This article is part of our Fantasy Premier League Rankings series.
The rankings below are for Gameweek 3 of the Premier League only, they are not meant to be used for season-long consideration. They were done with a concentration on standard season-long scoring, though they should be applicable to most daily formats as well.If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, or hit up our rankers on Twitter: Andrew M. Laird, Mike Gottlieb, Nick Pitner and Chris Mosinski.
Gameweek 3 Fixtures
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| Out or Doubtful | Questionable to Play |
| Gameweek 3 Forwards | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Sergio Aguero | | at | 79 | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Diego Costa |
| 2 | Diego Costa | | at | 75 | Wayne Rooney | Wayne Rooney | Diego Costa | Sergio Aguero |
| 3 | Wayne Rooney | | v. | 72 | Diego Costa | Diego Costa | Wayne Rooney | Harry Kane |
| 4 | Bafetimbi Gomis | | at | 63 | Olivier Giroud | Christian Benteke | Bafetimbi Gomis | Bafetimbi Gomis |
| 5 | Olivier Giroud | | v. | 62 | Bafetimbi Gomis | Olivier Giroud | Harry Kane | Wayne Rooney |
| 6 | Harry Kane | | at | 62 | Christian Benteke | Diafra Sakho | Olivier Giroud | Christian Benteke |
| 7 | Christian Benteke | | at | 60 | Harry Kane | Harry Kane | Graziano Pelle | Olivier Giroud |
| 8 | Diafra Sakho | | v. | 51 | Diafra Sakho | Bafetimbi Gomis | Christian Benteke | Shinji Okazaki |
| 9 | Graziano Pelle | | at | 47 | Shinji Okazaki | Graziano Pelle | Jamie Vardy | Diafra Sakho |
| 10 | Mame Diouf | | at | 35 | Graziano Pelle | Mame Diouf | Diafra Sakho | Troy Deeney |
| 11 | Shinji Okazaki | | v. | 33 | Troy Deeney | Troy Deeney | Romelu Lukaku | Graziano Pelle |
| 12 | Troy Deeney | | v. | 31 | Connor Wickham | Cameron Jerome | Mame Diouf | Callum Wilson |
| 13 | Callum Wilson | | at | 28 | Mame Diouf | Saido Berahino | Shinji Okazaki | Cameron Jerome |
| 14 | Cameron Jerome | | v. | 27 | Cameron Jerome | Rickie Lambert | Callum Wilson | Mame Diouf |
| 15 | Connor Wickham | | v. | 18 | Callum Wilson | Callum Wilson | Odion Ighalo | Jordan Ayew |
| 16 | Jamie Vardy | | v. | 15 | Jermain Defoe | Jermain Defoe | Connor Wickham | Jeremain Lens |
| 17 | Romelu Lukaku | | at | 13 | Papiss Cisse | Marco Arnautovic | Saido Berahino | Rickie Lambert |
| 18 | Saido Berahino | | v. | 13 | Romelu Lukaku | Papiss Cisse | Cameron Jerome | Jamie Vardy |
| 19 | Rickie Lambert | | v. | 11 | Jordan Ayew | Connor Wickham | Jordan Ayew | Connor Wickham |
| 20 | Jordan Ayew | | at | 10 | Saido Berahino | Jeremain Lens | Papiss Cisse | Papiss Cisse |
| Gameweek 3 Midfielders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Alexis Sanchez | | v. | 77 | Memphis Depay | Alexis Sanchez | Memphis Depay | Memphis Depay |
| 2 | Eden Hazard | | at | 71 | Alexis Sanchez | Eden Hazard | Alexis Sanchez | Alexis Sanchez |
| 3 | Memphis Depay | | v. | 69 | David Silva | David SIlva | Eden Hazard | David Silva |
| 4 | David Silva | | v. | 69 | Eden Hazard | Yaya Toure | Andre Ayew | Eden Hazard |
| 5 | Yaya Toure | | v. | 62 | Yaya Toure | Andre Ayew | Dimitri Payet | Yaya Toure |
| 6 | Dimitri Payet | | v. | 61 | Dimitri Payet | Dimitri Payet | David Silva | Dimitri Payet |
| 7 | Andre Ayew | | at | 61 | Andre Ayew | Mesut Ozil | Riyad Mahrez | Andre Ayew |
| 8 | Riyad Mahrez | | v. | 50 | Mesut Ozil | Phillipe Coutinho | Yaya Toure | Christian Eriksen |
| 9 | Mesut Ozil | | v. | 47 | Riyad Mahrez | Riyad Mahrez | Aaron Ramsey | Riyad Mahrez |
| 10 | Christian Eriksen | | at | 35 | Yohan Cabaye | Sadio Mane | Christian Eriksen | Yohan Cabaye |
| 11 | Nathan Redmond | | v. | 32 | Nathan Redmond | Nathan Redmond | Mesut Ozil | Mesut Ozil |
| 12 | Jason Puncheon | | v. | 28 | Juan Mata | Memphis Depay | Nathan Redmond | Matt Ritchie |
| 13 | Philippe Coutinho | | at | 27 | Jason Puncheon | Jason Puncheon | Cesc Fabregas | Gylfi Sigurdsson |
| 14 | Sadio Mane | | at | 24 | Matt Ritchie | Ross Barkley | Jason Puncheon | Sadio Mane |
| 15 | Yohan Cabaye | | v. | 22 | Cesc Fabregas | Christian Eriksen | Philippe Coutinho | Juan Mata |
| 16 | Juan Mata | | v. | 18 | Christian Eriksen | Yannick Bolasie | Nacer Chadlii | Jason Puncheon |
| 17 | Matt Ritchie | | at | 18 | Philippe Coutinho | Wilfried Zaha | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Phillipe Coutinho |
| 18 | Cesc Fabregas | | at | 16 | Sadio Mane | Ibrahim Afellay | Juan Mata | Nathan Redmond |
| 19 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | | at | 14 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Georginio Wijnaldum | Sadio Mane | Cesc Fabregas |
| 20 | Aaron Ramsey | | v. | 12 | Santi Cazorla | Matt Ritchie | Matt Ritchie | Ibrahim Afellay |
| Gameweek 3 Defenders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Matteo Darmian | | v. | 80 | Matteo Darmian | Matteo Darmian | Matteo Darmian | Matteo Darmian |
| 2 | Aleksandar Kolarov | | v. | 73 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aaron Cresswell | Branislav Ivanovic |
| 3 | Kyle Naughton | | at | 63 | Kyle Naughton | Kyle Naughton | Aleksandar Kolarov | Kyle Naughton |
| 4 | Branislav Ivanovic | | at | 62 | Hector Bellerin | Cedric Soares | Branislav Ivanovic | Aleksandar Kolarov |
| 5 | Luke Shaw | | v. | 55 | Aaron Cresswell | Papa Souare | Hector Bellerin | Hector Bellerin |
| 6 | Hector Bellerin | | v. | 49 | Luke Shaw | Carl Jenkinson | Ashley Williams | Seamus Coleman |
| 7 | Cedric Soares | | at | 49 | Vincent Kompany | Luke Shaw | Cedric Soares | Luke Shaw |
| 8 | Aaron Cresswell | | v. | 46 | Branislav Ivanovic | Branislav Ivanovic | Vincent Kompany | Cedric Soares |
| 9 | Pape Souare | | v. | 40 | Pape Souare | Seamus Coleman | Luke Shaw | Pape Souare |
| 10 | Nacho Monreal | | v. | 39 | Nacho Monreal | Nacho Monreal | Joel Ward | Aaron Cresswell |
| 11 | Seamus Coleman | | at | 37 | Simon Francis | Joe Gomez | Seamus Coleman | Nacho Monreal |
| 12 | Vincent Kompany | | v. | 31 | Ashley Williams | Angelo Ogbonna | Kyle Naughton | Joel Ward |
| 13 | Ashley Williams | | at | 29 | Joel Ward | Chris Smalling | Cesar Azpilicueta | Steven Whittaker |
| 14 | Joel Ward | | v. | 28 | Erik Pieters | Eric Dier | Nacho Monreal | Chris Smalling |
| 15 | Chris Smalling | | v. | 20 | John Terry | Toby Alderweireld | Jose Fonte | Erik Peters |
| 16 | Carl Jenkinson | | v. | 15 | Cedric Soares | Scott Dann | Jordan Amavi | Ashley Williams |
| 17 | Erik Pieters | | at | 13 | Nathaniel Clyne | Leandro Bacuna | Chris Smalling | Vincent Kompany |
| 18 | Simon Francis | | at | 13 | Geoff Cameron | Simon Francis | Eric Dier | Simon Francis |
| 19 | Joe Gomez | | at | 12 | Jordan Amavi | John Terry | Sebastian Bassong | Joe Gomez |
| 20 | Angelo Ogbonna | | v. | 10 | Chris Smalling | Joleon Lescott | Miguel Layun | Angelo Ogbonna |
| Gameweek 3 Goalkeepers | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Lukasz Fabianski | | at | 37 | Sergio Romero | Lukasz Fabianski | Lukasz Fabianski | Sergio Romero |
| 2 | Sergio Romero | | v. | 36 | Lukasz Fabiabski | Thibaut Courtois | Thibaut Courtois | Thibaut Courtois |
| 3 | Thibaut Courtois | | at | 35 | Thibaut Courtois | Sergio Romero | Sergio Romero | Alex McCarthy |
| 4 | Darren Randolph | | v. | 24 | Petr Cech | Alex McCarthy | Darren Randolph | Lukasz Fabianski |
| 5 | Alex McCarthy | | v. | 23 | Joe Hart | Darren Randolph | Joe Hart | Darren Randolph |
| 6 | Joe Hart | | v. | 18 | Darren Randolph | Petr Cech | John Ruddy | John Ruddy |
| 7 | Petr Cech | | v. | 14 | Alex McCarthy | Boaz Myhill | Alex McCarthy | Petr Cech |
| 8 | John Ruddy | | v. | 14 | John Ruddy | Joe Hart | Petr Cech | Joe Hart |
| 9 | Artur Boruc | | at | 4 | Artur Boruc | Simon Mignolet | Jack Butland | Artur Boruc |
| 10 | Jack Butland | | at | 4 | Jack Butland | John Ruddy | Hugo Lloris | Jack Butland |
