Centre-forwards with the Best Potential in League One 26/27

The highest-potential centre-forwards in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Salech of Cardiff is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.4, and C. Stead has been the form player this season, grading 46.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Taylor has improved his Season rating most, up +24.4 on last season, while A. Pepple's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Stead of Cambridge United is the most valuable name in this group at 12.6.

Plymouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Taylor+24.4SsN

Huddersfield · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	1756.1%	51±0%
2	B. Pointon Centre-forward	Bradford	22	1549.1%	51±0%
3	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	23	1665.4%	511.8%
4	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	2047%	49±0%
5	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Huddersfield	23	3016.3%	48±0%
6	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	25	23220.5%	4846.3%
7	C. Webster Centre-forward	Burton Albion	22	1338.8%	47±0%
8	K. Chauke Centre-forward	Burton Albion	23	1235.2%	47±0%
9	M. Harris Centre-forward	Oxford United	27	21107.8%	46±0%
10	O. Bailey Centre-forward	Doncaster	27	880.6%	44±0%
11	C. Slattery Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	27	1934%	42±0%
12	K. Wootton Centre-forward	Stockport County	30	3623.5%	3811.7%
13	B. Knight Centre-forward	Cambridge United	24	2224%	36±0%
14	J. Beesley Centre-forward	Bradford	29	1175.7%	36±0%
15	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	2732.2%	3422.2%
16	W. Evans Centre-forward	Plymouth	29	1741.6%	34±0%
17	Adama Sidibeh Centre-forward	Stockport County	28	36111.6%	3316.2%
18	A. Pressley Centre-forward	Stevenage	24	2518.3%	32±0%
19	M. Stevens Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	401.5%	323%
20	C. Stead Centre-forward	Cambridge United	26	46	32
21	J. Lowe Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	32	2817%	31±0%
22	A. Collins Centre-forward	Milton Keynes Dons	29	3060.4%	21±0%
23	R. Loft Centre-forward	Cambridge United	29	1673.4%	2045.2%
24	A. May Centre-forward	Doncaster	33	1545.6%	16±0%
25	M. Smith Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	35	1836.6%	16±0%
26	J. Stockley Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	33	23160.2%	1532.1%
27	J. Magennis Centre-forward	Stevenage	36	1714.3%	11±0%
28	J. Collins Centre-forward	Doncaster	35	2510.3%	1022.4%