Best centre-forwards in Championship

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

At a glance

M. Ivanović of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.5, and O. McBurnie has been the form player this season, grading 64.6, and Z. Vipotnik leads the scoring with 23 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Z. Vipotnik has improved his Season rating most, up +40.2 on last season, while L. Kjerrumgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Z. Vipotnik of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 48.3.

L. Kjerrumgaard+34.1RTG

Watford · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Z. Vipotnik+40.2SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	763.7%
2	J. Coburn Centre-forward	Millwall	23	37141.8%	7312.1%
3	Z. Vipotnik Centre-forward	Swansea	24	63177.1%	726.9%
4	P. Agyemang Centre-forward	Derby	25	4528.2%	7153.8%
5	L. Dobbin Centre-forward	Preston	23	44480%	7013.1%
6	R. Burrell Centre-forward	QPR	25	5067.4%	7052.3%
7	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	38	6917.2%
8	Iván Azón Centre-forward	Ipswich	23	244%	698.8%
9	A. Heggebø Centre-forward	West Brom	24	370.8%	6951.8%
10	L. Kjerrumgaard Centre-forward	Watford	23	31	6998.8%
11	E. Simms Centre-forward	Coventry	25	3551.3%	681.3%
12	M. Doumbia Centre-forward	Watford	20	19152%	676%
13	D. Mubama Centre-forward	Stoke City	21	23	679.5%
14	D. Jebbison Centre-forward	Preston	23	24	6615.3%
15	D. Strelec Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	25	2691.1%	656.7%
16	A. Guðjohnsen Centre-forward	Blackburn	24	3163%	6527.1%
17	K. Saito Centre-forward	QPR	24	2121.9%	652%
18	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	1614.7%	651.1%
19	T. Cannon Centre-forward	Sheffield Utd	23	2234.6%	647.2%
20	Vivaldo Semedo Centre-forward	Watford	21	13	6343.9%
21	M. Kvistgaarden Centre-forward	Norwich	24	2163.9%	6327.9%
22	A. Idah Centre-forward	Swansea	25	2723.9%	6324.6%
23	L. Cissé Centre-forward	Stoke City	23	1756.2%	635%
24	M. Jørgensen Centre-forward	Blackburn	25	3030.4%	6326.5%
25	Yang Min-Hyeok Centre-forward	Portsmouth	20	1174.5%	626.3%
26	M. Leaburn Centre-forward	Charlton	22	1232.7%	6225.9%
27	B. Cadamarteri Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	21	1027.5%	6232.4%
28	N. Madsen Centre-forward	QPR	26	2919.5%	625.1%
29	C. Kelman Centre-forward	Charlton	24	2260.7%	619.1%
30	D. Bennie Centre-forward	QPR	20	6	616.4%
31	J. Sargent Centre-forward	Norwich	26	2841%	6014.9%
32	M. Osmajić Centre-forward	Preston	26	325.2%	604.2%
33	R. Brewster Centre-forward	Derby	26	2746.7%	6010.2%
34	G. Caballero Centre-forward	Portsmouth	24	9	59
35	G. Chakvetadze Centre-forward	Watford	26	1458.3%	5916%
36	G. Hirst Centre-forward	Ipswich	27	39183.8%	5916.2%
37	T. Campbell Centre-forward	Sheffield Utd	26	2612.9%	5814%
38	H. Wright Centre-forward	Coventry	28	5048.9%	5510.5%
39	N. Prelec Centre-forward	Oxford United	25	963.6%	555.2%
40	I. Olaofe Centre-forward	Charlton	26	1066.3%	525.5%
41	D. Burgzorg Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	27	1625%	5218.9%
42	P. Daka Centre-forward	Leicester	27	26367.9%	5222.7%
43	E. Riis Centre-forward	Bristol City	28	3314.5%	5214.5%
44	D. Dike Centre-forward	West Brom	26	10134.9%	5113.6%
45	R. Boženík Centre-forward	Stoke City	26	775.3%	5117.2%
46	J. Maja Centre-forward	West Brom	27	1752.9%	4926.5%
47	S. Smith Centre-forward	Wrexham	28	2650.9%	483.8%
48	Y. Ohashi Centre-forward	Blackburn	29	3510.6%	477.2%
49	O. McBurnie Centre-forward	Hull City	30	65121.2%	4617.1%
50	M. Harris Centre-forward	Oxford United	27	1062.9%	4628.9%