Top-Scoring centre-forwards in League One

The top-scoring 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 R. Street's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.8 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.

Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Ballard+47.6SsN

Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	23	58453.3%	5318.7%
2	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	19	50216.6%	506.4%
3	L. Tolaj Centre-forward	Plymouth	24	18	5127.6%	5238.1%
4	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	16	461653.8%	5120%
5	J. Marriott Centre-forward	Reading	31	16	37176.1%	2315.2%
6	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	16	38196.9%	4952.8%
7	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	15	42606.8%	4912.9%
8	A. Fletcher Centre-forward	Blackpool	30	15	4413%	3017%
9	J. Reid Centre-forward	Stevenage	32	14	4134.6%	2515.1%
10	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	14	3814.1%	5128.5%
11	J. Beesley Centre-forward	Burton Albion	29	13	44827.7%	369.8%
12	M. Browne Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	12	34210%	3526.9%
13	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	23	12	35275%	5215.4%
14	S. Nombe Centre-forward	Rotherham	27	12	3618.1%	3823.8%
15	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	11	309900%	5230.2%
16	R. Street Centre-forward	Lincoln	24	10	3547.4%	5351.1%
17	F. Onyedinma Centre-forward	Wycombe	29	10	3310.5%	3413.2%
18	T. Shade Centre-forward	Burton Albion	26	9	27188.4%	4241.8%
19	M. Stevens Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	9	2440%	323%
20	K. Ehibhatiomhan Centre-forward	Reading	23	9	2431.2%	476.2%
21	B. Radulović Centre-forward	Huddersfield	26	8	26564.1%	413.8%
22	T. Eaves Centre-forward	Northampton	34	8	2443.6%	1227.1%
23	W. Evans Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	29	8	3026.2%	3416.5%
24	R. Oates Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	31	8	29	2412.4%
25	C. Robinson Centre-forward	Cardiff	31	8	2235.5%	2147.8%
26	Adama Sidibeh Centre-forward	Stockport County	28	7	3494.8%	375.9%
27	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	7	274.3%	495.4%
28	J. Magennis Centre-forward	Exeter City	35	7	2021.3%	1137.7%
29	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	7	1843.2%	4932.6%
30	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	22	7	24102.6%	509%
31	A. May Centre-forward	Huddersfield	33	7	2838.4%	1636.6%
32	B. Sharp Centre-forward	Doncaster	40	7	215.5%	833.9%
33	J. Kenny Centre-forward	Bolton	23	6	32710%	496%
34	S. Hoskins Centre-forward	Northampton	33	6	2015.4%	1729.6%
35	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	6	1525.2%	3422.2%
36	R. Oné Centre-forward	Lincoln	20	5	22646.7%	5022%
37	Omar Bugiel Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	32	5	2136.5%	194.6%
38	N. Wells Centre-forward	Luton	36	5	2139%	1429.8%
39	P. Mullin Centre-forward	Wigan	31	4	1230.4%	1832.8%
40	J. Collins Centre-forward	Lincoln	35	4	1244.8%	1022.4%
41	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	24	4	18146.6%	4846.3%
42	K. Jackson Centre-forward	Bradford	32	3	166.9%	1948.5%
43	E. Lee Centre-forward	Doncaster	31	3	2024.9%	2235%
44	E. Wheatley Centre-forward	Northampton	20	3	17	4760.3%
45	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	3	1074.8%	4318.3%
46	D. Costelloe Centre-forward	Wigan	23	3	1318.2%	440.7%
47	J. Stockley Centre-forward	Port Vale	32	3	973.6%	1528.8%
48	J. Koroma Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	27	3	1358.8%	3426.9%
49	G. Lindgren Centre-forward	Peterborough	24	3	981.6%	4122.8%
50	A. Hackford Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	22	3	918.7%	4226.3%