Most in-form centre-forwards in Premiership

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

At a glance

Youssef Chermiti of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and D. Maeda has been the form player this season, grading 51.8, and L. Shankland leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Just has improved his Season rating most, up +30.5 on last season, while J. Hugill's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Cláudio Braga of Heart Of Midlothian is the most valuable name in this group at 17.8.

Best talent

Youssef Chermiti53RTG

Kilmarnock · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Just+30.5SsN

Motherwell · 22/23→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	D. Maeda Centre-forward	Celtic	28	5212.5%	4117.7%
2	L. Shankland Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	30	5021%	3214.7%
3	Cláudio Braga Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	26	4838.2%	4935.6%
4	Youssef Chermiti Centre-forward	Rangers	22	47	5323.3%
5	E. Just Centre-forward	Motherwell	26	38412.2%	4715%
6	M. Boyle Centre-forward	Hibernian	33	3140.2%	1837.7%
7	K. Nisbet Centre-forward	Aberdeen	29	3121.3%	3123.6%
8	K. Vargas Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	24	2712%	49±0%
9	B. Stewart Centre-forward	Falkirk	24	27	47
10	M. Mandron Centre-forward	ST Mirren	31	263%	2419.1%
11	S. Murray Centre-forward	Dundee	34	2552%	1441%
12	T. John-Jules Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	25	25654.5%	427.9%
13	J. Hugill Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	22	25322.4%	4553.1%
14	B. Miovski Centre-forward	Rangers	27	2393.2%	3844.4%
15	R. Muirhead Centre-forward	Livingston	30	21	24
16	O. Elding Centre-forward	Hibernian	20	21	49
17	P. Kabore Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	25	20	46
18	B. Anderson Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	27	2037.4%	3617.6%
19	M. Watters Centre-forward	Dundee Utd	27	1712.3%	3613.4%
20	D. Watson Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	21	1647.7%	483.1%
21	T. Yengi Centre-forward	Livingston	23	156.4%	446.9%
22	J. Bokila Centre-forward	Livingston	37	157.5%	667.1%
23	M. Lazetić Centre-forward	Aberdeen	22	15	4424.2%
24	Z. Robinson Centre-forward	Motherwell	24	1431.7%	441.8%
25	D. Nlundulu Centre-forward	ST Mirren	27	125.7%	3415.4%
26	R. MacIver Centre-forward	Falkirk	27	11	34
27	J. Ayunga Centre-forward	ST Mirren	29	1146.8%	2627.4%
28	N. Möller Centre-forward	Dundee Utd	23	1034%	436.7%
29	M. Dackers Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	23	844%	4130.9%
30	Emmanuel Gyamfi Centre-forward	Aberdeen	21	7	45
31	C. Hendry Centre-forward	Motherwell	28	0100%	297.1%