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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 Jurriën Timber (ARS), Miloš Kerkez (BOU), Antonee Robinson (FUL). 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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Analysis by the Onside model · ensemble ML, 0.86 MAEPublic track recordMethodology
Jurriën Timber
#1 · VALUE
Jurriën Timber
Arsenal · DEF · £5.5m
5.2 PPG
Miloš Kerkez
#2 · VALUE
Miloš Kerkez
Bournemouth · DEF · £5.0-5.5m
4.8 PPG
Antonee Robinson
#3 · VALUE
Antonee Robinson
Fulham · DEF · £4.5-5.0m
4.8 PPG

The full board

1
Jurriën Timber · Arsenal
8.0 PPG · attacking FB
DEF£5.5m5.2
2
Miloš Kerkez · Bournemouth
Attacking LB (if stays)
DEF£5.0-5.5m4.8
3
Antonee Robinson · Fulham
Consensus budget attacking-FB
DEF£4.5-5.0m4.8
4
Lucas Digne · Aston Villa
Corners + attacking LB
DEF£5.5m4.7
5
Andrew Robertson · Tottenham
Bosman from Liverpool
DEF£4.5-5.0m4.6
6
Lewis Hall · Newcastle
Corners (post-Gordon)
DEF£4.5m4.6
7
Nathan Collins · Brentford
Captain · set-piece target
DEF£5.0m4.6
8
Nordi Mukiele · Brighton
3G/5A/9CS at sub-£5m
DEF£4.5m4.6
9
James Tarkowski · Everton
150+ pts at sub-£5m · DefCon king
DEF£4.5m4.6
10
Murillo · Nottingham Forest
18 bonus + 1.05 DC/start 25/26
DEF£5.0m4.6
11
Illia Zabarnyi · Bournemouth
Clean-sheet CB
DEF£4.5m4.0
12
Trai Hume · Sunderland
Attacking RB · set-piece adder
DEF£4.5m4.0
13
Pascal Struijk · Leeds United
Set-piece target
DEF£4.5m4.0
14
Cedric Kipré · Ipswich Town
€2.5m from Reims
DEF£4.0-4.5m3.6

Projected points-per-game from Onside's model. Prices are pre-season estimates; final FPL prices confirmed when the game opens (~August 2026).

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