All-time Championship forwards bracket

The greatest forwards in Championship history, by their honours. Seed an all-time Championship forwards bracket, then advance a winner from each matchup, round by round.

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Round of 16

1Stanley Matthews

16Robbie Keane

8Andriy Yarmolenko

9Salomón Rondón

4Raúl Jiménez

13Dušan Tadić

5Kevin Keegan

12Youri Djorkaeff

2Bobby Charlton

15Jonatan Johansson

7Alan Shearer

10Roque Santa Cruz

3Teemu Pukki

14Michael Owen

6Geoff Hurst

11Wayne Rooney

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Seeds

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1

Stanley Matthews1932–1965

2

Bobby Charlton1974–1975

3

Teemu Pukki2018–2023

4

Raúl Jiménez2018–

5

Kevin Keegan1980–1982

6

Geoff Hurst1959–1976

7

Alan Shearer1988–1996

8

Andriy Yarmolenko2018–2022

9

Salomón Rondón2015–2019

10

Roque Santa Cruz2007–2011

11

Wayne Rooney2019–2021

12

Youri Djorkaeff2002–2005

13

Dušan Tadić2014–2018

14

Michael Owen2012–2013

15

Jonatan Johansson2000–2006

16

Robbie Keane1997–2011

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Eiður Guðjohnsen1998–2015

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Nwankwo Kanu2004–2012

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Jermain Defoe1999–2009

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Allan Simonsen1982–1983

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Emile Heskey2004–2016

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Chris Wood2009–2022

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Craig Bellamy1996–2014

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Mark Hughes1998–2002

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Peter Odemwingie2010–2016

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Yakubu2003–2012

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Teddy Sheringham1983–2007

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Enner Valencia2014–2017

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Shane Long2011–2022

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Peter Crouch2000–2019

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Benni McCarthy2006–2011

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Nikola Žigić2010–2015

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Hwang Hee-chan2021–

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Jordan Ayew2017–2019

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Wilfried Bony2013–2019

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Marians Pahars1999–2006

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Harry Kane2012–2013

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Nicolas Anelka2006–2014

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Bobby Robson1956–1962

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Johan Elmander2008–2014

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Trevor Francis1971–1990

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George Eastham1966–1973

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Tuncay Şanlı2007–2012

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Mame Biram Diouf2010–2020

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Andy Cole1992–2008

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Kevin Doyle2009–2015

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Antoine Semenyo2017–2023

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Joshua King2010–2022

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John Toshack1965–1984

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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink2004–2008

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Mikael Forssell2003–2008

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Jonathan Walters2000–2019

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Paulo Wanchope1997–2000

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Javier Hernández2017–2019

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Matěj Vydra2012–2022

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Kenny Miller2001–2012

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Dwight Yorke2002–2005

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Víctor Aristizábal1994–

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Andy Carroll2007–2022

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Dean Saunders1982–1998

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SB

Shaun Bartlett2000–2006

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Nat Lofthouse1946–1960

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Joe Jordan1984–1988

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Darren Bent2005–2018

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Ivor Allchurch1949–1968

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Steven Fletcher2009–2025

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Andreas Weimann2011–2026

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Ricardo Fuller2002–2015

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Maxwel Cornet2021–2022

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John Hartson1997–2008

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Roger Hunt1969–1972

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Mixu Paatelainen1994–1998

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Heiðar Helguson2000–2013

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Les Ferdinand1987–2006

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Robert Earnshaw1998–2013

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Rickie Lambert2009–2017

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Steve Bloomer1891–1914

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Ismaïla Sarr2019–

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Grzegorz Rasiak2004–2009

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John Charles1963–1966

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Saido Berahino2010–2019

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Francis Lee1959–1976

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Deon Burton1994–2010

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Wout Weghorst2022–

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DC

David Connolly1994–2015

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Benjani Mwaruwari2006–2012

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Kevin Phillips1994–2011

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John Utaka2007–2011

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Simon Cox2009–2016

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Romelu Lukaku2012–2013

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HR

Hámilton Ricard1997–2001

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Lee Dong-gook2006–2008

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GA

Gerry Armstrong1980–1987

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KG

Kevin Gallacher1993–2002

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Andrew Johnson1997–2014

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PN

Peter Ndlovu1997–2004

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HH

Hao Haidong2005–2007

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Steve Morison2009–2013

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Giles Barnes2005–2011

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Christophe Dugarry2002–2004

Top all-time Championship forwards — November 2026

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