Centre-forwards with the Best Potential

The highest-potential centre-forwards, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Haaland of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.2, and D. Beljo leads the scoring with 31 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Beljo has improved his Season rating most, up +68.8 on last season, while I. Macalou's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +40.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Macalou of Free Agents is the most valuable name in this group at 110.8.

Free Agents · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Haaland Centre-forward	Manchester City	26	98±0%	92±0%
2	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
3	Roberto Fernández Centre-forward	Espanyol	24	37±0%	84±0%
4	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	Brighton	22	16	8314.3%
5	J. Panichelli Centre-forward	Strasbourg	24	604.8%	833.4%
6	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	13	82107.1%
7	Pablo Torre Centre-forward	Mallorca	23	1448.9%	78±0%
8	Chupe Centre-forward	Malaga	22	64±0%	771.7%
9	L. Sinayoko Centre-forward	Paris FC	26	59±0%	761.7%
10	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	354.8%	763.7%
11	Gonçalo Ramos Centre-forward	AC Milan	25	281.5%	751.9%
12	A. Stepanov Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	18	215.6%	758.9%
13	J. Ekkelenkamp Centre-forward	Udinese	26	45±0%	74±0%
14	J. Ekhator Centre-forward	Juventus	19	1457.3%	731.1%
15	I. Macalou Centre-forward	Free Agents	27	55191.6%	73100.5%
16	Lucas Barbosa Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	25	3711.8%	723.1%
17	A. Ilić Centre-forward	Union Berlin	26	4681.6%	722.7%
18	N. Lebreton Centre-forward	NEC Nijmegen	22	30±0%	72±0%
19	Kaio Jorge Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	24	4343.1%	718.8%
20	P. Agyemang Centre-forward	Derby	25	4528.2%	7153.8%
21	A. Raimondo Centre-forward	Bologna	22	4820.4%	70±0%
22	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	54±0%	7011.1%
23	Yuri Alberto Centre-forward	Corinthians	25	382.6%	705.5%
24	A. Gouiri Centre-forward	Marseille	26	36±0%	70±0%
25	C. Shpendi Centre-forward	Cesena	23	52±0%	69±0%
26	Rene Centre-forward	Vitoria	23	32	69
27	Ousmane Camara Centre-forward	Castellón	24	2636%	69±0%
28	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	21	381.6%	690.9%
29	Iker Losada Centre-forward	Real Betis	25	15228.9%	684.9%
30	K. Topp Centre-forward	Werder Bremen	22	919.8%	689.4%
31	Flavio Russo Centre-forward	Sassuolo	22	5	6720.5%
32	M. Bamba Centre-forward	Lorient	24	1147.3%	679.3%
33	Y. Begraoui Centre-forward	Estoril	25	69±0%	67±0%
34	D. Garden Centre-forward	Excelsior	22	24	6648.1%
35	K. Kostons Centre-forward	PEC Zwolle	27	56±0%	668.7%
36	M. Doumbia Centre-forward	Watford	20	852.4%	66±0%
37	B. Dieng Centre-forward	FK Crvena Zvezda	26	37215.4%	660.5%
38	Y. Eduardo Centre-forward	ADO Den Haag	20	41±0%	6510.7%
39	M. Meerdink Centre-forward	AZ Alkmaar	23	21±0%	65±0%
40	P. Harres Centre-forward	Holstein Kiel	24	44±0%	64±0%
41	N. Tresoldi Centre-forward	Club Brugge KV	22	58±0%	642.1%
42	V. Castellanos Centre-forward	West Ham	28	1536.7%	6415%
43	M. Żukowski Centre-forward	1. FC Magdeburg	24	58±0%	64±0%
44	D. Haen Centre-forward	Willem II	22	52±0%	63±0%
45	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	23529.7%	635.3%
46	A. Véliz Centre-forward	Bahia	23	21±0%	6327.7%
47	A. Adorante Centre-forward	Venezia	26	523.6%	6211.6%
48	Miguel de la Fuente Centre-forward	Almeria	27	303.8%	629.8%
49	V. Pavlidis Centre-forward	Benfica	27	79±0%	62±0%
50	A. Guðjohnsen Centre-forward	Blackburn	24	2310.1%	61±0%