Grand Theft Auto 6 is released on November 19, 2026, more than 13 years after GTA 5 hit shelves on September 17, 2013. A lot has changed in football over that time, and the market values of the game's brightest young talents show it as clearly as anything.

When GTA 5 was released, Transfermarkt's 10 most valuable wonderkids were worth a combined €208m. Here is how that list looked, and where those players stand as GTA 6 arrives.

Most Valuable Wonderkids When GTA 5 Was Released

• Market values as of 17 September 2013, via Transfermarkt.

Julian Draxler led the way at €30m, three days short of his 20th birthday and already a regular in Schalke's first team and was primed for long-term success. Marquinhos and Raphael Varane were joint-second at €25m, with Marquinhos fresh from a summer switch from Roma to Paris Saint-Germain, whilst the Frenchman was already featuring heavily for one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Everton had two of the top 10 on loan. Romelu Lukaku arrived from Chelsea on deadline day, while Gerard Deulofeu had joined from Barcelona earlier that summer.

The biggest name on the list at the time was Paul Pogba, whose value rose to €25m a week after GTA 5's release, the first sign of the climb that would take him back to Manchester United for a then world-record fee in 2016.

What is their value now?

• Current market values via Transfermarkt.

Marquinhos is the only player on the list worth more now than when GTA 5 came out. The Brazilian is still at PSG, the club he joined in 2013, and is valued at €28m.

The other nine have fallen sharply, due to a number of factors. Together, the 10 players are now worth around €53m, roughly a quarter of their combined value in 2013. Most peaked well above their wonderkid valuations along the way. Lukaku and Pogba both reached €100m at Man United, while Varane hit €80m at Real Madrid before retiring.

Kovačić holds the next-highest value at €10m, having won the Champions League with both Madrid and Chelsea before joining Manchester City.

Most Valuable Wonderkids When GTA 6 is Released

By way of contrast, the most valuable wonderkid in the world today as GTA 6 is coming out is Barcelona and Spain magician Lamine Yamal, one of the best footballers in the world right now, who is valued at €220 million. Yamal is followed by Real Madrid's Yan Diomande, who is valued a full €100 million less than his Clasico rival.