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All 141 forwards across the 20 Premier League squads, ranked by overall rating. The top 30 are below.
Perfect Eleven is a free browser game: a wheel spins to a random Premier League club and you pick one player from it, building a starting XI from all 20 squads. Chemistry rewards a side that fits together — so the best players don't always make the best team.
▶ Build your XI freeForwards are output-weighted: goals and assists per appearance, judged against the strength of the side around them. A 15-goal striker carrying a relegation fight can out-rate a 20-goal forward finishing moves a title machine builds for him.
| # | Player | Pos | Club | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erling Haaland | FWD | Man City | 96 |
| 2 | Bukayo Saka | FWD | Arsenal | 93 |
| 3 | Viktor Gyökeres | FWD | Arsenal | 92 |
| 4 | Alexander Isak | FWD | Liverpool | 92 |
| 5 | Kai Havertz | FWD | Arsenal | 89 |
| 6 | Gabriel Martinelli | FWD | Arsenal | 88 |
| 7 | Cody Gakpo | FWD | Liverpool | 87 |
| 8 | Omar Marmoush | FWD | Man City | 87 |
| 9 | Jérémy Doku | FWD | Man City | 86 |
| 10 | Bryan Mbeumo | FWD | Man United | 86 |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins | FWD | Aston Villa | 85 |
| 12 | Hugo Ekitiké | FWD | Liverpool | 85 |
| 13 | Rayan Cherki | FWD | Man City | 85 |
| 14 | Antoine Semenyo | FWD | Man City | 85 |
| 15 | Amad Diallo | FWD | Man United | 85 |
| 16 | Noni Madueke | FWD | Arsenal | 84 |
| 17 | João Pedro | FWD | Chelsea | 84 |
| 18 | Estêvão | FWD | Chelsea | 84 |
| 19 | Matheus Cunha | FWD | Man United | 84 |
| 20 | Marcus Rashford | FWD | Man United | 84 |
| 21 | Mohammed Kudus | FWD | Tottenham | 84 |
| 22 | Kaoru Mitoma | FWD | Brighton | 83 |
| 23 | Geovany Quenda | FWD | Chelsea | 83 |
| 24 | Savinho | FWD | Man City | 83 |
| 25 | Benjamin Šeško | FWD | Man United | 83 |
| 26 | Dejan Kulusevski | FWD | Tottenham | 83 |
| 27 | Alejandro Garnacho | FWD | Aston Villa | 82 |
| 28 | Víctor Muñoz | FWD | Liverpool | 82 |
| 29 | Jack Grealish | FWD | Man City | 82 |
| 30 | Chris Wood | FWD | Nottm Forest | 82 |
Haaland at 96 is the only forward in the league without a peer. The three-point gap to Saka is the largest anywhere in the top ten of this list, and it exists because nothing in the pool replicates what he does — every other name here is a forward you build around, and he is a forward who finishes what a machine builds for him at a volume nobody matches.
Saka at 93, then Gyökeres and Isak at 92, form the second tier. All three are first-choice in sides expected to finish top four, which is what separates them from the 86–89 band beneath: Havertz, Martinelli, Gakpo, Marmoush, Doku and Mbeumo are all genuinely elite, but each is one of several attacking options rather than the option.
Below 85 the list stops being about quality and starts being about role. Chris Wood at 82 leads the line alone for Nottingham Forest. Jack Grealish at the same rating is Manchester City's seventh-rated forward. Identical numbers, completely different jobs.
Because the wheel gives you one player per club, depth matters more than the top of the list. Manchester City place seven forwards in this top thirty and Arsenal five — land on either and you are choosing, not accepting. Land on Forest and the decision is effectively made for you. The clubs worth hoping for are not the ones with the best forward but the ones with the deepest bench of them, and that distinction is what separates a good draft from a lucky one.
The counter-argument is chemistry. A 96 who leaves your XI unbalanced scores worse than an 85 who fits, which is why the highest-rated forward available is not automatically the right pick. Read the scoring rules before you assume otherwise.
Who is the highest rated forward in the Premier League for 2026-27? Erling Haaland at 96, the highest overall rating of any player in the league.
How many forwards are rated? All 141 across the 20 squads. The top 30 appear above; the full pool is in the complete player rankings.
Which club has the strongest forward line? Manchester City by depth, Arsenal by spread — five Arsenal forwards sit inside the top thirty.
Every player carries one overall rating, editorial rather than fed from a stats API: formula-based on 2025-26 league finishes and role, then hand-adjusted and maintained against club announcements through the transfer window. The same numbers drive the draft, the Club Power Rankings and how your XI is graded.