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Best Budget FPL Midfielders 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 Midfielders 2026/27

The best budget FPL midfielders for 2026/27 — cheap midfielders our model projects to return the most points per £m — are led by Phil Foden (MCI), Morgan Rogers (AVL), James Maddison (TOT). 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
Phil Foden
#1 · DIFFERENTIAL
Phil Foden
Manchester City · MID · £8.0m
5.6 PPG
Morgan Rogers
#2 · VALUE
Morgan Rogers
Aston Villa · MID · £6.0-6.5m
5.5 PPG
James Maddison
#3 · DIFFERENTIAL
James Maddison
Tottenham · MID · £7.5m
5.2 PPG

The full board

1
Phil Foden · Manchester City
Under-priced after quiet 25/26
MID£8.0m5.6
2
Morgan Rogers · Aston Villa
8G/11A in 25/26
MID£6.0-6.5m5.5
3
James Maddison · Tottenham
Deep-lying playmaker
MID£7.5m5.2
4
Jérémy Doku · Manchester City
Pace + dribble engine
MID£6.5-7.0m5.0
5
Dominik Szoboszlai · Liverpool
Direct FK + inside-right channel
MID£6.5-7.0m5.0
6
Pedro Neto · Chelsea
Differential winger · Alonso system fit
MID£6.0-6.5m5.0
7
Bruno Guimarães · Newcastle
New pen-taker candidate
MID£6.5m5.0
8
Kaoru Mitoma · Brighton
Left-wing creative engine
MID£6.5m5.0
9
Eberechi Eze · Crystal Palace
AM (if he stays)
MID£7.5m5.0
10
Morgan Gibbs-White · Nottingham Forest
Direct FKs + corners
MID£6.5m4.6
11
Marcus Tavernier · Bournemouth
Corners + budget-mid
MID£5.5m4.4
12
Granit Xhaka · Sunderland
Captain · direct FK taker
MID£5.5m4.4
13
Andreas Pereira · Fulham
Pens + set-piece distributor
MID£5.5m4.4
14
Iliman Ndiaye · Everton
Set-piece taker + AM
MID£5.5m4.4
15
Alex Iwobi · Fulham
Corners + creative engine
MID£5.5m4.2
16
Jack Clarke · Ipswich Town
16 Championship goals 25/26
MID£6.0m4.2
17
Ethan Ampadu · Leeds United
Captain · corner taker
MID£5.0m4.0
18
Matt Grimes · Coventry City
Deep playmaker
MID£5.0m3.8
19
Liam Millar · Hull City
Left-wing creator
MID£5.0m3.4
20
Regan Slater · Hull City
Anchor midfielder
MID£4.5-5.0m3.4

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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