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Best Budget FPL Defenders 2026/27

Ranked by Onside's model on projected points per £m. Build your spine from these, then spend the savings on a premium captain.
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Best Budget FPL Defenders 2026/27

The best budget FPL defenders for 2026/27 — cheap, attacking, nailed starters by projected points per £m — are led by Calafiori (ARS), Antonee Robinson (FUL), Matty Cash (AVL). Every pick below is ranked by the model's projected points for 2026/27, with price, position and the one-line case for each. The FPL 2026/27 season starts 21 August 2026.

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#1 · VALUE
Calafiori
Arsenal · DEF · £5.5m
5.0 PPG
Antonee Robinson
#2 · VALUE
Antonee Robinson
Fulham · DEF · £4.5m
4.8 PPG
#3 · VALUE
Matty Cash
Aston Villa · DEF · £4.5m
4.6 PPG

The full board

1
Calafiori · Arsenal
3.36 xG last season — a defender
DEF£5.5m5.0
2Antonee Robinson
Antonee Robinson · Fulham
Consensus budget attacking-FB
DEF£4.5m4.8
3
Matty Cash · Aston Villa
2.94 xA — most of any Villa defender
DEF£4.5m4.6
4Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson · Tottenham
Bosman from Liverpool
DEF£4.5m4.6
5Lewis Hall
Lewis Hall · Newcastle
Corners (post-Gordon)
DEF£5.0m4.6
6Nathan Collins
Nathan Collins · Brentford
Captain · set-piece target
DEF£5.5m4.6
7James Tarkowski
James Tarkowski · Everton
150+ pts at sub-£5m · DefCon king
DEF£6.0m4.6
8Murillo
Murillo · Nottingham Forest
18 bonus + 1.05 DC/start 25/26
DEF£5.5m4.6
9
Daniel Muñoz · Crystal Palace
11.6% owned — the most-owned Palace asset
DEF£5.5m4.4
10Trai Hume
Trai Hume · Sunderland
Attacking RB · set-piece adder
DEF£4.5m4.0
11
Ryan Giles · Hull City
Direct free kicks #1 · corners #1 · £4.0m
DEF£4.0m3.8
12
Leif Davis · Ipswich Town
Corners + direct free kicks · £4.0m
DEF£4.0m3.6

Season-long projected points-per-game from Onside's model. Official FPL 2026/27 prices are live in-game (confirmed 22 July) — squad picking is open ahead of the GW1 deadline, Friday 21 August 18:30 UK.

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