The Worthing-born midfielder has been named alongside some of the world’s best youngsters in this year’s GOAL NXGN top 50.
The annual NXGN list highlights the 50 most incredible prospects to have been born after January 1, 2005.
Hinshelwood has made quite the impact this season. The versatile teenager has scored three goals in 12 Premier League appearances – including a superb effort in Albion’s 4-1 demolition of fierce rivals Crystal Palace at the Amex in February – but faces a stint on the sidelines after suffering a stress fracture in his foot.
But who else has made this list of the game’s brightest stars of the future?
The top 50 includes talents from across European football’s biggest clubs – including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
You can view the top 50 in full in the gallery below.
Hinshelwood has made quite the impact this season. The versatile teenager has scored three goals in 12 Premier League appearances – including a superb effort in Albion’s 4-1 demolition of fierce rivals Crystal Palace at the Amex in February – but faces a stint on the sidelines after suffering a stress fracture in his foot.
49. Warren Zaïre-Emery - Paris Saint-Germain
With Kylian Mbappé expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer, 18-year-old midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery has been tipped to become the new face of the perennial Ligue 1 champions. A product of the club's academy, Zaïre-Emery made his professional debut for PSG in August 2022, becoming the club's youngest-ever player. In his debut season, he became the club's youngest-ever goalscorer and the youngest player in UEFA Champions League history to start a knockout phase match, all at the age of 16, before winning his maiden Ligue 1 title. At youth international level, Zaïre-Emery has represented France from under-16 to under-21 level. In September 2023, he became the youngest captain of the under-21s in 30 years. In November of the same year, Zaïre-Emery scored on his senior debut for France, becoming the country's third-youngest debutant and second-youngest goalscorer. Kylian who? Photo: FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images
50. Endrick - Palmeiras
Not since Neymar first burst onto the scene has a Brazilian prospect created such excitement as Endrick. The superstar-in-waiting will swap Palmeiras for Real Madrid in July after the Spanish giants completed a reported €60m deal in December 2022. Endrick finished the 2023 season with 11 goals, the second highest scored in a Serie A season by an under-18 player, as Palmeiras lifted their second consecutive league title. The youngest player ever to appear for the Palmeiras first team has already been called up to Brazil's senior squad. The striker was selected for the first time in November 2023, to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina. In the process, he became the youngest male player to secure a senior call-up since Ronaldo in 1994. On his debut against Colombia, Endrick became the fourth all-time youngest player, and youngest in 57 years, to make his debut for Brazil. Endrick, who scored 165 goals in 169 games for Palmeiras' youth teams, has drawn comparisons with legendary Brazilian marksmen Ronaldo, Pelé, and Romário. Photo: Pedro Vilela/Getty Images
51. Lamine Yamal - FC Barcelona
Since Lionel Messi's departure to PSG in 2021, FC Barcelona have been searching for a worthy successor to the little Argentinian. They may well have that in Lamine Yamal. Yamal made his first-team debut in April 2023, and became not only the fifth youngest player in La Liga's history at 15 years, nine months, and 16 days old, but also the youngest to appear for Barcelona's first team since the 15-year-old Armando Sagi in 1922, over a century before. He earned his first start for the club in a victory over Cádiz in August 2023, becoming the youngest starter for Barcelona in La Liga at the age of 16 years and 38 days. Yamal was named man of the match after contributing towards two goals in a victory over Villarreal in the same month. He was named the inaugural U23 Player of the Month for August as a result of his performances. On February 21, he became the youngest player to play in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase, aged 16 years and 223 days, when Barcelona played against Napoli in the round of 16. At the age of 16 years and 50 days, Yamal received his first senior Spain call-up in September 2023 for the 2024 UEFA Euros qualifiers against Georgia and Cyprus. He made his senior debut for Spain against Georgia on September 8, scoring in a 7-1 victory. At the age of 16 years and 57 days old, he became the youngest player and goalscorer for Spain, breaking both of Gavi's records who debuted at 17 years and 62 days old and scored at 17 years and 304 days old. In addition to this, Yamal became the youngest goalscorer in a Euro qualifying match, overtaking Gareth Bale's record who scored at the age of 17 years and 83 days old. Photo: JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images