Joe Taylor to be the English League One top goalscorer has shortened to 7/2 at William Hill, in from 13/2, with five of six bookmakers cutting. Read on.
The odds on Joe Taylor to be the English League One top goalscorer have been slashed from 13/2 to 7/2 with William Hill, and the Huddersfield Town man has earned every bit of that cut.
Five of six bookmakers have cut their odds on Joe Taylor to be the English League One top goalscorer, leaving him at a best price of 7/2 with William Hill.
Kyle Wootton is still the favourite at a best price of 11/4 with William Hill.
Taylor's brace in a 4-1 home win over Peterborough United took his League One tally to eight for the season.
That result lifted Huddersfield Town to second in the League One table.
Bookmakers don't move this sharply without a reason, and Taylor handed them one on Tuesday at the Accu Stadium. Huddersfield Town brushed Peterborough United aside 4-1, and Taylor did the real damage with a quick-fire double midway through the second half, scoring twice in the space of a few minutes to put the game to bed. Those goals took his league tally to eight for the season, and that kind of return is exactly what the top of the scoring charts is made of.
The context matters too. The Huddersfield manager described the game as "like basketball at times", and an open, end-to-end fixture is where a striker with sharp instincts in front of goal fills his boots. Taylor didn't need a flood of chances to do it, just the composure to finish when the space opened up. The market has reacted the only way it could. Five of six bookmakers have cut their odds, and the move in to 7/2 with William Hill tells you the trade now rates Taylor as a genuine threat to the favourite rather than a name making up the numbers.
English League One Top Goalscorer odds
Best odds on Joe Taylor are 7/2 with William Hill, worst 7/2 with Bet365. Bet Victor is also matching that price, so every listed bookmaker now sits on exactly the same number for Taylor.
Last updated: 21 October 2026, 09:54 UK time
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Joe Taylor to be the English League One top goalscorer: who is favourite?
Kyle Wootton is the favourite at a best price of 11/4 with William Hill, with Joe Taylor second-shortest at 7/2 with William Hill. Wootton kept his own end up on Tuesday as well, tucking away a rebound as Stockport County won away at Doncaster Rovers to make it four straight League One victories. So the Stockport County striker is not going anywhere. Even so, the gap between the top two now looks thin, and Taylor is the one carrying the momentum. Behind them there is a big drop, which tells you the bookmakers see this as a two-horse race for now.
Kyle Wootton – 11/4 with William Hill, a price also matched by Bet365 and QuinnBet. The market leader.
Joe Taylor – 7/2 with William Hill, in from 13/2 after his brace against Peterborough United.
Jack Marriott – 12/1 with Bet365, a sizeable step back from the top two.
Jayden Wareham – 14/1 with Bet Victor, the longest of the four priced contenders.
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Can Joe Taylor be the English League One top goalscorer?
Our view: he has the platform for it. Huddersfield Town climbed to second on the log after that win over Peterborough United, and a side pushing at the top end creates the service a striker needs to keep scoring. Taylor's case rests on one thing, his finishing, and that is what forced the bookmakers into a rethink this week. Wootton is still the man to catch, and with Stockport County in their own purple patch he won't make it easy. But the market has made its move towards Taylor, and if he keeps turning half-openings into goals for a Huddersfield side scoring freely, that gap at the top could shrink further.
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