Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

West Ham and Jarrod Bowen open the 25/26 season against Sunderland, and find themselves high up the Gameweek 1 FPL rankings, even in some captain discussions.

Updated on August 15, 2025 11:43AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on August 15, 2025 11:43AM EST

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)

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

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 1 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. BOU	M	14.5	54.6	9.31
2		2			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	10.0	17.0	8.11
3	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at WOL	F	14.0	23.9	8.10
4		3			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	10.5	63.4	7.96
5		4			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	8.5	35.1	7.79
6		5			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	7.5	7.2	7.66
7		6			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	1.2	7.52
8		7			Brennan Johnson	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	7.0	3.1	7.47
9	2				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU at SUN	F	8.0	18.0	7.36
10		8			Omar Marmoush	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	8.5	11.7	7.29
11	3				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL v. NEW	F	9.0	27.3	7.15
12		9			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	7.9	7.10
13			1		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	5.5	21.8	7.06
14	4				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. BOU	F	8.5	14.4	6.94
15		10			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.5	1.1	6.78
16	5				Niclas Fullkrug	WHU	WHU at SUN	F	6.0	3.8	6.61
17		11			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	7.0	9.2	6.54
18	6				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. BRE	F	7.5	13.4	6.54
19		12			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	6.0	0.3	6.47
20		13			Daniel James	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.5	6.47
21		14			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.0	1.3	6.41
22			2		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	0.5	6.40
23		15			Wilfried Gnonto	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.4	6.39
24	7				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE v. CRY	F	7.5	56.8	6.38
25			3		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	31.4	6.35
26			4		Rayan Ait-Nouri	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	6.0	20.3	6.34
27			5		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	26.6	6.33
28		16			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	7.5	5.3	6.32
29		17			Donyell Malen	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.5	2.1	6.30
30		18			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	6.5	25.3	6.28
31	8				Dominic Solanke	TOT	TOT v. BRN	F	7.5	5.1	6.28
32		19			Gabriel Martinelli	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	7.0	1.5	6.28
33		20			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	6.5	1.7	6.27
34			6		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	7.9	6.23
35		21			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.5	7.3	6.23
36	9				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at MUN	F	9.0	25.8	6.22
37		22			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	0.6	6.21
38		23			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	7.5	1.5	6.17
39		24			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	6.0	1.2	6.16
40		25			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.0	2.8	6.15
41		26			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.2	6.12
42		27			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	7.0	3.9	6.09
43		28			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	8.0	8.0	6.09
44		29			Jamie Gittens	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	6.5	0.3	6.06
45			7		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	5.0	0.4	6.05
46			8		Reece James	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.5	5.1	6.04
47		30			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.0	1.4	6.00
48		31			Eberechi Eze	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	7.5	10.5	5.95
49		32			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	2.6	5.94
50		33			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	6.0	1.3	5.93
51	10				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL at BHA	F	6.5	2.3	5.92
52		34			Fabio Carvalho	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.3	5.91
53		35			John McGinn	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.5	0.7	5.89
54			9		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	4.5	1.2	5.88
55			10		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	0.9	5.85
56		36			Matt O'Riley	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.5	0.1	5.84
57			11		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	6.0	18.6	5.82
58		37			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	9.0	22.1	5.81
59		38			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	6.0	1.2	5.80
60		39			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	6.5	5.4	5.78
61		40			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	6.0	0.5	5.75
62			12		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	7.1	5.75
63			13		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.0	2.9	5.70
64		41			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.1	5.67
65	11				Joel Piroe	LEE	LEE v. EVE	F	5.5	2.2	5.66
66		42			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	6.5	12.7	5.66
67				1	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. BOU	G	5.5	11.3	5.65
68		43			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	8.0	14.2	5.64
69	12				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at CHE	F	7.5	9.3	5.63
70		44			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	7.0	5.0	5.58
71			14		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	5.5	2.2	5.57
72			15		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.5	8.6	5.53
73			16		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	5.0	3.3	5.50
74		45			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.5	1.7	5.49
75		46			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	8.0	3.2	5.47
76		47			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	6.5	2.1	5.45
77		48			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	6.5	3.6	5.43
78		49			David Brooks	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	5.39
79		50			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	5.39
80		51			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	6.5	3.1	5.38
81	13				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL v. MCI	F	6.5	5.0	5.37
82		52			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	5.5	18.2	5.35
83			17		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	6.0	18.0	5.35
84	14				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at LIV	F	7.0	2.0	5.34
85		53			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	0.4	5.33
86		54			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.5	0.3	5.32
87	15				Beto	EVE	EVE at LEE	F	5.5	9.3	5.31
88			18		Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	5.5	4.2	5.29
89			19		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.0	10.4	5.28
90			20		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	23.4	5.25
91			21		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	5.5	2.9	5.25
92			22		Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	6.8	5.24
93			23		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	4.5	27.5	5.22
94				2	James Trafford	MCI	MCI at WOL	G	5.0	1.8	5.20
95	16				Eliezer Mayenda	SUN	SUN v. WHU	F	5.5	0.3	5.19
96			24		Manuel Akanji	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	0.8	5.19
97		55			James Ward-Prowse	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	6.0	0.4	5.18
98		56			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	6.5	7.7	5.17
99			25		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.0	1.0	5.17
100			26		Ola Aina	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.0	15.4	5.15
101		57			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	6.5	1.6	5.11
102			27		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	2.9	5.10
103		58			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	0.8	5.09
104			28		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.5	0.2	5.04
105			29		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.0	1.2	5.04
106			30		Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	4.5	1.2	5.03
107			31		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.5	10.5	5.01
108			32		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	1.8	5.00
109				3	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE v. CRY	G	5.0	25.1	5.00
110		59			Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	4.99
111		60			Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.1	4.98
112			33		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.0	0.6	4.96
113		61			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	6.0	2.3	4.93
114			34		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.3	4.92
115		62			Josh King	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	4.5	0.8	4.90
116			35		Adam Aznou	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	4.5	0.1	4.90
117				4	David Raya	ARS	ARS at MUN	G	5.5	16.3	4.90
118			36		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	6.8	4.87
119			37		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	4.5	0.4	4.85
120			38		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.2	4.85
121			39		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.5	2.1	4.85
122			40		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.2	4.84
123			41		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.4	4.83
124			42		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.1	4.83
125			43		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	6.0	13.2	4.83
126			44		Nayef Aguerd	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.82
127		63			Hannibal	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.1	4.80
128		64			Freddie Potts	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	4.5	0.8	4.80
129		65			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.0	4.79
130			45		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.5	0.2	4.75
131			46		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.5	7.1	4.74
132	17				Thiago	BRE	BRE at NFO	F	6.0	0.9	4.72
133				5	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. BRN	G	5.0	4.1	4.70
134		66			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	1.7	4.69
135		67			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	5.5	7.2	4.66
136			47		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.2	4.66
137		68			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	5.5	2.1	4.61
138			48		Jean-Clair Todibo	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.60
139		69			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.5	0.4	4.60
140			49		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	1.2	4.59
141		70			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.0	0.5	4.57
142			50		Ki-Jana Hoever	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.0	2.4	4.55
143			51		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	5.0	1.8	4.55
144				6	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU at SUN	G	4.5	5.0	4.51
145			52		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.5	7.5	4.50
146			53		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.1	4.49
147				7	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. BRE	G	5.0	21.2	4.44
148			54		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	23.4	4.42
149			55		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.5	1.9	4.41
150			56		Valentino Livramento	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	3.6	4.40
151			57		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.7	4.40
152		71			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.5	0.2	4.39
153			58		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	1.2	4.39
154			59		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	0.5	4.38
155			60		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.5	2.5	4.36
156		72			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	5.0	4.33
157		73			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	4.31
158			61		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	0.5	4.29
159			62		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	4.5	12.7	4.29
160			63		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.0	2.3	4.28
161		74			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	5.5	2.0	4.28
162		75			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	0.3	4.26
163		76			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	0.2	4.25
164			64		Rico Henry	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.2	4.25
165		77			Mats Wieffer	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	0.1	4.24
166			65		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.4	4.17
167		78			Casemiro	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	5.5	0.2	4.14
168		79			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	4.12
169			66		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	2.9	4.12
170		80			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	5.0	0.1	4.10
171		81			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	2.8	4.09
172				8	Lucas Perri	LEE	LEE v. EVE	G	4.5	0.3	4.09
173			67		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.0	7.1	4.09
174		82			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	5.0	0.6	4.09
175			68		Bafode Diakite	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.1	4.08
176		83			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	4.07
177			69		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	5.0	1.4	4.06
178			70		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.5	4.04
179			71		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	0.2	4.04
180			72		Matt Doherty	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.2	4.01
181			73		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	3.5	4.00
182		84			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	0.0	3.98
183				9	Jason Steele	BHA	BHA v. FUL	G	4.5	0.5	3.97
184			74		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	1.4	3.96
185		85			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.5	0.1	3.96
186			75		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.0	1.0	3.95
187		86			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.95
188		87			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.0	0.2	3.92
189		88			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.1	3.91
190			76		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	4.5	1.5	3.90
191		89			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	3.89
192		90			James Garner	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.0	0.1	3.86
193		91			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	5.5	5.4	3.86
194		92			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.0	3.85
195		93			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	3.84
196	18				Lyle Foster	BRN	BRN at TOT	F	5.0	0.3	3.80
197		94			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.0	3.79
198		95			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.0	3.77
199			77		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	20.5	3.77
200				10	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at LEE	G	5.5	11.7	3.75
201		96			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.72
202			78		Jenson Seelt	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.0	0.3	3.70
203			79		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.2	3.69
204		97			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	0.2	3.67
205			80		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	0.2	3.67
206		98			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.3	3.67
207			81		Emmanuel Agbadou	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.3	3.61
208			82		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.7	3.54
209			83		Toti Gomes	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.2	3.54
210				11	Marco Bizot	AVL	AVL v. NEW	G	4.5	0.3	3.47
211		99			Andre	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	3.46
212				12	Max Weiss	BRN	BRN at TOT	G	4.5	0.2	3.29
213				13	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at NFO	G	4.5	12.5	2.89
214				14	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. WHU	G	4.5	0.2	2.78
215				15	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL at BHA	G	5.0	1.7	2.54
216				16	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY at CHE	G	5.0	6.8	2.31
217				17	Andre Onana	MUN	MUN v. ARS	G	5.0	0.1	2.29
218				18	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at AVL	G	5.0	3.4	2.06
219				19	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at LIV	G	4.5	3.2	1.91
220				20	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL v. MCI	G	4.5	2.1	1.54