The best young strikers in the Bundesliga so far this season
As of 8 November 2026, The Prism ranks Igor Matanovic (SC Freiburg, 23) as the best young striker in the Bundesliga, with a standing of 74 out of 100, ahead of Tidiam Gomis and Younes Ebnoutalib.
8 rankedagainst all 36284+ league minutes6 measuresUpdated 8 November 2026How we rank
Each dot is one of the 36 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.David Mokwa's page
Each figure with his place among the 36 strikers.
Player
Standing
Non-penalty goals
Shots
Key passes
Big chances
Aerials won
Duels won
1Igor Matanovic
74
0.5812th
4.326th
1.0124th
0.1425th
4.184th
51%3rd
2Tidiam Gomis
63
0.5514th
4.405th
1.4713th
0.3711th
0.1836th
39%21st
3Younes Ebnoutalib
62
0.914th
3.3415th
0.9125th
0.3013th
0.9126th
38%22nd
4Cole Campbell
51
0.5513th
3.0420th
0.8328th
0.2815th
0.2834th
48%7th
5Adam Daghim
36
0.2925th
1.2934th
1.728th
0.862nd
1.0024th
40%19th
6Dženan Pejčinović
36
0.0031st
3.8012th
1.2717th
0.0028th
1.7718th
31%33rd
7Stefano Marino
28
0.3122nd
2.1427th
0.4635th
0.0028th
2.2915th
35%27th
8David Mokwa
20
0.2726th
1.2335th
0.5533rd
0.1426th
0.2735th
30%34th
Where all 36 sit
Every striker in the Bundesliga with 284 minutes or more, on The Prism standing. Blue is this ranking's top 10; the other 28 are named in The Prism.
Since last season
The same players' standings last season, among their league's strikers then.
↓Dženan Pejčinović68 last season, 36 now
How this ranking is made
Strikers aged 23 or under in the Bundesliga 2026/27 with at least 284 league minutes, ranked on non-penalty goals per 90, shots per 90, key passes per 90, big chances created per 90, aerials won per 90 and duels won. Each measure is a percentile against every striker in the league with the same minutes, so a young player is judged by the standard of the whole position, not only of his age group. 9 matchdays have been played, so the minutes bar is 284. It rises as the season goes on, until it reaches 450, about five full matches.
What each measure counts for, out of 100:
Non-penalty goals per 9035Shots per 9025Key passes per 9010Big chances created per 9010Aerials won per 9010Duels won10
Igor MatanovicSC Freiburg · 23 · Croatia
741st of 8
Tidiam GomisRB Leipzig · 20 · France
632nd of 8
Younes EbnoutalibEintracht Frankfurt · 23 · Germany
623rd of 8
Cole CampbellElversberg · 20 · Iceland
514th of 8
Adam DaghimTSG Hoffenheim · 21 · Denmark
365th of 8
Dženan PejčinovićVfB Stuttgart · 21 · Germany
366th of 8
Stefano MarinoPaderborn · 22 · Germany
287th of 8
