Best centre-forwards in Super League

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

At a glance

Liu Chengyu of Shanghai Shenhua is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.2, and Fábio Abreu has been the form player this season, grading 77.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Fábio Abreu has improved his Season rating most, up +39.4 on last season, while Felippe Cardoso's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +0.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Tao Qianglong of Hangzhou Greentown is the most valuable name in this group at 8.5.

Felippe Cardoso+0.9RTG

Henan Jianye · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Fábio Abreu+39.4SsN

Beijing Guoan · 21/22→25/26

27 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Liu Chengyu Centre-forward	Shanghai Shenhua	20	15	32
2	Zhu Pengyu Centre-forward	Dalian Zhixing	21	19	32
3	Chen Xiangyu Centre-forward	Guizhou Zhucheng	24	20	30
4	Luís Asué Centre-forward	Shanghai Shenhua	25	1736%	2951.7%
5	A. Yakubu Centre-forward	Qingdao Youth Island	27	4686.7%	2950.6%
6	Yago Cariello Centre-forward	Hangzhou Greentown	26	261.9%	2841.8%
7	Felippe Cardoso Centre-forward	Henan Jianye	27	43853.3%	273.4%
8	Leonardo Centre-forward	SHANGHAI SIPG	29	6881.4%	2650.1%
9	Hou Yongyong Centre-forward	Yunnan Yukun	28	2554.8%	2623.8%
10	Zeca Centre-forward	Shandong Luneng	29	49125.8%	2344.2%
11	Pedro Henrique Centre-forward	Yunnan Yukun	29	4143.7%	2329.3%
12	Zhang Yuning Centre-forward	Beijing Guoan	29	25	21
13	Alberto Quiles Centre-forward	Tianjin Teda	31	52141.1%	2050%
14	Wesley Moraes Centre-forward	Sichuan Jiuniu	29	31	2059.2%
15	A. Tudorie Centre-forward	Wuhan Three Towns	30	34	1919.5%
16	D. Lamkel Zé Centre-forward	Qingdao Jonoon	29	2487.6%	1854.8%
17	Matt Orr Centre-forward	Sichuan Jiuniu	29	11	18
18	Huang Zichang Centre-forward	Henan Jianye	29	5	16
19	Fábio Abreu Centre-forward	Beijing Guoan	33	77104.2%	1664.1%
20	André Luís Centre-forward	Shanghai Shenhua	32	4053.4%	1659%
21	C. Malele Centre-forward	Dalian Zhixing	32	2821.2%	1565.1%
22	Felipe Centre-forward	Chengdu Better City	34	51322.3%	1447.6%
23	E. Ómarsson Centre-forward	Meizhou Kejia	31	1947.5%	1469.8%
24	M. Palacios Centre-forward	Wuhan Three Towns	33	2073.9%	1354.8%
25	Gustavo Centre-forward	SHANGHAI SIPG	32	20227.4%	1253.3%
26	F. Andrijašević Centre-forward	Hangzhou Greentown	35	37	9
27	Tan Long Centre-forward	Changchun Yatai	38	34	9