Most Valuable centre-forwards by Market Value in A-League 25/26

The most valuable centre-forwards in A-League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Marcondes of Melbourne City is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 25.2, and S. Cosgrove has been the form player this season, grading 44.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Brook has improved his Season rating most, up +32.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Brook of Auckland is the most valuable name in this group at 1.2.

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	Player	Team
1	L. Brook Centre-forward	Auckland	25	1.2	33	2140.5%
2	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	24	1.2	26	20
3	J. Vidic Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	22	1.1	22	19
4	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	21	1.1	30	21
5	M. Memeti Centre-forward	Melbourne City	19	1	23	20
6	B. Gibson Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	23	0.9	15	20
7	S. Colakovski Centre-forward	Perth Glory	26	0.8	14	15
8	S. Despotovski Centre-forward	Perth Glory	19	0.8	17	19
9	P. Wood Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	24	0.7	13	18
10	A. Riak Centre-forward	Adelaide United	25	0.6	0	16
11	T. Loke Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	21	0.6	0	17
12	J. Reec Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	23	0.6	4	17
13	N. Duarte Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	22	0.6	7	17
14	A. Sulemani Centre-forward	Perth Glory	21	0.6	6	17
15	O. Lavale Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	21	0.6	10	18
16	G. Popović Centre-forward	Sydney	23	0.6	7	17
17	M. François Centre-forward	Auckland	23	0.6	0	16
18	B. Mazzeo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	21	0.6	0	17
19	Brody Burkitt Centre-forward	Adelaide United	19	0.6	12	20
20	A. De Lima Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	19	0.5	0	17
21	E. Marcondes Centre-forward	Melbourne City	31	0.5	873.4%	2543.4%
22	Ben Folami Centre-forward	Adelaide United	27	0.5	2	13
23	S. Cosgrove Centre-forward	Auckland	29	0.5	45226.3%	1558.6%
24	G. May Centre-forward	Auckland	28	0.5	28452%	1561.3%
25	Niall Thom Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	19	0.5	4	17
26	E. Debono Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	20	0.5	0	17
27	N. Walker Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	20	0.5	0	16
28	Eze Kelvin Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	27	0.5	3	13
29	M. Macallister Centre-forward	Sydney	19	0.5	0	17
30	Adam Bugarija Centre-forward	Perth Glory	20	0.5	0	16
31	A. Lual Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	19	0.5	3	17
32	Víctor Campuzano Centre-forward	Sydney	29	0.4	2216.8%	1372.1%
33	A. Akon Centre-forward	Sydney	17	0.4	0	17
34	Luke Becvinovski Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	16	0.4	0	16
35	A. Abdul-Rahman Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	19	0.4	0	15
36	Akeem Gerald Centre-forward	Melbourne City	15	0.4	0	17
37	N. Vergos Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	30	0.3	2635.6%	1163.5%
38	B. Borello Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	31	0.3	24	1077.2%
39	C. Long Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	31	0.3	2490.6%	949.5%
40	R. Fraser Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	32	0.2	20813.6%	777.9%
41	H. Sawyer Centre-forward	Melbourne Victory	29	0.2	0	9
42	K. Barbarouses Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	36	0.1	19	6
43	H. Ibusuki Centre-forward	Western Sydney Wanderers	35	0.1	3	385.4%
44	A. Nabbout Centre-forward	Melbourne City	33	0.1	13	7
45	A. Taggart Centre-forward	Perth Glory	33	0.1	2544.3%	777.3%
46	Oliver Cockle Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	0	0.1	0	8
47	Anselmo Centre-forward	Adelaide United	37	0	1466.7%	384.8%