Odds on Will Lankshear to be the Championship top goalscorer have shortened to 7/4 with Bet365, in from 11/4, with four bookmakers cutting their odds.
The odds on Will Lankshear to be the Championship top goalscorer have shortened from 11/4 to 7/4 with Bet365, and the Middlesbrough striker now sits alone at the top of the betting.
Four bookmakers have trimmed their prices on Lankshear, leaving him the clear number one in the market.
Cyle Larin is his nearest challenger at 9/2 with Bet365.
Lankshear scored in Middlesbrough's 3-2 win at Stoke City.
The striker joined Middlesbrough permanently from Tottenham Hotspur in July on a five-year contract.
Lankshear has walked straight into the main centre-forward role at Middlesbrough since his permanent switch from Tottenham Hotspur in July, and that role is the heart of this story. Scoring markets reward the player who gets the most looks in front of goal, and Boro's attack runs through him. Anyone who follows the log closely knows the pattern: punters drift towards the first-choice striker at the side setting the pace near the top, and the bookies follow.
The latest reminder came at Stoke City, where he struck to help Middlesbrough to a 3-2 away win that kept them in the automatic promotion positions. No single catalyst for the price move has been confirmed, but it has arrived on the back of that outing. Lankshear is now best priced at 7/4 with Bet365 to be the Championship top goalscorer, a sharp move in from 11/4, and a leading striker for a side near the top of the table is exactly the profile this market likes to back.
Championship Top Goalscorer odds
Best odds on Will Lankshear to be the Championship top goalscorer are 7/4 with Bet365, with no bookmaker currently offering a longer price. Behind him, Cyle Larin is 9/2 with Bet365.
Last updated: 14 October 2026, 21:40 UK time
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Is Will Lankshear favourite to be the Championship top goalscorer?
Will Lankshear is the clear favourite at 7/4 with Bet365, and the gap back to the chasing pack shows how firmly the market has settled on the Boro striker. Larin and Jarrod Bowen follow, both best priced with Bet365, while August Priske is the pick of the bigger prices at 25/1 with Bet Victor. Nobody behind Lankshear has made a serious dent in his position yet.
Will Lankshear – 7/4 with Bet365. Middlesbrough's main centre-forward, and on the scoresheet in the win at Stoke City.
Cyle Larin – 9/2 with Bet365. Southampton made his move permanent in June after an eight-goal loan spell.
Jarrod Bowen – 8/1 with Bet365. The West Ham United captain committed his future to the club for their promotion push.
Mohamed Toure – 14/1 with Bet365. Well adrift of the top three in the current betting.
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Can Will Lankshear be the Championship top goalscorer?
The case for Lankshear is straightforward: he is the primary centre-forward in a Middlesbrough side chasing automatic promotion, and that steady supply of service is what usually decides this market. His price has come in to 7/4, and the implied probability shows the bookies clearly rate him. The best of the value went with the old price, truth be told. Larin and Bowen are the obvious dangers, and a long Championship campaign leaves plenty of room for an injury or a dry spell in front of goal. Our take: the shortening is justified by his role and his form, and he deserves to be at the head of the market, but anyone backing him now is paying for that status rather than getting ahead of it.
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