Top-Scoring centre-forwards in USL Championship 2026

The top-scoring centre-forwards in USL Championship in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in USL Championship Top-scoring midfielders in USL Championship Top-scoring attackers in USL Championship Best centre-forwards in USL Championship Most in-form centre-forwards in USL Championship Most valuable centre-forwards in USL Championship

At a glance

S. Ngoma of Birmingham Legion is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 41, and C. Jennings has been the form player this season, grading 36.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Valot has improved his Season rating most, up +15.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Serrano of Louisville City is the most valuable name in this group at 7.6.

Phoenix Rising · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

F. Valot+15.3SsN

Oakland Roots · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Jennings Centre-forward	Sacramento Republic	29	11	36	2618.6%
2	W. Cabrera Centre-forward	Charleston Battery	26	10	32	31
3	R. Damus Centre-forward	Birmingham Legion	27	8	3024.2%	3013.4%
4	P. Goodrum Centre-forward	Louisville City	29	8	25	22
5	M. Myers Centre-forward	Charleston Battery	25	8	29	34
6	T. Calheira Centre-forward	FC Tulsa	24	8	24±0%	334.9%
7	D. Smith Centre-forward	Detroit City	30	7	25	20
8	J. Rodriguez Centre-forward	Las Vegas Lights	28	6	23	25
9	J. Locadia Centre-forward	Tampa Bay Rowdies	32	6	0	870.2%
10	R. Serrano Centre-forward	Louisville City	24	6	24	35
11	E. Conway Centre-forward	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	5	15	23
12	E. Amoh Centre-forward	Loudoun United	34	4	16	8
13	R. Cicerone Centre-forward	Tampa Bay Rowdies	31	4	20	15
14	I. Paul Centre-forward	Monterey Bay	24	4	20	336.7%
15	E. Zubak Centre-forward	Orange County SC	28	4	14	2331.2%
16	M. Malango Centre-forward	Sacramento Republic	29	4	17	21
17	A. Williams Centre-forward	Hartford Athletic	29	3	12	2138.8%
18	C. Parano Centre-forward	San Antonio	27	3	12	25
19	Z. Ryan Centre-forward	Loudoun United	27	3	17	2527.8%
20	Mouhamadou War Centre-forward	Orange County SC	26	3	0	23
21	M. War Centre-forward	Orange County SC	26	3	9	27
22	A. Moreno Centre-forward	El Paso Locomotive	31	3	11	16
23	R. Cabral Centre-forward	FC Tulsa	27	3	14	2523.6%
24	G. Hurst Centre-forward	New Mexico United	29	3	9	18
25	R. Bidois Centre-forward	Loudoun United	24	3	11	30
26	L. Perez Centre-forward	Tampa Bay Rowdies	29	2	17	20
27	Eliot Goldthorp Centre-forward	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	24	2	11	31
28	W. Leggett Centre-forward	Charleston Battery	25	2	10	31
29	D. Rivera Centre-forward	Phoenix Rising	23	2	7	3117.5%
30	Jansen Wilson Centre-forward	Louisville City	25	2	15	32
31	A. Dikwa Centre-forward	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	2	15	23
32	A. Greive Centre-forward	San Antonio	27	2	6±0%	2440.2%
33	R. Avila Centre-forward	El Paso Locomotive	26	2	15	3114.4%
34	T. Amann Centre-forward	FC Tulsa	28	2	4	22
35	P. Wilson Centre-forward	Oakland Roots	30	2	8107.7%	1921.8%
36	E. Kizza Centre-forward	Indy Eleven	27	2	10281.5%	2536.3%
37	N. Fuson Centre-forward	Rhode Island	26	2	9	28
38	A. Dalou Centre-forward	FC Tulsa	26	2	10	30
39	Rodrigo Da Costa Centre-forward	Miami FC	32	1	6	12
40	F. Valot Centre-forward	Oakland Roots	33	1	20318.8%	1439.9%
41	A. Perez Centre-forward	Colorado Springs	31	1	7	1643.6%
42	P. Niyongabire Centre-forward	Loudoun United	26	1	5	28
43	N. Pierre Centre-forward	FC Tulsa	21	1	6	43
44	F. Barajas Centre-forward	Monterey Bay	20	1	340.7%	4514.1%
45	O. Anderson Centre-forward	Las Vegas Lights	30	1	4	15
46	J. Tejada Centre-forward	Colorado Springs	29	1	5	18
47	J. Carvajal Centre-forward	Phoenix Rising	23	1	2	24
48	I. Sacko Centre-forward	Phoenix Rising	29	1	5	1864%
49	D. Formella Centre-forward	Phoenix Rising	31	1	10	16
50	D. Badji Centre-forward	Phoenix Rising	34	1	521.1%	1215.6%