Most Valuable centre-forwards by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable centre-forwards in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Salech of Cardiff is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.4, and C. Stead has been the form player this season, grading 46.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Taylor has improved his Season rating most, up +24.4 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, C. Stead of Cambridge United is the most valuable name in this group at 12.6.

Plymouth · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Stead Centre-forward	Cambridge United	26	12.6	46	32
2	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Huddersfield	23	11.3	3016.3%	48±0%
3	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	25	10.9	23220.5%	4846.3%
4	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	10.5	2047%	49±0%
5	B. Knight Centre-forward	Cambridge United	24	10.4	2224%	36±0%
6	B. Pointon Centre-forward	Bradford	22	10.1	1549.1%	51±0%
7	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	9.9	2732.2%	3422.2%
8	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Wycombe	23	9.8	1570.8%	50±0%
9	C. Webster Centre-forward	Burton Albion	22	9.8	1338.8%	47±0%
10	K. Chauke Centre-forward	Burton Albion	23	9.7	1235.2%	47±0%
11	G. Yahyai Centre-forward	Cambridge United	25	9.7	15183%	3616.6%
12	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	23	9.6	1447.9%	49±0%
13	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	23	9.6	1665.4%	511.8%
14	O. Sanderson Centre-forward	Stevenage	22	9.6	14136.7%	4642.6%
15	G. Brown Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	22	9.5	9	57
16	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	9.5	1756.1%	51±0%
17	A. Pressley Centre-forward	Stevenage	25	9.4	2518.3%	32±0%
18	X. Amaechi Centre-forward	Plymouth	25	9.4	926.5%	43±0%
19	Isaac Heath Centre-forward	Cambridge United	22	9.3	7	28
20	B. Radulović Centre-forward	Huddersfield	26	9.1	1637.1%	41±0%
21	D. Scarlett Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	22	9.1	520.3%	6552.4%
22	M. Dennis Centre-forward	Burton Albion	24	9.1	679.2%	34±0%
23	M. Mellon Centre-forward	Stevenage	22	9.1	572%	32±0%
24	L. Smyth Centre-forward	Notts County	22	9	10	42
25	C. Marshall Centre-forward	Luton	21	8.9	1011.8%	6713.7%
26	S. Perkins Centre-forward	Wigan	22	8.7	7	38±0%
27	David Kamara Centre-forward	Peterborough	21	8.6	11	42
28	S. Spencer Centre-forward	Reading	23	8.5	0	38
29	M. Kirk Centre-forward	Barnsley	22	8.5	654.1%	57±0%
30	M. Harris Centre-forward	Oxford United	27	8.3	21107.8%	46±0%
31	W. Swan Centre-forward	Bradford	26	8.3	570.9%	44±0%
32	A. Higgins Centre-forward	Wigan	21	8.3	4	37
33	Donnell McNeilly Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	21	8.2	347.8%	42±0%
34	C. Slattery Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	27	8.2	1934%	42±0%
35	Adama Sidibeh Centre-forward	Stockport County	28	8.1	36111.6%	3316.2%
36	M. Stevens Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	8.1	401.5%	323%
37	B. Touré Centre-forward	Barnsley	23	8.1	0100%	601.9%
38	J. Kabia Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	25	8.1	0	36
39	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Notts County	21	8	0100%	37±0%
40	R. Šimić Centre-forward	Cardiff	23	8	0100%	581.9%
41	R. Evans Centre-forward	Reading	21	8	0	39
42	Jeremiah Okine-Peters Centre-forward	Reading	25	8	0	36
43	I. Hutchinson Centre-forward	Doncaster	26	8	1074.4%	31±0%
44	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Wycombe	21	7.9	0100%	340.9%
45	B. Tuma Centre-forward	Reading	21	7.9	0	394.4%
46	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	7.9	0100%	43±0%
47	N. Oyekunle Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	18	7.8	4	59±0%
48	S. Patton Centre-forward	Reading	20	7.7	0	40
49	Mark O’Mahony Centre-forward	Burton Albion	21	7.7	0	41±0%
50	M. Matthews Lewis Centre-forward	Burton Albion	21	7.7	0	38