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), Jérémy Doku (MCI). 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.
— Onside (onsidearena.com), predictions graded in public.
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#1 · DIFFERENTIAL
Phil Foden
Manchester City · MID · £7.0m
5.6 PPG
#2 · DIFFERENTIAL
James Maddison
Tottenham · MID · £6.5m
5.2 PPG
#3 · DIFFERENTIAL
Jérémy Doku
Manchester City · MID · £7.5m
5.0 PPG
The full board
1MID£7.0m5.6
Phil Foden · Manchester City
Under-priced after quiet 25/26
2MID£6.5m5.2
James Maddison · Tottenham
Deep-lying playmaker
3MID£7.5m5.0
Jérémy Doku · Manchester City
Pace + dribble engine
4
MID£7.0m5.0
Dominik Szoboszlai · Liverpool
Direct FK + inside-right channel
5
MID£6.5m5.0
Pedro Neto · Chelsea
Differential winger · Alonso system fit
6MID£5.5m4.8
Groß · Brighton
3.95 xA — Brighton’s set-piece taker
7
MID£8.0m4.6
Morgan Gibbs-White · Nottingham Forest
Direct FKs + corners
8MID£5.5m4.5
Pascal Groß · Brighton
Brighton penalty taker #1 · 9.2% owned
9MID£6.5m4.4
Rayan · Bournemouth
3.5% owned · second-priciest at the club
10
MID£6.0m4.4
Marcus Tavernier · Bournemouth
Corners + budget-mid
11
MID£5.5m4.4
Granit Xhaka · Sunderland
Captain · direct FK taker
12
MID£6.0m4.4
Iliman Ndiaye · Everton
Set-piece taker + AM
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 · penalties #2
16MID£6.0m4.1
Kevin Schade · Brentford
2.1% owned
17
MID£5.5m4.0
Ethan Ampadu · Leeds United
Captain · corner taker
18MID£5.0m4.0
Jack Rudoni · Coventry City
Direct free kicks #1 · corners
19MID£5.5m4.0
Jaden Philogene · Ipswich Town
Corners #1 · penalties #3
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£5.0m3.6
Mohamed Belloumi · Hull City
Free kicks #2 · corners #2 · 3.12 shots per 90
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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