Most Valuable centre-forwards by Market Value in League One

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

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At a glance

D. Ballard of Leyton Orient is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while A. Pepple's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Tolaj of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.9.

Plymouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Ballard+47.6SsN

Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Tolaj Centre-forward	Plymouth	24	18.9	5127.6%	5238.1%
2	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	18.5	50216.6%	506.4%
3	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	17.6	58453.3%	5318.7%
4	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	16.1	461653.8%	5120%
5	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	14.2	38196.9%	4952.8%
6	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	14.2	3814.1%	5128.5%
7	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	13.5	36513.6%	4810.1%
8	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	23	12.8	35275%	5215.4%
9	S. Nombe Centre-forward	Rotherham	27	12.2	3325.4%	3725.5%
10	S. Dalby Centre-forward	Bolton	26	11.7	3134.6%	4414.6%
11	B. Pointon Centre-forward	Bradford	22	10.9	2923.8%	5139.3%
12	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	22	10.6	24102.6%	509%
13	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	24	10.6	18146.6%	4846.3%
14	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	10.4	274.3%	495.4%
15	K. Ehibhatiomhan Centre-forward	Reading	23	10.4	2431.2%	476.2%
16	Owen Oseni Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	10	8	45
17	D. Costelloe Centre-forward	Wigan	23	9.9	1318.2%	440.7%
18	W. Swan Centre-forward	Bradford	25	9.9	1740.9%	444.3%
19	Charlie Gerard Richard Wellens Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	23	9.7	16	44
20	B. Radulović Centre-forward	Huddersfield	26	9.6	26564.1%	413.8%
21	L. Nordås Centre-forward	Luton	24	9.3	587.1%	425.7%
22	P. Lane Centre-forward	Reading	25	9.3	1269.6%	4227.4%
23	J. McKiernan Centre-forward	Burton Albion	24	9.3	955.6%	422.8%
24	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	9.2	1074.8%	4318.3%
25	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	9.2	1844.4%	4932.3%
26	B. Fink Centre-forward	Wycombe	23	9.2	685.3%	417%
27	G. Lindgren Centre-forward	Peterborough	24	9.2	981.6%	4122.8%
28	Fábio Tavares Centre-forward	Burton Albion	25	9	12142.9%	404.1%
29	A. Hackford Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	22	8.9	918.7%	4226.3%
30	B. House Centre-forward	Lincoln	27	8.7	233.8%	3915.6%
31	B. Waine Centre-forward	Port Vale	25	8.7	1198.1%	392.2%
32	Mamadi Camará Centre-forward	Reading	22	8.7	383.9%	4117.3%
33	E. Wheatley Centre-forward	Northampton	20	8.5	13	4552.2%
34	O. Thorn Centre-forward	Lincoln	22	8.5	0	40
35	R. Paton Centre-forward	Port Vale	25	8.5	865.3%	3823.8%
36	Julian Larsson Centre-forward	Burton Albion	25	8.5	510.9%	384.1%
37	J. Morgan Centre-forward	Peterborough	20	8.5	8	45
38	P. Aderoju Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	8.4	3	403.4%
39	K. Etete Centre-forward	Rotherham	24	8.3	3	374.1%
40	Mark O’Mahony Centre-forward	Reading	21	8.2	0100%	4135%
41	S. Cox Centre-forward	Exeter City	21	8.2	4±0%	414%
42	K. Lolos Centre-forward	Peterborough	24	8.1	0100%	3619.3%
43	Leo Farrell Centre-forward	Barnsley	20	8.1	2	43
44	S. Perkins Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	22	8.1	0100%	3818%
45	S. Spencer Centre-forward	Reading	22	8.1	0	38
46	Jeremiah Okine-Peters Centre-forward	Reading	24	8.1	0	36
47	David Kamara Centre-forward	Peterborough	20	7.9	6	42
48	C. Sze Centre-forward	Wigan	22	7.9	0100%	3712.6%
49	B. Tuma Centre-forward	Reading	21	7.8	0	394.4%
50	K. Wootton Centre-forward	Stockport County	29	7.8	4715%	3815.1%