Football Manager 2026 Best Scouts

Football Manager 2026 top rated scouts

This is the ultimate list of Football Manager 2026 best scouts, including over 200 top scouts that you can sign to create a very powerful scouting team and unleash it to discover hidden gems around the world.

Date of first publication: Oct 30, 2025

How did you pick scouts for this list?

The list includes real scouts (no newgens) with minimum Judging Ability of 15 and minimum Judging Potential of 17 who have interest in a staff role as a scout (or chief scout).

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FM26 Best Scouts

JPA	JPP	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Nat
18	20	Campos, Luís	60	Paris SG	0
20	20	Pecini, Riccardo	47	Torino	3.97
19	20	Kleitsch, Hans-Martin	73	TSG Hoffenheim	1.3
18	20	Leccese, Vito	36	FC Bayern II	2.49
19	20	Bernazzani, Daniele	62	Blu-neri	3.21
18	20	Zbinden, Ruedi	66	Basel	1.52
15	20	Santos, William	38	BOT	0
18	20	Vossen, Mario	49	Borussia M'gladbach	5.8
20	20	Pilawa, Markus	47	-	0
17	20	Baccin, Dario	48	Blu-neri	1.99
20	20	Juarez Fischer	64	SEP	0.66
18	20	Williams, David	55	-	0
20	20	Lawlor, Jim	60	-	0
18	19	Carnevale, Andrea	64	Udinese	3.06
19	19	Pompilio, Giuseppe	47	Juventus	8.9
16	19	Diekmann, Dirk	61	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1.32
19	19	Marta, Roberto	54	Bergamo	5.2
18	19	Iribar, José Ángel	82	A. Bilbao	0
18	19	Cagigao, Francis	56	Spartak Moscow	0
19	19	Fallows, Dave	64	-	0
17	19	Toninho Cruz	56	Man Utd	1
18	19	Collins, Michael	45	Man City	0.9
16	19	Williams, Elliott	37	RB Leipzig	8.29
18	19	Guzmán, Gerardo	49	Man Utd	1.5
19	19	Korell, Steffen	53	Borussia M'gladbach	15.74
19	19	Hunter, Barry	56	Liverpool	7.5
18	19	Wells, Simon	49	-	0
16	19	Arber, Bob	74	Ipswich	0.7
18	19	Boada, Pep	63	Hajduk	1.05
19	19	Busser, Laurent	55	Borussia Dortmund	12.43
15	19	Ajewole, Stephen	29	Man Utd	1.2
18	19	Legien, Bernd	54	1. FSV Mainz 05	4.14
18	19	José Jiménez	67	Valencia	7.48
18	19	Smith, James	59	Man City	3
16	19	Wetzel-Veilandics, Christoph	49	Sport-Club Freiburg	1.32
19	19	Braund, Peter	58	Hannover 96	1.66
19	19	Wohlgemuth, Fabian	46	VfB Stuttgart	0
18	18	Schön, Alfred	63	TSG Hoffenheim	1.32
16	18	Berta, Andrea	47	Arsenal	0
17	18	Baresi, Giuseppe	67	Blu-neri	3.06
16	18	Jewell, Sam	35	Chelsea	5
17	18	Graf, Eduard	41	Besiktas	0.84
17	18	Neppe, Marco	39	Paris FC	0
18	18	Giavardi, Giuseppe	71	Blu-neri	3.35
17	18	Niccolini, Maurizio	67	Fiorentina	3.06
17	18	Baicu, Radu	45	Parma	3.46
16	18	Alfonso, Sixto	58	R. Madrid	8.72
17	18	Vázquez, Ramón	61	-	0
15	18	Juanes, Rafa	58	Mallorca	5.13
15	18	Caminaur, Íñigo	37	A. Madrid	4.22
17	18	Weber, Benjamin	42	FC Augsburg	0
16	18	Herrmann, Andreas	33	Man Utd	2.5
16	18	Massara, Frederic	56	AS Roma	0
17	18	Invernizzi, Giovanni	61	Sampdoria	3.35
18	18	Thomé, Emerson	53	RB Leipzig	1.99
16	18	Veldmate, Henk	68	FC Groningen	3.46
19	18	Angeloni, Valentino	58	Fiorentina	9.86
17	18	Verdelli, Corrado	61	Blu-neri	3.06
16	18	Ussia, Pasquale	61	Bologna	7.53
15	18	Argento, Rosario	66	-	0
18	18	Lösch, Markus	53	VfB Stuttgart	3.32
15	18	Dean, Craig	50	Leeds	5
16	18	Freedman, Dougie	51	Al-Diriyah	0
16	18	Nüssing, Dieter	75	1. FC Nürnberg	1.24
16	18	Mitchell, Paul	43	-	0
15	18	Rícka, Jan	61	Viktoria Plzen	1.77
16	18	Gallego, Marcos	42	Sevilla	6.02
16	18	Monfort, Rafa	62	Udinese	1.96
15	18	Medina, Diego	59	Boca	0.82
17	18	Corrêa, Ricardo	49	FLU	0.92
16	18	Marcelo Francisco	49	SEP	0.42
18	18	Mills, David	73	Leicester	2
18	18	Gushiken, Everton	50	Al-Nassr	8.29
17	18	Espinar, Kiko	40	Liverpool	1.4
18	18	Frank, Sebastian	46	Eintracht Frankfurt	3.32
18	18	De Marco, Julio	59	A. Madrid	23.01
15	18	Torchia, Franco	64	-	0
16	18	Sclosa, Claudio	64	Torino	7.7
17	18	Albergati, Marco	55	AS Roma	2.62
18	18	Maruta, Bruno	46	Benfica	0
16	18	Mota, Arkaitz	44	Independiente del Valle	0.25
18	18	Calafat, Juni	52	R. Madrid	12.25
17	18	Novillo, Gonzalo	41	Real Hispalis	3.2
16	18	Vivell, Christopher	38	Man Utd	15
15	18	McCourt, Leroy	55	Brighton	0.5
16	18	Viñas, José	45	FC Schalke 04	1.32
16	18	Hargreaves, Dan	46	Eintracht Frankfurt	2.49
15	18	de Regt, Henny	59	-	0
18	18	Richard	71	-	0
17	18	Tognozzi, Matteo	38	Rio Ave	0
18	18	Studer, Stefan	61	1. FC Union Berlin	1.99
18	18	Deco	47	Barcelona	0
17	18	Pérez Rojo, Juan Carlos	65	Barcelona	1.03
19	18	Mayorga, José	48	Man Utd	1.2
16	18	Moncada, Geoffrey	39	Casciavit	16.58
18	18	Afonso, João Luís	58	-	0
20	18	Lainz, Lluís	70	Barcelona	1.03
16	18	Ladrón de Guevara, Álvaro	36	Real Hispalis	4.2
17	18	David Fernández	39	Barcelona	1.58
16	18	Costa, Flávio	39	Sporting CP	0
15	18	Estêvão, Tiago	27	Famalicão	1.99
16	18	Mrosko, Lars	47	-	0
18	18	Mohr, Uli	55	VfL Wolfsburg	1.66
16	18	Manga, Ben	51	-	0
18	18	Frank, Benjamin	44	Borussia Dortmund	2.49
16	18	Benslimane, Zinédine	28	AS Monaco	1.99
18	18	Krug, Sebastian	42	Borussia Dortmund	4.14
17	18	Policano, Roberto	61	Udinese	2.48
17	18	Pederzoli, Mauro	63	FC Rapid	0
16	18	Guffanti, Riccardo	67	-	0
17	18	Brovarone, Roberto	60	-	0
15	18	Monica, Andrea	52	Parma	3.13
17	18	Book, Nils-Ole	39	SV Elversberg	0
15	18	Piwowarski, Michael	76	FC Bayern München	1.32
17	18	Gallo, Gerardo	43	Juventus	1.96
18	18	Hartenbach, Klemens	60	Sport-Club Freiburg	12.43
16	18	Mislintat, Sven	52	-	0
16	17	Tait, Mick	68	Newcastle	0.5
17	17	Loria, Luca	35	-	0
16	17	Jahns, Johannes	43	SV Werder Bremen	8.29
16	17	Louis-Jean, Mathieu	49	OL	7.53
16	17	Ibáñez, Pablo	43	Brighton	0.7
15	17	Gallo, Emiliano	41	Boca	0.28
17	17	Vernon, Tom	45	RTD Academy	0
17	17	Coe, Tim	39	Brighton	2
16	17	Scott, Kieran	41	Middlesbrough	0
15	17	Bonifaccio, Raffaello	83	Bergamo	1.57
15	17	Vik, John	57	-	0
15	17	Marshall, Kenny	51	Man City	0.9
16	17	Paniza, Carlos	59	-	0
18	17	Ribalta, Javier	44	AEK	0
18	17	Utkucan, Emre	44	Galatasaray	1.37
17	17	Schulz, Martin	38	-	0
16	17	Correa, Gabriel	34	Nott'm Forest	1.2
17	17	Castellanos, Carlos	63	R. Madrid	4.21
16	17	Brandenburger, Stefan	62	VfB Stuttgart	2.07
16	17	Green, Matthew	35	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1.32
17	17	Schramm, Thomas	57	Borussia Dortmund	1.66
16	17	Christiansen, Peter	50	VfL Wolfsburg	0
17	17	Friio, David	52	-	0
16	17	Hughes, Richard	46	Liverpool	0
17	17	Burchill, Mark	44	Liverpool	3.5
17	17	Sartori, Giovanni	68	Bologna	13.22
16	17	Schlegel, Dirk	64	Holstein Kiel	2.49
15	17	Tocalli, Hugo	77	Independiente	1.91
18	17	O'Brien, Andy	46	Liverpool	2.5
18	17	Worthington, Gary	58	Man City	3.5
16	17	Schwegler, Pirmin	38	Eintracht Frankfurt	24.86
17	17	Kretschmer, Sven	54	Hertha BSC	2.49
18	17	Matteoli, Gianfranco	66	Blu-neri	3.06
17	17	Lima, Toni	54	Arsenal	3
18	17	Begiristain, Txiki	60	-	0
17	17	Kronhardt, Willi	56	RB Leipzig	3.32
15	17	Banouas, Nassim	38	AS Monaco	1.32
17	17	Gomis, Miguel	80	Racing Club	0.02
17	17	Cruickshank, Kevin	49	NYCFC	0.83
17	17	Court, Mick	49	Ipswich	2.5
17	17	Cánepa, Luciano	42	ASPIRE	0.09
16	17	Goldrick, Paul	37	Liverpool	1.2
17	17	Shields, Joe	37	Chelsea	5
18	17	Sciolla, Omar	56	OL	3.83
16	17	Cilento, Raphael	37	Liverpool	1.2
16	17	Baker, Chris	37	Man City	1.5
17	17	Sharman, James	29	Man City	1.5
16	17	Watson, Alan	64	Man City	0.9
16	17	Marshall, Ian	67	Leicester	0.6
16	17	Harvey, Stuart	47	-	0
16	17	Bulmer, Peter	34	Ipswich	0.9
17	17	Farina, Francesco	60	-	0
15	17	Mantovani, Leonardo	57	Lumezzane	2.28
16	17	Lo Schiavo, Simone	39	Palermo	1.52
16	17	Meneses, Paulo	52	BRG	3.33
16	17	Durán, Keke	38	A. Madrid	4.22
15	17	Peláez, David	34	-	0
17	17	Pablo Fernández	41	R. Madrid	4.3
16	17	Ferreira, João	40	Spurs	1.5
16	17	Steidten, Moritz	37	-	0
17	17	Kohfahl, Stefan	57	R. Madrid	8.72
18	17	Baamann, Hans-Peter	59	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	1.32
16	17	Graf, Rainer	49	Hannover 96	1.24
15	17	Lanza, Christian	75	-	0
18	17	Pardo, Andrés	44	Leganés	0
16	17	Rauch, Nino	37	SK Rapid	1.3
16	17	Legath, Max	30	Spurs	1.4
17	17	Schier, Uli	53	Saint-Étienne	1.76
15	17	Steiner, Richard	35	FC Bayern München	1.32
16	17	Raúl García	51	R. Madrid	8.55
17	17	Pessotto, Gianluca	54	Juventus	4.23
16	17	Ayarza, Andoni	59	A. Bilbao	8
16	17	Cangini, Davide	51	Sassuolo	6.74
17	17	Schindzielorz, Sebastian	46	VfL Wolfsburg	16.57
16	17	Schröder, Michael	65	Hamburger SV	1.02
16	17	Nogués, Josep María	66	Barcelona B	0.86
16	17	Burul, Yilmaz	66	Bursaspor	0.09
17	17	de los Santos, Victor	61	Celaya	0.08
16	17	Glover, Martyn	58	Leicester	6.5
18	17	Arnesen, Sebastian	42	-	0
16	17	Sayer, Andy	59	Liverpool	1.2
17	17	Howe, Andy	31	Newcastle	2
15	17	MacKenzie, Rob	39	Spurs	6.5
17	17	Falkenberg, Kim	37	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	33.15
16	17	Roia, Simone	44	Udinese	3.34
16	17	Planes, Ramón	57	Al-Ittihad	0
16	17	Echave, Sebastián	50	FC Schalke 04	1.32
15	17	Antonio Fernández	54	Sevilla	3.22
17	17	De Dios, Emilio	53	-	0
16	17	Soriano, Antonio	70	R. Madrid	8.72
16	17	Cordón, Antonio	61	Sevilla	0
16	17	Poveda, Ismael	47	Chelsea	1
16	17	Herrera, Sebas	65	R. Madrid	8.72
16	17	Mouralinho, Mauro	41	A. Madrid	3.32
15	17	Bray, José	60	Casciavit	4.51
16	17	Fahner, Simon	47	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1.32
17	17	Huber, Bastian	45	-	0
15	17	Moos, Johannes	40	Basel	1.27
16	17	Alcaide, Juan Tomás	55	Barcelona	1.03
16	17	Georgiadis, Konstantin	35	VfL Wolfsburg	1.32
15	17	Seguido, Mario	36	R. Madrid	4.48
16	17	Lederer, Tim	36	Southampton	1.43
15	17	Koné, Moussa	40	Barcelona	1.03
17	17	Paratici, Fabio	52	Spurs	25.29
16	17	Finardi, Giancarlo	70	Bergamo	2.65
17	17	Longoria, Pablo	38	Olympique de Marseille	0
18	17	Nickson, Steve	59	Newcastle	3.5
17	17	Wainer, Gabriel	59	Cerro Porteño	0
16	17	Rovereti, Gianni	49	Fiorentina	3.6
16	17	Colonna, Antonio	51	Juventus	0.58
16	17	Lomonte, Donato	43	Casciavit	8.61
17	17	Fehse, Andreas	66	Nott'm Forest	0.7

FAQ

I can't find all the scouts of this list on my savegame. Why?

I loaded the entire database to produce this list of FM26 best scouts. Your savegame probably has less staff loaded.

Where is the downloadable shortlist to import in-game?

Sorry, I don't have one. I used to share shortlists before, but people would steal them and post on other sites without my consent.