Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 8

FPL GW8 rankings and projections: updated Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 8.

Updated on October 16, 2025 9:10AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 8

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on October 16, 2025 9:10AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW8 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 GW8 FIXTURES (ET)

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

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
Fantasy Premier League: GW8 Cheat Sheet

FPL GAMEWEEK 8 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. EVE	F	14.5	61.5	8.14
2		1			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	9.9	10.0	7.60
3		2			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	14.4	38.3	7.28
4		3			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	7.5	11.9	6.45
5	2				Alexander Isak	LIV	LIV v. MUN	F	10.6	10.8	6.44
6	3				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at FUL	F	9.1	26.5	6.09
7	4				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW at BHA	F	7.2	9.8	5.99
8	5				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY v. BOU	F	7.5	9.9	5.97
9		4			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	6.7	15.1	5.91
10		5			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	8.1	6.3	5.90
11		6			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	6.9	0.3	5.89
12	6				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL at SUN	F	6.4	1.4	5.86
13	7				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at WHU	F	6.1	3.4	5.81
14	8				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. AVL	F	6.8	15.4	5.78
15	9				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. BRE	F	7.7	7.2	5.77
16		7			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	9.0	18.5	5.74
17		8			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	6.5	6.4	5.73
18	10				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at NFO	F	7.7	61.3	5.72
19		9			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	7.4	2.5	5.68
20			1		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.3	0.5	5.66
21	11				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at TOT	F	8.7	9.2	5.63
22	12				Wilson Isidor	SUN	SUN v. WOL	F	5.6	3.3	5.60
23		10			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.0	0.5	5.56
24	13				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at BRN	F	5.5	1.4	5.54
25		11			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.9	0.1	5.52
26			2		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	4.9	0.7	5.51
27			3		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	5.7	14.7	5.51
28		12			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	6.6	7.8	5.50
29		13			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	7.0	0.5	5.49
30		14			Donyell Malen	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	5.1	0.7	5.47
31		15			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	7.9	59.8	5.47
32	14				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. NEW	F	6.3	2.4	5.47
33		16			Dango Ouattara	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	6.0	0.5	5.46
34		17			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.5	0.2	5.44
35		18			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	6.7	33.3	5.43
36	15				Lyle Foster	BRN	BRN v. LEE	F	5.0	2.4	5.39
37		19			Anthony Elanga	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	6.8	4.7	5.39
38	16				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at CRY	F	7.0	3.0	5.36
39		20			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.4	3.8	5.36
40		21			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	7.0	3.9	5.36
41			4		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.6	2.4	5.31
42			5		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	5.9	18.0	5.30
43		22			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.0	0.4	5.28
44		23			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.0	2.3	5.24
45		24			Savinho	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	6.9	0.4	5.24
46		25			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.4	0.1	5.23
47		26			Mats Wieffer	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.1	5.21
48		27			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.3	0.1	5.20
49			6		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.6	12.6	5.20
50		28			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	6.0	3.5	5.19
51		29			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.9	2.8	5.19
52		30			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	7.6	13.4	5.17
53		31			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	5.5	4.4	5.17
54		32			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	6.5	3.7	5.16
55		33			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	7.0	1.0	5.15
56			7		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.0	2.2	5.13
57		34			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	4.9	0.4	5.11
58		35			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	4.9	0.2	5.11
59		36			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	4.0	5.09
60			8		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.9	5.6	5.09
61		37			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	6.5	8.6	5.08
62		38			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	5.8	14.5	5.07
63		39			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	5.07
64		40			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.7	6.8	5.06
65	17				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN at LIV	F	7.3	5.1	5.05
66		41			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	6.3	1.2	5.04
67		42			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.0	0.4	5.04
68		43			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.0	3.2	5.03
69		44			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	6.3	1.3	5.02
70		45			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	7.0	3.1	5.01
71		46			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	8.0	3.9	5.00
72			9		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	6.3	29.8	4.98
73		47			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.9	2.0	4.98
74		48			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	6.9	5.3	4.97
75			10		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.1	4.1	4.94
76	18				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. CHE	F	7.4	11.9	4.94
77		49			Jhon Arias	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.2	0.2	4.94
78		50			Brajan Gruda	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	5.4	0.1	4.94
79		51			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	5.8	32.9	4.92
80			11		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	5.6	21.5	4.90
81		52			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.3	4.87
82		53			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.4	0.6	4.85
83		54			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	5.7	6.0	4.84
84			12		Reece James	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	5.4	4.3	4.83
85		55			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.5	1.3	4.82
86		56			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.7	0.2	4.82
87		57			Dan Neil	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	4.8	0.0	4.81
88		58			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.5	0.0	4.80
89		59			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	5.9	0.3	4.78
90			13		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.0	2.5	4.77
91		60			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.8	2.3	4.76
92	19				Beto	EVE	EVE at MCI	F	5.3	4.1	4.73
93		61			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.3	0.4	4.73
94			14		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	4.9	31.0	4.72
95		62			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.4	0.1	4.71
96		63			Casemiro	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	5.5	0.2	4.69
97			15		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	4.5	3.1	4.69
98		64			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.8	0.6	4.68
99		65			Nico Gonzalez	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	5.9	0.1	4.68
100		66			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	5.7	0.4	4.68
101		67			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	8.1	14.1	4.68
102		68			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	7.4	3.5	4.65
103		69			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	5.4	1.4	4.64
104			16		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.0	5.6	4.60
105			17		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	5.1	7.4	4.60
106		70			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.9	0.2	4.60
107		71			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.9	1.0	4.59
108		72			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	6.5	2.1	4.58
109				1	David Raya	ARS	ARS at FUL	G	5.7	27.9	4.57
110		73			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.0	2.0	4.57
111			18		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	5.4	2.3	4.56
112			19		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	5.0	25.2	4.56
113		74			Jacob Bruun Larsen	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.3	0.0	4.56
114		75			Andre	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.54
115		76			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	6.5	1.6	4.53
116			20		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.5	0.2	4.52
117			21		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	4.9	1.2	4.52
118			22		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	6.1	21.9	4.51
119		77			Chemsdine Talbi	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.2	4.51
120			23		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.8	4.3	4.49
121		78			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	5.4	0.7	4.49
122		79			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.0	3.7	4.47
123		80			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.5	0.1	4.47
124		81			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	4.9	0.0	4.45
125			24		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	6.0	12.6	4.44
126			25		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	6.1	27.8	4.43
127			26		Conor Bradley	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.0	0.1	4.41
128		82			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.39
129			27		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.9	1.2	4.38
130		83			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.0	0.2	4.37
131			28		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.5	3.2	4.36
132		84			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.3	0.1	4.34
133		85			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.0	0.0	4.33
134			29		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.5	0.3	4.32
135			30		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	3.7	4.31
136		86			James Garner	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.0	1.0	4.29
137		87			Bertrand Traore	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.5	0.0	4.27
138		88			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	6.5	10.7	4.25
139		89			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.4	0.1	4.25
140			31		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.4	0.1	4.23
141			32		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	5.1	7.3	4.23
142		90			Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	6.4	0.3	4.22
143		91			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	4.9	0.1	4.22
144		92			Samuel Chukwueze	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.4	0.0	4.20
145			33		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.3	6.8	4.19
146			34		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.5	4.3	4.18
147		93			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	4.9	0.6	4.17
148			35		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.0	13.5	4.17
149			36		Axel Tuanzebe	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	3.9	1.8	4.16
150		94			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	4.9	0.1	4.12
151				2	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. LEE	G	4.0	34.1	4.10
152			37		Bafode Diakite	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	0.5	4.09
153		95			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.0	0.4	4.09
154				3	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. BOU	G	5.0	7.9	4.08
155			38		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	0.1	4.07
156				4	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. EVE	G	5.7	9.3	4.06
157				5	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. WOL	G	4.6	4.9	4.04
158			39		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.5	0.4	4.04
159			40		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.4	0.1	4.03
160		96			Tom Cairney	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	4.9	0.0	3.98
161			41		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	4.9	0.6	3.97
162				6	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. AVL	G	5.1	11.9	3.97
163			42		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.8	4.7	3.96
164				7	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU v. BRE	G	4.3	2.2	3.96
165			43		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.0	0.5	3.91
166		97			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.0	0.0	3.90
167		98			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	3.87
168			44		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	4.5	2.1	3.87
169		99			Douglas Luiz	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.0	0.0	3.86
170			45		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.4	1.5	3.84
171			46		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.0	3.84
172			47		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	5.3	5.2	3.82
173			48		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	5.0	2.6	3.81
174			50		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	2.1	3.79
175			49		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.4	0.1	3.79
176			51		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	0.2	3.73
177				8	Giorgi Mamardashvili	LIV	LIV v. MUN	G	4.3	0.7	3.65
178			52		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.5	0.6	3.63
179			53		Arthur Masuaku	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	3.9	0.6	3.63
180			54		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.1	5.4	3.58
181			55		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.5	1.9	3.57
182			56		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.4	0.1	3.55
183			57		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.5	4.1	3.54
184			58		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	4.8	33.9	3.53
185			59		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	5.5	7.7	3.52
186			60		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.5	0.3	3.51
187				9	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at CRY	G	4.5	5.7	3.49
188			61		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.0	3.45
189				10	Sam Johnstone	WOL	WOL at SUN	G	4.5	0.1	3.40
190			62		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.4	0.9	3.39
191				11	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at NFO	G	4.9	14.7	3.39
192				12	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at BRN	G	4.0	2.5	3.34
193				13	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at WHU	G	4.5	8.1	3.33
194				14	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. CHE	G	4.9	10.5	3.30
195			63		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.6	5.4	3.26
196			64		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	4.5	1.0	3.25
197			65		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	4.4	0.1	3.24
198			66		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	5.0	2.8	3.24
199			67		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.0	0.7	3.21
200			68		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	5.1	8.5	3.19
201				15	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at BHA	G	5.1	10.0	3.10
202				16	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at TOT	G	5.0	2.1	3.10
203			69		Oleksandr Zinchenko	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.9	0.3	3.07
204			70		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	2.0	3.06
205			71		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.4	4.4	3.03
206			72		Aaron Hickey	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.0	0.4	3.02
207			73		Issa Diop	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.4	0.1	3.00
208				17	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at MCI	G	5.5	10.5	2.98
209				18	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. ARS	G	5.0	1.5	2.97
210			74		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	4.9	0.2	2.95
211			75		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.5	10.4	2.83
212				19	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at LIV	G	5.0	0.4	2.82
213			76		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	4.9	0.4	2.79
214				20	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. NEW	G	4.4	4.4	2.78
215			77		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.4	0.3	2.74
216			78		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.5	1.2	2.66
217			79		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.5	0.5	2.48
218			80		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	0.0	2.40
219			81		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	5.0	0.5	2.25
220			82		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	0.3	2.14