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 35.2.

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	Player	Team
1	Lucas Barbosa Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	25	35.2	3711.8%	723.1%
2	Kaio Jorge Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	24	34.9	4343.1%	718.8%
3	Yuri Alberto Centre-forward	Corinthians	25	34.2	382.6%	705.5%
4	I. Pitta Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	27	33.3	4676.5%	6013.3%
5	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	32.5	54±0%	7011.1%
6	R. Castillo Centre-forward	Fluminense	27	32.2	2147.4%	5318.4%
7	Rene Centre-forward	Vitoria	22	32.1	32	69
8	A. Véliz Centre-forward	Bahia	22	30.5	21±0%	6325.4%
9	T. Borbas Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	24	29.1	7±0%	539.6%
10	João Marcelo Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	21	29	4	67
11	G. Caballero Centre-forward	Santos	24	27	8±0%	536.2%
12	A. Valencia Centre-forward	Flamengo	23	26.9	18±0%	552.2%
13	Marquinhos Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	23	26.8	0	563.9%
14	Guilherme Pato Centre-forward	Mirassol	25	26.7	3	55
15	Alerrandro Centre-forward	Internacional	26	26.4	32325.3%	58114.9%
16	B. Palacios Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	23	26.1	0100%	5516.3%
17	Brenner Centre-forward	Vasco DA Gama	26	25.9	1517.6%	5350%
18	Daniel Centre-forward	Palmeiras	22	25.9	0	58
19	Cadu Centre-forward	Atletico-MG	22	25.3	0100%	5614.5%
20	Douglas Telles Centre-forward	Flamengo	18	25.3	4	70
21	Raí de Oliveira Alves Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	22	25.2	0	55
22	Samuel Centre-forward	Bahia	21	24.9	0	58
23	MarcÃ£o Centre-forward	Fluminense	21	24.7	0	58
24	Pedro Centre-forward	Flamengo	29	24.5	83104.7%	5621.4%
25	André Ricardo Centre-forward	RB Bragantino	21	24.4	0	56
26	João Victor Centre-forward	Ceara	22	23.9	23	3734.1%
27	Guilherme Inácio Centre-forward	Corinthians	19	23.8	14±0%	599%
28	Wendell Sacramento Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	23.6	0	56
29	Andrey Centre-forward	Vasco DA Gama	21	23.2	0	54
30	Bruno Branco Centre-forward	Fortaleza EC	21	23	0	54
31	K. Barria Centre-forward	Botafogo	18	22.9	6±0%	652.5%
32	Rodrigo Duarte Centre-forward	Vitoria	20	22.9	0	57
33	Paulo Roberto Centre-forward	Vitoria	20	22.7	0	56
34	Paulo Baya Centre-forward	Fortaleza EC	27	22.5	7	47
35	Matheus Reis Centre-forward	Fluminense	19	22.4	0	59
36	Wendel Centre-forward	Ceara	26	22.3	1178.1%	4716.8%
37	Arthur Cabral Centre-forward	Botafogo	28	21.9	49147.5%	5515.4%
38	Mateus Xavier Centre-forward	Santos	19	21.8	0±0%	561.2%
39	Ryan Francisco Centre-forward	Sao Paulo	19	21.7	6±0%	642.9%
40	Heittor Centre-forward	Palmeiras	18	21.7	0	61
41	Camargo Joao Centre-forward	Flamengo	18	21.7	0	61
42	Jefinho Centre-forward	Sport Recife	20	21.7	0	54
43	Marcos Vinicius Centre-forward	Vitoria	19	21.6	0	57
44	Ruan Pablo Centre-forward	Bahia	18	21.4	0	59±0%
45	Nathan Fogaça Centre-forward	Fortaleza EC	27	21.4	33.2%	4525%
46	R. Lelis Centre-forward	Cruzeiro	18	21.1	0	60
47	Jeferson Centre-forward	Gremio	19	21.1	0	56
48	Yago Centre-forward	Internacional	19	21.1	0	56
49	Wesley Nata Centre-forward	Fluminense	17	19.8	0	60
50	Davi Gomes de Oliveira Centre-forward	Vasco DA Gama	18	19.8	0	55