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Most Underrated Strikers in the World 2026: Top 10

Freiburg's Igor Matanović is rated 8.08 on WhoScored, sixth in Europe's top five leagues, and CIES models him at €39-45m, while the last Transfermarkt figure reported for him was €5m.

  • No. 1: Serhou Guirassy
  • 10 places

01Final list

The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.

Order: from most to least AI agreement.

A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.

  1. 1

    Serhou Guirassy

    Scored both goals in Dortmund's 2-1 Champions League win on 21 Oct, yet he is missing from Transfermarkt's striker top ten (cut-off €70m).

    Included it: Claude, Gemini, Qianwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.

    In their lists: Claude: 5 · Gemini: 1 · Qianwen: 5

    What each AI noted 3
    • Claudeplace 5

      He had a goal contribution in each of his first three Bundesliga games, with a WhoScored rating near 7.98.

      Source ↗
    • Geminiplace 1

      Guirassy's €40M crowd valuation sits €35M below his €75M CIES econometric valuation despite leading the Champions League scoring charts with a 7.71 Sofascore average.

      Source ↗
    • Qianwenplace 5

      Both goals in Dortmund's 2-1 Champions League win on 21 October — the sort of night that never moves a crowd price because it happens against a qualifier.

      Source ↗
    3 AIs put it here
  2. 2

    Deniz Undav

    14 goals in 2026, second only to Kane's 18 among top-five-league players, yet at 30 he is not on Transfermarkt's striker top ten (cut-off €70m).

    Included it: Gemini, Qianwen. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.

    In their lists: Gemini: 2 · Qianwen: 2

    What each AI noted 2
    • Geminiplace 2

      Undav outperforms 92% of European strikers in expected goal involvement per 90, yet Transfermarkt tags him at just €28M against a €58M CIES econometric projection.

      Source ↗
    • Qianwenplace 2

      Second-highest scorer in Europe's top five in 2026 with 14 goals — behind only Harry Kane's 18 — at 30 years old, and on no value list anyone reads.

      Source ↗
    2 AIs put it here
  3. 3

    Alexander Sørloth

    11 goals in 23 games in 2026, level with Yamal and Oyarzabal, yet missing from Transfermarkt's striker top ten while club-mate Álvarez is listed at €90m.

    Included it: Gemini, Qianwen. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.

    In their lists: Gemini: 6 · Qianwen: 10

    What each AI noted 2
    • Geminiplace 6

      Sørloth finished second in Spain's Pichichi race with 23 non-penalty league goals, yet Transfermarkt lists him at €25M, undercutting his statistical peer group by half.

      Source ↗
    • Qianwenplace 10

      11 goals in 23 games in 2026 — the same calendar tally as Yamal and Oyarzabal — for a fee the market treats as squad depth.

      Source ↗
    2 AIs put it here
  4. More about the top three ↓
  5. 4

    Lautaro Martínez

    The best-rated forward in Europe's top five leagues in September (8.75), yet only seventh on Transfermarkt's striker list. That table gives him €75m in its text and €85m in its graphic.

    Included it: Nova, Qianwen. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin.

    In their lists: Nova: 8 · Qianwen: 1

    What each AI noted 2
    • Novaplace 8

      Martínez priced at €95M by fans vs CIES €105M; 7.9 Sofascore rating

      Source ↗
    • Qianwenplace 1

      Europe's top-five best-rated forward in September 2026 at 8.75 — and still only seventh on Transfermarkt's striker value list, at 75m euros.

      Source ↗
    2 AIs put it here
  6. 5

    Donyell Malen

    11 Serie A goals in 15 games for Roma last season at a 7.27 Sofascore rating; Sofascore lists him among its under-the-radar stars. His price was not retrieved.

    Included it: Claude, Nova. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qianwen.

    In their lists: Claude: 2 · Nova: 10

    What each AI noted 2
    • Claudeplace 2

      Malen scored 11 Serie A goals in 15 games last season at a 7.27 Sofascore rating, and WhoScored has him at about 8.0 this autumn.

      Source ↗
    • Novaplace 10

      Malen priced at €60M by fans vs CIES €70M; 7.5 Sofascore average

      Source ↗
    2 AIs put it here
  7. 6

    Igor Matanović

    WhoScored 8.08, sixth in Europe's top five leagues. CIES models him at €39-45m, but his last reported Transfermarkt value was €5m, in an old report.

    Included it: Claude, ChatGPT. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qianwen.

    In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 3

    What each AI noted 2
    • Claudeplace 1

      WhoScored has him at 8.08, sixth in Europe's top five leagues, while Transfermarkt-style values put him around €5-7m.

      Source ↗
    • ChatGPTplace 3

      CIES's €39–45 million range makes the young centre-forward worth monitoring, but the rating and community-price checks are necessary before calling him definitively underpriced.

      Source ↗
    2 AIs put it here
  8. 7

    Esteban Lepaul

    Led Ligue 1 with 19 goals at a 7.01 Sofascore rating last season. CIES models him at €38-44m, outside the usual superstar conversation.

    Included it: Claude, ChatGPT. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qianwen.

    In their lists: Claude: 6 · ChatGPT: 4

    What each AI noted 2
    • Claudeplace 6

      Lepaul led Ligue 1 with 19 goals in 32 games last season at a 7.01 Sofascore rating.

      Source ↗
    • ChatGPTplace 4

      A €38–44 million CIES estimate makes him an interesting model-led candidate outside the usual superstar conversation.

      Source ↗
    2 AIs put it here
  9. 8

    João Pedro

    The Premier League's top scorer of 2026 with 12 goals in 20 games, and its highest-rated player on WhoScored (7.89), yet only eighth among strikers on Transfermarkt at €75m.

    Included it: Claude, Qianwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.

    In their lists: Claude: 9 · Qianwen: 8

    What each AI noted 2
    • Claudeplace 9

      He is the highest-rated Premier League player in WhoScored's early 2026-27 list (7.89), with 5 goals and 3 assists.

      Source ↗
    • Qianwenplace 8

      The most productive Premier League player of 2026 — 12 goals in 20 games — priced 8th among the world's strikers at 75m euros.

    2 AIs put it here
  10. 9

    Vangelis Pavlidis

    CIES €65m against a Transfermarkt €35m, nearly double, with 8 goals in 8 Liga Portugal games and a 7.68 Sofascore average. Only one AI covered him.

    Included it: DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin, Qianwen.

    In their lists: DeepSeek: 2

    What each AI noted 1
    • DeepSeekplace 2

      CIES puts Pavlidis at €65.0m while Transfermarkt's crowd price is €35.0m—a near-doubling—and he has started 2026-27 with eight goals in eight league games.

    1 AIs put it here
  11. 10

    Luis Suárez (Sporting CP)

    CIES €62.9m against a Transfermarkt €32.9m: the crowd prices him at about half the model, with a 7.13 WhoScored rating. Only one AI covered him.

    Included it: DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin, Qianwen.

    In their lists: DeepSeek: 3

    What each AI noted 1
    • DeepSeekplace 3

      CIES values Suárez at €62.9m against a Transfermarkt price of €32.9m—the crowd is roughly half the model—while his WhoScored rating (7.13) and goal output keep the performance side credible.

      Source ↗
    1 AIs put it here

02More about the top three

The ranking is above. Here is more about the three places at the top: what they are, why they are here, and what is worth knowing.

The three are not measured the same way: Guirassy and Undav have a crowd price and a CIES model value in the notes, Sørloth only a Transfermarkt price, and the goal counts cover different periods.

1Serhou Guirassy

No. 1 — Serhou Guirassy. On the lists of 3 of 8 AIs; median place there: 5. The AIs put him first because the crowd price of €40M sits far below the model's €75M, even though he scores in big games.

Did you know

  • In 2023–24 he scored the opening goal of a game 12 times, which ties a Bundesliga record shared by Gerd Müller, Ailton and Stefan Kießling. He also scored a hat-trick against Wolfsburg within 15 minutes.

What it is
Dortmund striker who scores often in the Champions League.
Its edge
Has the biggest gap between crowd price and model value of the three.
Who should know
Useful for anyone wondering why a star scorer is missing from the big value lists.
  • Crowd price vs model value€40M crowd, €75M CIES
Why it is here
  • In 2024/25 Guirassy scored 11 Champions League goals, a new Dortmund record for one season. The old mark was 10, shared by Haaland and Lewandowski. He later reached 13 with a hat-trick against Barcelona.

  • His 13 Champions League goals were the most of any player that season, one more than Barcelona's Raphinha. That also set an African record for one edition, beating Haller's 11.

    Source ↗ ✓ confirmed by several AIs
History
  • In October 2023 Guirassy had 14 goals in eight matches for Stuttgart. A minor hamstring injury against Union Berlin was expected to keep him out for several weeks and broke his run.

Keep in mind
  • A February 2026 Sport1 report says Guirassy often looks uninspired and misses even the best chances. Some fans say he plays selfishly. Coach Kovač did not like how he tried something different on a second penalty.

Where to go further
  • Open the article and read the career path: Laval, Lille, Köln, Amiens, Rennes, then Stuttgart. Look first at the Stuttgart part, where the page says he set a club record with 28 league goals in 2023–24. — (voice only)

Compare the top three ↓

2Deniz Undav

No. 2 — Deniz Undav. On the lists of 2 of 8 AIs; median place there: 2. The AIs ranked him second for elite scoring numbers at 30, with a €28M tag against a €58M model value.

Deniz Undav Ecuador v Germany 25 June 2026-203
Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

  • Werder Bremen let him go from its youth academy in 2012 "because of his height". At 17 he played fourth-division football and also worked eight-hour factory shifts.

    Source ↗ ✓ confirmed by several AIs
What it is
Stuttgart striker who is among the top scorers in Europe.
Its edge
Scores nearly as much as Kane, with a smaller price gap than first place.
Who should know
Useful for anyone who thinks only young stars get valued highly.
  • Crowd price vs model value€28M vs €58M CIES

Wikipedia · Wikidata

Why it is here
  • Undav scored 19 Bundesliga goals in 2025/26, a personal best in German football. That was second only to Harry Kane, and he took the most shots on goal in the league (121).

  • In March 2026 he scored twice in Stuttgart's 5-2 win over Augsburg. That made six Bundesliga games in a row with a goal and took his season total to 18.

Did you know
  • In 2021–22 he finished as top scorer of Belgium's top division with 18 goals for Union Saint-Gilloise. He scored four goals away at Oostende in a 7–1 win and was named Belgian Footballer of the Year.

History
  • In summer 2023 Brighton loaned Undav to Stuttgart after a slow start in England. There he scored 15 goals and made six assists in 25 games, which earned him a call-up to Germany's squad.

Keep in mind
  • Undav had just gone two games without a goal, and people called him a bad striker. He says that is unfair. The page also notes he has only six caps for Germany, and a World Cup place is not certain.

Compare the top three ↓

3Alexander Sørloth

No. 3 — Alexander Sørloth. On the lists of 2 of 8 AIs; median place there: 8. The AIs placed him third because his goals match top names, yet his €25M price is about half that of similar strikers.

Alexander Sorloth France v Norway 26 June 26-048
Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

  • In May 2025 he scored a hat-trick for Atlético Madrid against Real Sociedad within the first 11 minutes. SuperSport called it the earliest in LaLiga history, and he scored four goals in the first half-hour.

What it is
Atlético Madrid striker who scores goals and wins many high balls.
Its edge
Shows the clearest case of a low price for his goal output, but lacks a CIES value.
Who should know
Useful for anyone who wants to see how a bench role can hide a good scorer.
  • Crowd price vs model value€25M Transfermarkt

Wikipedia · Wikidata

Why it is here
  • FotMob's comparison with other forwards puts Sørloth in the 74th percentile for goals and the 92nd for aerial duels won. That means he scores more than most strikers and wins most high balls.

History
  • In August 2019 Sørloth joined Trabzonspor on loan. In the Süper Lig he scored 24 goals in 34 games, and in September 2020 RB Leipzig signed him for an initial €20 million.

Keep in mind
  • Sørloth is 30 and spent more of last season on the bench than in the starting team. Juventus and Newcastle were linked with him, so his future may not be settled, although he says he wants to stay.

Where to go further
  • Read the club list from Rosenborg onward, then the Atlético Madrid part, where he moved in 2024. Also note that his father, Gøran Sørloth, was a Norwegian international striker too. — (voice only)

Compare the top three ↓

The top three side by side

Serhou GuirassyDeniz UndavAlexander Sørloth
In the AIs' lists3 / 82 / 82 / 8
Crowd price vs model value€40M crowd, €75M CIES€28M vs €58M CIES€25M Transfermarkt
Put first byGemini——

Places with the same number of AIs are ordered by their average place in the AIs' own lists.

03Worth knowing

What the AIs noticed while building the list.

Gyökeres scored 13 goals in 2026, third in Europe's top five leagues, yet Planet Football's January list called him one of the most overrated strikers, alongside Retegui and Šeško.

Noticed by:
Included it: Claude, Qianwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.
Source ↗

Højlund has the largest model-over-price gap found (CIES €106-124m vs a €66m Sofascore value), but his 6.67 rating in six games does not back it up.

Noticed by:
Included it: ChatGPT. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qianwen.
Source ↗

CIES quotes in dollars with a large under-21 premium and Transfermarkt in euros without one, so some gaps reflect currency and model design rather than underpricing.

Noticed by:
Included it: ChatGPT, Qianwen. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.
Source ↗

04Questions people ask

Who is the most underrated striker in the world?

On the checked numbers, Igor Matanović: a WhoScored rating of 8.08 and a CIES model value of €39-45m, against a last reported Transfermarkt value of €5m.

Source ↗
Who is the most underrated striker in football right now?

Deniz Undav is the clearest case on goals: 14 in 2026, second only to Kane in Europe's top five leagues, from a 30-year-old outside Transfermarkt's striker top ten.

Source ↗
Who is the most underrated striker of all time?

It cannot be measured. FBref's advanced data starts in 2017-18 and the CIES model is fitted on about 5,500 modern transfers, so any all-time answer is opinion.

Source ↗
Why do Transfermarkt and CIES values differ so much?

Transfermarkt is a crowd estimate in euros. CIES is a transfer-fee model quoted in dollars with an under-21 premium; for Yamal it gives 401.3m dollars against Transfermarkt's €220m.

Source ↗

05How we counted

In plain words, no formulas.

1The question

Top 10 Most Underrated Strikers in the World: Crowd Price Against Model Value and Match Ratings

2Why this topic

Readers see where three independent views of a striker disagree (the crowd's price, a model's value and match-by-match ratings), and no single table shows that gap.

3Where it applies

Global men's club football, current season

4What we looked at

  • Market value set by the Transfermarkt community
  • Statistical value from the CIES Football Observatory model
  • Average match rating this season (Sofascore, checked against WhoScored)
  • Ranked by how far performance and model value sit above the crowd's price
  • Transfermarkt — Market value in euros set by a user community and checked by moderators: the crowd's price.
  • CIES Football Observatory — Modelled transfer-value ranges built from historical paid transfers, age, contract and minutes (snapshot of 28 Sep 2026).
  • Sofascore — Algorithmic 0-10 season ratings; the 2025-26 under-the-radar list and the 2026-27 LaLiga top ten.
  • WhoScored (via Planet Football, 13 Oct 2026) — A separate algorithmic rating used to check Sofascore: the 2026-27 top ten across Europe's top five leagues.

5Who ranked

The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qianwen.

6How the places were set

The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.

06Each AI's own list

🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 3 notes

The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Igor Matanović (Freiburg)

    WhoScored has him at 8.08, sixth in Europe's top five leagues, while Transfermarkt-style values put him around €5-7m.

    Source ↗
  2. 2
    Donyell Malen (Roma)

    Malen scored 11 Serie A goals in 15 games last season at a 7.27 Sofascore rating, and WhoScored has him at about 8.0 this autumn.

    Source ↗
  3. 3
    Sergio Camello (Rayo Vallecano)

    Rayo's striker is eighth among LaLiga players on Sofascore (7.78) this season, in a top ten otherwise dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid players.

    Source ↗
  4. 4
    Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca)

    He scored 21 league goals for Mallorca in 2025-26 at a 7.06 Sofascore rating.

    Source ↗
  5. 5
    Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)

    He had a goal contribution in each of his first three Bundesliga games, with a WhoScored rating near 7.98.

    Source ↗
  6. 6
    Esteban Lepaul (Rennes)

    Lepaul led Ligue 1 with 19 goals in 32 games last season at a 7.01 Sofascore rating.

    Source ↗
  7. 7
    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Deportivo La Coruña)

    At 37 he is tenth on Sofascore's 2026-27 LaLiga list (7.71), ahead of well-known names.

    Source ↗
  8. 8
    Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

    A footballens 2026 ranking calls him the most underrated name on its list of the best strikers.

    Source ↗
  9. 9
    João Pedro (Chelsea)

    He is the highest-rated Premier League player in WhoScored's early 2026-27 list (7.89), with 5 goals and 3 assists.

    Source ↗
  10. 10
    Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)

    A Sofascore rating of 7.87 and 61 goals in 51 games in 2025-26 are elite, but his price is also elite, so the gap is small.

    Source ↗

What Claude noticed

Freiburg's Matanović is rated 8.08 on WhoScored while his Transfermarkt-style value is about €5-7m, so the gap between rating and price is large. That is a pattern I could confirm for only one striker.

Planet Football's January 2026 'most overrated strikers' list named Gyökeres, Šeško, Retegui, Ferguson, Lewandowski, Strand Larsen, Biereth and Mateta. They are the mirror image of the underrated names above.

Rayo's Camello and Deportivo's Aubameyang sit in the 2026-27 Sofascore LaLiga top ten alongside Barcelona and Real Madrid players.

🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 4 notes

The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Rasmus Højlund — Napoli, Denmark

    The strongest documented value-gap candidate in the retrieved snapshot: CIES places Napoli's leading player in a €106–124 million range, while Sofascore's player page reports a €66 million player value.

    Source ↗
  2. 2
    Pio Esposito — Inter Milan, Italy

    A young centre-forward valued by CIES in the €85–99 million range for Inter, making him a high-upside case to test against his community price and actual first-team output.

    Source ↗
  3. 3
    Igor Matanović — Freiburg, Croatia

    CIES's €39–45 million range makes the young centre-forward worth monitoring, but the rating and community-price checks are necessary before calling him definitively underpriced.

    Source ↗
  4. 4
    Esteban Lepaul — Rennes, France

    A €38–44 million CIES estimate makes him an interesting model-led candidate outside the usual superstar conversation.

    Source ↗
  5. 5
    Kaio Jorge — Cruzeiro, Brazil

    The CIES model's €39–45 million estimate puts a less globally prominent striker into a meaningful value conversation.

    Source ↗
  6. 6
    Brian Brobbey — Sunderland, Netherlands

    A September 2026 pundit argument calls him a striker who could score more with elite service; that is a credible scouting hypothesis, not proof of a statistical price gap.

    Source ↗
  7. 7
    Erling Haaland — Manchester City, Norway

    A useful calibration case rather than a strong underrated pick: his modelled value and scoring reputation already place him among football's most expensive players.

    Source ↗
  8. 8
    Harry Kane — Bayern Munich, England

    His playmaking as well as finishing complicates any attempt to price him using goals alone; the 2026 season evidence also illustrates how strongly ratings can move between competitions and months.

    Source ↗
  9. 9
    Jørgen Strand Larsen — Crystal Palace, Norway

    A useful reminder that a striker can provide penalty-area presence and efficient finishing without posting superstar-level ratings in every match.

    Source ↗
  10. 10
    Liam Delap — Chelsea, England

    A younger striker worth screening for a value gap, but the retrieved model data does not establish that his current price is below his performance-adjusted value.

    Source ↗

What ChatGPT noticed

CIES's public September 2026 snapshot puts Rasmus Højlund in a €106–124 million range for Napoli, while a Sofascore comparison page reports a €66 million player value and a 6.67 season rating across six appearances. The values come from different systems, so the difference is a screening signal rather than a proven Transfermarkt discount.

The CIES public tool gives Pio Esposito a €85–99 million estimated value for Inter and Igor Matanović a €39–45 million estimate for Freiburg. These high modelled ranges make them worth investigating, but their actual underpricing depends on their community values and performance evidence.

Brian Brobbey illustrates the gap between scouting judgment and statistical proof. Danny Murphy and Darren Lewis praised his physicality and hold-up play, while the retrieved Sofascore profile does not establish a standout current-season rating.

The model's estimate is not the same thing as a transfer fee. CIES describes a model built on historical transfers and variables including contract duration, playing time, age, sporting level and market conditions.

🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 3 notes

The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Serhou Guirassy

    Guirassy's €40M crowd valuation sits €35M below his €75M CIES econometric valuation despite leading the Champions League scoring charts with a 7.71 Sofascore average.

    Source ↗
  2. 2
    Deniz Undav

    Undav outperforms 92% of European strikers in expected goal involvement per 90, yet Transfermarkt tags him at just €28M against a €58M CIES econometric projection.

    Source ↗
  3. 3
    Ollie Watkins

    Watkins delivered 32 combined goals and assists in a single campaign while remaining €35M lower on Transfermarkt than rival Premier League number nines with lower Sofascore outputs.

    Source ↗
  4. 4
    Viktor Gyökeres

    Averaging 1.25 direct goal involvements per 90 across all competitions, Gyökeres generated an unprecedented €45M disparity between CIES valuation and his crowdsourced tag.

    Source ↗
  5. 5
    Mateo Retegui

    Retegui surged to the top of Serie A scoring metrics with a 7.48 Sofascore grade, while his Transfermarkt price lags at €28M compared to CIES's calculated €52M transfer value.

    Source ↗
  6. 6
    Alexander Sørloth

    Sørloth finished second in Spain's Pichichi race with 23 non-penalty league goals, yet Transfermarkt lists him at €25M, undercutting his statistical peer group by half.

    Source ↗
  7. 7
    Omar Marmoush

    Marmoush recorded double figures in both goals and assists before November, pushing his Sofascore rating to 7.82 against a €40M crowd valuation.

    Source ↗
  8. 8
    Jonathan David

    With over 90 Ligue 1 goals and steady Champions League output, David enters contract maturity valued at €45M on Transfermarkt while CIES rates his raw sporting equity at €68M.

    Source ↗
  9. 9
    Artem Dovbyk

    Dovbyk won the La Liga Pichichi trophy in his debut season, but community voters kept his Transfermarkt figure at €35M, far behind the €60M mark calculated by statistical models.

    Source ↗
  10. 10
    Ante Budimir

    At 33, Budimir maintains a 7.36 Sofascore rating and converts 24% of his chances for Osasuna, yet community models price him at a negligible €5M purely due to age discounting.

    Source ↗

What Gemini noticed

Transfermarkt heavily penalizes strikers over age 27 or those playing outside the top four clubs in a league, creating structural undervaluation gaps of €30M to €45M compared to CIES econometric models.

Strikers with high link-up and pressing outputs (such as Kai Havertz and Ollie Watkins) receive higher algorithmic grades on Sofascore (7.4+) than traditional penalty-box finishers with comparable goal tallies.

Viktor Gyökeres generated the highest rating-to-valuation surplus in Europe, posting a near-8.0 match rating while priced at half the market tier of Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappé.

🇺🇸 Nova10 places · 1 notes

The same question, answered by Nova alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Victor Osimhen

    CIES values Osimhen at €195M vs Transfermarkt's €180M; averages 8.2 Sofascore

    Source ↗
  2. 2
    Kai Havertz

    Havertz priced at €90M by fans vs CIES model €110M; Sofascore 7.9 avg

    Source ↗
  3. 3
    Erling Haaland

    Haaland valued at €175M by Transfermarkt vs CIES €185M; 8.4 Sofascore avg

    Source ↗
  4. 4
    Harry Kane

    Kane priced at €200M by fans vs CIES €210M; 8.6 Sofascore rating

    Source ↗
  5. 5
    Kylian Mbappé

    Mbappé valued at €220M by Transfermarkt vs CIES €230M; 8.7 Sofascore

    Source ↗
  6. 6
    Luis Cook

    Cook priced at €65M by fans vs CIES €75M; 7.6 Sofascore average

    Source ↗
  7. 7
    Nicolò Barella

    Barella valued at €90M by Transfermarkt vs CIES €100M; 7.8 Sofascore

    Source ↗
  8. 8
    Lautaro Martínez

    Martínez priced at €95M by fans vs CIES €105M; 7.9 Sofascore rating

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  9. 9
    Vitinha

    Vitinha valued at €70M by Transfermarkt vs CIES €80M; 7.7 Sofascore

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  10. 10
    Donyell Malen

    Malen priced at €60M by fans vs CIES €70M; 7.5 Sofascore average

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What Nova noticed

Osimhen's €195M CIES value exceeds his Transfermarkt price; leads Africa in goals this season

🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places

The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Vitor Roque (Palmeiras, 2026)

    CIES values Roque at €85m—more than double Transfermarkt's €35m—and his scoring rate in Brazil suggests the crowd price is lagging the model by a wide margin.

  2. 2
    Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica, 2026-27)

    CIES puts Pavlidis at €65.0m while Transfermarkt's crowd price is €35.0m—a near-doubling—and he has started 2026-27 with eight goals in eight league games.

  3. 3
    Luis Suárez (Sporting CP, 2026-27)

    CIES values Suárez at €62.9m against a Transfermarkt price of €32.9m—the crowd is roughly half the model—while his WhoScored rating (7.13) and goal output keep the performance side credible.

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  4. 4
    Samu Aghehowa (FC Porto, 2026-27)

    CIES has repeatedly valued Samu above €68m, while Transfermarkt's crowd sits at €50m; the gap is smaller than Roque's but his age and scoring rate make him a strong model-over-crowd case.

  5. 5
    Mateo Retegui (Al Qadsiah, 2026-27)

    CIES values Retegui at around €50m, while Transfermarkt's community price has drifted down to the €30m–€35m range—a clear case of a proven scorer priced below the model.

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  6. 6
    Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal, 2026-27)

    CIES valued Gyökeres at €67.6m–€73.6m in 2026 while Transfermarkt's crowd price was €65m, a narrower gap than the top cases but still one where the model sees more than the crowd.

  7. 7
    Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray, 2026-27)

    Osimhen is an unusual case: CIES values him around €50.6m while Transfermarkt's crowd price is €65m, so the model is actually below the crowd—a reminder that 'underrated' depends on which price you trust.

  8. 8
    Mika Godts (Ajax, 2026-27)

    CIES values Godts at €48.1m—more than triple Transfermarkt's crowd price—making him one of the widest relative gaps among forwards outside the big five leagues.

  9. 9
    Oscar Gloukh (Ajax, 2026-27)

    Gloukh's CIES valuation (€42.1m) sits well above his Transfermarkt crowd price, and his creative profile as a second striker makes him a model favourite despite lower name recognition.

  10. 10
    Christos Tzolis (Club Brugge, 2026-27)

    Tzolis was valued at €44m by CIES while Transfermarkt's crowd price was lower, and his gaudy Belgian-league numbers (33 goals over two seasons) support the model's higher view.

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🇨🇳 Qianwen10 places · 4 notes

The same question, answered by Qianwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan, 2026-27)

    Europe's top-five best-rated forward in September 2026 at 8.75 — and still only seventh on Transfermarkt's striker value list, at 75m euros.

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  2. 2
    Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart, 2026-27)

    Second-highest scorer in Europe's top five in 2026 with 14 goals — behind only Harry Kane's 18 — at 30 years old, and on no value list anyone reads.

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  3. 3
    Igor Thiago (Brentford, 2026-27)

    10 goals in 14 Premier League games of 2026 — the same calendar-year output as Lamine Yamal in twice the games... not quite: half the games, same goals.

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  4. 4
    Benjamin Szesko (Manchester United, 2026-27)

    8 goals in his first 12 games of 2026 — and Manchester United's fee keeps rising past 93m dollars because of clauses tied to exactly that kind of output.

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  5. 5
    Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund, 2026-27)

    Both goals in Dortmund's 2-1 Champions League win on 21 October — the sort of night that never moves a crowd price because it happens against a qualifier.

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  6. 6
    Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal, 2026-27)

    13 goals in 2026, 3rd in Europe's top five — and only 6 goals in 22 league games the season before, which is the argument against putting him here.

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  7. 7
    Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray, 2026-27)

    7 goals in 10 Champions League games ranked 6th in the competition — then an arm fracture and a 75m euro price tag at 27.

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  8. 8
    Joan Pedro (Chelsea, 2026-27)

    The most productive Premier League player of 2026 — 12 goals in 20 games — priced 8th among the world's strikers at 75m euros.

  9. 9
    Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal, 2026-27)

    He gave Villarreal a two-goal lead at Anfield on 20 October before Liverpool's 4-3 turnaround — an evening that changed nothing on his price.

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  10. 10
    Alexander Sorloth (Atletico Madrid, 2026-27)

    11 goals in 23 games in 2026 — the same calendar tally as Yamal and Oyarzabal — for a fee the market treats as squad depth.

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What Qianwen noticed

Two of the three highest-scoring players in Europe's top five in 2026 — Undav (14) and Gyökeres (13) — sit below a 70m euro cut-off in Transfermarkt's own striker ranking; the crowd and the scoreboard disagreed for most of the year.

The three measurement legs disagree structurally: crowd price is set in euros by moderators, the CIES model is quoted in dollars and applies a large under-21 premium, and match ratings measure only what happened on the pitch. Any 'underrated' list is mostly a choice of which two legs you trust.

Age is the hidden variable: Undav (30) and Osimhen (27) produce at a level the value charts reserve for players eight years younger, while the models also discount them — so they look undervalued against the crowd but fairly valued against the model.

Szesko inverts the usual error: Manchester United's clauses have pushed the actual outlay past 93m dollars, above the crowd value of several strikers ranked ahead of him — a club paying model-value prices for crowd-value ratings.