This article is part of our Fantasy Premier League Rankings series.
We're back for another year of Fantasy Premier League player rankings, though they're a bit different this year because they'll be based on my weekly projections and converted into an index score. That score is not a fantasy-point projection but simply a way to measure the potential of one player versus everyone else (it's more like a median upside score than anything else).
Additionally, all players are projected to play 90 minutes, which obviously won't be the case because the Premier League still allows three substitutions per match. It is certainly possible to try to project substitutions, but injuries, red cards or general poor play can throw those expectations out very quickly. I am not against adding substitutes to the rankings (which would obviously affect the players they would be coming on for) in the future, but for now we'll stick with expected starters and see where they match up against each other if they all played 90 minutes.
The player projections begin with projecting team totals for all the relevant stats and then distributing them out to each player, so a change for one player affects everyone else on the team. For example, a Liverpool lineup with Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane up front will project very differently than one with Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Or, for less dramatic affect, a Salah-Firmino-Mane front line would be different than a Salah-Origi-Mane one, so a question of "where would player x rank if he started?" requires one expected starter to change and then almost all the other starters would be affected one way or another.
The rankings will be updated throughout the week with any injuries or obvious playing time changes, and I'll be sure to include when the latest update was posted. Gameweek 1 is always very tough to project because teams don't use the same lineups during their pre-season matches and different managers have different opinions about players returning from international duty. But, we'll do our best and adjust when there's something worthy of adjustment.
As always, if you have any questions, suggestions or other feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, contact me on Twitter or through our subscriber Discord chat.
MATCHES (EDT)
- Saturday, 7:30 am: Fulham vs. Arsenal
- Saturday, 10:00 am: Crystal Palace vs. Southampton
- Saturday, 12:30 pm: Liverpool vs. Leeds United
- Saturday, 3:00 pm: West Ham United vs. Newcastle United
- Sunday, 9:00 am: West Bromwich Albion vs. Leicester City
- Sunday, 11:30 am: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Everton
- Monday, 1:00 pm: Sheffield United vs. Wolverhampton
- Monday, 3:15 pm: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Chelsea
Note: all columns are sortable.
Originally posted at 10:50 a.m. on Sept. 10.
- Updated 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 10: Removed Stuart Armstrong and added Moussa Djenepo
Overall Rank | Pos Rank | Player | Team | Pos | Price | Pts |
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1 | 1 | Mohamed Salah | LIV v. LEE | M | £12.0 | 11.23 |
2 | 2 | Sadio Mane | LIV v. LEE | M | £12.0 | 9.92 |
3 | 1 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | LIV v. LEE | D | £7.5 | 9.66 |
4 | 1 | Timo Werner | CHE at BHA | F | £9.5 | 8.83 |
5 | 3 | Son Heung-Min | TOT v. EVE | M | £9.0 | 8.59 |
6 | 2 | Andrew Robertson | LIV v. LEE | D | £7.0 | 8.40 |
7 | 4 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | ARS at FUL | M | £12.0 | 8.21 |
8 | 5 | Willian | ARS at FUL | M | £8.0 | 7.32 |
9 | 2 | Harry Kane | TOT v. EVE | F | £10.5 | 7.31 |
10 | 3 | Marcos Alonso | CHE at BHA | D | £6.0 | 7.23 |
11 | 3 | Roberto Firmino | LIV v. LEE | F | £9.5 | 7.21 |
12 | 1 | Alisson Becker | LIV v. LEE | G | £6.0 | 7.19 |
13 | 6 | Jarrod Bowen | WHU v. NEW | M | £6.5 | 6.91 |
14 | 4 | Virgil van Dijk | LIV v. LEE | D | £6.5 | 6.82 |
15 | 4 | Michail Antonio | WHU v. NEW | F | £6.5 | 6.78 |
16 | 5 | Matt Doherty | TOT v. EVE | D | £6.0 | 6.75 |
17 | 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | ARS at FUL | F | £8.5 | 6.74 |
18 | 6 | Kelechi Iheanacho | LEI at WBA | F | £6.0 | 6.73 |
19 | 7 | Jamie Vardy | LEI at WBA | F | £10.0 | 6.59 |
20 | 7 | Mason Mount | CHE at BHA | M | £7.0 | 6.35 |
21 | 8 | Callum Hudson-Odoi | CHE at BHA | M | £6.0 | 6.34 |
22 | 9 | Naby Keita | LIV v. LEE | M | £5.5 | 6.31 |
23 | 6 | Kieran Tierney | ARS at FUL | D | £5.5 | 6.30 |
24 | 10 | Harvey Barnes | LEI at WBA | M | £7.0 | 6.13 |
25 | 7 | Reece James | CHE at BHA | D | £5.0 | 6.10 |
26 | 8 | Timothy Castagne | LEI at WBA | D | £5.5 | 6.08 |
27 | 11 | Ayoze Perez | LEI at WBA | M | £6.5 | 6.02 |
28 | 2 | Vicente Guaita | CRY v. SOU | G | £5.0 | 6.01 |
29 | 3 | Hugo Lloris | TOT v. EVE | G | £5.5 | 6.01 |
30 | 8 | Neal Maupay | BHA v. CHE | F | £6.5 | 5.94 |
31 | 12 | Lucas Moura | TOT v. EVE | M | £7.0 | 5.89 |
32 | 13 | Diogo Jota | WLV at SHU | M | £6.5 | 5.87 |
33 | 14 | Allan Saint-Maximin | NEW at WHU | M | £5.5 | 5.83 |
34 | 15 | Leandro Trossard | BHA v. CHE | M | £6.0 | 5.79 |
35 | 9 | Danny Ings | SOU at CRY | F | £8.5 | 5.75 |
36 | 16 | Bukayo Saka | ARS at FUL | M | £5.5 | 5.74 |
37 | 17 | Eberechi Eze | CRY v. SOU | M | £6.0 | 5.72 |
38 | 9 | Enda Stevens | SHU v. WLV | D | £5.5 | 5.70 |
39 | 10 | Raul Jimenez | WLV at SHU | F | £8.5 | 5.65 |
40 | 10 | Joe Gomez | LIV v. LEE | D | £5.5 | 5.62 |
41 | 11 | Tyrick Mitchell | CRY v. SOU | D | £4.0 | 5.59 |
42 | 18 | Jonjo Shelvey | NEW at WHU | M | £5.5 | 5.55 |
43 | 4 | Rui Patricio | WLV at SHU | G | £5.5 | 5.54 |
44 | 12 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | ARS at FUL | D | £5.0 | 5.53 |
45 | 19 | Neeskens Kebano | FUL v. ARS | M | £5.0 | 5.49 |
46 | 13 | James Justin | LEI at WBA | D | £4.5 | 5.42 |
47 | 14 | George Baldock | SHU v. WLV | D | £5.5 | 5.42 |
48 | 20 | James Milner | LIV v. LEE | M | £5.5 | 5.42 |
49 | 21 | Matheus Pereira | WBA v. LEI | M | £6.0 | 5.37 |
50 | 15 | Toby Alderweireld | TOT v. EVE | D | £5.5 | 5.36 |
51 | 16 | Aaron Cresswell | WHU v. NEW | D | £5.0 | 5.33 |
52 | 22 | Giovani Lo Celso | TOT v. EVE | M | £7.0 | 5.33 |
53 | 5 | Aaron Ramsdale | SHU v. WLV | G | £5.0 | 5.31 |
54 | 6 | Bernd Leno | ARS at FUL | G | £5.0 | 5.28 |
55 | 7 | Alex McCarthy | SOU at CRY | G | £4.5 | 5.28 |
56 | 17 | Eric Dier | TOT v. EVE | D | £5.0 | 5.27 |
57 | 23 | Grady Diangana | WBA v. LEI | M | £5.5 | 5.25 |
58 | 11 | Charlie Austin | WBA v. LEI | F | £5.5 | 5.25 |
59 | 18 | Ryan Bertrand | SOU at CRY | D | £5.0 | 5.22 |
60 | 19 | Ben Davies | TOT v. EVE | D | £5.0 | 5.22 |
61 | 12 | Aleksandar Mitrovic | FUL v. ARS | F | £6.0 | 5.18 |
62 | 20 | Sead Kolasinac | ARS at FUL | D | £5.0 | 5.18 |
63 | 24 | Jeffrey Schlupp | CRY v. SOU | M | £5.5 | 5.16 |
64 | 8 | Kepa Arrizabalaga | CHE at BHA | G | £5.0 | 5.16 |
65 | 21 | Romain Saiss | WLV at SHU | D | £5.0 | 5.15 |
66 | 13 | Richarlison | EVE at TOT | F | £8.0 | 5.15 |
67 | 25 | Matt Ritchie | NEW at WHU | M | £5.0 | 5.14 |
68 | 22 | Ruben Vinagre | WLV at SHU | D | £4.5 | 5.12 |
69 | 23 | Lucas Digne | EVE at TOT | D | £6.0 | 5.11 |
70 | 26 | Fabinho | LIV v. LEE | M | £5.5 | 5.11 |
71 | 9 | Kasper Schmeichel | LEI at WBA | G | £5.5 | 5.08 |
72 | 24 | Antonio Rudiger | CHE at BHA | D | £5.0 | 5.06 |
73 | 27 | Tomas Soucek | WHU v. NEW | M | £5.0 | 5.05 |
74 | 28 | Moussa Djenepo | SOU at CRY | M | £5.5 | 5.02 |
75 | 14 | Che Adams | SOU at CRY | F | £6.0 | 4.99 |
76 | 29 | Pablo Fornals | WHU v. NEW | M | £6.5 | 4.97 |
77 | 30 | Adama Traore | WLV at SHU | M | £6.5 | 4.95 |
78 | 15 | Callum Wilson | NEW at WHU | F | £6.5 | 4.94 |
79 | 31 | Mark Noble | WHU v. NEW | M | £5.0 | 4.92 |
80 | 32 | Youri Tielemans | LEI at WBA | M | £6.5 | 4.91 |
81 | 25 | Willy Boly | WLV at SHU | D | £5.5 | 4.91 |
82 | 16 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | EVE at TOT | F | £7.0 | 4.89 |
83 | 26 | Ryan Fredericks | WHU v. NEW | D | £4.5 | 4.89 |
84 | 27 | Scott Dann | CRY v. SOU | D | £4.5 | 4.85 |
85 | 28 | Jack O'Connell | SHU v. WLV | D | £5.0 | 4.83 |
86 | 29 | Issa Diop | WHU v. NEW | D | £4.5 | 4.82 |
87 | 30 | Gabriel | ARS at FUL | D | £5.0 | 4.82 |
88 | 31 | John Egan | SHU v. WLV | D | £5.0 | 4.80 |
89 | 33 | John Fleck | SHU v. WLV | M | £6.0 | 4.79 |
90 | 32 | Kyle Walker-Peters | SOU at CRY | D | £4.5 | 4.77 |
91 | 33 | Caglar Soyuncu | LEI at WBA | D | £5.5 | 4.76 |
92 | 34 | Nathan Redmond | SOU at CRY | M | £6.5 | 4.75 |
93 | 35 | Matthew Phillips | WBA v. LEI | M | £5.5 | 4.72 |
94 | 36 | Jorginho | CHE at BHA | M | £5.0 | 4.72 |
95 | 37 | John Lundstram | SHU v. WLV | M | £5.5 | 4.71 |
96 | 38 | Wilfried Zaha | CRY v. SOU | M | £7.0 | 4.71 |
97 | 34 | William Saliba | ARS at FUL | D | £4.5 | 4.70 |
98 | 35 | Chris Basham | SHU v. WLV | D | £5.0 | 4.69 |
99 | 39 | Andros Townsend | CRY v. SOU | M | £6.0 | 4.67 |
100 | 36 | Jamal Lewis | NEW at WHU | D | £4.5 | 4.65 |
101 | 40 | N'Golo Kante | CHE at BHA | M | £5.0 | 4.64 |
102 | 17 | Jordan Ayew | CRY v. SOU | F | £6.0 | 4.64 |
103 | 41 | James Ward-Prowse | SOU at CRY | M | £6.0 | 4.60 |
104 | 37 | Jan Bednarek | SOU at CRY | D | £4.5 | 4.60 |
105 | 38 | Mohammed Salisu | SOU at CRY | D | £4.5 | 4.59 |
106 | 18 | Oliver McBurnie | SHU v. WLV | F | £6.0 | 4.59 |
107 | 39 | Conor Coady | WLV at SHU | D | £5.0 | 4.58 |
108 | 40 | Kurt Zouma | CHE at BHA | D | £5.0 | 4.58 |
109 | 41 | Federico Fernandez | NEW at WHU | D | £5.0 | 4.55 |
110 | 42 | Joel Ward | CRY v. SOU | D | £4.5 | 4.55 |
111 | 43 | Joe Bryan | FUL v. ARS | D | £5.0 | 4.53 |
112 | 42 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | CHE at BHA | M | £6.0 | 4.51 |
113 | 44 | Tariq Lamptey | BHA v. CHE | D | £4.5 | 4.49 |
114 | 43 | Joao Moutinho | WLV at SHU | M | £5.5 | 4.48 |
115 | 45 | Angelo Ogbonna | WHU v. NEW | D | £5.0 | 4.47 |
116 | 44 | Solomon March | BHA v. CHE | M | £5.0 | 4.47 |
117 | 45 | Miguel Almiron | NEW at WHU | M | £6.0 | 4.47 |
118 | 19 | David McGoldrick | SHU v. WLV | F | £5.5 | 4.47 |
119 | 10 | Lukasz Fabianski | WHU v. NEW | G | £5.0 | 4.42 |
120 | 46 | Dennis Praet | LEI at WBA | M | £5.5 | 4.42 |
121 | 47 | Pablo Hernandez | LEE at LIV | M | £6.0 | 4.41 |
122 | 48 | Anthony Knockaert | FUL v. ARS | M | £5.5 | 4.40 |
123 | 46 | Darnell Furlong | WBA v. LEI | D | £4.5 | 4.33 |
124 | 49 | Tom Cairney | FUL v. ARS | M | £5.5 | 4.22 |
125 | 47 | Yerry Mina | EVE at TOT | D | £5.5 | 4.20 |
126 | 20 | Patrick Bamford | LEE at LIV | F | £5.5 | 4.17 |
127 | 50 | Granit Xhaka | ARS at FUL | M | £5.5 | 4.12 |
128 | 48 | Javier Manquillo | NEW at WHU | D | £4.5 | 4.11 |
129 | 21 | Rodrigo | LEE at LIV | F | £6.0 | 4.08 |
130 | 51 | Moussa Sissoko | TOT v. EVE | M | £5.0 | 4.08 |
131 | 49 | Jamaal Lascelles | NEW at WHU | D | £4.5 | 4.07 |
132 | 52 | Ruben Neves | WLV at SHU | M | £5.5 | 4.07 |
133 | 53 | Oliver Norwood | SHU v. WLV | M | £5.0 | 4.05 |
134 | 54 | Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg | TOT v. EVE | M | £5.0 | 4.04 |
135 | 50 | Semi Ajayi | WBA v. LEI | D | £5.0 | 4.00 |
136 | 55 | Alexis Mac Allister | BHA v. CHE | M | £5.5 | 4.00 |
137 | 56 | Leander Dendoncker | WLV at SHU | M | £5.0 | 3.95 |
138 | 51 | Conor Townsend | WBA v. LEI | D | £4.5 | 3.95 |
139 | 52 | Seamus Coleman | EVE at TOT | D | £5.0 | 3.95 |
140 | 57 | Isaac Hayden | NEW at WHU | M | £5.0 | 3.94 |
141 | 53 | Ben White | BHA v. CHE | D | £4.5 | 3.93 |
142 | 58 | Declan Rice | WHU v. NEW | M | £5.0 | 3.92 |
143 | 22 | Bobby Decordova-Reid | FUL v. ARS | F | £5.5 | 3.91 |
144 | 54 | Kyle Bartley | WBA v. LEI | D | £4.5 | 3.90 |
145 | 55 | Michael Keane | EVE at TOT | D | £5.0 | 3.89 |
146 | 59 | Alex Iwobi | EVE at TOT | M | £6.0 | 3.89 |
147 | 56 | Stuart Dallas | LEE at LIV | D | £4.5 | 3.87 |
148 | 60 | James McArthur | CRY v. SOU | M | £5.5 | 3.87 |
149 | 57 | Dan Burn | BHA v. CHE | D | £4.5 | 3.85 |
150 | 58 | Michael Hector | FUL v. ARS | D | £4.5 | 3.84 |
151 | 61 | Anthony Gordon | EVE at TOT | M | £4.5 | 3.79 |
152 | 59 | Denis Odoi | FUL v. ARS | D | - | 3.78 |
153 | 62 | Yves Bissouma | BHA v. CHE | M | £4.5 | 3.77 |
154 | 63 | Jack Harrison | LEE at LIV | M | £5.5 | 3.74 |
155 | 64 | Allan | EVE at TOT | M | £5.5 | 3.71 |
156 | 11 | Karl Darlow | NEW at WHU | G | £5.0 | 3.69 |
157 | 65 | Wilfred Ndidi | LEI at WBA | M | £5.0 | 3.68 |
158 | 60 | Luke Ayling | LEE at LIV | D | £4.5 | 3.65 |
159 | 66 | Jake Livermore | WBA v. LEI | M | £5.0 | 3.64 |
160 | 67 | Cheikhou Kouyate | CRY v. SOU | M | £5.0 | 3.58 |
161 | 68 | Oriol Romeu | SOU at CRY | M | £4.5 | 3.57 |
162 | 61 | Joel Veltman | BHA v. CHE | D | £4.5 | 3.51 |
163 | 62 | Tim Ream | FUL v. ARS | D | £4.5 | 3.50 |
164 | 63 | Barry Douglas | LEE at LIV | D | £4.0 | 3.45 |
165 | 69 | Dale Stephens | BHA v. CHE | M | £4.5 | 3.40 |
166 | 70 | Romaine Sawyers | WBA v. LEI | M | £5.0 | 3.37 |
167 | 71 | Kalvin Phillips | LEE at LIV | M | £5.0 | 3.35 |
168 | 72 | Tom Davies | EVE at TOT | M | £5.5 | 3.30 |
169 | 64 | Robin Koch | LEE at LIV | D | £4.5 | 3.18 |
170 | 73 | Kevin McDonald | FUL v. ARS | M | £5.0 | 3.15 |
171 | 65 | Liam Cooper | LEE at LIV | D | £4.5 | 3.11 |
172 | 12 | Jordan Pickford | EVE at TOT | G | £5.0 | 3.09 |
173 | 13 | Marek Rodak | FUL v. ARS | G | £4.5 | 3.03 |
174 | 14 | Sam Johnstone | WBA v. LEI | G | £4.5 | 2.96 |
175 | 15 | Mathew Ryan | BHA v. CHE | G | £4.5 | 2.41 |
176 | 16 | Kiko Casilla | LEE at LIV | G | £4.5 | 0.34 |