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Centre-forwards with the Best Potential

The highest-potential centre-forwards, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Rayan of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.8, and L. Messi has been the form player this season, grading 100, and H. Kane leads the scoring with 36 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Malen has improved his Season rating most, up +74.5 on last season, while I. Macalou's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +40.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Haaland of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 183.8.

Best talent
Rayan95.8RTG
Bournemouth
In form
L. Messi100SsN
Inter Miami
Rising potential
I. Macalou+40.2RTG
Free Agents · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
D. Malen+74.5SsN
AS Roma · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
H. Kane36goals
Bayern München
Most valuable
E. Haaland183.8val
Manchester City
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PlayerTeam
1RayanCentre-forwardBournemouth2047770.4%9652.3%
2João PedroCentre-forwardChelsea247043.9%955.4%
3ThiagoCentre-forwardBrentford25749439.4%
4R. HøjlundCentre-forwardNapoli2366227.7%9310.9%
5E. HaalandCentre-forwardManchester City269826.3%923.9%
6B. ŠeškoCentre-forwardManchester United234920%912.9%
7M. Fernandez-PardoCentre-forwardLille21508986.4%
8M. SatrianoCentre-forwardGetafe25518843.8%
9J. PanichelliCentre-forwardStrasbourg237519.5%878.9%
10B. MbeumoCentre-forwardManchester United265626.9%8712.4%
11B. BrobbeyCentre-forwardSunderland243642.2%8620.2%
12F. EspositoCentre-forwardInter213638.4%8612.5%
13RômuloCentre-forwardRB Leipzig24525.6%8556.5%
14S. CastroCentre-forwardBologna213815.6%852.5%
15S. El MalaCentre-forward1. FC Köln195646.9%8472%
16O. ÓskarssonCentre-forwardReal Sociedad2144244.2%848.2%
17Á. RodríguezCentre-forwardElche2241337.2%8411%
18Roberto FernándezCentre-forwardEspanyol243753.9%848.1%
19F. BalogunCentre-forwardMonaco2564319.7%8314.6%
20Adrian LisoCentre-forwardGetafe211710.8%8326.2%
21EvanilsonCentre-forwardBournemouth263420%835%
22T. BarryCentre-forwardEverton233234.1%8310.3%
23S. EspositoCentre-forwardCagliari244523.6%834.8%
24G. RutterCentre-forwardBrighton242318.9%834.7%
25E. FergusonCentre-forwardAS Roma21338313.5%
26B. AaronsonCentre-forwardLeeds253330.3%835.8%
27J. EncisoCentre-forwardStrasbourg2240314.4%836%
28Javi GuerraCentre-forwardValencia233321.9%821.7%
29Kylian MbappéCentre-forwardReal Madrid271002.9%8210.5%
30Mario MartínCentre-forwardGetafe221733.1%822.1%
31Gonzalo GarcíaCentre-forwardReal Madrid22231050%8211.7%
32L. VázquezCentre-forwardGetafe2532143.9%8263.1%
33A. BonnyCentre-forwardInter223221.2%823.4%
34Pedro NetoCentre-forwardChelsea26445%828.7%
35P. FodenCentre-forwardManchester City264330%823.8%
36A. KalimuendoCentre-forwardEintracht Frankfurt244534.7%824.2%
37I. MatanovićCentre-forwardSC Freiburg2344863%8114.9%
38Carlos EspíCentre-forwardLevante2139129%8114.8%
39Vitor RoqueCentre-forwardPalmeiras2159243.3%811.6%
40W. OsulaCentre-forwardNewcastle2331772.2%811.8%
41Christian KofaneCentre-forwardBayer Leverkusen203230.7%8019.9%
42Etta EyongCentre-forwardLevante22371450%800.5%
43D. PejčinovićCentre-forwardVfL Wolfsburg2135105.9%8029.2%
44E. LepaulCentre-forwardRennes2684134.2%809.7%
45T. LemperleCentre-forward1899 Hoffenheim244210.6%8016.5%
46M. AblineCentre-forwardNantes234110%805.3%
47Kaio JorgeCentre-forwardCruzeiro2482482.9%8022.1%
48J. ÁlvarezCentre-forwardAtletico Madrid264628.7%7913.7%
49G. OrbanCentre-forwardHellas Verona2449213.4%7911.8%
50M. ChoCentre-forwardNice223429.4%794%