Best centre-forwards in League One

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

At a glance

D. Ballard of Leyton Orient is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +46.2 on last season, while R. Street's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Street of Lincoln is the most valuable name in this group at 32.6.

Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

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D. Ballard+46.2SsN

Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	56452.9%	5318.7%
2	R. Street Centre-forward	Lincoln	24	3447.4%	5351.1%
3	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	22	34276.4%	5214%
4	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	299600%	5230.2%
5	L. Tolaj Centre-forward	Plymouth	24	5027.6%	5238.1%
6	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	3714.1%	5128.5%
7	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	21	23101.8%	5110.9%
8	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	441672%	5120%
9	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	48215.7%	506.4%
10	R. Oné Centre-forward	Lincoln	20	22651.7%	5022%
11	J. Kenny Centre-forward	Bolton	23	31705.1%	496%
12	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	37195.2%	4952.8%
13	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	41610.5%	4912.9%
14	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	264.5%	495.4%
15	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	1843.1%	4932.6%
16	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	24	18146.5%	4846.3%
17	E. Wheatley Centre-forward	Northampton	20	17	4760.3%
18	K. Ehibhatiomhan Centre-forward	Reading	23	2431.7%	476.2%
19	D. Costelloe Centre-forward	Wigan	23	1218.7%	440.7%
20	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	1074.9%	4318.3%
21	T. Shade Centre-forward	Burton Albion	26	27189.1%	4241.8%
22	A. Hackford Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	22	918.3%	4226.3%
23	B. Radulović Centre-forward	Huddersfield	26	25563.2%	413.8%
24	S. Cox Centre-forward	Exeter City	21	4±0%	414%
25	R. Paton Centre-forward	Port Vale	25	862.5%	3823.8%
26	Julian Larsson Centre-forward	Burton Albion	25	511.1%	384.1%
27	S. Nombe Centre-forward	Rotherham	27	3518.4%	3823.8%
28	K. Etete Centre-forward	Rotherham	24	3	374.1%
29	Adama Sidibeh Centre-forward	Stockport County	28	3395.2%	375.9%
30	J. Vale Centre-forward	Northampton	25	0	364.8%
31	J. Beesley Centre-forward	Burton Albion	29	42821.7%	369.8%
32	M. Browne Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	33213.2%	3526.9%
33	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	1525.4%	3422.2%
34	F. Onyedinma Centre-forward	Wycombe	29	3215.2%	3413.2%
35	J. Koroma Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	27	1258.9%	3426.9%
36	W. Evans Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	29	2926.2%	3415.7%
37	M. Stevens Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	2440.1%	323%
38	A. Fletcher Centre-forward	Blackpool	30	4213.1%	3017%
39	H. Adelakun Centre-forward	Doncaster	30	1743%	25±0%
40	E. List Centre-forward	Northampton	29	764.8%	2529.9%
41	J. Reid Centre-forward	Stevenage	32	3934.5%	2515.1%
42	R. Oates Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	31	28	2413.3%
43	J. Marriott Centre-forward	Reading	31	36174%	2315.2%
44	E. Lee Centre-forward	Doncaster	31	2024.9%	2235%
45	C. Robinson Centre-forward	Cardiff	31	2135.5%	2147.8%
46	Omar Bugiel Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	32	2136.2%	194.6%
47	K. Jackson Centre-forward	Bradford	32	167.1%	1948.5%
48	P. Mullin Centre-forward	Wigan	31	1228.9%	1832.8%
49	S. Hoskins Centre-forward	Northampton	33	1915.8%	1729.6%
50	A. May Centre-forward	Huddersfield	33	2738.4%	1636.6%