Most Valuable centre-forwards by Market Value in Serie A 2026

The most valuable centre-forwards in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Lucas Barbosa of RB Bragantino is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and Pedro has been the form player this season, grading 83.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gabriel Barbosa has improved his Season rating most, up +46.8 on last season, while M. Cassierra's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +12.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Barbosa of RB Bragantino is the most valuable name in this group at 34.9.

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	Player	Team
1	Lucas Barbosa Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	25	34.9	3711.8%	723.1%
2	Kaio Jorge Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	24	33.9	4343.1%	718.8%
3	I. Pitta Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	27	33.8	4676.5%	6013.3%
4	Yuri Alberto Centre-forward	Corinthians	25	32.6	382.6%	705.5%
5	Rene Centre-forward	Vitoria	22	31.3	32	69
6	A. Véliz Centre-forward	Bahia	22	29.2	21±0%	6325.4%
7	João Marcelo Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	21	28.7	4	67
8	R. Castillo Centre-forward	Fluminense	27	28.1	2147.4%	5318.4%
9	Alerrandro Centre-forward	Internacional	26	27.2	32325.3%	58114.9%
10	Marquinhos Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	23	26.6	0	563.9%
11	Guilherme Pato Centre-forward	Mirassol	25	26.5	3	55
12	G. Caballero Centre-forward	Santos	24	26	8±0%	536.2%
13	T. Borbas Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	24	26	7±0%	539.6%
14	Daniel Centre-forward	Palmeiras	22	26	0	58
15	B. Palacios Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	23	25.9	0100%	5516.3%
16	Ryan Francisco Centre-forward	Sao Paulo	19	25.5	6	648.3%
17	Raí de Oliveira Alves Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	22	25.2	0	55
18	Douglas Telles Centre-forward	Flamengo	18	25.1	4	70
19	Cadu Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	22	25	0100%	5614.5%
20	Brenner Centre-forward	Vasco DA Gama	26	24.9	1517.6%	5350%
21	MarcÃ£o Centre-forward	Fluminense	21	24.8	0	58
22	Samuel Centre-forward	Bahia	21	24.6	0	58
23	Pedro Centre-forward	Flamengo	29	24.5	83104.7%	5621.4%
24	André Ricardo Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	21	24.4	0	56
25	Bruno Branco Centre-forward	Fortaleza EC	21	23	0	54
26	Rodrigo Duarte Centre-forward	Vitoria	20	22.9	0	57
27	Andrey Centre-forward	Vasco DA Gama	21	22.9	0	54
28	Paulo Roberto Centre-forward	Vitoria	20	22.7	0	56
29	Paulo Baya Centre-forward	Fortaleza EC	27	22.5	7	47
30	Wendell Sacramento Centre-forward	Palmeiras	20	22.5	0	56
31	Guilherme Inácio Centre-forward	Corinthians	19	22.5	14±0%	599%
32	Wendel Centre-forward	Ceara	26	22.3	1178.1%	4716.8%
33	Gabriel Barbosa Centre-forward	Santos	29	22	62162%	457.2%
34	Heittor Centre-forward	Palmeiras	18	21.7	0	61
35	Jefinho Centre-forward	Sport Recife	20	21.7	0	54
36	Marcos Vinicius Centre-forward	Vitoria	19	21.6	0	57
37	Camargo Joao Centre-forward	Flamengo	18	21.6	0	61
38	Mateus Xavier Centre-forward	Santos	19	21.3	0±0%	561.2%
39	Yago Centre-forward	Internacional	19	21.3	0	56
40	Jeferson Centre-forward	Gremio	19	21.2	0	56
41	Arthur Cabral Centre-forward	Botafogo	28	21.2	49147.5%	5515.4%
42	R. Lelis Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	18	21.2	0	60
43	Nathan Fogaça Centre-forward	Fortaleza EC	27	21.1	33.2%	4525%
44	V. Ouotro Centre-forward	Vitoria	20	20.7	12±0%	4913.1%
45	Raykkonen Pereira Soares Centre-forward	Internacional	18	20	0	561.4%
46	Davi Gomes de Oliveira Centre-forward	Vasco DA Gama	18	19.6	0	55
47	Mosquito Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	17	19.4	0	59
48	Lucas Emanuel Centre-forward	Botafogo	17	19.3	0	58
49	Miguel Centre-forward	Gremio	22	18.2	0	40
50	G. Veneno Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	16	18	0	59