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Jude Bellingham, Pedri, Bukayo Saka lead ESPN's 39 best male players age 21 or under

The world's best male players are getting younger, but is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?

For the fifth straight year (read 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 here), ESPN brings you our list of the game's next top young stars aged 21 or under. Now 22, last year's No. 1 Erling Haaland is too old to be included, while some others from 2022's top 10 -- Phil Foden, Vinicius Junior and Alphonso Davies -- are also over the age requirement, too.