Top-Scoring centre-forwards in League One

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

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At a glance

D. Ballard of Leyton Orient is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while A. Pepple's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Tolaj of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.9.

Plymouth · 24/25→25/26

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Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	23	58453.3%	5318.7%
2	K. Wootton Centre-forward	Stockport County	29	19	4715%	3815.1%
3	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	19	50216.6%	506.4%
4	L. Tolaj Centre-forward	Plymouth	24	18	5127.6%	5238.1%
5	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	16	461653.8%	5120%
6	J. Marriott Centre-forward	Reading	31	16	37176.1%	2315.2%
7	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	16	38196.9%	4952.8%
8	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	15	36513.6%	4810.1%
9	A. Fletcher Centre-forward	Blackpool	30	15	4413%	3017%
10	J. Reid Centre-forward	Stevenage	32	14	4134.6%	2515.1%
11	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	14	3814.1%	5128.5%
12	J. Beesley Centre-forward	Burton Albion	29	13	44827.7%	369.8%
13	M. Browne Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	12	34210%	3526.9%
14	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	23	12	35275%	5215.4%
15	S. Nombe Centre-forward	Rotherham	27	12	3325.4%	3725.5%
16	S. Dalby Centre-forward	Bolton	26	11	3134.6%	4414.6%
17	A. Sarcevic Centre-forward	Bradford	34	11	3354.4%	1722.8%
18	B. Pointon Centre-forward	Bradford	22	10	2923.8%	5139.3%
19	L. Akins Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	37	9	2659.4%	935.2%
20	K. Ehibhatiomhan Centre-forward	Reading	23	9	2431.2%	476.2%
21	M. Stevens Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	28	9	2440%	323%
22	C. Woodrow Centre-forward	Wycombe	31	9	31557.4%	2523.5%
23	B. Radulović Centre-forward	Huddersfield	26	8	26564.1%	413.8%
24	T. Eaves Centre-forward	Northampton	34	8	2443.6%	1227.1%
25	W. Evans Centre-forward	Mansfield Town	29	8	3026.2%	3415.7%
26	C. Robinson Centre-forward	Cardiff	31	8	2235.5%	2147.8%
27	Adama Sidibeh Centre-forward	Stockport County	28	7	170.6%	3316.2%
28	B. House Centre-forward	Lincoln	27	7	233.8%	3915.6%
29	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	7	274.3%	495.4%
30	J. Magennis Centre-forward	Exeter City	35	7	2021.3%	1137.7%
31	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	7	1844.4%	4932.3%
32	C. McGeehan Centre-forward	Northampton	31	7	2337.6%	2333.1%
33	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	22	7	24102.6%	509%
34	A. May Centre-forward	Huddersfield	33	7	2838.4%	1636.6%
35	B. Sharp Centre-forward	Doncaster	40	7	215.5%	833.9%
36	S. Hoskins Centre-forward	Northampton	33	6	2015.4%	1729.6%
37	W. Swan Centre-forward	Bradford	25	6	1740.9%	444.3%
38	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	6	1525.2%	3422.2%
39	B. Hanlan Centre-forward	Doncaster	29	5	1726.9%	2919.3%
40	Omar Bugiel Centre-forward	AFC Wimbledon	32	5	2136.5%	194.6%
41	N. Wells Centre-forward	Luton	36	5	2139%	1429.8%
42	C. Hamilton Centre-forward	Blackpool	31	4	2220.1%	2423.2%
43	P. Mullin Centre-forward	Wigan	31	4	1230.4%	1832.8%
44	J. Collins Centre-forward	Lincoln	35	4	1244.8%	1022.4%
45	Fábio Tavares Centre-forward	Burton Albion	25	4	12142.9%	404.1%
46	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	24	4	18146.6%	4846.3%
47	K. Jackson Centre-forward	Bradford	32	3	853.4%	1656.5%
48	E. Wheatley Centre-forward	Northampton	20	3	13	4552.2%
49	Harrison Bettoni Centre-forward	Wigan	18	3	8	44
50	T. Bradshaw Centre-forward	Barnsley	34	3	1146.6%	1053.1%