diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaDecoderCore.cs
index b8068c082..a73f04bcd 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaDecoderCore.cs
@@ -69,28 +69,109 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
                 var image = new Image<TPixel>(this.configuration, this.fileHeader.Width, this.fileHeader.Height, this.metadata);
                 Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels = image.GetRootFramePixelBuffer();
 
-                using (IManagedByteBuffer row = this.memoryAllocator.AllocatePaddedPixelRowBuffer(this.fileHeader.Width, 3, 0))
+                switch (this.fileHeader.PixelDepth)
                 {
-                    for (int y = 0; y < this.fileHeader.Height; y++)
-                    {
-                        this.currentStream.Read(row);
-                        Span<TPixel> pixelSpan = pixels.GetRowSpan(y);
-                        PixelOperations<TPixel>.Instance.FromBgr24Bytes(
-                            this.configuration,
-                            row.GetSpan(),
-                            pixelSpan,
-                            this.fileHeader.Width);
-                    }
+                    case 8:
+                        this.ReadMonoChrome(pixels);
+                        break;
+
+                    case 16:
+                        this.ReadBgra16(pixels);
+                        break;
+
+                    case 24:
+                        this.ReadBgr24(pixels);
+                        break;
+
+                    case 32:
+                        this.ReadBgra32(pixels);
+                        break;
+
+                    default:
+                        TgaThrowHelper.ThrowNotSupportedException("Does not support this kind of tga files.");
+                        break;
                 }
 
                 return image;
             }
-            catch (Exception e)
+            catch (IndexOutOfRangeException e)
             {
                 throw new ImageFormatException("TGA image does not have a valid format.", e);
             }
         }
 
+        private void ReadMonoChrome<TPixel>(Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            using (IManagedByteBuffer row = this.memoryAllocator.AllocatePaddedPixelRowBuffer(this.fileHeader.Width, 1, 0))
+            {
+                for (int y = 0; y < this.fileHeader.Height; y++)
+                {
+                    this.currentStream.Read(row);
+                    Span<TPixel> pixelSpan = pixels.GetRowSpan(y);
+                    PixelOperations<TPixel>.Instance.FromGray8Bytes(
+                        this.configuration,
+                        row.GetSpan(),
+                        pixelSpan,
+                        this.fileHeader.Width);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void ReadBgra16<TPixel>(Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            using (IManagedByteBuffer row = this.memoryAllocator.AllocatePaddedPixelRowBuffer(this.fileHeader.Width, 2, 0))
+            {
+                for (int y = 0; y < this.fileHeader.Height; y++)
+                {
+                    this.currentStream.Read(row);
+                    Span<TPixel> pixelSpan = pixels.GetRowSpan(y);
+                    PixelOperations<TPixel>.Instance.FromBgra5551Bytes(
+                        this.configuration,
+                        row.GetSpan(),
+                        pixelSpan,
+                        this.fileHeader.Width);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void ReadBgr24<TPixel>(Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            using (IManagedByteBuffer row = this.memoryAllocator.AllocatePaddedPixelRowBuffer(this.fileHeader.Width, 3, 0))
+            {
+                for (int y = 0; y < this.fileHeader.Height; y++)
+                {
+                    this.currentStream.Read(row);
+                    Span<TPixel> pixelSpan = pixels.GetRowSpan(y);
+                    PixelOperations<TPixel>.Instance.FromBgr24Bytes(
+                        this.configuration,
+                        row.GetSpan(),
+                        pixelSpan,
+                        this.fileHeader.Width);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void ReadBgra32<TPixel>(Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            using (IManagedByteBuffer row = this.memoryAllocator.AllocatePaddedPixelRowBuffer(this.fileHeader.Width, 4, 0))
+            {
+                for (int y = 0; y < this.fileHeader.Height; y++)
+                {
+                    this.currentStream.Read(row);
+                    Span<TPixel> pixelSpan = pixels.GetRowSpan(y);
+                    PixelOperations<TPixel>.Instance.FromBgra32Bytes(
+                        this.configuration,
+                        row.GetSpan(),
+                        pixelSpan,
+                        this.fileHeader.Width);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Reads the raw image information from the specified stream.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaThrowHelper.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaThrowHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e36b2053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaThrowHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
+{
+    internal static class TgaThrowHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cold path optimization for throwing <see cref="NotSupportedException"/>-s
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="errorMessage">The error message for the exception.</param>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        public static void ThrowNotSupportedException(string errorMessage)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException(errorMessage);
+        }
+    }
+}