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 17, 2025 11:42AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 8

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on October 17, 2025 11:42AM 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		7			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	9.0	18.5	5.82
13	6				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at WHU	F	6.1	3.4	5.81
14	7				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. AVL	F	6.8	15.4	5.78
15	8				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. BRE	F	7.7	7.2	5.77
16		8			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	6.5	6.4	5.73
17	9				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at NFO	F	7.7	61.3	5.72
18	10				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at BRN	F	5.5	1.4	5.69
19		9			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	7.4	2.5	5.68
20	11				Wilson Isidor	SUN	SUN v. WOL	F	5.6	3.3	5.67
21			1		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.3	0.5	5.66
22			2		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.0	2.2	5.66
23	12				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at TOT	F	8.7	9.2	5.63
24		10			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.0	0.5	5.56
25		11			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.9	0.1	5.52
26			3		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	4.9	0.7	5.51
27			4		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		16			Dango Ouattara	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	6.0	0.5	5.46
33	13				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. NEW	F	6.3	2.4	5.46
34		17			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	6.7	33.3	5.43
35		18			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.4	0.1	5.40
36		19			Anthony Elanga	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	6.8	4.7	5.39
37	14				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at CRY	F	7.0	3.0	5.36
38		20			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.4	3.8	5.36
39		21			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	7.0	3.9	5.36
40			5		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	5.9	18.0	5.30
41		22			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.0	0.4	5.28
42	15				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL at SUN	F	6.4	1.4	5.28
43		23			Mats Wieffer	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.1	5.26
44		24			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.0	2.3	5.24
45		25			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.7	6.8	5.24
46		26			Savinho	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	6.9	0.4	5.24
47		27			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	6.3	3.5	5.23
48		28			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		29			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.9	2.8	5.19
51		30			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	7.6	13.4	5.17
52		31			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	5.5	4.4	5.17
53		32			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	4.9	0.4	5.16
54		33			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	6.5	3.7	5.16
55		34			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.0	3.2	5.15
56		35			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	7.0	1.0	5.15
57	16				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN at LIV	F	7.3	5.1	5.14
58		36			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	6.3	1.2	5.14
59		37			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	4.0	5.13
60		38			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	4.9	0.2	5.11
61			7		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.9	5.6	5.09
62		39			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	6.5	8.6	5.08
63		40			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	5.8	14.5	5.07
64		41			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	5.07
65		42			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.0	0.4	5.04
66		43			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	6.3	1.3	5.02
67		44			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	7.0	3.1	5.01
68			8		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	6.3	29.8	4.98
69		45			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.9	2.0	4.98
70		46			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	6.9	5.3	4.97
71			9		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.1	4.1	4.94
72		47			Jhon Arias	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.2	0.2	4.94
73	17				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. CHE	F	7.4	11.9	4.94
74			10		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.1	6.9	4.92
75		48			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	5.8	32.9	4.92
76			11		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	5.6	21.5	4.90
77		49			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.3	4.88
78		50			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.3	0.4	4.85
79		51			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.4	0.6	4.85
80		52			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	5.7	6.0	4.84
81			12		Reece James	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	5.4	4.3	4.83
82		53			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.5	1.3	4.82
83		54			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.7	0.2	4.82
84		55			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.5	0.0	4.80
85		56			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.4	0.1	4.79
86		57			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	5.9	0.3	4.78
87		58			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	6.0	3.5	4.77
88		59			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.8	2.3	4.77
89			13		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.0	2.5	4.77
90		60			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	8.1	14.1	4.77
91	18				Beto	EVE	EVE at MCI	F	5.3	4.1	4.73
92			14		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	4.9	31.0	4.72
93		61			Jacob Bruun Larsen	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.3	0.0	4.71
94			15		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.0	5.6	4.71
95			16		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	4.5	3.1	4.69
96		62			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	5.7	0.4	4.69
97		63			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.8	0.6	4.68
98		64			Nico Gonzalez	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	5.9	0.1	4.68
99		65			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	6.5	1.6	4.66
100		66			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	7.4	3.5	4.65
101		67			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.0	2.0	4.64
102		68			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	5.4	1.4	4.64
103			17		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.5	0.2	4.61
104			18		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	5.1	7.4	4.60
105		69			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.9	1.0	4.59
106		70			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	6.5	2.1	4.58
107				1	David Raya	ARS	ARS at FUL	G	5.7	27.9	4.57
108			19		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	5.4	2.3	4.56
109			20		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	5.0	25.2	4.56
110		71			Chemsdine Talbi	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.2	4.55
111		72			Andre	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.53
112		73			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	4.8	0.1	4.53
113			21		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	4.9	1.2	4.52
114		74			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	4.9	0.0	4.51
115			22		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	6.1	21.9	4.51
116			23		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.8	4.3	4.49
117		75			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	5.4	0.7	4.49
118		76			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.0	3.7	4.47
119			24		Rodrigo Gomes	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.47
120		77			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.5	0.1	4.47
121			25		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	6.0	12.6	4.44
122			26		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	6.1	27.8	4.43
123	19				Armando Broja	BRN	BRN v. LEE	F	5.3	0.1	4.42
124			27		Conor Bradley	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.0	0.1	4.41
125		78			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.39
126		79			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.0	0.0	4.39
127			28		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.9	1.2	4.38
128		80			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.0	0.2	4.37
129			29		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.5	3.2	4.36
130			30		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.5	0.3	4.34
131		81			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.3	0.1	4.34
132		82			Bertrand Traore	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.5	0.0	4.33
133			31		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	3.7	4.31
134		83			James Garner	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.0	1.0	4.29
135		84			Jack Harrison	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.2	0.1	4.29
136		85			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	6.5	10.7	4.25
137		86			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.4	0.1	4.25
138			32		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.4	0.1	4.24
139		87			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	4.9	0.6	4.24
140			33		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	5.1	7.3	4.23
141		88			Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	6.4	0.3	4.22
142		89			Mason Mount	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	5.9	0.3	4.22
143			34		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.0	13.5	4.19
144			35		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.3	6.8	4.19
145			36		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.5	4.3	4.18
146			37		Axel Tuanzebe	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	3.9	1.8	4.18
147		90			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	4.9	0.1	4.16
148				2	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. LEE	G	4.0	34.1	4.10
149			38		Bafode Diakite	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	0.5	4.09
150		91			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.0	0.4	4.09
151			39		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.5	0.4	4.09
152				3	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. BOU	G	5.0	7.9	4.08
153		92			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.1	4.08
154			40		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	0.1	4.07
155		93			Tom Cairney	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	4.9	0.0	4.06
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	4.05
158			41		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.4	0.1	4.01
159			42		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.0	0.5	3.98
160			43		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	4.9	0.6	3.97
161				6	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. AVL	G	5.1	11.9	3.97
162			44		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.8	4.7	3.96
163				7	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU v. BRE	G	4.3	2.2	3.96
164			45		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.4	1.5	3.91
165		94			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.0	0.0	3.90
166		95			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	3.87
167			46		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	4.5	2.1	3.87
168		96			Douglas Luiz	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.0	0.0	3.86
169			47		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	5.3	5.2	3.82
170			48		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.0	3.82
171			49		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	5.0	2.6	3.81
172			50		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	2.1	3.79
173			51		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.4	0.1	3.79
174		97			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	4.9	0.1	3.76
175			52		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	0.2	3.73
176				8	Giorgi Mamardashvili	LIV	LIV v. MUN	G	4.3	0.7	3.65
177			53		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.5	0.6	3.63
178			54		Arthur Masuaku	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	3.9	0.6	3.63
179			55		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.4	0.1	3.62
180			56		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.1	5.4	3.60
181			57		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.5	1.9	3.57
182			58		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.5	4.1	3.55
183			59		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	4.8	33.9	3.53
184			60		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	5.5	7.7	3.52
185			61		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.5	0.3	3.51
186				9	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at CRY	G	4.5	5.7	3.49
187			62		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.0	3.44
188			63		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.4	0.9	3.40
189				10	Sam Johnstone	WOL	WOL at SUN	G	4.5	0.1	3.40
190				11	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at NFO	G	4.9	14.7	3.39
191				12	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at BRN	G	4.0	2.5	3.34
192				13	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at WHU	G	4.5	8.1	3.33
193				14	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. CHE	G	4.9	10.5	3.30
194			64		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	5.0	2.8	3.27
195			65		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.6	5.4	3.26
196			66		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	4.5	1.0	3.25
197			67		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	4.4	0.1	3.24
198			68		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.0	0.7	3.21
199			69		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	5.1	8.5	3.19
200		98			Josh King	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	4.5	4.0	3.11
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			70		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	2.0	3.10
204			71		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.4	4.4	3.09
205			72		Oleksandr Zinchenko	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.9	0.3	3.07
206			73		Aaron Hickey	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.0	0.4	3.02
207			74		Issa Diop	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.4	0.1	3.02
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			75		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	4.9	0.2	2.95
211			76		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			77		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			78		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.4	0.3	2.74
216			79		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.5	1.2	2.66
217			80		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.5	0.5	2.50
218			81		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	0.0	2.40
219			82		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	5.0	0.5	2.25
220			83		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	0.3	2.17