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Most Valuable centre-forwards by Market Value in Super League

The most valuable centre-forwards in Super League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Liu Chengyu of Shanghai Shenhua is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.2, and Fábio Abreu has been the form player this season, grading 79.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Fábio Abreu has improved his Season rating most, up +40.5 on last season, while Felippe Cardoso's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +0.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Yakubu of Qingdao Youth Island is the most valuable name in this group at 4.8.

Best talent
Liu Chengyu32.2RTG
Shanghai Shenhua
In form
Fábio Abreu79.4SsN
Beijing Guoan
Rising potential
Felippe Cardoso+0.9RTG
Henan Jianye · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Fábio Abreu+40.5SsN
Beijing Guoan · 21/22→25/26
Top scorer
Fábio Abreu28goals
Beijing Guoan
Most valuable
A. Yakubu4.8val
Qingdao Youth Island
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PlayerTeam
1A. YakubuCentre-forwardQingdao Youth Island274.84886.3%2950.6%
2Felippe CardosoCentre-forwardHenan Jianye274.644858.7%273.4%
3Yago CarielloCentre-forwardHangzhou Greentown274.2271.9%2547.6%
4Tao QianglongCentre-forwardHangzhou Greentown243.11931
5Luís AsuéCentre-forwardShanghai Shenhua2531735.8%2951.7%
6Zhu PengyuCentre-forwardDalian Zhixing212.92032
7Liu ChengyuCentre-forwardShanghai Shenhua202.81632
8Hou YongyongCentre-forwardYunnan Yukun282.62554.7%2623.8%
9Liu JunxianCentre-forwardTianjin Teda252.6326
10Asqer AfrdenCentre-forwardSHANGHAI SIPG222.5027
11Liu BaiyangCentre-forwardQingdao Youth Island232.5025
12Aifeierding AisikaerCentre-forwardSHANGHAI SIPG192.5531
13Yan QihangCentre-forwardQingdao Youth Island232.5024
14Lu ZhiyuanCentre-forwardHenan Jianye222.4025
15Peng YixiangCentre-forwardShandong Luneng212.4026
16Zheng JunweiCentre-forwardHenan Jianye222.4025
17Wang YuxiangCentre-forwardBeijing Guoan212.4026
18LeonardoCentre-forwardSHANGHAI SIPG292.47081.4%2650.1%
19Tang XuCentre-forwardHenan Jianye232.4024
20Hu TaoCentre-forwardYunnan Yukun222.4025
21Han DongCentre-forwardHenan Jianye252.3023
22Tian YudaCentre-forwardChangchun Yatai242.3023
23M. PetrovCentre-forwardShanghai Shenhua202.3027
24Ma HaoqiCentre-forwardHangzhou Greentown212.3026
25Qeyser EzimetCentre-forwardChengdu Better City202.3027
26Yang CongCentre-forwardQingdao Jonoon212.2025
27He ZhenyuCentre-forwardChangchun Yatai252.2022
28Marcel PetrovCentre-forwardShanghai Shenhua192.2027
29Wang ZihaoCentre-forwardBeijing Guoan192.2027
30Hu MingyuCentre-forwardShanghai Shenhua192.2027
31Chen XingCentre-forwardWuhan Three Towns262.1021
32ZecaCentre-forwardShandong Luneng292.150125%2344.2%
33Pedro HenriqueCentre-forwardYunnan Yukun292.14343.9%2329.3%
34Yu ZhuoweiCentre-forwardDalian Zhixing192.1026
35Zhang HaoCentre-forwardMeizhou Kejia202.1025
36Zhang BoxuanCentre-forwardQingdao Youth Island182026
37Zhang YuningCentre-forwardBeijing Guoan291.92621
38Shan HuanhuanCentre-forwardQingdao Youth Island271.9019
39Wesley MoraesCentre-forwardSichuan Jiuniu291.8322059.2%
40D. Lamkel ZéCentre-forwardQingdao Jonoon291.72588.6%1854.8%
41A. TudorieCentre-forwardWuhan Three Towns301.6351919.5%
42Alberto QuilesCentre-forwardTianjin Teda311.553140.3%2050%
43André LuísCentre-forwardShanghai Shenhua321.14153.5%1659%
44Matt OrrCentre-forwardSichuan Jiuniu2911118
45Chen BinbinCentre-forwardSHANGHAI SIPG281017
46E. ÓmarssonCentre-forwardMeizhou Kejia3111947.7%1469.8%
47C. MaleleCentre-forwardDalian Zhixing3212921%1565.1%
48Li BiaoCentre-forwardYunnan Yukun281017
49Huang ZichangCentre-forwardHenan Jianye290.9516
50Wang ZimingCentre-forwardBeijing Guoan300.9717