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Top-Scoring centre-forwards in League One 26/27

The top-scoring centre-forwards in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Salech of Cardiff is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.4, and K. Wootton has been the form player this season, grading 46.8, and C. Stead leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Pepple has improved his Season rating most, up +25.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Stead of Cambridge United is the most valuable name in this group at 12.6.

Best talent
Y. Salech51.4RTG
Cardiff
In form
K. Wootton46.8SsN
Stockport County
Rising potential
A. Pepple+17RTG
Plymouth · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
A. Pepple+25.4SsN
Plymouth · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
C. Stead13goals
Cambridge United
Most valuable
C. Stead12.6val
Cambridge United
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PlayerTeam
1C. SteadCentre-forwardCambridge United26133432
2M. StevensCentre-forwardAFC Wimbledon2892440%323%
3J. MarriottCentre-forwardReading32837±0%2315.7%
4A. PressleyCentre-forwardStevenage2472410.8%32±0%
5Adama SidibehCentre-forwardStockport County287170.6%3316.2%
6N. EnnisCentre-forwardBlackpool2761525.2%3422.2%
7K. WoottonCentre-forwardStockport County29547±0%38±0%
8J. TaylorCentre-forwardHuddersfield23536±0%48±0%
9J. CollinsCentre-forwardDoncaster3541244.8%1022.4%
10T. WrightCentre-forwardBradford25418146.6%4846.3%
11N. WellsCentre-forwardLuton36421±0%14±0%
12V. AdeboyejoCentre-forwardBromley28459.8%291.4%
13J. LoweCentre-forwardSheffield Wednesday32424±0%31±0%
14A. PeppleCentre-forwardPlymouth23438±0%49±0%
15R. LoftCentre-forwardCambridge United293812.8%2045.2%
16J. StockleyCentre-forwardAFC Wimbledon3339±0%1532.1%
17J. BrownCentre-forwardReading2830100%2828.9%
18W. EvansCentre-forwardPlymouth29330±0%34±0%
19J. WarehamCentre-forwardWycombe23350±0%50±0%
20D. TaylorCentre-forwardBlackpool2231074.8%4318.3%
21M. HarrisCentre-forwardOxford United27310±0%46±0%
22B. KnightCentre-forwardCambridge United24329±0%36±0%
23O. SandersonCentre-forwardStevenage22313115%4539.8%
24J. MagennisCentre-forwardStevenage36220±0%11±0%
25A. MayCentre-forwardDoncaster33228±0%16±0%
26J. YatesCentre-forwardBlackpool292938.4%2628.8%
27A. FletcherCentre-forwardHuddersfield31244±0%3115.6%
28E. RiisCentre-forwardLeicester28233±0%52±0%
29David KamaraCentre-forwardPeterborough212642
30G. BrownCentre-forwardSheffield Wednesday222557
31Y. SalechCentre-forwardCardiff24238±0%51±0%
32M. MandronCentre-forwardStockport County31226±0%24±0%
33C. SlatteryCentre-forwardSheffield Wednesday2723313.5%42±0%
34M. SmithCentre-forwardMansfield Town3421212.2%16±0%
35C. WoodrowCentre-forwardWycombe31231±0%25±0%
36I. HutchinsonCentre-forwardDoncaster2624410.3%31±0%
37B. RadulovićCentre-forwardHuddersfield26226±0%41±0%
38G. YahyaiCentre-forwardCambridge United2520100%3616.6%
39T. BloxhamCentre-forwardBlackpool22227±0%49±0%
40C. MarshallCentre-forwardLuton2120100%6713.7%
41L. SmythCentre-forwardNotts County2221042
42B. PointonCentre-forwardBradford22229±0%51±0%
43J. BeesleyCentre-forwardBradford29144±0%36±0%
44S. PerkinsCentre-forwardWigan221038±0%
45D. DwyerCentre-forwardMansfield Town361370.5%79.8%
46C. RobertsCentre-forwardNotts County29192432.4%
47C. PatersonCentre-forwardMilton Keynes Dons31143±0%19±0%
48L. AppéréCentre-forwardCambridge United27122±0%28±0%
49K. ChaukeCentre-forwardBurton Albion23118±0%47±0%
50O. BaileyCentre-forwardDoncaster27139±0%44±0%