique de Marseille | 2024 |
| Wesley Fofona | 86 | 78 | 29M | twenty-one | Leicester City | 2027 |
| Castello Lukeba | 86 | 75 | 11 M | 19 | Olympique Lyon | 2025 |
| Morato | 86 | 74 | 9.5M | twenty | Sport Lisboa e Benfica | 2024 |
| Sven Botman | 85 | 79 | 25.5M | 22 | LOSC Lille | 2025 |
| Mohammed Salisu | 85 | 77 | 22M | 23 | Southampton | 2024 |
| Mohamed Simakan | 85 | 77 | 22M | twenty-one | RB Leipzig | 2026 |
| Tanguy Nianzou | 85 | 72 | 5M | 19 | Bayern Munich | 2024 |
Right Backs
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | 90 | 87 | 102.5M | 23 | Liverpool | 2025 |
| Achraf Hakimi | 89 | 85 | 73M | 23 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2026 |
| Reece James | 87 | 83 | 49.5M | 23 | Chelsea | 2025 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | 85 | 78 | 26.5M | twenty-one | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2025 |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | 85 | 78 | 27M | 23 | FC Arsenal | 2025 |
| Tino Livramento | 85 | 74 | 8.5M | 19 | Southampton | 2026 |
| Stephane Singo | 85 | 73 | 7M | twenty-one | Torino FC | 2023 |
| Gonçalo Esteves | 85 | 69 | 3.3M | 18 | Sporting CP | 2024 |
| Diogo Dalot | 84 | 78 | 21M | 23 | Manchester United F.C. | 2023 |
| Sergiño Dest | 84 | 77 | 20M | twenty-one | FC Barcelona | 2025 |
| Dodo | 84 | 75 | 12M | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2025 |
| João Mário | 84 | 75 | 12M | 22 | FC Porto | 2025 |
| Tariq Lamptey | 84 | 75 | 12M | twenty-one | Brighton Albion | 2025 |
| Marcus Holmgren Pedersen | 84 | 73 | 6.5M | twenty-one | Feyenoord | 2026 |
| Lustharel Geertruida | 84 | 723 | 12M | twenty-one | Feyenoord | 2024 |
| Hugo Siquet | 84 | 70 | 3.5M | 19 | Sport-Club Freiburg | 2026 |
| Yan Couto | 84 | 69 | 3.3M | 19 | Manchester City Sub 23 – On loan from Sporting Clube de Braga | 2022 |
| Ivan Fresneda | 84 | 64 | 1.5M | 17 | Real Valladolid CF | 2023 |
| Emerson Royal | 83 | 79 | 24M | 23 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2026 |
| Vinicius Tobias | 83 | 65 | 1.7M | 18 | Shakhtar Donetsk – Loaned to Real Madrid | 2026 |
Left backs
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphonso Davies | 89 | 84 | 58.5M | twenty-one | Bayern Munich | 2025 |
| Nuno Mendes | 88 | 80 | 36M | 19 | Sporting CP – Loaned to Paris Saint-Germain | 2025 |
| Rayan Ait-Nouri | 86 | 76 | 15.5M | twenty | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2026 |
| Tyrell Malacia | 85 | 79 | 26.5M | 22 | Feyenoord | 2024 |
| Aaron Hickey | 85 | 73 | 7M | 19 | Bologna | 2024 |
| Cucurella | 84 | 79 | 25M | 23 | Brighton Albion | 2026 |
| Owen Wijndal | 84 | 79 | 25M | 22 | AZ Alkmaar | 2024 |
| Miranda | 84 | 76 | 16M | 22 | Real Betis | 2024 |
| Alejandro Centelles Plaza | 84 | 75 | 12M | 22 | UD Almería | 2022 |
| Fran Garcia | 84 | 73 | 6.5M | 22 | Vallecano Ray | 2025 |
| Adrià Pedrosa | 83 | 76 | 14.5M | 23 | RCD Espanyol | 2023 |
| Vitaliy Mykolenko | 83 | 76 | 14.5M | 22 | Everton FC | 2026 |
| Manu Sanchez | 83 | 74 | 9M | twenty-one | Atlético de Madrid – Loaned to CA Osasuna | 2025 |
| Adrien Truffert | 83 | 74 | 8.5M | twenty | Stade Rennais FC | 2025 |
| Alex Balde | 83 | 68 | 2.6M | 18 | FC Barcelona | 2024 |
| Omar Campos | 83 | 67 | 2.5M | 19 | Santos Laguna U20 | 2025 |
| Julian Aude | 83 | 67 | 2.5M | 19 | Club Atlético Lanús | 2024 |
| Quentin Merlin | 83 | 66 | 2.1M | 19 | FC Nantes | 2026 |
| Milos Kerkez | 83 | 63 | 1.3M | 18 | AZ Alkmaar | 2026 |
| Tom Rothe | 82 | 63 | 1.1M | 17 | Borussia Dortmund | 2024 |
Defensive Midfielders
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandro Tonali | 90 | 82 | 64.5M | 22 | AC Milan | 2026 |
| Declan Rice | 88 | 83 | 51M | 23 | West Ham United | 2024 |
| Aurélien Tchouameni | 88 | 81 | 52M | 22 | AS Monaco | 2024 |
| Noah Mbamba | 88 | 64 | 1.7M | 17 | Club Brugge KV | 2023 |
| Nicolò Rovella | 87 | 72 | 5.5M | twenty | Piemonte Calcio (Juventus) – Loaned to Genoa | 2024 |
| Boubacar Kamara | 86 | 80 | 31M | 22 | Olympique Marseille | 2022 |
| Samuele Ricci | 86 | 71 | 4.4M | twenty | FC Empoli – Loaned to Torino FC | 2024 |
| Romeo Lavia | 85 | 62 | 1.2M | 18 | Manchester City | 2023 |
| Oliver Skipp | 84 | 77 | 19.5M | twenty-one | Tottenham Hotsupr | 2024 |
| Ladislav Krejci | 84 | 76 | 16M | 23 | AC Sparta Prague | 2025 |
| Mohamed Camara | 84 | 76 | 16M | 22 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2025 |
| Khéphren Thuram | 84 | 76 | 16.5M | twenty-one | OGC Nice | 2025 |
| Martin Zubimendi | 84 | 75 | 12.5M | 23 | Real society | 2025 |
| Amadou Onana | 84 | 72 | 5.5M | twenty | LOSC Lille | 2026 |
| Manuel Ugarte | 84 | 72 | 9M | twenty-one | Sporting CP | 2026 |
| Eric Martel | 84 | 67 | 2.5M | twenty | RB Leipzig – Loaned to Austria Vienna | 2023 |
| Daniel Samek | 83 | 72 | 4.5M | 18 | SK Slavia Prague | 2023 |
| Antonio Blanco | 83 | 71 | 4.5M | twenty-one | real Madrid FC | 2025 |
| Marko Bulat | 83 | 69 | 3.3M | twenty | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 2027 |
| Dário Essugo | 83 | 65 | 1.7M | 17 | Sporting CP | 2025 |
Midfielders
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedri | 92 | 84 | 88.5M | 19 | FC Barcelona | 2026 |
| Florian Wirtz | 90 | 82 | 64M | 19 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2026 |
| Jude Bellingham | 90 | 82 | 64M | 18 | Borussia Dortmund | 2025 |
| Ryan Gravenberg | 90 | 82 | 33M | 19 | Ajax | 2023 |
| Frederico Valverde | 89 | 83 | 58M | 23 | real Madrid FC | 2027 |
| Martin Odegaard | 89 | 83 | 58.5M | 23 | FC Arsenal | 2025 |
| Bukayo Saka | 89 | 82 | 59.5M | twenty | FC Arsenal | 2024 |
| Jamal Musiala | 89 | 79 | 37M | 19 | Bayern Munich | 2026 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | 89 | 79 | 37M | 19 | real Madrid | 2027 |
| Gavi | 89 | 77 | 24M | 17 | FC Barcelona | 2023 |
| Emile Smith Rowe | 87 | 80 | 42M | twenty-one | Arsenal | 2026 |
| Vitinha | 87 | 77 | 23.5M | 22 | FC Porto | 2024 |
| Giovanni Reynna | 87 | 77 | 22M | 19 | Borussia Dortmund | 2025 |
| Matheus Nunes | 86 | 79 | 35.5M | 23 | Sporting CP | 2026 |
| Fabio Vieira | 86 | 76 | 17M | twenty-one | FC Porto | 2025 |
| Ivan Ilic | 86 | 74 | 10M | twenty-one | Hellas Verona | 2026 |
| Fabio Carvalho | 86 | 73 | 7M | 19 | Fulham | 2022 |
| Francisco Conceição | 86 | 72 | 5.5M | 19 | FC Porto | 2023 |
| Arda Güler | 86 | 66 | 2.3M | 17 | Fenerbahce SK | 2025 |
| Carney Chukwuemeka | 85 | 64 | 1.8M | 18 | Aston Villa | 2023 |
Extremes
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinicius Junior | 91 | 84 | 83.5M | twenty-one | real Madrid | 2024 |
| Rafael Leao | 90 | 82 | 68.5M | twenty-one | AC Milan | 2024 |
| Ansu Fati | 90 | 79 | 37M | 19 | FC Barcelona | 2027 |
| Ferran Torres | 89 | 83 | 58.5M | 22 | FC Barcelona | 2027 |
| Anthony | 89 | 82 | 62M | 22 | Ajax | 2025 |
| Moussa Diaby | 88 | 83 | 56M | 22 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2025 |
| Christian Pulisic | 88 | 82 | 49M | 23 | Chelsea | 2024 |
| Pedro Gonçalves | 88 | 81 | 51.5M | 23 | Sporting CP | 2026 |
| Nicolò Zaniolo | 88 | 80 | 47.5M | 22 | Rome | 2024 |
| Rodrygo | 87 | 80 | 42M | twenty-one | real Madrid FC | 2025 |
| Harvey Elliott | 87 | 73 | 7M | 19 | Liverpool | 2026 |
| Kayky | 87 | 66 | 2.7M | 18 | Manchester City | 2026 |
| Dejan Kulusevski | 86 | 80 | 34M | 22 | Juventus FC – Loaned to Tottenham Hotspur | 2024 |
| Luis Sinisterra | 86 | 79 | 35.5M | 22 | Feyenoord | 2024 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | 86 | 78 | 31M | twenty-one | Chelsea | 2024 |
| Tete | 86 | 76 | 17M | 22 | Shakhtar Donetsk – Loaned to Olympique Lyon | 2023 |
| Gonzalo Plata | 86 | 76 | 16.5M | twenty-one | Sporting CP – Loaned to Real Valladolid | 2022 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | 86 | 76 | 16.5M | twenty-one | UC Sampdoria | 2024 |
| Octavian Popescu | 86 | 72 | 5.5M | 19 | FCSB | 2024 |
| Luka Romero | 86 | 66 | 2.3M | 17 | lazio | 2024 |
Forwards
| Name | Potential | Half | Purchase value | Age | Equipment | End of contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kylian Mbappé | 95 | 91 | 194M | 23 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2022 |
| Erling Haaland | 94 | 88 | 143.5M | twenty-one | Borussia Dortmund | 2024 |
| Joao Felix | 91 | 83 | 82M | 22 | Atlético de Madrid | 2026 |
| Dušan Vlahović | 90 | 83 | 74.5M | 22 | Juventus | 2026 |
| Youssoufa Moukoko | 89 | 69 | 3.8M | 17 | Borussia Dortmund | 2023 |
| Victor Osimhen | 88 | 82 | 49.5M | 23 | Naples | 2025 |
| Moise Kean | 87 | 79 | 39.5M | 22 | FC Everton – Loaned to Juventus | 2024 |
| Adam Hlozek | 87 | 77 | 22M | 19 | AC Sparta Prague | 2024 |
| Karim Adeyemi | 87 | 74 | 10M | twenty | FC RED Bull Salzburg | 2024 |
| Sebastian Esposito | 87 | 70 | 4M | 19 | Inter Milan – Loaned to FC Basel 1893 | 2025 |
| Alexander Isaac | 86 | 82 | 45M | 22 | Real society | 2026 |
| Amine Gouiri | 86 | 79 | 36M | 22 | OGC Nice | 2024 |
| Darwin Nunez | 86 | 78 | 32M | 22 | SL Benfica | 2026 |
| Julian Alvarez | 86 | 78 | 32M | 22 | Manchester City – Loaned to CA River Plate | 2027 |
| Armando Broja | 86 | 76 | 16.5M | twenty | Chelsea – Loaned to FC Southampton | 2026 |
| Dane Scarlett | 86 | 64 | 1.8M | 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2023 |
| Evanilson | 85 | 76 | 17M | 22 | FC Porto | 2025 |
| Goncalo Ramos | 85 | 74 | 9.5M | twenty | SL Benfica | 2025 |
| Mohamed-Ali Cho | 85 | 70 | 3.7M | 18 | Angers SCO | 2023 |
| Marko Lazetic´ | 85 | 65 | 1.9M | 18 | AC Milan | 2026 |
