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FPL 2026/27

The new bonus rules,
priced in points

Clearances, blocks and interceptions now earn 1 BPS per 3 actions instead of 1 per 2. Run last season back through the new rule and the biggest loser is Senesi, down 59 BPS across the season. Everyone below is a defender who was rewarded for exactly the thing that just got harder.

WHAT THIS PAGE DOES NOT CLAIM

Two of the three bonus changes are not quantified here. Removing the penalty for being tackled would need times-dribbled-past, and the goalkeeper save rework would need shot classification and big-chance flags. FPL publishes neither. We would rather show one number we can stand behind than three where two are guesses.

SEASON BPS LOST — CLEARANCES RULE ONLY

TOP 30
  1. 1
    Senesi
    TOT · DEF · £6.0m · 357 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -59
    178 → 119 BPS
  2. 2Virgil van Dijk
    Virgil
    LIV · DEF · £6.5m · 329 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -55
    164 → 109 BPS
  3. 3James Tarkowski
    Tarkowski
    EVE · DEF · £6.0m · 325 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -54
    162 → 108 BPS
  4. 4
    Lacroix
    CRY · DEF · £6.0m · 310 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -52
    155 → 103 BPS
  5. 5
    Andersen
    FUL · DEF · £5.0m · 284 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -48
    142 → 94 BPS
  6. 6Nathan Collins
    Collins
    BRE · DEF · £5.5m · 287 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -48
    143 → 95 BPS
  7. 7
    Alderete
    SUN · DEF · £5.0m · 280 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -47
    140 → 93 BPS
  8. 8
    Milenković
    NFO · DEF · £5.5m · 281 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -47
    140 → 93 BPS
  9. 9
    Keane
    EVE · DEF · £5.0m · 265 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -44
    132 → 88 BPS
  10. 10
    Van Hecke
    TOT · DEF · £5.0m · 264 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -44
    132 → 88 BPS
  11. 11
    Richards
    CRY · DEF · £5.0m · 257 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -43
    128 → 85 BPS
  12. 12Pascal Struijk
    Struijk
    BHA · DEF · £5.0m · 258 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -43
    129 → 86 BPS
  13. 13
    Thiaw
    NEW · DEF · £5.0m · 248 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -42
    124 → 82 BPS
  14. 14
    Van den Berg
    BRE · DEF · £5.0m · 249 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -41
    124 → 83 BPS
  15. 15
    Gabriel
    ARS · DEF · £8.0m · 239 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -40
    119 → 79 BPS
  16. 16
    Chalobah
    CHE · DEF · £5.5m · 230 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -39
    115 → 76 BPS
  17. 17
    Rodon
    LEE · DEF · £4.5m · 237 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -39
    118 → 79 BPS
  18. 18Marc Guéhi
    Guéhi
    MCI · DEF · £6.0m · 232 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -39
    116 → 77 BPS
  19. 19
    Ballard
    SUN · DEF · £5.0m · 231 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -38
    115 → 77 BPS
  20. 20
    Hill
    BOU · DEF · £5.5m · 221 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -37
    110 → 73 BPS
  21. 21Nordi Mukiele
    Mukiele
    SUN · DEF · £5.5m · 204 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -34
    102 → 68 BPS
  22. 22
    Bijol
    LEE · DEF · £5.0m · 194 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -33
    97 → 64 BPS
  23. 23
    Truffert
    BOU · DEF · £5.5m · 199 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -33
    99 → 66 BPS
  24. 24
    Dunk
    BHA · DEF · £4.5m · 196 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -33
    98 → 65 BPS
  25. 25
    Botman
    NEW · DEF · £5.0m · 195 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -32
    97 → 65 BPS
  26. 26
    Murillo
    NFO · DEF · £5.5m · 188 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -32
    94 → 62 BPS
  27. 27
    Fofana
    CHE · DEF · £5.0m · 187 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -31
    93 → 62 BPS
  28. 28
    Burn
    NEW · DEF · £5.0m · 185 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -31
    92 → 61 BPS
  29. 29
    Mykolenko
    EVE · DEF · £4.5m · 183 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -30
    91 → 61 BPS
  30. 30
    O'Brien
    EVE · DEF · £5.0m · 174 clearances, blocks and interceptions
    -29
    87 → 58 BPS

2025/26 season totals recomputed under the 2026/27 clearances rule. BPS is not points — it decides who gets the 3, 2 and 1 bonus in each match. Snapshot 2026-07-27.

FULL DEFCON PROJECTIONSTHE PRICE TRAPS

QUESTIONS

What changed in the FPL bonus point system for 2026/27?

Three things. Clearances, blocks and interceptions now earn 1 BPS per 3 actions instead of 1 per 2. Players are no longer penalised 1 BPS for being tackled. And goalkeepers now earn a flat 2 BPS for every save, plus an extra 1 for saving a big chance, while no longer earning BPS for shots from outside the box. The stated aim was to reduce the overlap with defensive contribution points and improve the prospects of goalkeepers, full-backs and attacking players.

Why does this page only quantify one of the three changes?

Because only one is computable from data FPL publishes. The clearances change can be recalculated exactly from season totals. The tackled-penalty removal would need times-dribbled-past, and the goalkeeper rework would need shot classification and big-chance flags. FPL publishes neither, so we do not estimate them rather than presenting a guess next to a calculation.

Does this mean centre-backs are no longer worth picking?

The losses are real but modest against a season total, and they hit the players who were already the highest defensive scorers. The bigger question for 2026/27 is whether defensive contribution volume repeats at all, given that the rules around it changed and a number of managers did too.