Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

West Ham and Jarrod Bowen open the 25/26 season against Sunderland, and find themselves high up the Gameweek 1 FPL rankings, even in some captain discussions.

August 8, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

By:

Adam Zdroik

August 8, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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Welcome to RotoWire's weekly rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The players for our rankings are pulled straight from the predicted XIs found on our lineups page.

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MATCHES (ET)

Liverpool vs. Bournemouth
Aston Villa vs. Newcastle
Brighton vs. Fulham
Tottenham vs. Burnley
Sunderland vs. West Ham
Wolverhampton vs. Manchester City
Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest vs. Brentford
Manchester United vs. Arsenal
Leeds United vs. Everton

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 1 Cheat Sheet

PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1		1			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	14.5	57.0	9.31
2		2			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	10.0	15.6	8.13
3		3			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	10.5	53.1	8.11
4	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at WOL	F	14.0	19.7	7.88
5		4			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	8.5	33.4	7.79
6		5			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	7.5	4.2	7.66
7		6			Brennan Johnson	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	7.0	3.5	7.47
8		7			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	1.2	7.42
9		8			Omar Marmoush	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	8.5	13.9	7.36
10		9			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	8.0	3.2	7.30
11	2				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU at SUN	F	8.0	19.9	7.28
12	3				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL v. NEW	F	9.0	14.6	7.15
13			1		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	5.5	10.9	7.06
14	4				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. BOU	F	8.5	5.1	6.94
15		10			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	7.0	2.0	6.74
16		11			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	6.5	4.1	6.64
17	5				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE v. CRY	F	7.5	52.4	6.61
18		12			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.5	1.3	6.60
19		13			Gabriel Martinelli	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	7.0	1.4	6.59
20	6				Dominic Solanke	TOT	TOT v. BRN	F	7.5	12.6	6.58
21		14			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	6.0	0.9	6.54
22		15			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	7.0	25.5	6.54
23	7				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. BRE	F	7.5	16.3	6.54
24	8				Niclas Fullkrug	WHU	WHU at SUN	F	6.0	1.9	6.53
25		16			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	7.5	3.0	6.47
26		17			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	6.0	0.3	6.47
27		18			Daniel James	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.8	6.47
28		19			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.3	6.43
29			2		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	0.6	6.40
30		20			Wilfried Gnonto	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.7	6.39
31			3		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	26.1	6.35
32			4		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	31.6	6.34
33		21			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	7.5	4.7	6.32
34			5		Rayan Ait-Nouri	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	6.0	23.8	6.32
35		22			Donyell Malen	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.5	2.4	6.30
36		23			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	6.5	25.7	6.28
37		24			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.0	1.2	6.28
38		25			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	7.0	4.8	6.28
39	9				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at MUN	F	9.0	24.3	6.24
40		26			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	0.5	6.21
41			6		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	3.0	6.21
42		27			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.0	0.4	6.20
43		28			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	7.0	4.3	6.18
44		29			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.0	1.8	6.15
45		30			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	8.0	10.6	6.12
46		31			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.5	5.9	6.11
47		32			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	6.5	1.4	6.10
48			7		Reece James	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.5	4.6	6.06
49		33			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	6.0	0.9	6.06
50			8		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	5.0	0.5	6.01
51		34			Eberechi Eze	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	7.5	9.1	5.98
52		35			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	2.9	5.94
53		36			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	6.0	1.9	5.93
54			9		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	6.0	17.3	5.90
55			10		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	6.0	19.0	5.89
56		37			John McGinn	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.5	0.6	5.89
57			11		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	4.5	0.6	5.88
58			12		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	0.9	5.85
59		38			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	9.0	13.4	5.84
60		39			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	6.5	2.2	5.80
61		40			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	6.0	1.2	5.77
62	10				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL at BHA	F	6.5	2.4	5.75
63			13		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	10.6	5.75
64		41			Rodri	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	1.6	5.71
65			14		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.0	2.1	5.70
66		42			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	8.0	16.9	5.67
67		43			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.1	5.67
68		44			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	6.5	12.3	5.67
69		45			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	6.0	1.2	5.66
70	11				Joel Piroe	LEE	LEE v. EVE	F	5.5	3.4	5.66
71				1	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. BOU	G	5.5	10.8	5.65
72	12				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at CHE	F	7.5	6.3	5.63
73	13				Beto	EVE	EVE at LEE	F	5.5	13.9	5.62
74			15		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.5	8.5	5.55
75			16		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	5.0	1.7	5.50
76		46			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	7.0	5.1	5.49
77		47			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	8.0	3.3	5.48
78			17		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.7	5.45
79		48			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.5	2.8	5.45
80		49			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	6.5	1.8	5.45
81	14				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. FUL	F	6.5	7.8	5.44
82			18		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.0	2.1	5.44
83		50			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	6.5	3.7	5.40
84		51			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	5.40
85			19		Ben White	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	5.5	0.9	5.38
86	15				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL v. MCI	F	6.5	5.9	5.37
87			20		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	6.0	22.7	5.35
88			21		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	5.0	6.4	5.34
89			22		Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	5.5	5.5	5.29
90		52			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	1.2	5.29
91			23		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.0	3.7	5.28
92		53			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.5	0.4	5.27
93			24		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	22.9	5.25
94	16				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at LIV	F	7.0	2.5	5.25
95			25		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	5.5	2.8	5.25
96			26		Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	8.1	5.24
97			27		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	4.5	17.7	5.22
98			28		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.0	0.6	5.22
99				2	Ederson	MCI	MCI at WOL	G	5.5	3.7	5.20
100		54			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	6.5	7.4	5.18
101		55			James Ward-Prowse	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	6.0	0.4	5.16
102	17				Eliezer Mayenda	SUN	SUN v. WHU	F	5.5	0.5	5.15
103			29		Ola Aina	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.0	17.7	5.15
104		56			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	6.5	1.5	5.11
105			30		Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	4.5	0.3	5.09
106			31		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	2.4	5.09
107		57			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	0.6	5.07
108			32		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.0	1.0	5.06
109			33		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.5	8.8	5.01
110			34		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.5	0.3	5.01
111			35		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	1.7	5.00
112				3	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE v. CRY	G	5.0	15.2	5.00
113		58			Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	4.99
114		59			Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.2	4.99
115			36		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.0	0.4	4.97
116		60			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	6.0	1.6	4.93
117			37		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.4	4.92
118				4	David Raya	ARS	ARS at MUN	G	5.5	18.2	4.90
119			38		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	5.1	4.89
120			39		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	4.5	0.3	4.86
121			40		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.5	2.8	4.85
122			41		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.3	4.84
123			42		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	6.0	14.0	4.83
124			43		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.4	4.83
125			44		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.0	4.5	4.83
126			45		Nayef Aguerd	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.81
127		61			Hannibal	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.2	4.81
128		62			Freddie Potts	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	4.5	0.7	4.79
129		63			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	4.79
130			46		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.5	4.7	4.74
131			47		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.5	0.3	4.73
132				5	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. BRN	G	5.0	3.5	4.70
133		64			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	1.5	4.69
134	18				Thiago	BRE	BRE at NFO	F	6.0	1.0	4.68
135		65			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	5.5	4.0	4.66
136		66			Jack Hinshelwood	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.5	0.2	4.64
137		67			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	5.5	1.7	4.62
138			48		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.2	4.60
139			49		Jean-Clair Todibo	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.60
140		68			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.5	0.1	4.60
141			50		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	1.2	4.58
142		69			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.0	0.4	4.57
143			51		Ki-Jana Hoever	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.0	2.6	4.55
144			52		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	5.0	1.7	4.53
145				6	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU at SUN	G	4.5	5.8	4.51
146			53		Niall Huggins	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.0	0.3	4.51
147			54		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.5	4.9	4.50
148			55		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.1	4.49
149				7	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. BRE	G	5.0	17.9	4.44
150			56		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	23.5	4.42
151			57		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.5	2.2	4.41
152			58		Valentino Livramento	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	4.3	4.40
153		70			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.5	0.1	4.39
154			59		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	1.0	4.38
155			60		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	0.4	4.38
156			61		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	1.3	4.37
157			62		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.5	2.3	4.36
158		71			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	4.31
159		72			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	4.6	4.29
160			63		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	4.5	13.3	4.29
161			64		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	0.4	4.29
162			65		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.0	1.8	4.28
163		73			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	5.5	2.4	4.28
164		74			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	0.1	4.26
165			66		Rico Henry	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.2	4.24
166		75			Mats Wieffer	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	0.1	4.23
167		76			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	5.5	7.2	4.20
168			67		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.4	4.16
169		77			Jacob Bruun Larsen	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	4.14
170		77			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	5.0	0.5	4.10
171			68		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	1.2	4.10
172		78			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	4.09
173				8	Lucas Perri	LEE	LEE v. EVE	G	4.5	0.3	4.09
174		79			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	2.1	4.07
175		80			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	4.07
176			69		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	5.0	1.0	4.07
177			70		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	0.2	4.05
178			71		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.4	4.03
179			72		Matt Doherty	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.2	4.01
180			73		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	3.2	4.00
181				9	Jason Steele	BHA	BHA v. FUL	G	4.5	0.4	3.97
182			74		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	1.1	3.97
183		81			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	0.1	3.96
184			75		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.0	1.0	3.95
185		82			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.5	0.1	3.94
186		83			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	5.0	0.1	3.92
187		84			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.0	0.2	3.92
188		85			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.1	3.92
189		86			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	3.90
190		87			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.90
191			76		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	4.5	0.8	3.90
192		88			James Garner	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.0	0.1	3.86
193		89			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.1	3.86
194		90			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	3.84
195			77		James Hill	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.0	0.7	3.83
196		91			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	5.0	1.0	3.83
197			78		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.0	8.2	3.78
198		92			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	3.78
199		93			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.1	3.77
200			79		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	12.0	3.77
201				10	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at LEE	G	5.5	12.3	3.75
202		94			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.70
203			80		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.2	3.69
204			81		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	0.3	3.67
205		95			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	0.3	3.67
206		96			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.2	3.65
207			82		Emmanuel Agbadou	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.4	3.61
208			83		Toti Gomes	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.2	3.54
209			84		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.7	3.54
210				11	Marco Bizot	AVL	AVL v. NEW	G	4.5	0.3	3.47
211		97			Andre	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	3.46
212				12	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN at TOT	G	4.0	13.5	3.29
213				13	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at NFO	G	4.5	32.2	2.89
214				14	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. WHU	G	4.5	0.1	2.78
215				15	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL at BHA	G	5.0	1.7	2.54
216				16	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY at CHE	G	5.0	3.5	2.31
217				17	Andre Onana	MUN	MUN v. ARS	G	5.0	0.1	2.29
218				18	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at AVL	G	5.0	3.9	2.06
219				19	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at LIV	G	4.5	4.7	1.91
220				20	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL v. MCI	G	4.5	2.5	1.54