Most In-Form centre-forwards This Season in League One

The most in-form centre-forwards in League One, ranked on Field Insider.

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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 +47.6 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, L. Tolaj of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.9.

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	Player	Team
1	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	58453.3%	5318.7%
2	L. Tolaj Centre-forward	Plymouth	24	5127.6%	5238.1%
3	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	50216.6%	506.4%
4	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	461653.8%	5120%
5	J. Beesley Centre-forward	Burton Albion	29	44827.7%	369.8%
6	A. Fletcher Centre-forward	Blackpool	30	4413%	3017%
7	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	42606.8%	4912.9%
8	J. Reid Centre-forward	Stevenage	32	4134.6%	2515.1%
9	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	38196.9%	4952.8%
10	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	3814.1%	5128.5%
11	J. Marriott Centre-forward	Reading	31	37176.1%	2315.2%
12	S. Nombe Centre-forward	Rotherham	27	3618.1%	3823.8%
13	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	23	35275%	5214%
14	R. Street Centre-forward	Lincoln	24	3547.4%	5351.1%
15	M. Browne Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	34210%	3526.9%
16	Adama Sidibeh Centre-forward	Stockport County	28	3494.8%	375.9%
17	F. Onyedinma Centre-forward	Wycombe	29	3310.5%	3413.2%
18	J. Kenny Centre-forward	Bolton	23	32710%	496%
19	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	309900%	5230.2%
20	W. Evans Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	29	3026.2%	3416.5%
21	R. Oates Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	31	29	2412.4%
22	A. May Centre-forward	Huddersfield	33	2838.4%	1636.6%
23	T. Shade Centre-forward	Burton Albion	26	27188.4%	4241.8%
24	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	274.3%	495.4%
25	B. Radulović Centre-forward	Huddersfield	26	26564.1%	413.8%
26	K. Ehibhatiomhan Centre-forward	Reading	23	2431.2%	476.2%
27	M. Stevens Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	2440%	323%
28	T. Eaves Centre-forward	Northampton	34	2443.6%	1227.1%
29	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	22	24102.6%	509%
30	R. Oné Centre-forward	Lincoln	20	22646.7%	5022%
31	C. Robinson Centre-forward	Cardiff	31	2235.5%	2147.8%
32	Omar Bugiel Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	32	2136.5%	194.6%
33	B. Sharp Centre-forward	Doncaster	40	215.5%	833.9%
34	N. Wells Centre-forward	Luton	36	2139%	1429.8%
35	E. Lee Centre-forward	Doncaster	31	2024.9%	2235%
36	S. Hoskins Centre-forward	Northampton	33	2015.4%	1729.6%
37	J. Magennis Centre-forward	Exeter City	35	2021.3%	1137.7%
38	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	1843.2%	4932.6%
39	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	24	18146.6%	4846.3%
40	H. Adelakun Centre-forward	Doncaster	30	1843%	25±0%
41	E. Wheatley Centre-forward	Northampton	20	17	4760.3%
42	K. Jackson Centre-forward	Bradford	32	166.9%	1948.5%
43	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	1525.2%	3422.2%
44	M. Phillips Centre-forward	Stevenage	35	1458.2%	160.6%
45	J. Koroma Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	27	1358.8%	3426.9%
46	M. Ritchie Centre-forward	Reading	36	1355.6%	952.3%
47	D. Costelloe Centre-forward	Wigan	23	1318.2%	440.7%
48	J. Collins Centre-forward	Lincoln	35	1244.8%	1022.4%
49	P. Mullin Centre-forward	Wigan	31	1230.4%	1832.8%
50	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	1074.8%	4318.3%