FIFA 18 Best Young Players GK, CB, LB, RB: FIFA 18 Wonderkid Goalkeepers and Defenders

FIFA 18's best young players with the highest potential, including the FIFA 18 wonderkids and FIFA 18 hidden gems. ST, CF, RW, LW, best CB, LB, RB, best CM, CAM, CDM, LM, RM, and best GK. FIFA 18 career mode hidden gems in FIFA 18. FIFA 18 young players with the highest potential. The best potentials in FIFA 18 revealed.

Guide by Tom Orry, Managing Editor

29 June 2018

In FIFA 18 it is a great idea to get hold of young players early. In this FIFA 18 Best Young Players GK, CB, LB, RB guide we detail the young goalkeepers and defenders in FIFA 18 with the best potential to grow into world class players. These are the FIFA 18 defensive wonderkids. Read on for the best FIFA 18 GK, FIFA 18 CB, FIFA 18 LB, and FIFA 18 RB. Whether you want the best young goalkeepers, centre backs, left backs or right backs, this list of the best young defenders and goalkeepers has them all.

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FIFA 18 Best Young Players - FIFA 18 GK Goalkeeper Wonderkids

These are the best young GK in FIFA 18 who have the greatest potential to grow into superstars.

Player	Club	Age	Original Rating	Potential Rating	Growth
Donnarumma, Gianluigi	Milan	18	82	94	12
Lafont, Alban	Toulouse FC	18	77	89	12
Meret, Alex	Spal	20	74	88	14
Drągowski, Bartłomiej	Fiorentina	20	71	86	15
Früchtl, Christian	Bayern München	17	65	86	21
Onana, André	Ajax	21	78	85	7

FIFA 18 Best Young Defender Wonderkids

Getting great young defenders is a key part of building a good team in FIFA 18

Here we list the best young defenders in FIFA 18 who can grow into world class players across CB, LB and RB positions.

LB - Best Young Left Backs in FIFA 18

Player	Club	Age	Original Rating	Potential Rating	Growth
Grimaldo	SL Benfica	21	80	87	7
Sessegnon, Ryan	Fulham	17	66	85	19
Cucurella	FC Barcelona B	19	67	85	18
Hernández, Theo	Real Madrid	19	75	85	10

CB - Best Young Centre Backs in FIFA 18

Player	Club	Age	Original Rating	Potential Rating	Growth
de Ligt, Matthijs	Ajax	18	76	89	13
Christensen, Andreas	Chelsea	21	81	89	8
Sarr, Malang	OGC Nice	18	75	88	13
Tah, Jonathan	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	21	82	88	6
Sánchez, Davinson	Ajax	21	81	88	7
Diop, Issa	Toulouse FC	20	76	87	11
Hernández, Lucas	Atlético de Madrid	21	76	87	11
Mammana, Emanuel	Zenit St. Petersburg	21	75	86	11
Gnagnon, Joris	Stade Rennais	20	75	86	11
Upamecano, Dayot	RB Leipzig	18	69	86	17
Vallejo	Real Madrid	20	77	85	8
Retsos, Panagiotis	Olympiacos CFP	19	72	85	13

RB - Best Young Right Backs in FIFA 18

Player	Club	Age	Original Rating	Potential Rating	Growth
Henrichs, Benjamin	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	20	76	86	10
Fosu-Mensah, Timothy	Crystal Palace	19	74	86	12
Amian Adou, Kelvin	Toulouse FC	19	73	86	13

Young Goalkeepers and Defenders in FIFA 18 - A Warning

It's worth pointing out that potential doesn’t mean that a player is guaranteed to reach a rating that high. If you don’t play them enough or tran them well, they won’t reach that highest potential rating.

Elsewhere we’ve got guides to the best players in FIFA 18, the best young players in FIFA 18, and how to defend or score lots of goals in FIFA 18.

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Tom Orry

Managing Editor

Tom started life on a circus in Australia before his family moved to the UK. His love of gaming started soon after, which essentially meant he bought every video game magazine available and worked numerous part-time jobs as a child in order to afford costly N64 games. He created UK site VideoGamer.com, of which he was the Editor for over a decade. He now doesn't like circuses.