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Top 20 Best Premier League Forwards 2026

Updated 7 October 2026 · ratings change when a squad does, form arrows daily

Erling Haaland (Manchester City) is the best Premier League forward in our 2026-27 ratings: 96, the highest of the 120 forwards we rate and three points clear of Bukayo Saka. Top five: Erling Haaland 96, Bukayo Saka 93, Viktor Gyökeres 92, Alexander Isak 92, Kai Havertz 89.

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Top 30 Premier League Forwards: 21 to 30

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How we rank

Forwards are ordered by overall rating, the same base number the draft starts from. It is an editorial judgement of each player for 2026-27, not a goals-per-game formula, so a striker at a smaller club can rate above one who scores more in a stronger side.

The number changes only when we update the squad data: moves come from the official Fantasy Premier League data, and a new signing carries a provisional rating, estimated from his FPL price, until it is reviewed by hand. Players on the same rating are level; the list shows them club by club, A to Z. The same base numbers drive the draft, the power rankings and how your XI is graded.

The ▲ or ▼ beside a rating, when one shows, is something else: his in-game form today, worked out once a day from his club’s last four Premier League matches (goals, assists, clean sheets, FPL’s match score and more) and capped at eight points either way. It moves his rating inside the game, never the number or the order on this page (how form works). How our ratings are made.

The tiers

Erling Haaland at 96 is the highest-rated forward in the league, three points clear of Bukayo Saka — as large a gap as any in the top ten of this list. Every other name here is a forward you build around; he is the one who finishes what gets built.

Bukayo Saka at 93, Viktor Gyökeres at 92 and Alexander Isak at 92 form the second tier, three points clear of the 86–89 band beneath: Kai Havertz, Cody Gakpo, Omar Marmoush, Jérémy Doku and Bryan Mbeumo.

Below the elite, the same number can mean very different things. Chris Wood at 82 is Nottingham Forest’s highest-rated forward; Víctor Muñoz at the same rating is only Liverpool’s fourth.

What this means for your draft

Because the wheel gives you one player per club, depth matters more than the top of the list. Manchester United and Tottenham place five forwards each in this top thirty, and Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City four apiece — land on any of them and you are choosing, not accepting. The clubs worth hoping for are not always the ones with the best forward but the ones with the deepest group of them, and that distinction is what separates a good draft from a lucky one.

The counter-argument is chemistry, which comes from nationality: a forward who links with compatriots already in your XI can be worth more than a slightly higher-rated one who links with nobody. The draft strategy guide sets out how the links add up; the scoring rules have the detail.

Common questions

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 120 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? By depth, Manchester United and Tottenham, with five forwards each inside the top thirty. For the single best forward it is Manchester City: Erling Haaland at 96.