The Golden Boy Award 2017 shortlist

Ranking the youngsters

A lot of European football followers are curious about the results of this year's Golden Boy award. Fans have their personal favorites, websites their online polls and the media their expert views. All of them have their own (but respected) opinion. However, we prefer to look at the list in a more objective way, so we decided to use our SciSkill algorithm to rank the remaining 25 youngsters.

Datascouting the alternatives

Based on our SciSkill Index there are huge differences between the players on top and bottom of the list of the 25 nominees. Furthermore we concluded that some interesting and high rated SciSkill players have not been selected as best 25. Based on our index these 10 not selected players should have made it to the last 25.

The winner

It would not surprise us that one of the six players on top of our index and the most frequently mentioned in the media will be the winner. Let us know who you expect to win this honoured award!