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 11, 2025 11:07AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on August 11, 2025 11:07AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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	55.5	9.31
2		2			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	10.0	16.7	8.11
3	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at WOL	F	14.0	21.8	7.99
4		3			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	10.5	55.9	7.96
5		4			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	8.5	33.7	7.79
6		5			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	7.5	5.6	7.66
7		6			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	1.1	7.44
8		7			Brennan Johnson	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	7.0	3.8	7.38
9	2				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU at SUN	F	8.0	19.5	7.36
10		8			Omar Marmoush	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	8.5	13.3	7.20
11	3				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL v. NEW	F	9.0	19.2	7.15
12			1		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	5.5	12.4	7.02
13		9			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	8.1	7.02
14	4				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. BOU	F	8.5	9.8	6.94
15		10			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	0.6	6.72
16	5				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. BRN	F	6.5	1.1	6.70
17	6				Niclas Fullkrug	WHU	WHU at SUN	F	6.0	2.7	6.61
18		11			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	7.0	20.0	6.54
19	7				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. BRE	F	7.5	15.3	6.54
20		12			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	6.0	0.3	6.47
21		13			Daniel James	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.7	6.47
22		14			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.5	1.3	6.46
23		15			Wilfried Gnonto	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.5	6.39
24	8				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE v. CRY	F	7.5	54.0	6.38
25		16			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.0	1.3	6.38
26			2		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	0.5	6.37
27			3		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	28.1	6.35
28			4		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	30.5	6.33
29		17			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	7.5	4.9	6.32
30		18			Donyell Malen	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.5	2.8	6.30
31			5		Rayan Ait-Nouri	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	6.0	22.3	6.29
32		19			Gabriel Martinelli	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	7.0	1.4	6.28
33			6		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	4.9	6.23
34	9				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at MUN	F	9.0	25.4	6.22
35		20			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	6.5	24.0	6.22
36		21			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.5	6.2	6.20
37		22			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.2	6.17
38		23			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	6.0	1.1	6.16
39		24			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	8.0	9.8	6.12
40		25			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.0	2.2	6.10
41		26			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	7.0	4.0	6.09
42		27			Jamie Gittens	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	6.5	0.3	6.06
43			7		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	5.0	0.5	6.05
44			8		Reece James	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.5	4.7	6.04
45		28			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	6.5	1.5	6.01
46		29			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	2.9	5.98
47		30			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	6.0	0.6	5.96
48		31			Eberechi Eze	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	7.5	9.4	5.95
49		32			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.5	0.1	5.94
50		33			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	6.0	1.6	5.93
51			9		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	6.0	17.1	5.91
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	0.6	5.89
54			10		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	4.5	0.6	5.86
55			11		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	0.9	5.85
56		36			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	9.0	16.3	5.84
57			12		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	6.0	18.7	5.82
58		37			Matt O'Riley	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.5	0.1	5.81
59		38			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	6.0	1.2	5.80
60		39			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	6.0	0.7	5.79
61		40			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	6.5	3.9	5.78
62			13		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	9.1	5.75
63		41			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	6.5	12.7	5.72
64			14		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.0	2.4	5.70
65		42			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	8.0	16.5	5.67
66		43			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.1	5.67
67	10				Joel Piroe	LEE	LEE v. EVE	F	5.5	2.8	5.66
68				1	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. BOU	G	5.5	11.1	5.65
69	11				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at CHE	F	7.5	7.2	5.63
70	12				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL at BHA	F	6.5	2.3	5.63
71		44			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	7.0	5.0	5.61
72			15		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	5.5	2.3	5.57
73			16		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.5	8.8	5.53
74		45			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.5	2.3	5.49
75			17		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	5.0	1.8	5.49
76		46			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	8.0	3.3	5.47
77		47			Anthony Elanga	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	7.0	9.1	5.47
78		48			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	6.5	1.9	5.45
79		49			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	6.5	3.8	5.43
80		50			David Brooks	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	5.41
81		51			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	6.5	3.5	5.40
82		52			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	5.39
83	13				Beto	EVE	EVE at LEE	F	5.5	12.0	5.38
84	14				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at LIV	F	7.0	2.4	5.38
85	15				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL v. MCI	F	6.5	5.4	5.37
86			18		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	6.0	20.9	5.35
87		53			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.5	0.4	5.34
88		54			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	0.8	5.33
89		55			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	5.5	9.0	5.31
90			19		Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	5.5	5.0	5.29
91			20		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.0	6.4	5.28
92			21		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	6.0	24.2	5.25
93			22		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. BOU	D	5.5	2.9	5.25
94			23		Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	7.6	5.22
95			24		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. BRN	D	4.5	20.3	5.21
96				2	Ederson	MCI	MCI at WOL	G	5.5	3.7	5.20
97	16				Eliezer Mayenda	SUN	SUN v. WHU	F	5.5	0.4	5.19
98		56			James Ward-Prowse	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	6.0	0.4	5.18
99		57			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	6.5	7.4	5.17
100			25		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	5.0	0.9	5.17
101			26		Ola Aina	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.0	17.1	5.15
102		58			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. BOU	M	6.5	1.5	5.11
103			27		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at WOL	D	5.5	2.6	5.08
104		59			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI at WOL	M	6.5	0.7	5.06
105			28		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.5	0.2	5.04
106			29		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.0	1.1	5.04
107			30		Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	CHE v. CRY	D	4.5	0.6	5.03
108			31		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.5	9.4	5.01
109			32		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	1.7	5.00
110				3	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE v. CRY	G	5.0	17.9	5.00
111		60			Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	4.99
112			33		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.0	0.4	4.98
113		61			Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.2	4.98
114		62			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	6.0	1.9	4.93
115			34		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.4	4.92
116			35		Adam Aznou	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	4.5	0.1	4.91
117				4	David Raya	ARS	ARS at MUN	G	5.5	17.6	4.90
118			36		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	6.3	4.89
119			37		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.5	2.5	4.86
120			38		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.5	4.85
121			39		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.2	4.84
122			40		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.4	4.83
123			41		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at MUN	D	6.0	13.7	4.83
124			42		Nayef Aguerd	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.82
125		63			Hannibal	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.2	4.80
126		64			Freddie Potts	WHU	WHU at SUN	M	4.5	0.8	4.80
127		65			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	4.79
128		66			Josh King	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	4.5	0.5	4.77
129			43		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.5	0.2	4.75
130			44		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. BRE	D	5.5	5.1	4.74
131	17				Thiago	BRE	BRE at NFO	F	6.0	1.2	4.72
132		67			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.5	1.5	4.71
133				5	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. BRN	G	5.0	3.4	4.70
134		68			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	5.5	5.6	4.66
135		69			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at MUN	M	5.5	1.9	4.61
136		70			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	0.1	4.60
137			45		Jean-Clair Todibo	WHU	WHU at SUN	D	4.5	0.1	4.60
138			46		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.2	4.59
139		71			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	6.0	0.5	4.59
140			47		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	1.2	4.58
141		72			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.5	0.3	4.57
142			48		Ki-Jana Hoever	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.0	2.7	4.55
143			49		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	5.0	1.8	4.55
144				6	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU at SUN	G	4.5	5.3	4.51
145			50		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.5	5.6	4.51
146			51		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.1	4.49
147				7	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. BRE	G	5.0	18.9	4.44
148			52		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	23.8	4.42
149			53		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.5	2.1	4.41
150			54		Valentino Livramento	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	4.0	4.41
151			55		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	1.1	4.40
152			56		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. FUL	D	4.5	1.1	4.38
153			57		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	0.4	4.38
154		73			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. BRN	M	5.5	0.1	4.37
155			58		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.5	2.4	4.37
156		74			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	4.31
157			59		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL v. NEW	D	4.5	0.5	4.29
158		75			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at AVL	M	5.5	2.2	4.29
159			60		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	4.5	13.1	4.29
160			61		Jarrad Branthwaite	EVE	EVE at LEE	D	5.5	1.9	4.28
161			62		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE v. EVE	D	4.0	1.7	4.28
162		76			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	0.2	4.26
163			63		Rico Henry	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.2	4.25
164		77			Mats Wieffer	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	0.1	4.24
165		78			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. FUL	M	5.0	0.2	4.24
166			64		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at NFO	D	4.5	0.4	4.17
167		79			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	4.12
168		80			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	5.0	0.1	4.10
169		81			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	2.4	4.09
170				8	Lucas Perri	LEE	LEE v. EVE	G	4.5	0.3	4.09
171			65		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.0	7.7	4.09
172		82			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY at CHE	M	5.0	0.5	4.09
173			66		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	1.5	4.07
174		83			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	4.07
175			67		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	5.0	1.1	4.07
176			68		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	0.2	4.05
177			69		Matt Doherty	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.2	4.01
178			70		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL at BHA	D	4.5	0.4	4.01
179			71		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	3.2	4.00
180		84			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.0	0.1	3.98
181				9	Jason Steele	BHA	BHA v. FUL	G	4.5	0.5	3.97
182			72		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN v. ARS	D	4.5	1.3	3.97
183		85			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN v. WHU	M	5.5	0.1	3.96
184			73		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	5.0	1.1	3.95
185		86			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.1	3.92
186		87			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL v. NEW	M	5.0	0.2	3.92
187		88			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	3.90
188			74		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY at CHE	D	4.5	1.2	3.90
189		89			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.88
190		90			James Garner	EVE	EVE at LEE	M	5.0	0.1	3.87
191		91			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE v. CRY	M	5.5	6.6	3.86
192		92			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.0	3.85
193		93			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	3.84
194			75		James Hill	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.0	0.8	3.84
195		94			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN v. ARS	M	5.0	0.9	3.83
196	18				Lyle Foster	BRN	BRN at TOT	F	5.0	0.3	3.80
197		95			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	3.79
198		96			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN at TOT	M	5.0	0.1	3.77
199			76		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	15.2	3.77
200				10	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at LEE	G	5.5	12.0	3.75
201			77		Jenson Seelt	SUN	SUN v. WHU	D	4.0	0.4	3.70
202			78		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.2	3.69
203		97			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	0.3	3.67
204			79		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN at TOT	D	4.0	0.2	3.67
205		98			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL at BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.67
206		99			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at LIV	M	5.0	0.2	3.66
207			80		Emmanuel Agbadou	WOL	WOL v. MCI	D	4.5	0.3	3.61
208			81		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at LIV	D	4.5	0.7	3.55
209			82		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		100			Andre	WOL	WOL v. MCI	M	5.5	0.1	3.46
212				12	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN at TOT	G	4.0	26.7	3.29
213				13	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at NFO	G	4.5	24.4	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	4.5	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	3.7	2.06
219				19	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at LIV	G	4.5	3.8	1.91
220				20	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL v. MCI	G	4.5	2.3	1.54