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Best Premium FPL Players 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 Premium FPL Players 2026/27

The best premium FPL players for 2026/27 — the big-money names worth building around — are led by Erling Haaland (MCI), Bruno Fernandes (MUN), Bukayo Saka (ARS). 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
Erling Haaland
#1 · CAPTAIN
Erling Haaland
Manchester City · FWD · £14.0-14.5m
8.2 PPG
Bruno Fernandes
#2 · CAPTAIN
Bruno Fernandes
Manchester United · MID · £8.5-9.0m
7.5 PPG
Bukayo Saka
#3 · CAPTAIN
Bukayo Saka
Arsenal · MID · £9.5-10.0m
7.4 PPG

The full board

1
Erling Haaland · Manchester City
239 pts · 27 G · 25/26 Golden Boot
FWD£14.0-14.5m8.2
2
Bruno Fernandes · Manchester United
235 pts · 21 ast (PL record)
MID£8.5-9.0m7.5
3
Bukayo Saka · Arsenal
Penalty taker · Tier 2 GW1 captain
MID£9.5-10.0m7.4
4
Alexander Isak · Newcastle
181 pts · pens · 25/26
FWD£10.0-10.5m7.0
5
Ollie Watkins · Aston Villa
167 pts · pens · 25/26 captain
FWD£9.0m6.8
6
Matheus Cunha · Manchester United
Ex-Wolves · 12-15 G ceiling
FWD£7.5-8.5m6.4
7
Igor Thiago · Brentford
22 PL goals · 2nd Golden Boot
FWD£7.0-7.5m6.4
8
Benjamin Šeško · Manchester United
€80m REPORTED from Leipzig
FWD£7.5-8.0m6.2
9
Florian Wirtz · Liverpool
Reported signing · Bundesliga creator
MID£8.0-9.5m6.2
10
Gabriel · Arsenal
200+ FPL pts in 25/26 (only DEF)
DEF£6.0m6.0
11
Cole Palmer · Chelsea
102 pts · 25/26 collapse
MID£9.5-10.5m6.0
12
Antoine Semenyo · Bournemouth
17 PL goals 25/26 · pens
FWD£7.0-7.5m6.0
13
Bryan Mbeumo · Brentford
Transfer rumours · 234 pts 24/25
MID£8.0m6.0
14
Virgil van Dijk · Liverpool
Captain · set-piece target
DEF£6.0m5.8
15
Joao Pedro · Brighton
Pens · lead striker (if stays)
FWD£7.5-8.0m5.8
16
Joško Gvardiol · Manchester City
Attacking LCB · best CS baseline
DEF£6.0m5.7
17
Reece James · Chelsea
Captain · elite RB output
DEF£5.5-6.0m5.6
18
Mohammed Kudus · Tottenham
Ex-West Ham · floating AM
MID£7.0-8.0m5.6
19
Marc Guéhi · Crystal Palace
150+ pts at sub-£5.5m · best PPM
DEF£4.5-5.5m5.4
20
David Raya · Arsenal
PL Golden Glove contender
GK£5.5m4.8
21
Cristian Romero · Tottenham
Captain · set-piece target
DEF£5.5m4.8
22
Emiliano Martínez · Aston Villa
Save points + bonus floor
GK£5.0-5.5m4.6
23
Jordan Pickford · Everton
Save-point engine · 84% percentile
GK£5.0m4.6
24
Nick Pope · Newcastle
Save-point engine
GK£5.0m4.4
25
Dean Henderson · Crystal Palace
Captain · save engine
GK£5.0m4.4

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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