Pedri (Spain / Barcelona) — born 2002

Pedri won the Golden Boy award in 2021, the youngest player to win UEFA's Best Young Player at a European Championship (2020), and was named in the La Liga Team of the Season in 2021. He makes approximately 97 passes per 90 minutes at an 89% completion rate — metrics comparable with prime Xavi. He plays in the same position, for the same club, with the same philosophy — and Barcelona's coaching staff have publicly stated he is the first player since Xavi who could play the same role at the same level.