Fantasy Premier League Rankings: Gameweek 1

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Updated on September 10, 2020 2:22PM EST

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
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