Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 21

FPL GW21 rankings and projections: updated Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 21.

Updated on January 6, 2026 11:46AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 21

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on January 6, 2026 11:46AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW21 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 GW21 FIXTURES (ET)

3:00 pm: West Ham United vs. Nottingham Forest
2:30 pm: AFC Bournemouth vs. Tottenham Hotspur
2:30 pm: Brentford vs. Sunderland
2:30 pm: Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa
2:30 pm: Everton vs. Wolverhampton
2:30 pm: Fulham vs. Chelsea
2:30 pm: Manchester City vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
3:15 pm: Burnley vs. Manchester United
3:15 pm: Newcastle United vs. Leeds United
3:00 pm: Arsenal vs. Liverpool

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
Fantasy Premier League: GW21 Cheat Sheet

FPL GAMEWEEK 21 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. BHA	F	15.1	74.2	7.76
2		1			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS v. LIV	M	10.2	21.0	6.67
3		2			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN at BRN	M	8.2	13.3	6.59
4	2				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE v. SUN	F	6.9	28.3	6.37
5		3			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW v. LEE	M	7.4	6.2	6.32
6		4			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI v. BHA	M	6.8	15.8	6.30
7			1		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN at BRN	D	4.2	7.2	6.28
8			2		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE v. SUN	D	4.9	2.3	6.19
9			3		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE v. SUN	D	4.9	1.9	6.03
10		5			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW v. LEE	M	6.1	1.0	5.98
11		6			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI v. BHA	M	8.9	37.5	5.79
12		7			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at FUL	M	10.4	12.1	5.75
13	3				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. NFO	F	7.7	9.7	5.68
14		8			Jack Grealish	EVE	EVE v. WOL	M	6.5	9.7	5.67
15			4		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU v. TOT	D	4.8	14.5	5.65
16		9			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU v. TOT	M	7.6	44.7	5.64
17			5		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE v. WOL	D	5.6	11.7	5.60
18		10			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE v. SUN	M	7.1	2.3	5.57
19		11			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at CRY	M	7.6	30.4	5.57
20	4				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN at BRN	F	7.2	3.3	5.55
21		12			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. CHE	M	5.8	18.1	5.53
22			6		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. BHA	D	5.3	10.1	5.51
23		13			James Garner	EVE	EVE v. WOL	M	5.1	3.0	5.48
24		14			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS v. LIV	M	7.0	2.0	5.46
25	5				Richarlison	TOT	TOT at BOU	F	6.4	7.8	5.40
26	6				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW v. LEE	F	7.3	17.1	5.34
27			7		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE v. WOL	D	4.8	6.8	5.31
28		15			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU v. TOT	M	5.0	0.2	5.30
29			8		Gabriel	ARS	ARS v. LIV	D	6.6	26.1	5.30
30	7				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at CRY	F	8.7	11.0	5.23
31			9		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN at BRN	D	4.5	4.7	5.21
32	8				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL v. CHE	F	6.2	2.0	5.21
33		16			Lewis Miley	NEW	NEW v. LEE	M	4.5	3.5	5.18
34			10		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW v. LEE	D	5.3	1.9	5.16
35		17			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE v. SUN	M	5.8	0.6	5.15
36		18			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO at WHU	M	5.3	4.6	5.15
37		19			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS v. LIV	M	7.2	22.8	5.12
38	9				Evanilson	BOU	BOU v. TOT	F	7.0	1.5	5.09
39		20			Casemiro	MUN	MUN at BRN	M	5.5	1.5	5.09
40			11		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN at BRE	D	4.6	2.9	5.08
41	10				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE v. WOL	F	5.7	0.6	5.06
42		21			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW v. LEE	M	7.1	17.7	5.06
43			12		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW v. LEE	D	5.1	4.6	5.02
44		22			Lewis Cook	BOU	BOU v. TOT	M	4.9	0.0	5.00
45	11				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN at BRE	F	5.5	0.3	5.00
46		23			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at FUL	M	6.4	9.4	4.99
47			13		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE v. SUN	D	4.5	0.7	4.97
48		24			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at FUL	M	5.7	8.0	4.96
49	12				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at NEW	F	5.9	11.1	4.94
50	13				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY v. AVL	F	7.6	11.6	4.92
51	14				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO at WHU	F	5.8	1.2	4.92
52			14		Piero Hincapie	ARS	ARS v. LIV	D	5.4	1.7	4.92
53			15		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. BHA	D	5.4	3.6	4.91
54	15				Joshua Zirkzee	MUN	MUN at BRN	F	5.8	0.5	4.87
55		25			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN at BRE	M	5.2	7.1	4.85
56	16				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS v. LIV	F	8.8	9.6	4.85
57		26			Omari Hutchinson	NFO	NFO at WHU	M	5.4	0.2	4.85
58		27			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. AVL	M	5.0	0.9	4.85
59		28			Dilane Bakwa	NFO	NFO at WHU	M	5.9	0.0	4.84
60		29			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI v. BHA	M	6.4	3.0	4.81
61	17				Tolu Arokodare	WOL	WOL at EVE	F	5.4	0.1	4.81
62	18				Liam Delap	CHE	CHE at FUL	F	6.2	0.9	4.81
63	19				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV at ARS	F	9.1	32.9	4.80
64		30			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at FUL	M	7.2	7.1	4.80
65	20				Armando Broja	BRN	BRN v. MUN	F	5.2	0.2	4.78
66		31			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU v. TOT	M	5.6	2.5	4.77
67			16		Murillo	NFO	NFO at WHU	D	5.2	1.9	4.76
68		32			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE v. SUN	M	4.9	0.1	4.75
69		33			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV at ARS	M	6.6	4.7	4.75
70	21				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA at MCI	F	6.3	4.7	4.74
71		34			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO at WHU	M	7.3	2.9	4.72
72			17		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. AVL	D	5.1	6.0	4.71
73		35			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL at CRY	M	5.9	1.0	4.68
74			18		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS v. LIV	D	6.3	27.6	4.68
75		36			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. MUN	M	5.0	0.0	4.66
76		37			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at EVE	M	5.3	0.1	4.65
77			19		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU v. TOT	D	4.5	1.9	4.65
78		38			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE v. SUN	M	5.0	0.5	4.63
79		39			Tim Iroegbunam	EVE	EVE v. WOL	M	4.8	0.0	4.61
80		40			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. NFO	M	5.5	0.2	4.60
81		41			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL v. CHE	M	5.6	0.8	4.56
82		42			Merlin Rohl	EVE	EVE v. WOL	M	5.0	0.0	4.55
83	22				Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT at BOU	F	6.9	0.3	4.55
84			20		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN v. MUN	D	3.9	0.9	4.55
85		43			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. CHE	M	4.9	0.1	4.54
86			21		Reece James	CHE	CHE at FUL	D	5.7	11.1	4.54
87		44			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW v. LEE	M	5.3	1.0	4.52
88			22		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. AVL	D	5.3	40.1	4.52
89		45			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS v. LIV	M	5.2	2.2	4.52
90			23		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN at BRN	D	4.8	0.5	4.52
91			24		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE v. WOL	D	4.9	0.7	4.52
92		46			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN at BRN	M	4.7	0.2	4.49
93		47			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at NEW	M	4.9	3.3	4.49
94		48			Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN v. MUN	M	4.7	0.1	4.48
95		49			Lesley Ugochukwu	BRN	BRN v. MUN	M	5.0	0.1	4.48
96			25		Valentino Livramento	NEW	NEW v. LEE	D	4.9	2.2	4.47
97			26		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE v. WOL	D	4.9	0.8	4.47
98		50			Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE at FUL	M	6.4	0.5	4.46
99			27		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at FUL	D	5.5	17.7	4.46
100			28		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO at WHU	D	5.1	3.3	4.45
101			29		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at BRN	D	4.5	0.7	4.45
102		51			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. AVL	M	5.8	0.3	4.44
103		52			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at CRY	M	4.9	0.5	4.44
104			30		Ayden Heaven	MUN	MUN at BRN	D	3.9	2.8	4.44
105			31		Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	BRE v. SUN	D	4.4	0.2	4.42
106		53			Brennan Johnson	CRY	CRY v. AVL	M	6.5	2.5	4.42
107				1	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE v. WOL	G	5.6	12.7	4.41
108		54			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. NFO	M	5.5	0.1	4.39
109		55			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. NFO	M	5.7	0.2	4.39
110	23				Beto	EVE	EVE v. WOL	F	5.0	2.5	4.37
111		56			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at NEW	M	5.5	0.1	4.35
112		57			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS v. LIV	M	7.8	2.4	4.34
113		58			Jhon Arias	WOL	WOL at EVE	M	4.9	0.2	4.31
114				2	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE v. SUN	G	4.5	8.9	4.31
115		59			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA at MCI	M	4.9	0.2	4.30
116			32		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO at WHU	D	4.7	3.4	4.27
117		60			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at NEW	M	5.4	0.2	4.25
118		61			Kevin	FUL	FUL v. CHE	M	5.8	0.1	4.24
119			33		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. CHE	D	4.6	5.8	4.23
120		62			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at CRY	M	5.4	1.0	4.22
121	24				Eliezer Mayenda	SUN	SUN at BRE	F	5.2	0.5	4.22
122		63			Nico Gonzalez	MCI	MCI v. BHA	M	5.9	0.1	4.21
123			34		Jorge Cuenca	FUL	FUL v. CHE	D	4.3	0.1	4.19
124		64			David Brooks	BOU	BOU v. TOT	M	5.0	0.2	4.19
125			35		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT at BOU	D	5.2	12.7	4.19
126			36		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. NFO	D	4.2	0.2	4.19
127			37		William Saliba	ARS	ARS v. LIV	D	5.9	11.7	4.18
128		65			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. NFO	M	5.0	0.0	4.15
129				3	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW v. LEE	G	5.1	4.8	4.13
130			38		Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	MCI v. BHA	D	5.4	0.3	4.13
131		66			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA at MCI	M	4.8	0.3	4.12
132		67			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN v. MUN	M	4.8	0.0	4.12
133		68			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA at MCI	M	6.1	1.9	4.09
134			39		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. NFO	D	4.4	0.1	4.09
135			40		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at CRY	D	4.5	1.6	4.09
136		69			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV at ARS	M	6.2	1.3	4.08
137		70			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV at ARS	M	5.7	6.8	4.07
138			41		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at FUL	D	5.0	2.4	4.06
139		71			Jadon Sancho	AVL	AVL at CRY	M	5.8	0.2	4.06
140			42		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN at BRE	D	4.3	8.7	4.03
141		72			Justin Devenny	CRY	CRY v. AVL	M	4.3	1.5	4.03
142		73			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL at EVE	M	5.6	0.1	4.02
143			43		Jaydee Canvot	CRY	CRY v. AVL	D	4.5	0.0	4.02
144		74			Douglas Luiz	NFO	NFO at WHU	M	4.9	0.0	4.01
145		75			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY v. AVL	M	4.7	0.1	4.01
146		76			Freddie Potts	WHU	WHU v. NFO	M	4.4	0.8	4.00
147			44		Aaron Hickey	BRE	BRE v. SUN	D	4.0	0.5	4.00
148			45		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at CRY	D	4.8	10.2	4.00
149			46		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. CHE	D	4.9	0.7	3.98
150		77			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT at BOU	M	6.5	0.9	3.98
151		78			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV at ARS	M	8.2	10.5	3.97
152		79			Jacob Ramsey	NEW	NEW v. LEE	M	5.3	0.2	3.97
153			47		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE at FUL	D	4.4	0.5	3.96
154				4	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. BHA	G	5.7	10.2	3.96
155		80			Archie Gray	TOT	TOT at BOU	M	4.8	0.1	3.95
156		81			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at NEW	M	4.9	0.1	3.95
157				5	David Raya	ARS	ARS v. LIV	G	6.0	34.3	3.94
158		82			Brajan Gruda	BHA	BHA at MCI	M	5.4	0.1	3.91
159		83			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. CHE	M	4.9	0.1	3.91
160				6	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU v. NFO	G	4.3	2.2	3.84
161			48		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. AVL	D	5.0	2.3	3.82
162				7	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. MUN	G	4.0	33.4	3.81
163			49		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. CHE	D	4.3	0.1	3.79
164			51		Nathan Ake	MCI	MCI v. BHA	D	5.3	0.6	3.77
165			50		James Hill	BOU	BOU v. TOT	D	3.9	0.6	3.77
166			52		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT at BOU	D	5.0	3.7	3.74
167		84			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA at MCI	M	5.6	0.5	3.74
168		85			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT at BOU	M	5.3	0.2	3.74
169				8	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at BRN	G	5.0	2.0	3.74
170				9	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at CRY	G	5.0	3.5	3.71
171				10	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT at BOU	G	4.8	6.9	3.71
172				11	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN at BRE	G	4.9	11.1	3.71
173		86			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN at BRE	M	4.9	1.0	3.71
174				12	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. CHE	G	4.9	1.7	3.70
175			53		Nicolo Savona	NFO	NFO at WHU	D	4.5	0.2	3.68
176		87			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN at BRE	M	4.9	0.4	3.66
177		88			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT at BOU	M	5.3	0.2	3.66
178			54		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN at BRE	D	4.1	6.2	3.64
179		89			Loum Tchaouna	BRN	BRN v. MUN	M	4.9	0.0	3.64
180			55		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV at ARS	D	5.9	23.0	3.59
181		90			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI v. BHA	M	6.2	0.5	3.52
182			56		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL at EVE	D	4.4	0.0	3.46
183		91			Curtis Jones	LIV	LIV at ARS	M	5.4	0.2	3.46
184			57		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV at ARS	D	5.4	3.4	3.45
185			58		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL at EVE	D	4.3	0.1	3.45
186				13	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU v. TOT	G	4.5	4.8	3.45
187			59		Victor Lindelof	AVL	AVL at CRY	D	4.5	0.1	3.44
188				14	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO at WHU	G	4.6	5.7	3.43
189				15	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. AVL	G	5.1	8.1	3.39
190			60		Oliver Scarles	WHU	WHU v. NFO	D	4.3	0.0	3.35
191			61		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at CRY	D	4.4	7.5	3.35
192			62		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at EVE	D	4.4	0.1	3.33
193			63		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU v. NFO	D	4.2	0.3	3.31
194				16	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at FUL	G	4.9	14.1	3.31
195	25				Mateus Mane	WOL	WOL at EVE	F	4.5	0.4	3.29
196			64		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT at BOU	D	4.5	27.4	3.28
197			65		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU v. TOT	D	4.5	0.1	3.28
198			66		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN at BRE	D	4.5	0.4	3.23
199				17	Lucas Perri	LEE	LEE at NEW	G	4.5	0.3	3.22
200			68		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. MUN	D	4.4	1.2	3.13
201			69		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL at EVE	D	4.3	0.1	3.08
202				18	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL at EVE	G	4.2	1.0	2.97
203			70		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at EVE	D	4.5	0.1	2.96
204			71		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT at BOU	D	4.3	1.2	2.89
205			72		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at NEW	D	3.8	4.0	2.88
206			73		Lutsharel Geertruida	SUN	SUN at BRE	D	4.5	0.0	2.83
207				19	Alisson	LIV	LIV at ARS	G	5.4	5.9	2.77
208			74		Sebastiaan Bornauw	LEE	LEE at NEW	D	3.8	0.1	2.76
209			75		James Justin	LEE	LEE at NEW	D	3.9	0.2	2.68
210			76		Jaka Bijol	LEE	LEE at NEW	D	3.9	0.6	2.65
211			77		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA at MCI	D	4.5	4.4	2.61
212			78		Andrew Robertson	LIV	LIV at ARS	D	5.8	1.0	2.50
213			79		Lucas Pires	BRN	BRN v. MUN	D	3.8	0.2	2.46
214			80		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at NEW	D	4.3	0.3	2.26
215			81		Conor Bradley	LIV	LIV at ARS	D	5.0	0.2	2.23
216				20	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA at MCI	G	4.5	5.9	2.17
217			82		Bashir Humphreys	BRN	BRN v. MUN	D	3.9	0.1	2.06
218			83		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA at MCI	D	4.3	0.2	1.93
219			84		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA at MCI	D	4.4	0.3	1.73
220			85		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA at MCI	D	4.5	0.9	1.69