Top 25 2025 Football Players. A panel of football experts, including former players, coaches, and journalists, creates a shortlist based on performances over the past year. It’s easy to be distracted by girona’s title charge, but athletic bilbao's.

We’ve ranked the top 25 players in world football, aged 21 or under, based on their achievements and potential. Caicedo has been just as good in 2025/25 thus far, notching 3.3 tackles and 1.6 interceptions per game as the most active defensive destroyer in the english top flight.