- Norwich City’s defence, midfield and wide areas have already been rated.
- The Canaries had two huge successes in the centre-forward position.
- How each of Norwich’s strikers performed in 2025/26.
We rated Norwich City’s wingers on their performances in the 2025/26 campaign for the penultimate edition in this series earlier this week.
The goalkeepers, full-backs, centre-backs, central midfielders, attacking midfielders, and wingers have all been evaluated so far.
It is now time for the centre-forwards to be put under the microscope, ahead of Norwich’s pursuit of a new number nine this summer.
Mohamed Toure: 9
Mohamed Toure scored ten goals in 12 games after joining from Randers during the January transfer window, which makes it hard to rate him any lower than a nine.
The Australia international played the fewest minutes (624) of any striker in the squad, yet ended the campaign with the second-most goals at the club.
Toure’s all-round game still needs some work, as he completed 61% of his passes and lost 66% of his duels in the league, but there is no denying that he is a pure goalscorer.
With his raw pace and power, the 22-year-old attacker could be an exceptional weapon off the bench for Philippe Clement next season.
Mathias Kvistgaarden: 6
It was an exciting time when Norwich triggered Mathias Kvistgaarden’s release clause to sign him from Brondby for £6.9m last summer.
However, the change in management and style when Clement replaced Liam Manning almost left the Dane redundant, as he is not a tall and physical centre-forward who excels at holding the ball up.
In a front two with Josh Sargent, as it was initially planned when he came in, the 24-year-old could have been a success at Carrow Road.
A summer move could be on the cards for the striker, given his struggles in Clement’s system, but he still ended the season with 6 goals from 5.14 xG in the league and was not a complete flop.
Jovon Makama: 8
Little was expected of Jovon Makama when he arrived from Lincoln last summer, as he had £6.9m signing Kvistgaarden, Ante Crnac, and Sargent ahead of him at the time.
However, Makama took his chances when they came his way and developed throughout the season, looking like Norwich’s own version of Romelu Lukaku at the time of his season-ending injury in February.
The English forward ended the season with 13 goals in all competitions, including ten goals in 18 starts in the Championship.
Makama has the pace, physicality, and finishing to be an exceptional number nine for Norwich, but the Canaries have to find a way to keep him fit for the majority of next season.
Josh Sargent: 4
Sargent ended the season with the most minutes played of any striker in the squad (2,016), yet he still scored fewer goals than both Makama and Toure.
The USA international scored eight goals in 24 appearances in all competitions, and scored seven goals from 9.26 xG in the Championship.
Sargent missed 13 ‘big chances’ in the league, almost twice as many as his goals scored tally, and did not look at his usual standard before pushing for a move away from Norfolk.
Toronto eventually signed the striker for a fee in the region of £20m, which meant that Norwich made a healthy profit on the £8m they paid Werder Bremen for him in 2021.
Because of his underperformance in front of goal and the drama around his actions to force through an exit from the club, Sargent has to get the lowest score out of every striker in the squad.
