Best centre-forwards in A-League

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

At a glance

L. Jovanović of Adelaide United is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 23.3, and S. Cosgrove has been the form player this season, grading 43.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Cosgrove has improved his Season rating most, up +30.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Jovanović of Adelaide United is the most valuable name in this group at 2.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	L. Jovanović Centre-forward	Adelaide United	21	43	23
2	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	20	29	21
3	M. Memeti Centre-forward	Melbourne City	19	22	20
4	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	23	25	20
5	B. Gibson Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	23	15	20
6	S. Despotovski Centre-forward	Perth Glory	19	17	19
7	J. Vidic Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	22	21	19
8	I. Eze Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	26	36	19
9	O. Lavale Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	21	9	18
10	L. Rose Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	27	28	17
11	A. Kuol Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	25	5	1674%
12	C. Nduka Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	27	20	16
13	S. Cosgrove Centre-forward	Auckland	29	43226.3%	1558.6%
14	G. May Centre-forward	Auckland	28	27458.3%	1561.3%
15	A. Stamatelopoulos Centre-forward	Sydney	27	1130.4%	1564.7%
16	H. Sawyer Centre-forward	Macarthur	28	22	14
17	Víctor Campuzano Centre-forward	Sydney	29	2116.7%	1372.1%
18	B. Borello Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	30	23	1174.3%
19	N. Vergos Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	30	2535.5%	1163.5%
20	C. Long Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	31	2489.5%	949.5%
21	T. Kanamori Centre-forward	Melbourne City	32	15210.4%	864.8%
22	A. Taggart Centre-forward	Perth Glory	33	2443.8%	777.3%
23	A. Nabbout Centre-forward	Melbourne City	33	13	7
24	K. Barbarouses Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	36	19	6
25	M. Duke Centre-forward	Macarthur	35	2275%	563.8%