This article is part of our Fantasy Premier League Rankings series.
We're changing things up a bit for the 2020/21 season and introducing weekly player rankings specifically for Fantrax's Premier League game. We've covered the league's official game for the past few years, and while those will certainly continue, we're going to split out rankings for Fantrax because the scoring systems are different enough where one set doesn't do the game justice.
Similar to our season-long rankings, the weekly Fantrax lists will be based on my individual player projections, though only players expected to start are included. 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.
In addition to a projected score and rank, I've also done the same for "floor" points, which are fantasy points minus goals, assists and clean sheets. Players with higher floors are generally more reliable and consistent in their fantasy scoring, but they also don't reach their fantasy ceilings as often. So, depending on what type of player you prefer, we've included both figures. Oh, and because these are based on projected fantasy points, we can do an overall ranking to help those who want to compare a defender to a midfielder for a flex spot or formation change.
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 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 10.
- Update at 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 10: removed Stuart Armstrong and added Moussa Djenepo.
- Update at 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 11: removed Eberechi Eze and added Max Meyer
Overall Rank | Pos Rank | Floor Rank | Pos Floor Rank | Player | Matchup | Pos | Pts | Floor |
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1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Mohamed Salah | LIV v. LEE | F | 20.29 | 10.36 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Sadio Mane | LIV v. LEE | F | 19.51 | 11.14 |
3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | LIV v. LEE | D | 17.99 | 10.01 |
4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Timo Werner | CHE at BHA | F | 17.98 | 9.22 |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Michail Antonio | WHU v. NEW | M | 16.29 | 11.13 |
6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | Son Heung-Min | TOT v. EVE | F | 15.76 | 9.10 |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Willian | ARS at FUL | F | 15.48 | 11.40 |
8 | 2 | 22 | 5 | Andrew Robertson | LIV v. LEE | D | 14.98 | 7.82 |
9 | 6 | 12 | 8 | Roberto Firmino | LIV v. LEE | F | 14.87 | 9.02 |
10 | 7 | 27 | 9 | Harry Kane | TOT v. EVE | F | 14.11 | 7.36 |
11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | Jarrod Bowen | WHU v. NEW | M | 13.27 | 8.77 |
12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Naby Keita | LIV v. LEE | M | 13.25 | 10.25 |
13 | 8 | 43 | 12 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | ARS at FUL | F | 13.24 | 6.73 |
14 | 3 | 16 | 3 | Matt Doherty | TOT v. EVE | D | 13.23 | 8.43 |
15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | Callum Hudson-Odoi | CHE at BHA | F | 12.91 | 9.16 |
16 | 4 | 31 | 6 | Virgil van Dijk | LIV v. LEE | D | 12.77 | 7.28 |
17 | 5 | 18 | 4 | Marcos Alonso | CHE at BHA | D | 12.73 | 8.14 |
18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | Allan Saint-Maximin | NEW at WHU | M | 12.62 | 9.71 |
19 | 10 | 71 | 22 | Jamie Vardy | LEI at WBA | F | 11.95 | 6.04 |
20 | 11 | 42 | 11 | Kelechi Iheanacho | LEI at WBA | F | 11.93 | 6.74 |
21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | Adama Traore | WLV at SHU | F | 11.89 | 9.73 |
22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | Reece James | CHE at BHA | D | 11.87 | 8.51 |
23 | 13 | 61 | 17 | Alexandre Lacazette | ARS at FUL | F | 11.85 | 6.30 |
24 | 5 | 20 | 8 | Harvey Barnes | LEI at WBA | M | 11.30 | 7.91 |
25 | 6 | 19 | 7 | Lucas Moura | TOT v. EVE | M | 11.16 | 8.07 |
26 | 7 | 21 | 9 | Mason Mount | CHE at BHA | M | 11.05 | 7.84 |
27 | 8 | 26 | 13 | Ayoze Perez | LEI at WBA | M | 10.88 | 7.49 |
28 | 9 | 17 | 6 | Tomas Soucek | WHU v. NEW | M | 10.61 | 8.39 |
29 | 14 | 64 | 19 | Danny Ings | SOU at CRY | F | 10.50 | 6.27 |
30 | 15 | 58 | 15 | Raul Jimenez | WLV at SHU | F | 10.33 | 6.40 |
31 | 10 | 15 | 5 | Matt Ritchie | NEW at WHU | M | 10.30 | 8.47 |
32 | 7 | 36 | 8 | Romain Saiss | WLV at SHU | D | 10.25 | 7.09 |
33 | 8 | 70 | 15 | Joe Gomez | LIV v. LEE | D | 10.20 | 6.15 |
34 | 9 | 32 | 7 | Willy Boly | WLV at SHU | D | 10.15 | 7.22 |
35 | 11 | 28 | 14 | Jonjo Shelvey | NEW at WHU | M | 10.14 | 7.35 |
36 | 12 | 39 | 20 | Neeskens Kebano | FUL v. ARS | M | 9.97 | 6.94 |
37 | 13 | 47 | 24 | Leandro Trossard | BHA v. CHE | M | 9.95 | 6.65 |
38 | 10 | 37 | 9 | Jan Bednarek | SOU at CRY | D | 9.81 | 7.06 |
39 | 14 | 49 | 26 | Bukayo Saka | ARS at FUL | M | 9.80 | 6.62 |
40 | 11 | 46 | 10 | James Justin | LEI at WBA | D | 9.78 | 6.68 |
41 | 12 | 96 | 23 | Kieran Tierney | ARS at FUL | D | 9.70 | 5.16 |
42 | 13 | 50 | 11 | Scott Dann | CRY v. SOU | D | 9.66 | 6.60 |
43 | 16 | 51 | 14 | Jordan Ayew | CRY v. SOU | F | 9.65 | 6.56 |
44 | 15 | 34 | 18 | Matheus Pereira | WBA v. LEI | M | 9.64 | 7.12 |
45 | 17 | 62 | 18 | Richarlison | EVE at TOT | F | 9.61 | 6.28 |
46 | 16 | 23 | 10 | Andros Townsend | CRY v. SOU | M | 9.49 | 7.69 |
47 | 17 | 29 | 15 | James Milner | LIV v. LEE | M | 9.44 | 7.34 |
48 | 18 | 25 | 12 | Giovani Lo Celso | TOT v. EVE | M | 9.44 | 7.61 |
49 | 19 | 48 | 25 | Grady Diangana | WBA v. LEI | M | 9.39 | 6.63 |
50 | 18 | 38 | 10 | Oliver McBurnie | SHU v. WLV | F | 9.33 | 7.05 |
51 | 19 | 68 | 20 | Diogo Jota | WLV at SHU | F | 9.29 | 6.20 |
52 | 14 | 57 | 13 | Caglar Soyuncu | LEI at WBA | D | 9.28 | 6.43 |
53 | 20 | 66 | 33 | Jeffrey Schlupp | CRY v. SOU | M | 9.16 | 6.25 |
54 | 21 | 33 | 17 | Moussa Djenepo | SOU at CRY | M | 9.16 | 7.12 |
55 | 20 | 114 | 25 | Neal Maupay | BHA v. CHE | F | 9.15 | 4.68 |
56 | 15 | 87 | 20 | Timothy Castagne | LEI at WBA | D | 9.15 | 5.55 |
57 | 16 | 84 | 18 | Eric Dier | TOT v. EVE | D | 9.14 | 5.58 |
58 | 21 | 69 | 21 | Che Adams | SOU at CRY | F | 9.13 | 6.19 |
59 | 17 | 65 | 14 | Ruben Vinagre | WLV at SHU | D | 9.03 | 6.27 |
60 | 22 | 24 | 11 | N'Golo Kante | CHE at BHA | M | 9.01 | 7.63 |
61 | 23 | 45 | 23 | Wilfried Zaha | CRY v. SOU | M | 8.70 | 6.72 |
62 | 24 | 55 | 29 | Fabinho | LIV v. LEE | M | 8.66 | 6.47 |
63 | 18 | 54 | 12 | Lucas Digne | EVE at TOT | D | 8.66 | 6.52 |
64 | 19 | 79 | 17 | Chris Basham | SHU v. WLV | D | 8.62 | 5.91 |
65 | 20 | 91 | 22 | Ben Davies | TOT v. EVE | D | 8.52 | 5.38 |
66 | 25 | 41 | 22 | Youri Tielemans | LEI at WBA | M | 8.50 | 6.79 |
67 | 22 | 44 | 13 | David McGoldrick | SHU v. WLV | F | 8.50 | 6.73 |
68 | 21 | 77 | 16 | Joel Ward | CRY v. SOU | D | 8.42 | 5.95 |
69 | 22 | 85 | 19 | Jack O'Connell | SHU v. WLV | D | 8.29 | 5.58 |
70 | 26 | 35 | 19 | James Ward-Prowse | SOU at CRY | M | 8.19 | 7.11 |
71 | 27 | 67 | 34 | Mark Noble | WHU v. NEW | M | 8.09 | 6.23 |
72 | 23 | 122 | 34 | Toby Alderweireld | TOT v. EVE | D | 8.06 | 4.45 |
73 | 24 | 97 | 24 | John Egan | SHU v. WLV | D | 8.00 | 5.03 |
74 | 1 | 111 | 2 | Vicente Guaita | CRY v. SOU | G | 7.94 | 4.74 |
75 | 25 | 90 | 21 | Kurt Zouma | CHE at BHA | D | 7.93 | 5.53 |
76 | 28 | 59 | 31 | Nathan Redmond | SOU at CRY | M | 7.91 | 6.38 |
77 | 26 | 100 | 26 | Ryan Bertrand | SOU at CRY | D | 7.83 | 5.01 |
78 | 23 | 107 | 23 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | EVE at TOT | F | 7.83 | 4.89 |
79 | 29 | 52 | 27 | Solomon March | BHA v. CHE | M | 7.81 | 6.55 |
80 | 30 | 88 | 46 | Pablo Fornals | WHU v. NEW | M | 7.79 | 5.54 |
81 | 27 | 132 | 39 | Enda Stevens | SHU v. WLV | D | 7.79 | 4.12 |
82 | 24 | 108 | 24 | Callum Wilson | NEW at WHU | F | 7.75 | 4.87 |
83 | 31 | 75 | 38 | Pablo Hernandez | LEE at LIV | M | 7.70 | 5.96 |
84 | 25 | 134 | 27 | Aleksandar Mitrovic | FUL v. ARS | F | 7.70 | 4.04 |
85 | 32 | 30 | 16 | Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg | TOT v. EVE | M | 7.67 | 7.34 |
86 | 33 | 80 | 41 | Jorginho | CHE at BHA | M | 7.67 | 5.69 |
87 | 28 | 105 | 27 | Mohammed Salisu | SOU at CRY | D | 7.65 | 4.90 |
88 | 34 | 40 | 21 | Wilfred Ndidi | LEI at WBA | M | 7.52 | 6.89 |
89 | 35 | 63 | 32 | Joao Moutinho | WLV at SHU | M | 7.44 | 6.27 |
90 | 26 | 143 | 29 | Charlie Austin | WBA v. LEI | F | 7.44 | 3.93 |
91 | 29 | 124 | 35 | Antonio Rudiger | CHE at BHA | D | 7.44 | 4.38 |
92 | 30 | 115 | 30 | William Saliba | ARS at FUL | D | 7.43 | 4.68 |
93 | 36 | 82 | 43 | John Fleck | SHU v. WLV | M | 7.41 | 5.64 |
94 | 31 | 141 | 41 | George Baldock | SHU v. WLV | D | 7.41 | 3.95 |
95 | 37 | 53 | 28 | Declan Rice | WHU v. NEW | M | 7.40 | 6.53 |
96 | 38 | 72 | 35 | Anthony Knockaert | FUL v. ARS | M | 7.36 | 6.01 |
97 | 32 | 109 | 28 | Kyle Walker-Peters | SOU at CRY | D | 7.32 | 4.84 |
98 | 27 | 60 | 16 | Anthony Gordon | EVE at TOT | F | 7.27 | 6.34 |
99 | 2 | 170 | 16 | Alisson Becker | LIV v. LEE | G | 7.24 | 1.99 |
100 | 39 | 56 | 30 | James McArthur | CRY v. SOU | M | 7.23 | 6.45 |
101 | 40 | 81 | 42 | Miguel Almiron | NEW at WHU | M | 7.18 | 5.68 |
102 | 33 | 145 | 44 | Sead Kolasinac | ARS at FUL | D | 7.11 | 3.80 |
103 | 41 | 78 | 40 | Isaac Hayden | NEW at WHU | M | 7.05 | 5.94 |
104 | 34 | 118 | 32 | Ryan Fredericks | WHU v. NEW | D | 7.03 | 4.58 |
105 | 42 | 104 | 55 | Matthew Phillips | WBA v. LEI | M | 6.92 | 4.91 |
106 | 43 | 103 | 54 | John Lundstram | SHU v. WLV | M | 6.86 | 4.91 |
107 | 44 | 92 | 48 | Dennis Praet | LEI at WBA | M | 6.82 | 5.32 |
108 | 45 | 73 | 36 | Yves Bissouma | BHA v. CHE | M | 6.77 | 5.99 |
109 | 3 | 156 | 11 | Hugo Lloris | TOT v. EVE | G | 6.73 | 3.05 |
110 | 35 | 142 | 42 | Tyrick Mitchell | CRY v. SOU | D | 6.67 | 3.93 |
111 | 4 | 150 | 9 | Alex McCarthy | SOU at CRY | G | 6.62 | 3.50 |
112 | 36 | 138 | 40 | Aaron Cresswell | WHU v. NEW | D | 6.61 | 3.96 |
113 | 46 | 74 | 37 | Alex Iwobi | EVE at TOT | M | 6.54 | 5.97 |
114 | 37 | 119 | 33 | Joe Bryan | FUL v. ARS | D | 6.50 | 4.51 |
115 | 47 | 89 | 47 | Jack Harrison | LEE at LIV | M | 6.40 | 5.53 |
116 | 5 | 157 | 12 | Aaron Ramsdale | SHU v. WLV | G | 6.37 | 3.03 |
117 | 38 | 112 | 29 | Kyle Bartley | WBA v. LEI | D | 6.36 | 4.73 |
118 | 48 | 83 | 44 | Cheikhou Kouyate | CRY v. SOU | M | 6.30 | 5.64 |
119 | 6 | 136 | 7 | Lukasz Fabianski | WHU v. NEW | G | 6.27 | 4.03 |
120 | 39 | 152 | 48 | Issa Diop | WHU v. NEW | D | 6.25 | 3.46 |
121 | 40 | 146 | 45 | Federico Fernandez | NEW at WHU | D | 6.22 | 3.74 |
122 | 7 | 160 | 13 | Rui Patricio | WLV at SHU | G | 6.21 | 2.85 |
123 | 49 | 137 | 64 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | CHE at BHA | M | 6.21 | 4.02 |
124 | 50 | 110 | 57 | Tom Cairney | FUL v. ARS | M | 6.21 | 4.83 |
125 | 41 | 117 | 31 | Darnell Furlong | WBA v. LEI | D | 6.21 | 4.58 |
126 | 51 | 86 | 45 | Oliver Norwood | SHU v. WLV | M | 6.17 | 5.57 |
127 | 52 | 76 | 39 | Oriol Romeu | SOU at CRY | M | 6.11 | 5.96 |
128 | 8 | 155 | 10 | Kepa Arrizabalaga | CHE at BHA | G | 6.10 | 3.22 |
129 | 42 | 147 | 46 | Angelo Ogbonna | WHU v. NEW | D | 6.09 | 3.71 |
130 | 9 | 125 | 3 | Karl Darlow | NEW at WHU | G | 6.04 | 4.36 |
131 | 43 | 127 | 36 | Yerry Mina | EVE at TOT | D | 6.04 | 4.31 |
132 | 44 | 99 | 25 | Dan Burn | BHA v. CHE | D | 6.03 | 5.02 |
133 | 53 | 93 | 49 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | ARS at FUL | M | 5.98 | 5.29 |
134 | 28 | 133 | 26 | Rodrigo | LEE at LIV | F | 5.84 | 4.04 |
135 | 54 | 106 | 56 | Leander Dendoncker | WLV at SHU | M | 5.82 | 4.89 |
136 | 55 | 94 | 50 | Alexis Mac Allister | BHA v. CHE | M | 5.82 | 5.22 |
137 | 56 | 101 | 52 | Ruben Neves | WLV at SHU | M | 5.80 | 4.99 |
138 | 57 | 102 | 53 | Allan | EVE at TOT | M | 5.75 | 4.97 |
139 | 45 | 129 | 38 | Michael Keane | EVE at TOT | D | 5.73 | 4.24 |
140 | 58 | 113 | 58 | Moussa Sissoko | TOT v. EVE | M | 5.68 | 4.72 |
141 | 10 | 163 | 14 | Kasper Schmeichel | LEI at WBA | G | 5.65 | 2.53 |
142 | 46 | 144 | 43 | Jamaal Lascelles | NEW at WHU | D | 5.64 | 3.81 |
143 | 59 | 95 | 51 | Kalvin Phillips | LEE at LIV | M | 5.58 | 5.19 |
144 | 11 | 130 | 4 | Marek Rodak | FUL v. ARS | G | 5.55 | 4.19 |
145 | 12 | 169 | 15 | Bernd Leno | ARS at FUL | G | 5.54 | 2.10 |
146 | 13 | 131 | 5 | Jordan Pickford | EVE at TOT | G | 5.53 | 4.17 |
147 | 47 | 128 | 37 | Conor Townsend | WBA v. LEI | D | 5.51 | 4.28 |
148 | 14 | 135 | 6 | Sam Johnstone | WBA v. LEI | G | 5.39 | 4.03 |
149 | 15 | 98 | 1 | Kiko Casilla | LEE at LIV | G | 5.35 | 5.03 |
150 | 60 | 120 | 60 | Granit Xhaka | ARS at FUL | M | 5.34 | 4.50 |
151 | 29 | 139 | 28 | Bobby Decordova-Reid | FUL v. ARS | F | 5.27 | 3.95 |
152 | 48 | 167 | 57 | Gabriel | ARS at FUL | D | 5.23 | 2.28 |
153 | 49 | 148 | 47 | Ben White | BHA v. CHE | D | 5.21 | 3.62 |
154 | 61 | 123 | 62 | Jake Livermore | WBA v. LEI | M | 5.19 | 4.41 |
155 | 50 | 154 | 50 | Semi Ajayi | WBA v. LEI | D | 5.12 | 3.40 |
156 | 16 | 140 | 8 | Mathew Ryan | BHA v. CHE | G | 5.07 | 3.95 |
157 | 51 | 166 | 56 | Conor Coady | WLV at SHU | D | 5.03 | 2.34 |
158 | 62 | 126 | 63 | Stuart Dallas | LEE at LIV | M | 5.02 | 4.33 |
159 | 63 | 116 | 59 | Dale Stephens | BHA v. CHE | M | 4.97 | 4.64 |
160 | 52 | 153 | 49 | Michael Hector | FUL v. ARS | D | 4.89 | 3.45 |
161 | 53 | 161 | 53 | Jamal Lewis | NEW at WHU | D | 4.85 | 2.85 |
162 | 54 | 158 | 51 | Tariq Lamptey | BHA v. CHE | D | 4.80 | 2.98 |
163 | 64 | 121 | 61 | Max Meyer | CRY v. SOU | M | 4.79 | 4.49 |
164 | 30 | 162 | 30 | Patrick Bamford | LEE at LIV | F | 4.57 | 2.68 |
165 | 55 | 159 | 52 | Seamus Coleman | EVE at TOT | D | 4.27 | 2.90 |
166 | 56 | 168 | 58 | Javier Manquillo | NEW at WHU | D | 4.03 | 2.18 |
167 | 65 | 151 | 66 | Romaine Sawyers | WBA v. LEI | M | 3.91 | 3.49 |
168 | 66 | 149 | 65 | Tom Davies | EVE at TOT | M | 3.84 | 3.51 |
169 | 57 | 165 | 55 | Denis Odoi | FUL v. ARS | D | 3.60 | 2.37 |
170 | 58 | 164 | 54 | Joel Veltman | BHA v. CHE | D | 3.50 | 2.39 |
171 | 59 | 171 | 59 | Tim Ream | FUL v. ARS | D | 2.86 | 1.84 |
172 | 60 | 172 | 60 | Liam Cooper | LEE at LIV | D | 2.14 | 1.70 |
173 | 67 | 173 | 67 | Kevin McDonald | FUL v. ARS | M | 1.72 | 1.57 |
174 | 61 | 175 | 62 | Luke Ayling | LEE at LIV | D | 1.06 | 0.14 |
175 | 62 | 174 | 61 | Robin Koch | LEE at LIV | D | 0.68 | 0.34 |
176 | 63 | 176 | 63 | Barry Douglas | LEE at LIV | D | -0.02 | -0.26 |