Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 23

FPL GW23 rankings and projections: updated Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 23.

Updated on January 20, 2026 1:58PM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 23

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on January 20, 2026 1:58PM EST

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

NFL FANTASY AWARDS

Vote on RotoWire's first annual NFL Fantasy Awards to win a prize from your favorite team.

Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW23 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.

Join the RotoWire Soccer FPL group!

FPL GW23 FIXTURES (ET)

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

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
Fantasy Premier League: GW23 Cheat Sheet

FPL GAMEWEEK 23 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. WOL	F	15.1	74.1	8.14
2		1			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI v. WOL	M	8.6	27.6	7.27
3	2				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE v. NFO	F	7.2	36.4	6.53
4		2			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS v. MUN	M	10.1	18.6	6.43
5	3				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV at BOU	F	8.9	26.9	5.89
6		3			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV at BOU	M	7.3	5.8	5.88
7			1		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. WOL	D	5.2	7.9	5.87
8			2		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. WOL	D	5.5	4.2	5.86
9		4			Antoine Semenyo	MCI	MCI v. WOL	M	7.6	45.4	5.80
10			3		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE v. NFO	D	5.0	3.8	5.75
11		5			James Garner	EVE	EVE v. LEE	M	5.2	3.8	5.75
12			4		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE v. LEE	D	5.7	12.9	5.74
13		6			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW v. AVL	M	6.1	1.6	5.73
14		7			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at CRY	M	10.4	12.1	5.65
15	4				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN at WHU	F	5.5	0.6	5.65
16			5		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT at BRN	D	5.2	12.6	5.65
17	5				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at EVE	F	6.0	13.9	5.58
18		8			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS v. MUN	M	6.9	1.6	5.56
19			6		Marc Guehi	MCI	MCI v. WOL	D	5.3	38.1	5.53
20		9			Rodri	MCI	MCI v. WOL	M	6.3	0.4	5.52
21		10			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV at BOU	M	8.3	12.3	5.51
22			7		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW v. AVL	D	5.1	6.3	5.44
23		11			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. BHA	M	5.9	22.3	5.39
24		12			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW v. AVL	M	7.5	5.4	5.38
25		13			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW v. AVL	M	7.2	23.7	5.38
26		14			Joelinton	NEW	NEW v. AVL	M	5.9	0.4	5.36
27		15			Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT at BRN	M	6.2	0.2	5.34
28	6				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL v. BHA	F	6.2	2.1	5.31
29		16			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE v. NFO	M	7.1	2.8	5.31
30			8		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW v. AVL	D	4.9	0.4	5.30
31	7				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at NEW	F	8.8	13.5	5.30
32		17			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at ARS	M	9.2	16.2	5.27
33		18			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS v. MUN	M	7.4	29.9	5.23
34	8				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE v. LEE	F	5.7	0.7	5.21
35		19			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at EVE	M	5.4	0.8	5.20
36		20			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV at BOU	M	6.6	4.8	5.20
37			9		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT at BRN	D	5.0	3.9	5.18
38		21			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI v. WOL	M	6.4	3.0	5.17
39	9				Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT at BRN	F	6.9	0.4	5.16
40	10				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW v. AVL	F	7.2	14.8	5.13
41	11				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY v. CHE	F	7.5	10.4	5.10
42	12				Taty Castellanos	WHU	WHU v. SUN	F	5.5	0.0	5.07
43			10		Gabriel	ARS	ARS v. MUN	D	6.8	35.3	5.06
44	13				Armando Broja	BRN	BRN v. TOT	F	5.2	0.2	5.05
45		22			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN at WHU	M	5.2	7.0	5.03
46	14				Junior Kroupi	BOU	BOU v. LIV	F	4.6	4.4	5.01
47		23			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV at BOU	M	6.2	1.3	5.01
48	15				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at CRY	F	7.1	26.6	5.00
49		24			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL v. BHA	M	5.4	0.2	4.98
50			11		Nathan Patterson	EVE	EVE v. LEE	D	4.4	0.0	4.98
51		25			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at CRY	M	6.5	11.9	4.97
52		26			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO at BRE	M	4.9	0.1	4.97
53		27			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at NEW	M	7.7	31.9	4.96
54		28			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA at FUL	M	6.1	2.0	4.95
55		29			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO at BRE	M	5.3	4.4	4.94
56		30			Emiliano Buendia	AVL	AVL at NEW	M	5.3	0.3	4.94
57		31			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL at NEW	M	5.9	1.1	4.92
58		32			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at CRY	M	5.7	7.8	4.91
59		33			Conor Gallagher	TOT	TOT at BRN	M	5.5	0.1	4.88
60		34			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE v. NFO	M	5.7	0.5	4.88
61			12		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV at BOU	D	5.8	6.8	4.86
62		35			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. SUN	M	5.5	0.1	4.86
63		36			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. SUN	M	5.7	0.2	4.84
64			13		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE v. LEE	D	4.9	0.7	4.83
65			14		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN at WHU	D	4.6	3.0	4.83
66		37			Merlin Rohl	EVE	EVE v. LEE	M	5.0	0.0	4.82
67	16				Evanilson	BOU	BOU v. LIV	F	7.0	1.6	4.82
68		38			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE v. NFO	M	5.0	0.1	4.82
69		39			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA at FUL	M	5.6	0.5	4.82
70		40			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU v. LIV	M	5.0	0.2	4.80
71	17				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. SUN	F	7.6	8.1	4.80
72		41			Wilson Odobert	TOT	TOT at BRN	M	5.3	0.0	4.79
73			15		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN at WHU	D	4.5	0.4	4.77
74			16		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS v. MUN	D	6.3	28.1	4.77
75	18				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS v. MUN	F	8.7	9.3	4.75
76			17		Reece James	CHE	CHE at CRY	D	5.7	10.5	4.73
77		42			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at EVE	M	4.9	0.1	4.72
78		43			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT at BRN	M	6.5	1.1	4.72
79			18		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT at BRN	D	4.6	28.2	4.72
80		44			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at CRY	M	7.1	6.3	4.70
81		45			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN at ARS	M	8.1	10.2	4.67
82		46			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE v. NFO	M	4.9	0.3	4.67
83		47			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. TOT	M	5.0	0.0	4.65
84		48			Lewis Cook	BOU	BOU v. LIV	M	4.9	0.0	4.64
85		49			Casemiro	MUN	MUN at ARS	M	5.5	1.3	4.63
86			19		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at CRY	D	5.5	18.7	4.63
87		50			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at EVE	M	5.5	0.1	4.63
88		51			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW v. AVL	M	5.3	1.0	4.63
89			20		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. BHA	D	4.6	5.5	4.61
90			21		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN at WHU	D	4.4	11.4	4.60
91		52			Amine Adli	BOU	BOU v. LIV	M	5.4	0.0	4.59
92		53			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS v. MUN	M	5.2	2.2	4.59
93			22		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at EVE	D	3.9	3.4	4.56
94			23		Ben White	ARS	ARS v. MUN	D	5.1	0.6	4.56
95		54			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA at FUL	M	5.8	2.9	4.55
96	19				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO at BRE	F	5.8	1.0	4.55
97		55			Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE at CRY	M	6.4	0.6	4.53
98		56			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY v. CHE	M	6.3	2.0	4.53
99		57			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV at BOU	M	5.7	6.2	4.53
100		58			Archie Gray	TOT	TOT at BRN	M	4.8	0.1	4.53
101			24		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. TOT	D	3.9	8.4	4.52
102			25		Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	MCI v. WOL	D	5.4	0.3	4.51
103			26		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE v. LEE	D	4.9	0.8	4.49
104			27		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW v. AVL	D	4.9	1.3	4.48
105		59			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS v. MUN	M	7.8	2.4	4.47
106			28		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. SUN	D	4.4	0.1	4.46
107			29		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at EVE	D	3.8	4.2	4.46
108			30		Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	BRE v. NFO	D	4.4	0.2	4.46
109			31		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU v. SUN	D	4.1	3.9	4.45
110		60			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO at BRE	M	7.3	2.9	4.44
111		61			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA at FUL	M	4.5	1.3	4.44
112			32		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. BHA	D	4.9	0.8	4.43
113		62			Lesley Ugochukwu	BRN	BRN v. TOT	M	5.0	0.1	4.43
114			33		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN at WHU	D	4.1	6.5	4.42
115			34		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV at BOU	D	5.9	22.5	4.42
116		63			Tyler Dibling	EVE	EVE v. LEE	M	5.3	0.0	4.40
117			35		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. CHE	D	5.1	6.0	4.39
118		64			Pascal Gross	BHA	BHA at FUL	M	5.5	0.0	4.38
119			36		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU v. LIV	D	4.8	14.0	4.37
120		65			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO at BRE	M	5.7	0.8	4.37
121		66			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN at WHU	M	4.9	1.1	4.35
122		67			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. CHE	M	5.0	0.8	4.35
123		68			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. CHE	M	5.8	0.2	4.33
124				1	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. WOL	G	5.7	9.9	4.33
125		69			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. BHA	M	6.3	0.7	4.33
126			37		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at EVE	D	4.3	0.4	4.33
127			38		William Saliba	ARS	ARS v. MUN	D	6.0	12.1	4.32
128			39		Bashir Humphreys	BRN	BRN v. TOT	D	3.9	0.1	4.31
129		70			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE v. LEE	M	5.5	0.2	4.30
130			40		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW v. AVL	D	5.3	3.2	4.29
131		71			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. TOT	M	5.1	1.9	4.29
132			41		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE v. NFO	D	4.5	0.7	4.28
133				2	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE v. LEE	G	5.6	13.1	4.27
134		72			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA at FUL	M	4.9	0.2	4.27
135		73			Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN v. TOT	M	4.7	0.1	4.27
136		74			Kevin	FUL	FUL v. BHA	M	5.8	0.1	4.25
137				3	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE v. NFO	G	4.6	10.0	4.24
138			42		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV at BOU	D	5.4	3.5	4.23
139		75			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE v. NFO	M	4.9	0.1	4.23
140			43		Destiny Udogie	TOT	TOT at BRN	D	4.3	0.3	4.22
141			44		Murillo	NFO	NFO at BRE	D	5.2	1.9	4.20
142			45		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE at CRY	D	4.4	0.4	4.19
143			46		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. BHA	D	4.3	0.1	4.17
144		76			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN at WHU	M	5.3	0.0	4.16
145		77			Andre	WOL	WOL at MCI	M	5.3	0.1	4.15
146				4	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at EVE	G	3.9	2.0	4.15
147			47		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at CRY	D	6.0	16.0	4.14
148		78			Justin Devenny	CRY	CRY v. CHE	M	4.3	1.6	4.14
149			48		James Hill	BOU	BOU v. LIV	D	3.9	0.6	4.12
150		79			David Brooks	BOU	BOU v. LIV	M	5.0	0.2	4.12
151	20				Mateus Mane	WOL	WOL at MCI	F	4.5	1.0	4.11
152		80			Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY v. CHE	M	4.9	0.1	4.11
153		81			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN at ARS	M	6.2	1.1	4.09
154		82			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY v. CHE	M	4.7	0.1	4.06
155		83			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. BHA	M	4.9	0.1	4.00
156			49		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV at BOU	D	5.6	3.0	3.98
157			50		Jean-Clair Todibo	WHU	WHU v. SUN	D	4.3	0.1	3.98
158		84			Nicolas Dominguez	NFO	NFO at BRE	M	5.0	0.0	3.98
159			51		James Justin	LEE	LEE at EVE	D	3.9	0.3	3.96
160		85			Harrison Armstrong	EVE	EVE v. LEE	M	4.5	0.1	3.95
161			52		Axel Tuanzebe	BRN	BRN v. TOT	D	3.9	1.0	3.92
162			53		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at EVE	D	4.4	0.2	3.91
163		86			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI v. WOL	M	6.2	0.5	3.88
164				5	David Raya	ARS	ARS v. MUN	G	5.9	33.5	3.87
165		87			Ilia Gruev	LEE	LEE at EVE	M	4.7	0.1	3.85
166			54		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO at BRE	D	5.1	3.1	3.82
167		88			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at MCI	M	5.3	0.1	3.82
168	21				Tolu Arokodare	WOL	WOL at MCI	F	5.4	0.1	3.81
169			55		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL at NEW	D	4.2	0.5	3.81
170		89			Evann Guessand	AVL	AVL at NEW	M	6.2	0.0	3.80
171			56		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. CHE	D	4.4	1.9	3.80
172			57		Harry Maguire	MUN	MUN at ARS	D	4.3	0.5	3.80
173			58		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO at BRE	D	4.7	3.2	3.78
174				6	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. TOT	G	4.0	32.9	3.78
175			59		Oliver Scarles	WHU	WHU v. SUN	D	4.3	0.0	3.78
176				7	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU v. SUN	G	4.3	2.2	3.75
177				8	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW v. AVL	G	5.1	5.1	3.75
178		90			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL at MCI	M	5.6	0.1	3.74
179				9	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT at BRN	G	4.8	6.8	3.73
180			60		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. BHA	D	4.4	0.3	3.72
181		91			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN at WHU	M	4.9	0.0	3.68
182			61		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA at FUL	D	4.5	4.3	3.63
183			62		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA at FUL	D	4.3	0.1	3.62
184			63		Lucas Pires	BRN	BRN v. TOT	D	3.8	0.3	3.58
185	22				Pablo Felipe	WHU	WHU v. SUN	F	5.5	0.0	3.55
186		92			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN at ARS	M	4.6	0.4	3.54
187				10	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at CRY	G	4.9	13.5	3.53
188				11	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. BHA	G	4.9	1.7	3.47
189			64		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN at ARS	D	4.3	7.8	3.46
190				12	Alisson	LIV	LIV at BOU	G	5.4	6.2	3.46
191		93			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. SUN	M	5.5	0.1	3.43
192			65		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. CHE	D	5.0	2.1	3.42
193			66		Rico Henry	BRE	BRE v. NFO	D	4.3	0.2	3.41
194			67		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA at FUL	D	4.4	0.3	3.39
195			68		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at NEW	D	4.8	11.2	3.34
196				13	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN at WHU	G	5.0	13.1	3.28
197			69		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU v. LIV	D	4.5	1.7	3.21
198				14	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. CHE	G	5.1	7.8	3.19
199				15	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO at BRE	G	4.6	5.5	3.15
200			70		Reinildo	SUN	SUN at WHU	D	3.8	2.7	3.12
201			71		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA at FUL	D	4.5	0.9	3.12
202			72		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN at ARS	D	4.8	0.6	3.10
203			73		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. TOT	D	4.4	1.1	3.09
204				16	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at NEW	G	5.0	3.2	3.07
205			74		Ola Aina	NFO	NFO at BRE	D	4.7	1.9	2.99
206				17	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA at FUL	G	4.5	5.9	2.90
207				18	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU v. LIV	G	4.5	4.4	2.79
208			75		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at NEW	D	4.4	7.4	2.76
209				19	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at ARS	G	5.0	1.8	2.69
210			76		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL at NEW	D	4.3	0.3	2.66
211			77		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at MCI	D	4.4	0.1	2.53
212			78		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN at ARS	D	4.5	3.7	2.50
213			79		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at NEW	D	4.0	0.5	2.41
214			80		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL at MCI	D	4.3	0.1	2.25
215				20	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL at MCI	G	4.2	1.0	2.24
216			81		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at MCI	D	4.5	0.1	2.10
217			82		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at ARS	D	4.5	0.6	2.05
218			83		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU v. LIV	D	4.5	0.1	1.97
219			84		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL at MCI	D	4.3	0.1	1.90
220			85		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL at MCI	D	4.4	0.0	1.71