If there's one team in the Championship right now that will have the utmost confidence going into the play-offs, it's AFC Bournemouth.

The Cherries are on an incredible run of form and have won six league games on the spin, taking them back into the top six and at this rate they will probably finish the best of the rest in third.

Jonathan Woodgate has been able to get a tune out of his talented squad though after the failings of Jason Tindall, and it would be no shock to anyone if they were promoted back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Over the last few years, the club have put together an expensive squad, with the likes of Jefferson Lerma, Lloyd Kelly and other coming in for eight-figure fees - let's have a look at the top 10 Cherries players whose transfermarkt value has increased the most since their Bournemouth debuts.

No-one really knows what fee Pearson moved for in the previous transfer window to the Vitality Stadium, but with his contract at Preston North End expiring in the summer, the Bournemouth Echo believe it was a 'minimal' amount of money.

Whatever it was it was a real bargain - he had to remain on Bournemouth's bench for four of the first six games but he's played in every league match since and went on a run of three straight games with an assist.

Some fans are calling him the 2021 version of Harry Arter and it's easy to see why - his market value was £1.44 million when he arrived and it's since risen to £1.8 million - but his actual talent is worth far more than that figure.

Travers arrived at Bournemouth's academy as a youngster from Ireland, and having only made senior appearances for Weymouth in non-league before his eventual Cherries debut in 2019, he understandably had a blank market value.

He made a surprise debut against Tottenham towards the end of the 2018/19 season though and really impressed, but since that game he's made just three more league appearances for the club in the next two years.

Travers does have a market value now though following those few games and a loan spell at Swindon earlier this season of £450,000 - that could increase if he's given a chance next season should Bournemouth not go up.

Stanislas linked up with Bournemouth in 2014, turning down a new contract at Burnley to reunite with Eddie Howe on the south coast.

He was a free transfer and came with a market value of just £900,000, but over the years at Bournemouth's he's improved and became a highly-effective Premier League winger, as evidenced when he netted seven times in the 2016-17 campaign.

The 31-year-old is into his seventh season with the club and is into double figures in terms of goals for the Championship season with 10, and his market value is unsurprisingly higher than it was in 2014 at £1.62 million - it would probably be even higher if he wasn't the wrong side of 30.

Billing arrived at the Vitality Stadium in 2019 for a club-record fee at the time of £15 million - but transfermarkt only had his value at the time at £6.3 million.

The Dane hasn't always flourished at the Cherries and there's been times in the current campaign where he's been in and out of the team, but in recent weeks under Woodgate he has been moved into an advanced attacking position and it's seemingly getting the best out of him.

A run of four goals in six games has taken Billing's scoring tally to seven for the season but it may be a surprise to learn that his market value has only increased by £900,000 in two years to £7.2 million.

Like Travers, Surridge did not have a market value when he made his debut for the club in February 2019, coming on as a substitute in a 5-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

His loan spell at Swansea last season though saw him develop a bit more and Surridge also got four chances off the bench in the Premier League when he returned from South Wales, and as of right now Surridge has made 26 Championship outings in the current campaign.

He's definitely a good asset to have as back-up to Dominic Solanke and he's found the back of the net four times this season - with a current market value of £1.62 million maybe perhaps underrating his abilities.

Despite signing permanently for the Cherries from Chelsea in 2017, Begovic's position on this list is slightly skewed as he made his debut for the club 10 years earlier.

When contracted to Portsmouth as a youngster, the Bosnian stopper played eight times in League One for Bournemouth on loan when his market value was just £90,000.

Fast forward a decade though and Begovic had become a established top flight goalkeeper for Stoke City and then briefly at Chelsea, before making a return to Dean Court.

Begovic spent last season away from the club but he made his return for this season and he's not missed a single Championship game - at the age of 33 he still holds a market value of £1.8 million but that will have been far more when he signed for the Cherries back in 2017.

One of the Cherries' long-serving players, Smith is a bit like Begovic in the sense that his market value increase is slightly different because he spent time on loan at the club in 2010, four years before he made a permanent switch.

As a Tottenham player over a decade a go, Smith's value was just £270,000, but Championship loan spells following his stint at the Cherries will have made that go up and he made a full-time move to the club in 2014.

After playing 215 league games for Bournemouth in the last seven years, Smith's market value now stands at £3.6 million, and considering he's given many years of service in the Premier League that figure may be slightly harsh.

When Cook hasn't struggled with injuries, he's been a real key player for Bournemouth in their midfield since 2016, despite taking over four years to net his first goal.

Cook's market value was £4.5 million when he made the switch from Leeds as a 19-year-old for an actual transfer fee of £6 million, and due to his performances and his England cap that initial market value has increased to £9 million.

If the club were still in the Premier League that figure would probably be a lot higher, and you wouldn't bet against it rising once he's fully fit again from his knee injury, which might rule him out for the rest of 2021.

Cook had little senior experience in 2011 when he initially joined Bournemouth on loan from Brighton, which meant his market value stood at just £45,000.

Over 350 league appearances later and Cook is now recognised as a Cherries stalwart and if he sticks around for another season, he will bag himself a testimonial.

Cook has been a regular in the line-up since 2012 and it's crazy to think he's still only 29 considering his longetivity - he now has a market value of £6.3 million but he could theoretically leave for nothing should he not renew his contract at the end of the season, but he will surely stick around for a while longer.

After a breakout 2017-18 season for Sheffield United in the Championship, Brooks made the move to the Cherries in the summer of 2018 for a fee of £11.5 million - his transfermarkt value at the time of £4.5 million vastly underrating him.

Brooks' debut Premier League season was so good that he was nominated for the Young Player of the Year award alongside the likes of Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford, but he suffered a bit of unlucky second season syndrome and missed most of the campaign due to an ankle injury.

Back to fitness this season though, Brooks has played 28 times in the Championship and whilst he's only scored four times his class is still apparent and his current market value of £16.2 million would never be accepted by the Cherries, who would probably look for double that fee in an actual transfer.