Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 20

FPL GW20 rankings and projections: updated Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 20.

January 2, 2026

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 20

By:

Adam Zdroik

January 2, 2026

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW20 rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The rankings are based on predicted starting lineups, form, and upcoming fixtures, pulled directly from our lineups page.

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FPL GW20 FIXTURES (ET)

7:30 am: Aston Villa vs. Nottingham Forest
10:00 am: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Burnley
10:00 am: Wolverhampton vs. West Ham United
12:30 pm: AFC Bournemouth vs. Arsenal
7:30 am: Leeds United vs. Manchester United
10:00 am: Everton vs. Brentford
10:00 am: Fulham vs. Liverpool
10:00 am: Newcastle United vs. Crystal Palace
10:00 am: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sunderland
12:30 pm: Manchester City vs. Chelsea

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
Fantasy Premier League: GW20 Cheat Sheet

FPL GAMEWEEK 20 PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI v. CHE	F	15.1	74.2	7.39
2		1			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at BOU	M	10.3	21.4	7.20
3	2				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV at FUL	F	9.1	36.2	6.42
4		2			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI v. CHE	M	9.0	40.3	6.41
5		3			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL v. NFO	M	7.4	24.9	6.16
6		4			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. BRN	M	5.6	0.4	6.13
7		5			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	7.3	5.3	6.11
8		6			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	6.6	4.8	6.11
9		7			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI v. CHE	M	6.7	13.5	5.93
10		8			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE v. MUN	M	4.9	3.0	5.90
11	3				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. SUN	F	6.4	7.8	5.83
12		9			Mikel Merino	ARS	ARS at BOU	M	5.8	2.7	5.80
13		10			Rodri	MCI	MCI v. CHE	M	6.3	0.4	5.66
14	4				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at EVE	F	7.0	27.9	5.65
15			1		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE v. BRE	D	5.6	9.0	5.65
16		11			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS at BOU	M	6.9	1.3	5.65
17		12			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. BRN	M	6.1	1.8	5.64
18			2		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. BRN	D	4.5	4.3	5.64
19			3		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. SUN	D	5.2	12.5	5.64
20		13			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW v. CRY	M	6.0	0.9	5.63
21		14			Brajan Gruda	BHA	BHA v. BRN	M	5.4	0.1	5.62
22	5				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU at WOL	F	7.6	7.5	5.62
23		15			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT v. SUN	M	5.5	1.0	5.62
24		16			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW v. CRY	M	7.4	5.3	5.61
25	6				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW v. CRY	F	7.4	18.8	5.56
26	7				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL v. NFO	F	8.5	7.8	5.55
27		17			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL v. NFO	M	5.9	0.8	5.55
28		18			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. SUN	M	6.4	14.1	5.51
29	8				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL v. WHU	F	6.1	0.9	5.49
30		19			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA v. BRN	M	4.9	0.2	5.47
31		20			Jack Hinshelwood	BHA	BHA v. BRN	M	5.1	0.1	5.46
32		21			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW v. CRY	M	7.0	14.2	5.45
33			4		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW v. CRY	D	5.3	1.8	5.43
34	9				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE v. MUN	F	5.9	9.8	5.42
35			5		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at EVE	D	4.9	2.0	5.40
36		22			Lewis Miley	NEW	NEW v. CRY	M	4.5	3.4	5.40
37			6		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE v. BRE	D	4.8	7.5	5.40
38		23			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	5.8	19.0	5.37
39			7		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS at BOU	D	6.4	28.4	5.31
40			8		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW v. CRY	D	5.0	3.3	5.30
41			9		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. SUN	D	5.0	3.7	5.27
42	10				Callum Wilson	WHU	WHU at WOL	F	5.8	0.7	5.27
43		24			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN at LEE	M	8.2	13.6	5.27
44			10		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at BOU	D	6.4	17.2	5.26
45		25			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. BRN	M	4.8	0.2	5.25
46		26			Jack Grealish	EVE	EVE v. BRE	M	6.5	9.5	5.25
47		27			Emiliano Buendia	AVL	AVL v. NFO	M	5.3	0.4	5.21
48		28			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL v. NFO	M	4.9	0.5	5.21
49		29			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU at WOL	M	5.5	0.2	5.19
50		30			Casemiro	MUN	MUN at LEE	M	5.5	1.4	5.18
51		31			Ao Tanaka	LEE	LEE v. MUN	M	4.8	0.3	5.16
52		32			James Garner	EVE	EVE v. BRE	M	5.0	1.1	5.15
53	11				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at BOU	F	8.8	9.8	5.11
54			11		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. CHE	D	5.3	11.2	5.10
55		33			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. MUN	M	5.4	0.1	5.09
56		34			Justin Devenny	CRY	CRY at NEW	M	4.3	1.5	5.09
57		35			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL v. WHU	M	5.6	0.1	5.09
58			12		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW v. CRY	D	5.3	2.4	5.09
59			13		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN at LEE	D	4.2	6.9	5.08
60		36			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. SUN	M	5.3	0.2	5.08
61	12				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at NEW	F	7.6	12.0	5.07
62	13				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE v. BRE	F	5.7	0.4	4.99
63		37			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN at TOT	M	5.2	6.7	4.97
64			14		Piero Hincapie	ARS	ARS at BOU	D	5.4	2.2	4.97
65		38			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. WHU	M	5.3	0.1	4.96
66		39			Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN at BHA	M	4.7	0.1	4.94
67		40			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW v. CRY	M	5.3	1.0	4.89
68			15		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA v. BRN	D	4.3	0.1	4.89
69			16		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU at WOL	D	4.4	0.1	4.88
70	14				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN at TOT	F	5.5	0.3	4.86
71	15				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL v. LIV	F	6.2	2.3	4.84
72			17		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. BRN	D	4.4	0.3	4.84
73		41			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY at NEW	M	5.0	0.9	4.83
74			18		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE v. MUN	D	4.3	0.3	4.79
75			19		Sebastiaan Bornauw	LEE	LEE v. MUN	D	3.8	0.1	4.79
76			20		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. SUN	D	4.5	26.6	4.77
77		42			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU v. ARS	M	5.6	2.8	4.77
78		43			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN at LEE	M	4.7	0.2	4.76
79		44			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU at WOL	M	5.9	1.7	4.75
80		45			Omari Hutchinson	NFO	NFO at AVL	M	5.4	0.2	4.75
81			21		Jaka Bijol	LEE	LEE v. MUN	D	3.9	0.5	4.75
82		46			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at BOU	M	5.2	2.2	4.75
83			22		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	5.9	24.3	4.74
84			24		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL v. NFO	D	4.5	1.6	4.73
85			23		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE v. MUN	D	3.8	3.8	4.72
86		47			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	6.2	1.4	4.71
87		48			Tyler Dibling	EVE	EVE v. BRE	M	5.3	0.0	4.71
88		49			Andre	WOL	WOL v. WHU	M	5.3	0.1	4.71
89		50			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	5.7	6.6	4.70
90		51			John McGinn	AVL	AVL v. NFO	M	5.4	0.7	4.67
91				1	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. BRN	G	4.5	5.7	4.67
92				2	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW v. CRY	G	5.1	4.6	4.67
93		52			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE v. MUN	M	5.5	0.1	4.66
94			25		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at EVE	D	4.9	1.5	4.66
95		53			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO at AVL	M	5.3	4.7	4.65
96		54			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at MCI	M	10.4	11.9	4.65
97			28		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL v. NFO	D	4.8	9.5	4.65
98			26		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI v. CHE	D	6.1	10.1	4.64
99		55			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at EVE	M	7.0	1.8	4.64
100			27		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. CHE	D	5.4	2.5	4.63
101		56			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU at WOL	M	5.0	0.0	4.61
102		57			Curtis Jones	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	5.4	0.2	4.60
103		58			Joelinton	NEW	NEW v. CRY	M	5.9	0.3	4.57
104	16				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN at LEE	F	7.2	3.3	4.55
105			29		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	5.4	3.6	4.54
106	17				Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT v. SUN	F	6.9	0.3	4.54
107			30		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN at TOT	D	4.2	7.0	4.52
108		59			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE v. BRE	M	5.5	0.2	4.51
109		60			Douglas Luiz	NFO	NFO at AVL	M	4.9	0.0	4.51
110		61			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at BOU	M	7.8	1.9	4.50
111			31		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE v. BRE	D	4.9	0.6	4.49
112		62			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN at TOT	M	4.9	0.9	4.48
113			32		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU at WOL	D	4.2	0.2	4.48
114			33		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL v. WHU	D	4.3	0.1	4.48
115				3	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE v. BRE	G	5.5	11.5	4.48
116		63			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	4.9	0.1	4.47
117		64			Freddie Potts	WHU	WHU at WOL	M	4.4	0.8	4.47
118			34		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. SUN	D	4.3	1.2	4.46
119		65			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	4.45
120		66			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI v. CHE	M	5.2	12.1	4.45
121			35		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. BRN	D	4.5	0.9	4.43
122	18				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO at AVL	F	5.8	1.2	4.43
123		67			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN at BHA	M	5.0	0.0	4.42
124		68			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE at EVE	M	4.9	0.0	4.41
125			37		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL v. NFO	D	4.4	7.5	4.40
126				4	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. SUN	G	4.8	7.0	4.39
127			36		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	5.6	3.0	4.38
128			38		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL v. WHU	D	4.4	0.0	4.38
129		69			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	4.9	0.1	4.35
130	19				Armando Broja	BRN	BRN at BHA	F	5.2	0.2	4.35
131			39		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL v. WHU	D	4.3	0.0	4.34
132				5	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL v. NFO	G	5.0	3.2	4.33
133	20				Mateus Mane	WOL	WOL v. WHU	F	4.5	0.2	4.31
134			40		Matt Doherty	WOL	WOL v. WHU	D	4.4	0.1	4.30
135		70			Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY at NEW	M	4.9	0.1	4.28
136		71			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY at NEW	M	5.8	0.3	4.28
137		72			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU v. ARS	M	7.7	46.5	4.28
138		73			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at EVE	M	4.9	0.1	4.27
139				6	David Raya	ARS	ARS at BOU	G	6.0	35.7	4.26
140		74			Tim Iroegbunam	EVE	EVE v. BRE	M	4.8	0.0	4.24
141			41		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL v. WHU	D	4.5	0.0	4.24
142		75			Lesley Ugochukwu	BRN	BRN at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	4.19
143		76			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	5.6	0.9	4.18
144		77			Jacob Bruun Larsen	BRN	BRN at BHA	M	5.3	0.0	4.13
145	21				Evanilson	BOU	BOU v. ARS	F	7.0	1.6	4.12
146			42		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN at LEE	D	4.5	4.9	4.11
147		78			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO at AVL	M	7.3	2.8	4.10
148			43		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at BOU	D	5.9	11.7	4.10
149		79			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO at AVL	M	5.7	1.0	4.06
150				7	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU at WOL	G	4.3	2.2	4.06
151			44		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.9	0.7	4.05
152			45		Murillo	NFO	NFO at AVL	D	5.2	1.9	4.04
153			46		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI v. CHE	D	5.7	7.4	4.04
154			47		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE v. BRE	D	4.9	0.5	4.02
155		80			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at MCI	M	7.3	8.4	4.01
156			49		Victor Lindelof	AVL	AVL v. NFO	D	4.5	0.1	4.00
157			48		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at EVE	D	4.5	1.0	3.99
158			50		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU v. ARS	D	4.9	15.5	3.96
159		81			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI v. CHE	M	6.2	0.5	3.95
160		82			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN at BHA	M	4.8	0.0	3.94
161		83			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE at EVE	M	5.0	0.5	3.93
162				8	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at EVE	G	4.5	8.5	3.91
163			51		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN at BHA	D	3.9	0.9	3.91
164	22				Joshua Zirkzee	MUN	MUN at LEE	F	5.8	0.5	3.90
165			52		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN at LEE	D	4.8	0.5	3.86
166			53		Ayden Heaven	MUN	MUN at LEE	D	3.9	2.6	3.85
167		84			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN at TOT	M	4.9	0.4	3.85
168				9	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN at TOT	G	4.8	9.8	3.85
169				10	Alisson	LIV	LIV at FUL	G	5.4	6.0	3.85
170		85			Kevin	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	5.8	0.1	3.84
171			54		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN at TOT	D	4.0	5.5	3.83
172				11	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN at BHA	G	4.0	33.5	3.83
173			55		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.6	6.3	3.81
174			56		James Hill	BOU	BOU v. ARS	D	3.9	0.6	3.80
175			57		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at NEW	D	5.2	6.6	3.80
176		86			Estevao	CHE	CHE at MCI	M	6.4	1.9	3.77
177				12	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL v. WHU	G	4.2	1.0	3.77
178			58		Jorge Cuenca	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.3	0.0	3.77
179		87			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at MCI	M	6.4	9.2	3.75
180		88			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU v. ARS	M	7.0	0.8	3.73
181		89			Archie Gray	TOT	TOT v. SUN	M	4.8	0.1	3.72
182			59		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO at AVL	D	5.1	3.4	3.71
183				13	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at LEE	G	5.0	2.1	3.71
184			60		Oliver Scarles	WHU	WHU at WOL	D	4.3	0.0	3.70
185			61		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE v. MUN	D	4.4	0.2	3.69
186				14	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. CHE	G	5.7	10.1	3.68
187				15	Lucas Perri	LEE	LEE v. MUN	G	4.5	0.2	3.67
188			62		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU at WOL	D	4.2	0.3	3.67
189			63		Conor Bradley	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	5.0	0.2	3.57
190	23				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at MCI	F	7.2	28.5	3.57
191			64		Lutsharel Geertruida	SUN	SUN at TOT	D	4.5	0.0	3.49
192				16	John	NFO	NFO at AVL	G	4.0	0.4	3.48
193				17	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU v. ARS	G	4.5	5.1	3.45
194		90			David Brooks	BOU	BOU v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	3.44
195			65		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at EVE	D	4.5	0.7	3.42
196			66		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN at TOT	D	4.5	0.3	3.41
197			67		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY at NEW	D	5.3	41.7	3.38
198				18	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. LIV	G	4.9	1.8	3.35
199			68		Jaydee Canvot	CRY	CRY at NEW	D	4.5	0.0	3.35
200			69		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at LEE	D	4.5	0.7	3.33
201			70		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU v. ARS	D	4.5	2.1	3.30
202			71		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.3	0.1	3.28
203			72		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO at AVL	D	4.7	3.5	3.26
204		91			Chris Rigg	SUN	SUN at TOT	M	4.7	0.0	3.26
205			73		Dennis Cirkin	SUN	SUN at TOT	D	4.0	0.0	3.21
206			74		Aaron Hickey	BRE	BRE at EVE	D	4.0	0.5	3.14
207			75		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at NEW	D	5.0	2.4	3.14
208				19	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY at NEW	G	5.1	8.5	2.94
209			76		Nicolo Savona	NFO	NFO at AVL	D	4.5	0.2	2.92
210			77		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at MCI	D	5.6	19.2	2.82
211			78		Reece James	CHE	CHE at MCI	D	5.7	11.3	2.80
212			79		Nathaniel Clyne	CRY	CRY at NEW	D	3.8	0.7	2.77
213			80		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN at BHA	D	4.4	1.2	2.61
214				20	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at MCI	G	4.9	14.9	2.60
215			81		Benoit Badiashile	CHE	CHE at MCI	D	4.4	0.0	2.28
216			82		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at MCI	D	5.0	2.5	2.26
217			83		Lucas Pires	BRN	BRN at BHA	D	3.8	0.2	2.24
218			84		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at MCI	D	6.1	19.5	2.23
219			85		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU v. ARS	D	4.5	0.1	2.21
220			86		Bashir Humphreys	BRN	BRN at BHA	D	3.9	0.1	1.49