Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 5

FPL GW5 rankings: updated Fantasy Premier League player projections for every position. See who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 5.

September 15, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 5

By:

Adam Zdroik

September 15, 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)

7:30 am: Liverpool vs. Everton
10:00 am: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Tottenham Hotspur
10:00 am: Burnley vs. Nottingham Forest
10:00 am: West Ham United vs. Crystal Palace
10:00 am: Wolverhampton vs. Leeds United
12:30 pm: Manchester United vs. Chelsea
3:00 pm: Fulham vs. Brentford
9:00 am: AFC Bournemouth vs. Newcastle United
9:00 am: Sunderland vs. Aston Villa
11:30 am: Arsenal vs. Manchester City

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 5 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. EVE	M	14.5	53.8	8.11
2		2			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	7.7	18.7	6.85
3	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at ARS	F	14.1	35.2	6.51
4	2				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. EVE	F	8.8	30.0	6.51
5	3				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at SUN	F	8.8	15.2	6.39
6	4				Rodrigo Muniz	FUL	FUL v. BRE	F	5.5	2.4	6.37
7	5				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW at BOU	F	7.0	2.2	6.36
8		3			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	8.4	18.5	6.32
9	6				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS v. MCI	F	9.0	25.6	6.30
10	7				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at WHU	F	7.6	12.1	6.24
11	8				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO at BRN	F	7.6	22.0	6.23
12			1		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	5.6	13.8	6.20
13	9				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at MUN	F	7.7	66.5	6.16
14		4			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	6.5	1.0	6.09
15		5			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	6.3	1.2	6.07
16	10				Tolu	WOL	WOL v. LEE	F	5.5	0.0	6.06
17	11				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at FUL	F	6.0	1.7	6.06
18		6			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	7.5	39.2	6.03
19	12				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. CRY	F	7.8	6.8	5.96
20	13				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. TOT	F	6.3	2.1	5.96
21		7			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	5.9	0.8	5.90
22		8			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	5.8	0.7	5.88
23		9			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	7.5	12.2	5.80
24		10			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	6.0	0.2	5.78
25		11			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	7.0	2.2	5.75
26		12			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	6.4	4.8	5.75
27		13			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	7.0	0.4	5.75
28		14			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	6.5	1.4	5.72
29		15			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	7.0	7.9	5.68
30	14				Wilson Isidor	SUN	SUN v. AVL	F	5.5	0.9	5.68
31	15				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN v. CHE	F	7.4	5.2	5.67
32		16			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	6.4	1.8	5.65
33		17			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	8.1	15.9	5.63
34	16				Evanilson	BOU	BOU v. NEW	F	7.0	2.7	5.61
35		18			Jack Grealish	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	6.8	21.8	5.60
36			2		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	5.0	1.9	5.55
37		19			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.5	1.7	5.52
38	17				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE at LIV	F	5.8	0.4	5.50
39		20			Noni Madueke	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	7.0	1.6	5.47
40		21			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	9.0	19.9	5.46
41	18				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at WOL	F	5.5	0.2	5.45
42		22			David Brooks	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.0	0.4	5.44
43		23			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	6.6	31.9	5.42
44		24			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.5	1.1	5.42
45	19				Lyle Foster	BRN	BRN v. NFO	F	5.0	1.1	5.41
46		25			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.5	1.2	5.40
47		26			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	7.5	5.3	5.39
48			3		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. EVE	D	6.0	5.7	5.35
49		27			Estevao	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	6.5	2.4	5.32
50		28			Dango Ouattara	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	6.0	0.9	5.31
51		29			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	7.0	5.4	5.30
52		30			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	6.1	3.3	5.30
53		31			Chemsdine Talbi	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.0	0.3	5.28
54		32			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	5.0	4.9	5.27
55		33			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	6.4	1.2	5.26
56		34			Jhon Arias	WOL	WOL v. LEE	M	5.3	0.3	5.26
57		35			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.9	3.5	5.22
58		36			Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	6.3	0.1	5.20
59		37			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.9	0.7	5.13
60		38			Kevin	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	6.0	0.1	5.10
61		39			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	5.9	0.7	5.10
62		40			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL v. LEE	M	5.5	0.1	5.10
63		41			Dilane Bakwa	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	6.0	0.0	5.07
64		42			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	6.5	8.5	5.06
65		43			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	8.0	1.8	5.02
66		44			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.5	0.1	5.01
67			4		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	5.6	25.3	5.00
68			5		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	2.0	4.99
69		45			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	5.0	0.5	4.99
70			6		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	5.0	7.2	4.96
71		46			Loum Tchaouna	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	4.9	0.0	4.93
72			7		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	5.5	7.6	4.91
73		47			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	6.6	12.9	4.91
74		48			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	5.4	0.1	4.88
75		49			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	6.5	3.5	4.86
76		50			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.5	0.0	4.85
77		51			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	5.5	0.0	4.83
78		52			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	6.4	1.5	4.82
79		53			Emiliano Buendia	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	5.3	0.1	4.81
80			9		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. EVE	D	6.1	28.3	4.80
81			8		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	4.8	4.79
82			10		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.0	0.5	4.78
83			11		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	5.7	11.4	4.76
84			12		Nicolo Savona	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	4.5	0.0	4.75
85			13		Murillo	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	5.5	4.8	4.73
86			14		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	5.7	13.6	4.73
87			15		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. EVE	D	5.5	3.1	4.72
88		54			Jamie Gittens	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	6.3	0.1	4.72
89		55			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.4	0.0	4.71
90		56			Mikel Merino	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	5.9	0.5	4.70
91			16		Gabriel	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	6.1	21.9	4.69
92			17		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.5	1.2	4.67
93			18		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.5	0.0	4.64
94		57			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	5.5	0.6	4.64
95			19		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	4.9	4.64
96			20		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.4	0.1	4.64
97			21		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	5.0	3.7	4.60
98		58			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	5.0	2.8	4.60
99			22		Veljko Milosavljevic	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.5	0.0	4.57
100		59			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	6.5	2.5	4.56
101			23		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL v. BRE	D	4.5	0.2	4.56
102		60			Evann Guessand	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	6.4	0.0	4.56
103			24		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.0	2.9	4.50
104		61			Casemiro	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	5.5	0.2	4.50
105			25		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.5	0.0	4.49
106			26		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.4	0.1	4.49
107			27		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.5	0.3	4.46
108			28		James Hill	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.0	0.9	4.46
109			29		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.5	0.2	4.46
110			30		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	4.6	21.2	4.45
111		62			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.0	0.2	4.42
112			31		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	4.9	0.1	4.41
113		63			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	5.4	2.8	4.41
114		64			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	5.5	5.3	4.38
115			32		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.0	5.0	4.38
116		65			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	5.9	0.3	4.38
117		66			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	5.7	31.3	4.37
118			33		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	5.1	8.4	4.36
119		67			Hannibal	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.0	0.2	4.36
120		68			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	6.5	8.9	4.30
121			34		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	0.4	4.30
122			35		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	6.2	28.2	4.29
123			36		Emmanuel Agbadou	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.5	0.4	4.29
124		69			Rodri	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	6.4	0.7	4.28
125			37		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	12.8	4.26
126			38		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	0.2	4.26
127		70			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	6.4	0.6	4.25
128			39		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	5.0	1.5	4.25
129			40		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	5.0	1.5	4.24
130		71			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	5.5	0.8	4.24
131			41		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.0	1.5	4.24
132			42		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.0	0.4	4.20
133			43		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.5	0.4	4.19
134		72			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	4.9	0.2	4.17
135		73			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	5.4	1.3	4.17
136				1	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at FUL	G	4.5	9.2	4.17
137			44		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	5.0	0.4	4.16
138		74			James Ward-Prowse	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.9	0.3	4.14
139			45		Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	4.5	1.2	4.13
140			46		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.0	0.5	4.12
141		75			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	4.9	0.1	4.12
142			47		Toti Gomes	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.4	0.1	4.10
143			48		Tyrone Mings	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	1.4	4.10
144			49		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	4.5	0.4	4.09
145			50		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	5.8	3.2	4.08
146			51		Valentino Livramento	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.1	9.5	4.08
147		76			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	4.9	3.1	4.07
148		77			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. LEE	M	5.4	0.1	4.04
149			52		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.6	8.8	4.01
150			53		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	5.0	5.9	4.01
151		78			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	5.4	0.2	4.01
152			54		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.4	0.1	4.00
153		79			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.0	2.7	3.99
154		80			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	5.0	0.3	3.99
155				2	Mads Hermansen	WHU	WHU v. CRY	G	4.5	0.3	3.99
156		81			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.0	0.4	3.98
157			55		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. BRE	D	4.5	0.5	3.97
158		82			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	5.5	8.2	3.94
159			56		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.5	1.7	3.93
160		83			Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	3.91
161				3	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. AVL	G	4.5	1.7	3.91
162			57		Cristhian Mosquera	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	5.4	0.2	3.86
163			58		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	4.5	5.9	3.86
164			59		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	4.5	0.7	3.86
165			60		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.0	8.2	3.85
166		84			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.0	0.0	3.84
167			61		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.4	0.2	3.84
168		85			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.0	1.9	3.84
169		86			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	5.5	0.7	3.83
170		87			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	5.0	0.1	3.82
171				4	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. BRE	G	5.0	1.6	3.82
172		88			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	4.9	0.5	3.81
173			62		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	4.5	2.0	3.80
174		89			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.0	0.0	3.78
175		90			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	3.74
176			63		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.5	0.9	3.74
177				5	David Raya	ARS	ARS v. MCI	G	5.5	23.5	3.74
178			64		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.0	5.6	3.72
179		91			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.5	0.1	3.70
180				6	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY at WHU	G	5.0	8.1	3.70
181			65		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	0.1	3.69
182		92			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	3.69
183			66		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.0	16.6	3.68
184			67		Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	5.4	0.4	3.68
185		93			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	5.0	0.1	3.67
186			68		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	5.0	2.8	3.66
187				7	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. EVE	G	5.5	10.9	3.65
188		94			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	4.9	0.0	3.63
189		95			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	4.9	0.2	3.62
190				8	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO at BRN	G	5.0	14.8	3.59
191			69		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.0	3.2	3.59
192			70		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	4.6	30.3	3.55
193			71		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.5	1.2	3.52
194		96			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	5.4	0.1	3.47
195			72		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	4.5	2.4	3.47
196				9	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU v. NEW	G	4.5	4.5	3.47
197				10	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at BOU	G	5.0	5.9	3.44
198				11	Sam Johnstone	WOL	WOL v. LEE	G	4.5	0.1	3.43
199				12	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at WOL	G	4.0	2.4	3.41
200			73		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	4.5	0.3	3.41
201		97			James Garner	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	5.0	0.4	3.39
202			74		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	5.5	4.0	3.34
203				13	Altay Bayindir	MUN	MUN v. CHE	G	5.0	0.4	3.32
204			75		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. BRE	D	4.5	3.2	3.30
205			76		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	4.5	0.6	3.26
206			77		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	5.5	7.0	3.24
207				14	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at MUN	G	5.0	23.2	3.22
208			78		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.5	3.0	3.20
209				15	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at SUN	G	5.0	1.9	3.17
210			79		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.0	1.3	3.15
211		98			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.0	0.0	3.13
212			80		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	4.9	0.4	3.13
213				16	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT at BHA	G	5.1	10.2	3.08
214			81		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	4.5	2.4	3.07
215				17	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. NFO	G	4.0	34.0	3.05
216				18	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI at ARS	G	5.5	2.0	3.03
217				19	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. TOT	G	4.5	5.5	3.03
218		99			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	3.02
219				20	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at LIV	G	5.5	11.7	2.95
220			82		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	5.0	0.5	2.75