2025-26 · FPL Season in Review

The Season That Was

Frozen on 2026-05-25 15:28 UTC. 38 gameweeks, 841 players, 1,005 goals, 34,382 points awarded.

Player of the Season

🏆
Haaland
Erling Haaland
239total points
  • Goals27
  • Assists8
  • Bonus43
  • Mins2,953

Top 10 by points

  1. 1 Haaland 239
  2. 2 B.Fernandes 235
  3. 3 Gabriel 209
  4. 4 Semenyo 202
  5. 5 Gibbs-White 188
  6. 6 Bowen 187
  7. 7 Rice 184
  8. 8 Thiago 181
  9. 9 Anderson 180
  10. 10 Guéhi 179

Best XI of the Season

The mathematically optimal XI under FPL rules — £100m budget, valid formation, max three per club, captain's points doubled. Solver chose 3-4-3, spending £86.7m, racking up 2380 points.

Raya 162 £6.2m · ARS
Senesi 175 £5.2m · BOU
Guéhi 179 £5.1m · MCI
Gabriel 209 £7.3m · ARS
Semenyo 202 £8.1m · MCI
B.Fernandes 235 £10.4m · MUN
Gibbs-White 188 £7.5m · NFO
Rice 184 £7.2m · ARS
Thiago 181 £7.3m · BRE
C Haaland 239 £14.7m · MCI
Bowen 187 £7.7m · WHU
Best XI on a £83m budget

Same problem, tighter cap. Optimal formation: 4-4-2, 2360 points, £82.5m spent.

Raya 162 £6.2m · ARS
Senesi 175 £5.2m · BOU
Truffert 165 £4.7m · BOU
Guéhi 179 £5.1m · MCI
Gabriel 209 £7.3m · ARS
Semenyo 202 £8.1m · MCI
B.Fernandes 235 £10.4m · MUN
Gibbs-White 188 £7.5m · NFO
Anderson 180 £5.6m · NFO
C Haaland 239 £14.7m · MCI
Bowen 187 £7.7m · WHU

The Awards

💰

Bargain of the Season

Truffert
35.1
points per £m at £4.7m
165 pts · 3,378 mins
🪖

Captain of the Season

Mavropanos
2
GWs as the optimal captain
66 captaincy points (doubled)
🥷

Differential King

Gibbs-White
188
points at 4.5% avg ownership
15G · 4A
📈

Glow-Up of the Season

Diakité
+14.9
points per 90 swing (H1 → H2)
3.1 → 18.0
📉

Fall From Grace

Tel
-5.4
points per 90 swing (H1 → H2)
9.5 → 4.1
💔

Heartbreak Award

João Pedro
21
most-owned blanks (45% avg own.)
cumulative-ownership-pain 986
🎢

Volatility King

Semenyo
30
price changes
20 rises, 10 falls · net +1.0m
🛡️

DC King

Anderson
515
defensive contributions
3,332 mins · 180 pts

The Points Race

Cumulative season points for the top 10. Bars fill on scroll; the first to the line wins the season.

Haaland
239
B.Fernandes
235
Gabriel
209
Semenyo
202
Gibbs-White
188
Bowen
187
Rice
184
Thiago
181
Anderson
180
Guéhi
179

Manager of the Month

Highest scorer in each calendar month, by position.

MonthGKPDEFMIDFWD
August 2025
Vicario 21
Calafiori 28
Enzo 25
João Pedro 26
September 2025
Roefs 22
Alderete 30
Gravenberch 26
Haaland 38
October 2025
Raya 18
Gabriel 30
Mbeumo 30
Haaland 23
November 2025
Verbruggen 26
Keane 30
Dewsbury-Hall 31
Thiago 32
December 2025
Pickford 33
Tarkowski 40
Foden 45
Haaland 47
January 2026
Kelleher 23
Collins 34
Wirtz 40
Thiago 35
February 2026
Henderson 27
O'Reilly 39
Semenyo 35
Gyökeres 28
March 2026
Raya 17
Gabriel 29
B.Fernandes 44
João Pedro 25
April 2026
Leno 19
Mavropanos 31
Gibbs-White 35
Bowen 26
May 2026
Raya 21
Senesi 28
B.Fernandes 31
Watkins 38

Price Drama

📈 Biggest Risers

  1. B.Fernandes +£1.4m 22 changes
  2. Gabriel +£1.3m 23 changes
  3. Thiago +£1.2m 26 changes
  4. Semenyo +£1.0m 30 changes
  5. Haaland +£0.7m 21 changes

📉 Biggest Fallers

  1. Zubimendi £-0.7m 11 changes
  2. Merino £-0.7m 11 changes
  3. Xavi £-0.7m 11 changes
  4. Strand Larsen £-0.7m 9 changes
  5. Adingra £-0.7m 7 changes

Records

Biggest Single-GW Haul

  1. J.Timber 24 GW2
  2. Van de Ven 23 GW9
  3. Lewis-Potter 21 GW17
  4. Mavropanos 21 GW32
  5. Eze 20 GW12

Longest Haul Streak (≥7 pts)

  1. Haaland 6 GW3–8
  2. João Pedro 6 GW22–27
  3. Gabriel 5 GW6–10
  4. Wilson 4 GW13–16
  5. Foden 4 GW13–16

Quirks & Trivia

⚽⚽⚽ Hat-tricks

🚫 Pen-Spot Villains

🧤 Golden Glove

🟨 Most Booked

📋 Template Lessons

The 15 most-owned players at GW1 went on to score 1878 combined points across 38 gameweeks. The crowd was right (or hilariously wrong) about:

  1. Palmer 114 pts 62.6% owned at GW1 · £10.5m
  2. João Pedro 177 pts 56.4% owned at GW1 · £7.5m
  3. M.Salah 123 pts 54.1% owned at GW1 · £14.5m
  4. Wirtz 125 pts 35.1% owned at GW1 · £8.5m
  5. Dúbravka 96 pts 33.3% owned at GW1 · £4.0m
  6. Frimpong 63 pts 31.0% owned at GW1 · £6.0m
  7. Wan-Bissaka 67 pts 27.1% owned at GW1 · £4.5m
  8. Van de Ven 116 pts 26.8% owned at GW1 · £4.5m
  9. Watkins 167 pts 26.3% owned at GW1 · £9.0m
  10. Gyökeres 128 pts 25.8% owned at GW1 · £9.0m
  11. Kudus 75 pts 25.0% owned at GW1 · £6.5m
  12. Sánchez 113 pts 24.2% owned at GW1 · £5.0m
  13. Haaland 239 pts 23.6% owned at GW1 · £14.0m
  14. Konsa 100 pts 23.6% owned at GW1 · £4.5m
  15. Virgil 175 pts 23.4% owned at GW1 · £6.0m