Italska Tuttosport hevur síðani 2003 handað "Golden Boy" virðislønina til tað størsta fótbóltstalentið í heiminum. Niðurlendski Rafael van der Vaart vann virðislønina í 2003.
Í 2004 vann Wayne Rooney virðislønina, og í 2005 vann Lionel Messi virðislønina. Í fjør var tað HM-aktueli, Kylian Mbappe úr Fraklandi sum vann virðislønina.
Í Noreg eru tey sera stolt av, at tríggir av teimum 100 nomineraðu spælarunum eru norðmenn. Sander Berge, Rafik Zekhnini og Martin Ødegaard eru millum teir 100 nomineraðu ungu spælararnar.
Her eru teir 100 nomineraðu spælararnir til "Golden Boy" virðislønina 2018:
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool
- Carles Alena, Barcelona
- Jose Maria Amo, Sevilla Atletico
- Angel Gomes, Manchester United
- Mirko Antonucci, Roma
- Houssem Aouar, Lyon
- Giorgi Arabidze, Shakhtar Donetsk
- Joaquin Ardaiz, Royal Antwerp
- Ismail Azzaoui, Willem II
- Musa Barrow, Atalanta
- Fabian Benko, Bayern Munich
- Sander Berge, Racing Genk
- Justin Bijlow, Feyenoord
- Bilal Boutobba, Sevilla
- Brahim Diaz, Manchester City
- Lorenzo Callegari, Paris Saint-Germain
- Lazar Carevic, Barcelona
- Daniele Collinge, Stuttgart
- Patrick Cutrone, AC Milan
- Dani Olmo, Dinamo Zagreb
- Tom Davies, Everton
- Matthijs De Ligt, Ajax
- Abdou Diakhate, Fiorentina
- Krepin Diatta, Club Brugge
- Javairo Dilrosun, Hertha Berlin
- Diogo Dalot, Manchester United
- Moussa Djenepo, Standard Liege
- Ritsu Doan, Groningen
- Mamadou Doucoure, Borussia Monchengladbach
- Odsonne Edouard, Celtic
- Marcus Edwards, Tottenham
- Sergei Eremenko, Spartak Moscow
- Zackarias Faour, Osters
- Francisco Feuillassier, Real Madrid
- Phil Foden, Manchester City
- Mamadou Fofana, Alanyaspor
- Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Crystal Palace
- Juan Foyth, Tottenham
- Dennis Geiger, Hoffenheim
- Giorgos Giannoutsos, AEK Athens
- Ianis Hagi, Viitorul Constanta
- Achraf Hakimi, Real Madrid
- Amadou Haidara, Red Bull Salzburg
- Kai Havertz, Bayer Leverkusen
- Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chelsea
- Nanitamo Ikone, Montpellier
- Alexander Isak, Borussia Dortmund
- Arnel Jakupovic, Juventus
- Dejan Joveljic, Red Star Belgrade
- Herbie Kane, Liverpool
- Yann Karamoh, Inter Milan
- Teun Koopmeiners, AZ Alkmaar
- Han Kwang-Song, Cagliari
- Alban Lafont, Toulouse
- Leandrinho, Napoli
- Dimitris Limnios, PAOK
- Justin Kluivert, Roma
- Lincoln, Gremio
- Jordan Lotomba, Young Boys
- Davor Lovren, Fortuna Dusseldorf
- Sandi Lovric, Sturm Graz
- Mikhail Lysov, Lokomotiv Moscow
- Arne Maier, Hertha Berlin
- Dennis Man, Steaua Bucharest
- Manu Garcia, Manchester City
- Faitout Maouassa, Rennes
- Mauro Junior, PSV Eindhoven
- Stephy Mavididi, Arsenal
- Kylian Mbappé, Paris Saint-Germain
- Weston McKennie, Schalke
- Jan Mlakar, Maribor
- Nikola Moro, Dinamo Zagreb
- Reiss Nelson, Arsenal
- Lukas Nmecha, Manchester City
- Martin Ødegaard, Heerenveen (Real Madrid)
- Abdulkadir Omur, Trabzonspor
- Matej Oravec, Spartak Trnava
- Reece Oxford, Borussia Monchengladbach
- Pedro Pereira, Genoa
- Pietro Pellegri, Monaco
- Alejandro Pozo Pozo, Sevilla
- Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund
- Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Arsenal
- Panagiotis Retsos, Bayer Leverkusen
- Rui Pedro, Boavista
- Yusuf Sari, Marseille
- Ismaila Sarr, Rennes
- Malang Sarr, Nice
- Borna Sosa, Dinamo Zagreb
- Moussa Sylla, Monaco
- Antonio Moya Vega, Atletico Madrid
- Idrissa Toure, Werder Bremen
- Dayot Upamecano, Red Bull Leipzig
- Moussa Wague, KAS Eupen
- Chris Willock, Benfica
- Ben Woodburn, Liverpool
- Rafik Zekhnini, Rosenborg (Fiorentina)
- Andi Zeqiri, Lausanne
- Baris Zeren, Galatasaray
- Luca Zidane, Real Madrid
