Attackers with the Best Potential in A-League

The highest-potential attackers in A-League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Jovanović of Adelaide United is the standout for raw talent across attackers in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 23.3, and J. Randall has been the form player this season, grading 49.9, and S. Cosgrove leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Cosgrove has improved his Season rating most, up +31 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Randall of Auckland is the most valuable name in this group at 1.4.

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	Player	Team
1	L. Jovanović Centre-forward	Adelaide United	21	44	23
2	J. Randall Central midfielder	Auckland	23	50	23
3	C. Taylor Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	22	39	23
4	M. Di Pizio Winger	Central Coast Mariners	20	31	22
5	T. Quintal Attacking midfielder	Sydney	19	22	22
6	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	20	30	21
7	P. Quispe Attacking midfielder	Sydney	24	22	21
8	L. Vickery Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	19	22	20
9	M. Memeti Centre-forward	Melbourne City	19	23	20
10	M. Younis Winger	Melbourne City	21	2719.7%	2062.5%
11	Kavian Rahmani Central midfielder	Melbourne City	19	20	20
12	M. Grimaldi Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	22	15	20
13	B. Gibson Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	23	15	20
14	S. Despotovski Centre-forward	Perth Glory	19	17	19
15	N. Velupillay Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	25	20	19
16	J. Vidic Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	22	22	19
17	I. Eze Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	26	37	19
18	Akol Akon Attacking midfielder	Sydney	16	8	19
19	J. Kucharski Central midfielder	Perth Glory	24	28	19
20	M. Ruhs Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	23	12	19
21	A. Auglah Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	24	19	18
22	O. Lavale Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	21	10	18
23	A. Hammond Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	13	18
24	L. Rose Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	27	29	17
25	C. Armiento Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	27	12	16
26	A. Kuol Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	25	5	1674%
27	C. Nduka Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	27	20	16
28	J. Carluccio Full-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	25	7	15
29	S. Cosgrove Centre-forward	Auckland	29	45226.3%	1558.6%
30	G. May Centre-forward	Auckland	28	28452%	1561.3%
31	A. Stamatelopoulos Centre-forward	Sydney	27	1130.2%	1564.7%
32	L. Rogerson Central midfielder	Auckland	28	22	14
33	R. Durán Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	28	19	14
34	H. Sawyer Centre-forward	Macarthur	28	23	14
35	Víctor Campuzano Centre-forward	Sydney	29	2216.8%	1372.1%
36	N. Vergos Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	30	2635.6%	1163.5%
37	B. Borello Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	31	24	1077.2%
38	C. Long Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	31	2490.6%	949.5%
39	T. Lawrence Winger	Perth Glory	32	34119%	962.4%
40	T. Payne Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	32	6	9
41	T. Kanamori Centre-forward	Melbourne City	32	15214.3%	864.8%
42	A. Cáceres Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	33	15	8
43	Š. Gržan Full-back	Macarthur	32	9	8
44	R. Fraser Attacking midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	32	20813.6%	777.3%
45	A. Taggart Centre-forward	Perth Glory	33	2544.3%	777.3%
46	A. Nabbout Centre-forward	Melbourne City	33	13	7
47	E. Rashani Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	33	1139.7%	674.6%
48	K. Barbarouses Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	36	19	6
49	M. Duke Centre-forward	Macarthur	35	2274.2%	563.8%