Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

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Updated on August 5, 2022 9:50AM EST

Welcome to RotoWire's weekly rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The players for our rankings are pulled straight from the expected XIs found on our lineups page.

If you're looking for season-long rankings, those can be found here.

MATCHES (ET)

Crystal Palace v. Arsenal
Fulham v. Liverpool
Bournemouth v. Aston Villa
Leeds v. Wolverhampton
Newcastle v. Nott'm Forest
Tottenham v. Southampton
Everton v. Chelsea
Leicester v. Brentford
Man United v. Brighton
West Ham v. Man City

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 1 Cheat Sheet

PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1		1			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	13.0	58.8	10.36
2		2			Luis Diaz	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	8.0	24.4	9.12
3			1		Trent Alexander-Arnold	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	7.5	57.0	8.70
4		3			Kevin De Bruyne	MCI	MCI at WHU	M	12.0	15.7	8.46
5		4			Son Heung-Min	TOT	TOT v. SOU	M	12.0	25.7	8.39
6		5			Riyad Mahrez	MCI	MCI at WHU	M	8.0	5.8	8.21
7			2		Andrew Robertson	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	7.0	10.9	8.03
8		6			Raheem Sterling	CHE	CHE at EVE	M	10.0	6.9	7.73
9		7			Philippe Coutinho	AVL	AVL at BOU	M	7.0	18.3	7.73
10	1				Harry Kane	TOT	TOT v. SOU	F	11.5	25.6	7.65
11	2				Gabriel Jesus	ARS	ARS at CRY	F	8.0	70.7	7.55
12			3		Reece James	CHE	CHE at EVE	D	6.0	39.7	7.49
13	3				Roberto Firmino	LIV	LIV at FUL	F	8.0	1.3	7.45
14	4				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at WHU	F	11.5	49.5	7.43
15		8			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI at WHU	M	8.0	6.2	7.42
16			4		Marcos Alonso	CHE	CHE at EVE	D	5.5	4.3	7.40
17		9			Dejan Kulusevski	TOT	TOT v. SOU	M	8.0	7.2	7.24
18		10			Leon Bailey	AVL	AVL at BOU	M	5.0	9.1	7.20
19		11			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. BHA	M	10.0	3.5	7.19
20			5		Joao Cancelo	MCI	MCI at WHU	D	7.0	45.0	7.11
21		12			Mason Mount	CHE	CHE at EVE	M	8.0	9.9	7.10
22		13			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	8.0	20.7	7.05
23			6		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW v. NOT	D	5.0	16.9	7.03
24		15			James Maddison	LEI	LEI v. BRE	M	8.0	5.6	6.99
25			7		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at BOU	D	5.0	3.9	6.77
26	5				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at BOU	F	7.5	3.8	6.75
27			8		Matt Doherty	TOT	TOT v. SOU	D	5.0	1.1	6.75
28		14			Gabriel Martinelli	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	6.0	16.7	6.74
29		16			Marcus Rashford	MUN	MUN v. BHA	M	6.5	11.7	6.61
30	6				Cristiano Ronaldo	MUN	MUN v. BHA	F	10.5	4.2	6.59
31	7				Jamie Vardy	LEI	LEI v. BRE	F	9.5	4.9	6.57
32		17			Pedro Neto	WOL	WOL at LEE	M	5.5	19.1	6.49
33			9		Joel Matip	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	6.0	2.7	6.46
34		18			Allan Saint-Maximin	NEW	NEW v. NOT	M	6.5	7.5	6.41
35			10		Ryan Sessegnon	TOT	TOT v. SOU	D	4.5	0.5	6.40
36		19			Jadon Sancho	MUN	MUN v. BHA	M	7.5	11.7	6.37
37		20			Ilkay Gundogan	MCI	MCI at WHU	M	7.5	0.9	6.35
38		21			Jesse Lingard	NOT	NOT at NEW	M	6.0	5.7	6.28
39		22			Yoane Wissa	BRE	BRE at LEI	M	5.5	0.3	6.27
40		23			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	6.5	12.6	6.23
41		24			Wilfried Zaha	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	7.0	7.4	6.18
42		25			Daniel Podence	WOL	WOL at LEE	M	5.5	0.5	6.17
43	8				Callum Wilson	NEW	NEW v. NOT	F	7.5	3.0	6.17
44			11		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at BOU	D	5.0	20.6	6.16
45			12		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV at FUL	D	6.5	13.1	6.14
46	9				Patrick Bamford	LEE	LEE v. WOL	F	7.5	1.1	6.07
47		26			Rodrigo	LEE	LEE v. WOL	M	6.0	0.6	6.04
48	10				Kai Havertz	CHE	CHE at EVE	F	8.0	4.4	6.03
49			13		Rayan Ait-Nouri	WOL	WOL at LEE	D	4.1	1.3	6.02
50			14		Oleksandr Zinchenko	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	5.0	12.8	5.99
51	11				Ivan Toney	BRE	BRE at LEI	F	7.0	5.3	5.94
52	12				Adam Armstrong	SOU	SOU at TOT	F	5.5	0.8	5.93
53			15		Jonny	WOL	WOL at LEE	D	4.5	1.2	5.92
54			16		Kyle Walker	MCI	MCI at WHU	D	5.0	7.1	5.88
55			17		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. BHA	D	5.0	1.0	5.88
56		27			Jack Harrison	LEE	LEE v. WOL	M	6.0	1.0	5.82
57		28			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW v. NOT	M	6.0	14.0	5.81
58		29			Ryan Fraser	NEW	NEW v. NOT	M	5.5	0.2	5.78
59		30			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	LEI	LEI v. BRE	M	5.0	0.9	5.75
60				1	Hugo Lloris	TOT	TOT v. SOU	G	5.5	4.9	5.71
61			18		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at EVE	D	5.0	0.8	5.70
62			19		Nathan Ake	MCI	MCI at WHU	D	5.0	0.6	5.69
63			20		Diego Carlos	AVL	AVL at BOU	D	5.0	1.2	5.65
64	13				Taiwo Awoniyi	NOT	NOT at NEW	F	6.0	1.3	5.61
65			21		Neco Williams	NOT	NOT at NEW	D	4.0	27.1	5.58
66			22		Harry Toffolo	NOT	NOT at NEW	D	4.5	0.1	5.53
67			23		Tyrone Mings	AVL	AVL at BOU	D	4.5	7.3	5.53
68				2	Alisson	LIV	LIV at FUL	G	5.5	19.3	5.51
69			24		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at WHU	D	6.0	11.4	5.44
70			25		Kalidou Koulibaly	CHE	CHE at EVE	D	5.5	7.1	5.42
71			26		Matt Targett	NEW	NEW v. NOT	D	5.0	1.4	5.35
72	14				Che Adams	SOU	SOU at TOT	F	6.5	0.8	5.27
73		31			Leandro Trossard	BHA	BHA at MUN	M	6.5	2.3	5.27
74		32			Thiago Alcantara	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	5.5	1.9	5.25
75	15				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA at MUN	F	6.5	0.4	5.25
76		33			Jordan Henderson	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	5.5	1.0	5.24
77	16				Dominic Solanke	BOU	BOU v. AVL	F	6.0	1.5	5.19
78	17				Brennan Johnson	NOT	NOT at NEW	F	6.0	2.5	5.18
79		34			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. WOL	M	5.5	0.7	5.17
80			27		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW v. NOT	D	4.5	2.9	5.16
81		35			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at BOU	M	5.5	1.9	5.10
82	18				Bryan Mbeumo	BRE	BRE at LEI	F	6.0	2.8	5.09
83			28		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN v. BHA	D	4.5	2.2	5.08
84			29		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN v. BHA	D	4.5	4.8	5.08
85		36			Jaidon Anthony	BOU	BOU v. AVL	M	5.5	0.1	5.08
86	19				Aleksandar Mitrovic	FUL	FUL v. LIV	F	6.5	7.3	5.08
87		37			Douglas Luiz	AVL	AVL at BOU	M	5.0	0.8	5.06
88			30		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	5.0	8.6	5.06
89		38			Philip Billing	BOU	BOU v. AVL	M	5.5	0.2	5.04
90		39			Ryan Christie	BOU	BOU v. AVL	M	5.5	0.1	5.01
91			31		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. SOU	D	5.0	2.6	5.00
92		40			Jordan Ayew	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	5.5	0.3	5.00
93		41			Anthony Gordon	EVE	EVE v. CHE	M	5.5	1.9	5.00
94			32		Timothy Castagne	LEI	LEI v. BRE	D	4.5	1.2	5.00
95			33		Thiago Silva	CHE	CHE at EVE	D	5.5	6.6	4.97
96			34		Nathan Patterson	EVE	EVE v. CHE	D	4.0	2.4	4.97
97			35		Aaron Hickey	BRE	BRE at LEI	D	5.0	0.3	4.97
98			36		Nathan Collins	WOL	WOL at LEE	D	4.5	0.3	4.93
99			37		Davinson Sanchez	TOT	TOT v. SOU	D	4.5	0.8	4.93
100			38		James Justin	LEI	LEI v. BRE	D	4.5	2.5	4.92
101			39		Tariq Lamptey	BHA	BHA at MUN	D	4.5	3.0	4.91
102		42			Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. MCI	M	8.5	8.1	4.91
103		43			Rodri	MCI	MCI at WHU	M	6.0	2.5	4.90
104	20				Odsonne Edouard	CRY	CRY v. ARS	F	5.5	3.4	4.90
105		44			Alexis Mac Allister	BHA	BHA at MUN	M	5.5	0.2	4.88
106			40		Harry Maguire	MUN	MUN v. BHA	D	5.0	0.9	4.87
107		45			Dele Alli	EVE	EVE v. CHE	M	5.5	0.5	4.86
108		46			Jorginho	CHE	CHE at EVE	M	6.0	1.3	4.85
109		58			Youri Tielemans	LEI	LEI v. BRE	M	6.5	2.2	4.83
110		47			James Ward-Prowse	SOU	SOU at TOT	M	6.5	9.8	4.82
111				3	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at BOU	G	5.0	5.2	4.82
112			41		Ben White	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	4.5	7.4	4.78
113			42		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE v. CHE	D	4.5	0.4	4.77
114		48			Joelinton	NEW	NEW v. NOT	M	6.0	0.6	4.77
115			43		Eric Dier	TOT	TOT v. SOU	D	5.0	3.5	4.77
116		49			Ruben Neves	WOL	WOL at LEE	M	5.5	1.5	4.77
117		50			Scott McTominay	MUN	MUN v. BHA	M	5.0	0.3	4.76
118		51			Fabinho	LIV	LIV at FUL	M	5.5	0.9	4.73
119	21				Michail Antonio	WHU	WHU v. MCI	F	7.5	4.5	4.72
120		52			Andreas Pereira	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	4.5	24.8	4.72
121			44		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW v. NOT	D	4.5	1.3	4.69
122			45		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE v. WOL	D	4.5	0.1	4.67
123		53			N'Golo Kante	CHE	CHE at EVE	M	5.0	3.1	4.65
124		54			Mohamed Elyounoussi	SOU	SOU at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	4.65
125			46		Rico Henry	BRE	BRE at LEI	D	4.5	0.7	4.63
126			47		Jonny Evans	LEI	LEI v. BRE	D	4.5	0.3	4.61
127			48		Diego Llorente	LEE	LEE v. WOL	D	4.5	0.3	4.57
128			49		Conor Coady	WOL	WOL at LEE	D	5.0	5.0	4.55
129		55			Pascal Gross	BHA	BHA at MUN	M	5.5	0.2	4.53
130		56			Pablo Fornals	WHU	WHU v. MCI	M	5.9	1.3	4.52
131			50		Ben Mee	BRE	BRE at LEI	D	4.5	0.3	4.50
132			51		Max Kilman	WOL	WOL at LEE	D	4.5	0.8	4.49
133		57			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. SOU	M	5.5	0.4	4.49
134				4	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW v. NOT	G	5.0	4.7	4.48
135		59			Nathan Redmond	SOU	SOU at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	4.46
136		60			Fred	MUN	MUN v. BHA	M	5.5	1.0	4.46
137		61			Manuel Lanzini	WHU	WHU v. MCI	M	5.5	0.3	4.44
138			52		Rasmus Kristensen	LEE	LEE v. WOL	D	5.0	0.4	4.44
139				5	Ederson	MCI	MCI at WHU	G	5.5	16.2	4.43
140			53		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	4.5	1.6	4.41
141		62			Neeskens Kebano	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	5.5	0.1	4.41
142		63			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at BOU	M	5.0	0.2	4.38
143				6	David de Gea	MUN	MUN v. BHA	G	5.0	7.4	4.38
144		64			Eberechi Eze	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	5.5	0.9	4.35
145		65			Joao Moutinho	WOL	WOL at LEE	M	5.0	2.1	4.34
146			54		Yerry Mina	EVE	EVE v. CHE	D	4.5	0.2	4.33
147		66			Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg	TOT	TOT v. SOU	M	5.5	0.9	4.32
148			55		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE v. CHE	D	4.5	0.9	4.32
149			56		Daniel Amartey	LEI	LEI v. BRE	D	4.5	0.3	4.32
150		67			Bobby Decordova-Reid	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	5.5	0.1	4.31
151		69			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE v. CHE	M	5.5	0.4	4.30
152		81			Nampalys Mendy	LEI	LEI v. BRE	M	4.5	0.6	4.29
153			57		Kyle Walker-Peters	SOU	SOU at TOT	D	4.5	1.3	4.29
154		70			Jeffrey Schlupp	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	4.28
155		71			Leander Dendoncker	WOL	WOL at LEE	M	5.0	0.2	4.28
156		72			Solomon March	BHA	BHA at MUN	M	5.0	0.1	4.26
157			58		Jordan Zemura	BOU	BOU v. AVL	D	4.5	0.1	4.26
158			59		Pontus Jansson	BRE	BRE at LEI	D	4.5	2.7	4.25
159		73			Alex Iwobi	EVE	EVE v. CHE	M	5.5	0.1	4.24
160			60		Robin Koch	LEE	LEE v. WOL	D	4.5	0.1	4.23
161		74			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at LEI	M	5.0	0.1	4.22
162		75			Mohamed Elneny	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	4.5	1.3	4.22
163			61		Wesley Fofana	LEI	LEI v. BRE	D	4.5	1.2	4.22
164		76			Moises Caicedo	BHA	BHA at MUN	M	5.0	0.1	4.21
165		77			Abdoulaye Doucoure	EVE	EVE v. CHE	M	5.5	0.2	4.20
166				7	Illan Meslier	LEE	LEE v. WOL	G	4.5	3.2	4.19
167			62		Ben Godfrey	EVE	EVE v. CHE	D	4.5	0.2	4.16
168		78			Sean Longstaff	NEW	NEW v. NOT	M	4.5	1.2	4.15
169			63		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA at MUN	D	4.5	2.0	4.13
170			64		Aaron Cresswell	WHU	WHU v. MCI	D	5.0	3.7	4.13
171			65		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU v. AVL	D	4.5	0.2	4.09
172		79			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE at LEI	M	5.5	0.1	4.07
173			66		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.5	0.1	4.07
174			67		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	4.5	1.1	4.06
175		80			Granit Xhaka	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	5.0	0.5	4.05
176			68		Mohammed Salisu	SOU	SOU at TOT	D	4.5	0.2	4.04
177			69		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA at MUN	D	4.5	0.4	4.03
178			70		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.5	0.1	4.03
179			71		Scott McKenna	NOT	NOT at NEW	D	4.5	0.2	4.02
180			72		Vladimir Coufal	WHU	WHU v. MCI	D	4.5	1.4	4.00
181		82			Lewis O'Brien	NOT	NOT at NEW	M	5.0	0.1	3.97
182			73		Adam Webster	BHA	BHA at MUN	D	4.5	0.1	3.96
183		83			Christian Norgaard	BRE	BRE at LEI	M	5.5	0.3	3.96
184			74		Steve Cook	NOT	NOT at NEW	D	4.5	0.2	3.95
185			75		Jan Bednarek	SOU	SOU at TOT	D	4.5	0.6	3.94
186			76		Joe Worrall	NOT	NOT at NEW	D	4.5	0.2	3.94
187		84			Oriol Romeu	SOU	SOU at TOT	M	5.0	0.1	3.92
188			77		Joachim Andersen	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	4.5	2.8	3.92
189		85			Cheick Doucoure	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	5.0	0.1	3.89
190			78		Joel Ward	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	4.5	0.2	3.87
191			79		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	4.5	2.5	3.82
192			80		Craig Dawson	WHU	WHU v. MCI	D	5.0	0.5	3.80
193			81		Lloyd Kelly	BOU	BOU v. AVL	D	4.5	0.1	3.78
194		86			Jack Colback	NOT	NOT at NEW	M	4.5	2.8	3.78
195		87			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. MCI	M	5.5	2.0	3.73
196			82		Lyanco	SOU	SOU at TOT	D	4.4	0.0	3.71
197			83		Chris Mepham	BOU	BOU v. AVL	D	4.5	0.1	3.63
198		88			Marc Roca	LEE	LEE v. WOL	M	5.0	0.1	3.61
199			84		Tosin Adarabioyo	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.5	0.1	3.61
200		89			Jefferson Lerma	BOU	BOU v. AVL	M	5.0	0.1	3.61
201			85		Tim Ream	FUL	FUL v. LIV	D	4.5	0.1	3.57
202			86		Kurt Zouma	WHU	WHU v. MCI	D	4.5	1.4	3.56
203		90			Tyler Adams	LEE	LEE v. WOL	M	5.0	0.2	3.56
204				8	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE v. CHE	G	4.5	5.8	3.54
205		91			Declan Rice	WHU	WHU v. MCI	M	5.0	6.5	3.49
206		92			Lewis Cook	BOU	BOU v. AVL	M	5.0	0.1	3.49
207		93			Harrison Reed	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	4.5	0.3	3.38
208		94			Joao Palhinha	FUL	FUL v. LIV	M	5.0	0.2	3.28
209				9	Edouard Mendy	CHE	CHE at EVE	G	5.0	22.2	3.23
210				10	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL at LEE	G	5.0	4.9	2.93
211				11	Aaron Ramsdale	ARS	ARS at CRY	G	5.0	12.0	2.71
212				12	Danny Ward	LEI	LEI v. BRE	G	4.0	4.3	2.24
213				13	Marek Rodak	FUL	FUL v. LIV	G	4.5	0.2	2.14
214				14	Dean Henderson	NOT	NOT at NEW	G	4.5	6.4	2.11
215				15	David Raya	BRE	BRE at LEI	G	4.5	9.9	1.98
216				16	Vicente Guaita	CRY	CRY v. ARS	G	4.5	1.8	1.91
217				17	Mark Travers	BOU	BOU v. AVL	G	4.5	0.4	1.70
218				18	Lukasz Fabianski	WHU	WHU v. MCI	G	5.0	1.3	1.51
219				19	Alex McCarthy	SOU	SOU at TOT	G	4.5	0.4	1.42
220				20	Robert Sanchez	BHA	BHA at MUN	G	4.5	13.5	1.01