This article is part of our Fantasy Premier League Rankings series.
The rankings below are for Gameweek 1 of the Premier League only, they are not meant to be used for season-long consideration. They were done with a concentration on standard season-long scoring, though they should be applicable to most daily formats as well.If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, or hit up our rankers on Twitter: Andrew M. Laird, Mike Gottlieb, Nick Pitner and Chris Mosinski.
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Gameweek 1 Positional Rankings
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| Gameweek 1 Forwards | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Sergio Aguero | | at | 56 | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Wayne Rooney |
| 2 | Diego Costa | | v. | 56 | Diego Costa | Diego Costa | Diego Costa | Diego Costa |
| 3 | Wayne Rooney | | v. | 55 | Wayne Rooney | Wayne Rooney | Wayne Rooney | Romelu Lukaku |
| 4 | Christian Benteke | | at | 40 | Olivier Giroud | Christian Benteke | Romelu Lukaku | Christian Benteke |
| 5 | Harry Kane | | at | 39 | Harry Kane | Romelu Lukaku | Graziano Pelle | Sergio Aguero |
| 6 | Olivier Giroud | | v. | 38 | Graziano Pelle | Olivier Giroud | Jamie Vardy | Harry Kane |
| 7 | Graziano Pelle | | at | 35 | Romelu Lukaku | Harry Kane | Harry Kane | Olivier Giroud |
| 8 | Romelu Lukaku | | v. | 33 | Christian Benteke | Graziano Pelle | Christian Benteke | Jordan Ayew |
| 9 | Callum Wilson | | v. | 25 | Callum Wilson | Saido Berahino | Olivier Giroud | Callum Wilson |
| 10 | Saido Berahino | | v. | 19 | Troy Deeney | Troy Deeney | Callum Wilson | Graziano Pelle |
| 11 | Jamie Vardy | | v. | 14 | Saido Berahino | Callum Wilson | Mame Diouf | Mame Diouf |
| 12 | Mame Diouf | | v. | 13 | Rickie Lambert | Patrick Bamford | Saido Berahino | Jamie Vardy |
| 13 | Troy Deeney | | at | 12 | Jermain Defoe | Rickie Lambert | Cameron Jerome | Saido Berahino |
| 14 | Jordan Ayew | | at | 8 | Aleksandar Mitrovic | Mame Diouf | Aleksandar Mitrovic | Papiss Cisse |
| 15 | Rickie Lambert | | v. | 7 | Mame Diouf | Diafra Sakho | Rudy Gestede | Bafetimbi Gomis |
| Gameweek 1 Midfielders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Eden Hazard | | v. | 60 | Eden Hazard | Eden Hazard | Eden Hazard | Eden Hazard |
| 2 | Memphis Depay | | v. | 43 | Theo Walcott | Alexis Sanchez | Mesut Ozil | Alexis Sanchez |
| 3 | David Silva | | at | 42 | Mesut Ozil | Memphis Depay | Theo Walcott | Cesc Fabregas |
| 4 | Cesc Fabregas | | v. | 41 | Memphis Depay | Cesc Fabregas | David Silva | David Silva |
| 5 | Mesut Ozil | | v. | 40 | Raheem Sterling | Raheem Sterling | Sadio Mane | Christian Eriksen |
| 6 | Raheem Sterling | | at | 33 | David Silva | Sadio Mane | Cesc Fabregas | James Milner |
| 7 | Sadio Mane | | at | 32 | Sadio Mane | David Silva | Memphis Depay | Memphis Depay |
| 8 | Theo Walcott | | v. | 27 | Matt Ritchie | Christian Eriksen | Yannick Bolasie | Mesut Ozil |
| 9 | Christian Eriksen | | at | 27 | Philippe Coutinho | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Christian Eriksen | Raheem Sterling |
| 10 | Philippe Coutinho | | at | 19 | Cesc Fabregas | Philippe Coutinho | Philippe Coutinho | Yohan Cabaye |
| 11 | Matt Ritchie | | v. | 13 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Mesut Ozil | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | Oscar |
| 12 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | | at | 12 | Jason Puncheon | Roberto Firmino | Raheem Sterling | Matt Ritchie |
| 13 | James Milner | | at | 10 | Juan Mata | James Milner | Ross Barkley | Juan Mata |
| 14 | Yannick Bolasie | | at | 8 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Yannick Bolasie | Georginio Wijnaldum | Sadio Mane |
| 15 | Juan Mata | | v. | 6 | Christian Eriksen | Matt Ritchie | Riyad Mahrez | Jason Puncheon |
| Gameweek 1 Defenders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Branislav Ivanovic | | v. | 37 | Branislav Ivanovic | Branislav Ivanovic | Leighton Baines | Leighton Baines |
| 2 | Leighton Baines | | v. | 37 | Leighton Baines | Hector Bellerin | Hector Bellerin | Branislav Ivanovic |
| 3 | Hector Bellerin | | v. | 26 | Hector Bellerin | Leighton Baines | Branislav Ivanovic | Aleksander Kolarov |
| 4 | Seamus Coleman | | v. | 22 | Cedric Soares | Cedric Soares | Vincent Kompany | Seamus Coleman |
| 5 | Cedric Soares | | at | 18 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Nathaniel Clyne | Seamus Coleman | Per Mertesacker |
| 6 | Aleksandar Kolarov | | at | 18 | Nathaniel Clyne | Seamus Coleman | Jordan Amavi | Martin Skrtel |
| 7 | Nathaniel Clyne | | at | 17 | Seamus Coleman | Aleksandar Kolarov | Jose Fonte | Cedric Soares |
| 8 | Vincent Kompany | | at | 7 | John Terry | Kieran Trippier | Nathaniel Clyne | Nathaniel Clyne |
| 9 | Per Mertesacker | | v. | 6 | Simon Francis | Patrick van Aanholt | Laurent Koscielny | Laurent Koscielny |
| 10 | Laurent Koscielny | | v. | 5 | Laurent Koscielny | Tyrone Mings | Robert Huth | Tyrone Mings |
| Gameweek 1 Goalkeepers | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Petr Cech | | v. | 18 | Petr Cech | Thibaut Courtois | Tim Howard | Petr Cech |
| 2 | Thibaut Courtois | | v. | 14 | Thibaut Courtois | Petr Cech | Petr Cech | Tim Howard |
| 3 | Tim Howard | | v. | 14 | Artur Boruc | Tim Howard | Thibaut Courtois | Simon Mignolet |
| 4 | Kasper Schmeichel | | v. | 5 | Tim Howard | Kasper Schmeichel | Joe Hart | Thibaut Courtois |
| 5 | Artur Boruc | | v. | 4 | Kasper Schmeichel | Artur Boruc | Kasper Schmeichel | Kasper Schmeichel |
