FPL 2026/27 · BUDGET MIDFIELDERS
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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), James Maddison (TOT), Dominik Szoboszlai (LIV). 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 is under way.
— Onside (onsidearena.com), predictions graded in public.
Analysis by the Onside model · model graded in public, ~15% more accurate than FPLPublic track recordMethodology
#1 · DIFFERENTIAL
Phil Foden
Manchester City · MID · £7.0m
5.6 PPG
#2 · DIFFERENTIAL
James Maddison
Tottenham · MID · £6.4m
5.2 PPG
#3 · DIFFERENTIAL
Dominik Szoboszlai
Liverpool · MID · £7.0m
5.0 PPG
The full board
1MID£7.0m5.6
Phil Foden · Manchester City
Under-priced after quiet 25/26
2MID£6.4m5.2
James Maddison · Tottenham
Deep-lying playmaker
3MID£7.0m5.0
Dominik Szoboszlai · Liverpool
Direct FK + inside-right channel
4
MID£6.5m5.0
Pedro Neto · Chelsea
Differential winger · Alonso system fit
5MID£6.1m4.8
Anthony Elanga · Newcastle
17 pts · club top FPL scorer · 8.1% owned
6MID£6.0m4.8
Alex Scott · Bournemouth
14 pts in two games · 1.8% owned
7MID£5.5m4.8
Groß · Brighton
3.95 xA — Brighton’s set-piece taker
8
MID£7.9m4.6
Morgan Gibbs-White · Nottingham Forest
Direct FKs + corners
9MID£5.5m4.5
Pascal Groß · Brighton
Brighton penalty taker #1 · 9.2% owned
10
MID£5.5m4.4
Granit Xhaka · Sunderland
Captain · direct FK taker
11MID£6.5m4.4
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall · Everton
180 of 180 minutes · 13 pts · 4.4% owned
12MID£6.4m4.4
Harry Wilson · Leeds United
Second-most-owned Leeds asset · 7.0%
13MID£6.5m4.3
Ouattara Dango · Brentford
Brentford's priciest midfielder after Thiago
14
MID£5.5m4.2
Alex Iwobi · Fulham
Corners + creative engine
15
MID£5.5m4.2
Jack Clarke · Ipswich Town
16 Championship goals · likely penalty taker
16MID£6.0m4.1
Kevin Schade · Brentford
2.1% owned
17MID£6.5m4.0
Rayan Rocha · Bournemouth
178 of 180 minutes · 2.5% owned · priciest midfielder at the club
18
MID£5.5m4.0
Ethan Ampadu · Leeds United
Captain · corner taker
19MID£5.0m4.0
Jack Rudoni · Coventry City
Direct free kicks #1 · corners
20MID£5.5m3.9
Victor Torp · Coventry City
Penalties #2 · free kicks #2 · corners
21
MID£5.0m3.8
Matt Grimes · Coventry City
Corners #1 · penalties #3
22MID£4.5m3.7
Matt Crooks · Hull City
Official FPL penalty taker #1
23MID£5.5m3.6
Adam Wharton · Crystal Palace
Form 3.0 · under 1% owned
24MID£5.0m3.6
Mohamed Belloumi · Hull City
Free kicks #2 · corners #2 · 3.12 shots per 90
25MID£5.5m3.4
Julio Enciso · Ipswich Town
Form 2.5 · 0.5% owned
Season-long projected points-per-game from Onside's model, re-ranked whenever prices and projections move. Official FPL 2026/27 prices are live in-game, so every figure here is the price you would actually pay.
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