Centre-forwards with the Best Potential in Championship

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

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At a glance

T. Conway of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.7, and Z. Vipotnik has been the form player this season, grading 61.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Z. Vipotnik has improved his Season rating most, up +38.8 on last season, while L. Kjerrumgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Z. Vipotnik of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 47.2.

L. Kjerrumgaard+34.1RTG

Watford · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Z. Vipotnik+38.8SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Conway Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	24	4618.7%	766.3%
2	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	763.7%
3	F. Azaz Centre-forward	Southampton	25	4617.1%	726.1%
4	Z. Vipotnik Centre-forward	Swansea	24	62170.9%	726.5%
5	P. Agyemang Centre-forward	Derby	25	4528.2%	7153.8%
6	Iván Azón Centre-forward	Ipswich	23	244%	698.8%
7	K. Joseph Centre-forward	Hull City	24	3132.5%	6942.1%
8	L. Kjerrumgaard Centre-forward	Watford	23	31	6998.8%
9	E. Simms Centre-forward	Coventry	25	3551.3%	681.3%
10	A. Heggebø Centre-forward	West Brom	25	370.8%	6747.8%
11	M. Doumbia Centre-forward	Watford	20	17124%	664.4%
12	D. Jebbison Centre-forward	Preston	23	23	6514.6%
13	A. Guðjohnsen Centre-forward	Blackburn	24	3163%	6527.1%
14	D. Mubama Centre-forward	Stoke City	21	18	6512.1%
15	D. Strelec Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	25	2583.7%	645.9%
16	R. Burrell Centre-forward	QPR	25	339%	6440.5%
17	T. Cannon Centre-forward	Sheffield Utd	23	2234.6%	647.2%
18	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	152.1%	642.1%
19	Vivaldo Semedo Centre-forward	Watford	21	13	6343.9%
20	A. Idah Centre-forward	Swansea	25	2723.9%	6324.6%
21	M. Kvistgaarden Centre-forward	Norwich	24	1868.7%	6226.3%
22	K. Saito Centre-forward	QPR	24	164.7%	625.7%
23	Yang Min-Hyeok Centre-forward	Portsmouth	20	1174.5%	626.3%
24	M. Leaburn Centre-forward	Charlton	22	1232.7%	6225.9%
25	B. Cadamarteri Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	21	1027.5%	6232.4%
26	C. Kelman Centre-forward	Charlton	24	2260.7%	619.1%
27	D. Bennie Centre-forward	QPR	20	6	616.4%
28	S. Twine Centre-forward	Bristol City	27	4568.2%	6011.1%
29	J. Sargent Centre-forward	Norwich	26	2743.6%	6015.5%
30	A. Priske Centre-forward	Birmingham	22	7	5984.7%
31	M. Peart-Harris Centre-forward	Oxford United	23	1330.1%	5914.2%
32	B. Brereton Centre-forward	Derby	27	3196.2%	593.9%
33	R. Brewster Centre-forward	Derby	26	2327.5%	5911.9%
34	K. Sène Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	25	6	58
35	B. Thomas-Asante Centre-forward	Coventry	27	3976%	589.6%
36	G. Hirst Centre-forward	Ipswich	27	35159.6%	5817.6%
37	M. Jørgensen Centre-forward	Blackburn	25	1565.2%	5716%
38	T. Campbell Centre-forward	Sheffield Utd	26	2324.2%	5716.1%
39	H. Wright Centre-forward	Coventry	28	4639%	5412%
40	N. Prelec Centre-forward	Oxford United	25	729.1%	537.6%
41	M. Osmajić Centre-forward	Preston	27	2517.6%	5216.8%
42	E. Riis Centre-forward	Bristol City	28	3314.5%	5214.5%
43	L. Cullen Centre-forward	Swansea	27	1757%	5124.3%
44	P. Daka Centre-forward	Leicester	27	24335.7%	5123.7%
45	D. Dike Centre-forward	West Brom	26	997.7%	5114.8%
46	R. Boženík Centre-forward	Stoke City	26	583.9%	4920.8%
47	J. Maja Centre-forward	West Brom	27	1656%	4827.3%
48	S. Smith Centre-forward	Wrexham	28	2650.9%	483.8%
49	M. Harris Centre-forward	Oxford United	27	1062.9%	4628.9%
50	C. Bishop Centre-forward	Portsmouth	29	1755.4%	4519.3%