Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 18

FPL GW18 rankings and projections: updated Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 18.

December 23, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 18

By:

Adam Zdroik

December 23, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW18 rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The rankings are based on predicted starting lineups, form, and upcoming fixtures, pulled directly from our lineups page.

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FPL GW18 FIXTURES (ET)

3:00 pm: Manchester United vs. Newcastle United
7:30 am: Nottingham Forest vs. Manchester City
10:00 am: Arsenal vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
10:00 am: Brentford vs. AFC Bournemouth
10:00 am: Burnley vs. Everton
10:00 am: Liverpool vs. Wolverhampton
10:00 am: West Ham United vs. Fulham
12:30 pm: Chelsea vs. Aston Villa
9:00 am: Sunderland vs. Leeds United
11:30 am: Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham Hotspur

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
Fantasy Premier League: GW18 Cheat Sheet

FPL GAMEWEEK 18 PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. WOL	F	8.6	20.1	7.61
2	2				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at NFO	F	15.0	73.5	7.59
3		1			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS v. BHA	M	10.3	22.8	7.03
4		2			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI at NFO	M	8.8	37.2	6.65
5			1		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. WOL	D	5.7	4.4	6.28
6			2		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. WOL	D	5.6	2.9	6.20
7		3			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. WOL	M	8.0	6.8	6.19
8	3				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE v. BOU	F	7.2	38.9	6.18
9		4			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI at NFO	M	6.5	5.9	6.09
10	4				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. FUL	F	7.5	6.5	5.78
11		5			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN v. NEW	M	7.9	4.2	5.76
12			3		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE v. BOU	D	4.8	0.3	5.73
13		6			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. AVL	M	10.3	11.0	5.70
14		7			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. WOL	M	6.2	1.2	5.70
15		8			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL at WHU	M	5.6	14.1	5.69
16			4		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS v. BHA	D	5.7	9.8	5.68
17			5		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. WOL	D	5.9	23.6	5.66
18			6		Conor Bradley	LIV	LIV v. WOL	D	5.0	0.2	5.60
19			7		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI at NFO	D	5.3	10.0	5.55
20	5				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL at WHU	F	6.3	2.7	5.52
21	6				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY v. TOT	F	7.8	15.7	5.52
22			8		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. LEE	D	4.6	3.4	5.49
23			9		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS v. BHA	D	6.5	33.1	5.46
24		9			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS v. BHA	M	6.9	0.8	5.42
25			10		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. WOL	D	5.4	3.0	5.42
26		10			Curtis Jones	LIV	LIV v. WOL	M	5.4	0.1	5.38
27			11		Piero Hincapie	ARS	ARS v. BHA	D	5.5	2.9	5.32
28		11			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS v. BHA	M	7.1	22.2	5.28
29			12		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at BRN	D	5.5	7.5	5.26
30				1	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. WOL	G	5.4	5.6	5.26
31	7				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at BRE	F	7.0	1.6	5.25
32	8				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at SUN	F	5.7	4.2	5.23
33	9				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS v. BHA	F	8.8	10.5	5.22
34		12			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU at BRE	M	7.5	43.2	5.21
35		13			Jack Grealish	EVE	EVE at BRN	M	6.5	10.4	5.19
36			13		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. TOT	D	5.2	7.1	5.18
37		14			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE v. BOU	M	7.0	0.7	5.18
38		15			Casemiro	MUN	MUN v. NEW	M	5.5	1.1	5.16
39		16			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. TOT	M	5.0	0.7	5.13
40	10				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE at BRN	F	5.7	0.4	5.13
41			14		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. LEE	D	4.2	6.0	5.07
42			15		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI at NFO	D	5.3	1.7	5.03
43		17			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS v. BHA	M	7.8	1.6	5.02
44	11				Richarlison	TOT	TOT at CRY	F	6.4	8.0	5.01
45			16		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at BRE	D	4.9	16.2	5.01
46			17		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE v. BOU	D	4.9	1.6	4.99
47		18			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. TOT	M	5.8	0.3	4.99
48			18		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at BRN	D	4.6	3.1	4.97
49			19		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. EVE	D	3.9	11.4	4.97
50		19			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE v. AVL	M	5.7	8.9	4.96
51		20			Lewis Miley	NEW	NEW at MUN	M	4.4	2.4	4.93
52		21			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE v. AVL	M	7.3	9.4	4.93
53		22			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at MUN	M	7.3	2.6	4.90
54	12				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE v. AVL	F	7.3	30.9	4.89
55	13				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN v. LEE	F	5.5	0.3	4.87
56			20		Reece James	CHE	CHE v. AVL	D	5.6	9.2	4.85
57		23			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at BRE	M	5.5	2.2	4.85
58	14				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW at MUN	F	7.4	18.6	4.85
59	15				Eddie Nketiah	CRY	CRY v. TOT	F	5.4	0.6	4.78
60		24			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at BRN	M	5.2	0.1	4.77
61			21		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE v. AVL	D	5.5	18.2	4.76
62		25			James Garner	EVE	EVE at BRN	M	5.0	0.5	4.76
63		26			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN v. EVE	M	5.0	1.9	4.75
64	16				Armando Broja	BRN	BRN v. EVE	F	5.2	0.1	4.74
65		27			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at CHE	M	7.1	13.2	4.73
66		28			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. FUL	M	5.5	0.1	4.73
67		29			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at MUN	M	6.0	0.8	4.73
68			22		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN v. EVE	D	3.9	0.8	4.72
69		30			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS v. BHA	M	5.2	2.3	4.66
70		31			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT at CRY	M	6.4	15.3	4.66
71	17				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN v. NEW	F	7.2	3.0	4.65
72			23		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at BRN	D	4.9	0.4	4.63
73			24		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN v. NEW	D	4.4	1.7	4.61
74		32			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL at WHU	M	5.6	0.8	4.60
75			25		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. TOT	D	4.6	4.3	4.60
76			26		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. TOT	D	5.3	40.8	4.60
77		33			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. MCI	M	5.4	5.0	4.60
78			27		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI at NFO	D	5.9	8.5	4.56
79		34			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. LEE	M	5.2	6.2	4.56
80		35			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at SUN	M	5.5	0.1	4.56
81		36			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. WOL	M	5.6	4.5	4.56
82			28		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at BRN	D	4.9	0.5	4.55
83		37			Mason Mount	MUN	MUN v. NEW	M	5.9	0.7	4.53
84		38			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE v. BOU	M	5.0	0.1	4.51
85		39			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE v. AVL	M	6.6	11.0	4.51
86		40			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE v. BOU	M	4.9	0.1	4.51
87		41			Tim Iroegbunam	EVE	EVE at BRN	M	4.8	0.0	4.50
88		42			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at SUN	M	4.8	1.7	4.49
89	18				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL at LIV	F	6.2	1.0	4.49
90			29		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. LEE	D	4.0	4.5	4.49
91		43			Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE v. AVL	M	6.4	0.6	4.47
92		44			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. EVE	M	5.2	2.5	4.46
93		45			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at MUN	M	7.0	14.7	4.46
94				2	David Raya	ARS	ARS v. BHA	G	6.0	36.5	4.45
95			30		Ayden Heaven	MUN	MUN v. NEW	D	3.8	1.5	4.44
96		46			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT at CRY	M	5.3	0.2	4.42
97			31		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. TOT	D	5.0	2.5	4.42
98		47			Kevin	FUL	FUL at WHU	M	5.8	0.1	4.42
99		48			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at MUN	M	5.3	1.0	4.42
100	19				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at CHE	F	8.5	7.6	4.41
101			32		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at SUN	D	3.9	3.6	4.40
102		49			Nico Gonzalez	MCI	MCI at NFO	M	5.9	0.1	4.40
103			33		William Saliba	ARS	ARS v. BHA	D	5.9	10.7	4.36
104		50			Lewis Cook	BOU	BOU at BRE	M	4.9	0.0	4.35
105		51			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE at BRN	M	5.5	0.1	4.34
106	20				Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT at CRY	F	6.9	0.4	4.31
107			34		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. FUL	D	4.2	0.2	4.31
108		52			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. FUL	M	5.9	1.4	4.29
109			35		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE v. BOU	D	4.5	1.2	4.28
110			36		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE v. AVL	D	6.2	23.2	4.28
111	21				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO v. MCI	F	5.8	1.2	4.27
112		53			Andre	WOL	WOL at LIV	M	5.3	0.1	4.22
113			37		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE v. AVL	D	4.4	0.4	4.21
114		54			Amadou Onana	AVL	AVL at CHE	M	4.8	0.8	4.21
115			38		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN v. NEW	D	4.1	2.2	4.20
116			39		Kevin Danso	TOT	TOT at CRY	D	4.3	0.1	4.18
117		55			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at CHE	M	4.9	0.6	4.18
118		56			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.18
119			40		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL at WHU	D	4.9	0.5	4.17
120		57			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI at NFO	M	5.2	11.9	4.16
121			41		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT at CRY	D	5.3	13.5	4.12
122		58			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. FUL	M	5.0	0.0	4.09
123		59			Omari Hutchinson	NFO	NFO v. MCI	M	5.4	0.1	4.08
124		60			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT at CRY	M	5.3	0.2	4.07
125		61			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. LEE	M	4.9	0.6	4.06
126		62			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL at CHE	M	5.9	0.7	4.03
127		63			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA at ARS	M	5.6	0.3	4.03
128		64			David Brooks	BOU	BOU at BRE	M	5.0	0.2	4.03
129				3	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at BRN	G	5.5	10.7	4.00
130			42		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW at MUN	D	5.3	1.7	3.97
131		65			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. MCI	M	5.7	0.8	3.96
132		66			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. MCI	M	7.3	3.0	3.95
133				4	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. EVE	G	4.0	33.5	3.95
134			43		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at NFO	D	5.7	6.6	3.94
135		67			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY v. TOT	M	4.7	0.1	3.94
136		68			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA at ARS	M	4.8	0.2	3.94
137				5	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. LEE	G	4.8	8.7	3.93
138		69			Freddie Potts	WHU	WHU v. FUL	M	4.4	0.7	3.91
139			44		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL at WHU	D	4.5	0.9	3.91
140			45		Nathaniel Clyne	CRY	CRY v. TOT	D	3.8	0.7	3.90
141		70			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at LIV	M	5.3	0.1	3.88
142		71			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. FUL	M	5.5	0.1	3.88
143		72			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA at ARS	M	4.9	0.2	3.87
144		73			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU at BRE	M	7.0	0.8	3.87
145				6	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU v. FUL	G	4.3	2.2	3.87
146			46		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at MUN	D	5.0	2.8	3.87
147				7	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE v. BOU	G	4.5	8.2	3.86
148				8	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI at NFO	G	5.7	10.1	3.84
149			47		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at SUN	D	4.4	0.2	3.82
150			48		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL at WHU	D	4.6	6.7	3.79
151		74			Manuel Ugarte	MUN	MUN v. NEW	M	4.7	0.1	3.78
152		75			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	3.78
153		76			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at SUN	M	4.9	0.1	3.76
154			49		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE v. BOU	D	4.5	0.7	3.76
155		77			Douglas Luiz	NFO	NFO v. MCI	M	4.9	0.0	3.75
156			50		Jean-Clair Todibo	WHU	WHU v. FUL	D	4.3	0.1	3.73
157			51		Jorge Cuenca	FUL	FUL at WHU	D	4.3	0.0	3.72
158		78			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at CHE	M	5.4	0.7	3.70
159		79			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN v. EVE	M	4.8	0.0	3.69
160			52		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT at CRY	D	4.6	28.4	3.66
161		80			Loum Tchaouna	BRN	BRN v. EVE	M	4.9	0.0	3.65
162			53		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. MCI	D	5.2	1.9	3.63
163		81			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN v. LEE	M	4.9	0.4	3.63
164		82			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL at WHU	M	4.9	0.1	3.62
165		83			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI at NFO	M	6.2	0.5	3.60
166		84			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL at LIV	M	5.6	0.1	3.57
167		85			Lesley Ugochukwu	BRN	BRN v. EVE	M	5.0	0.1	3.56
168		86			Brajan Gruda	BHA	BHA at ARS	M	5.4	0.1	3.56
169		87			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA at ARS	M	6.1	7.1	3.56
170			54		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at BRE	D	4.5	2.3	3.51
171				9	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. TOT	G	5.1	8.9	3.51
172			55		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN v. NEW	D	4.3	1.4	3.51
173			56		Oliver Scarles	WHU	WHU v. FUL	D	4.3	0.0	3.50
174			57		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at SUN	D	4.1	5.3	3.49
175		88			Jack Hinshelwood	BHA	BHA at ARS	M	5.1	0.0	3.48
176			58		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. LEE	D	4.5	0.3	3.48
177				10	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at CHE	G	5.1	3.3	3.48
178			59		Jaka Bijol	LEE	LEE at SUN	D	3.9	0.3	3.45
179			60		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW at MUN	D	5.2	1.1	3.45
180			61		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. EVE	D	4.4	1.2	3.44
181			62		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA at ARS	D	4.6	4.2	3.44
182				11	Aaron Ramsdale	NEW	NEW at MUN	G	4.8	0.9	3.43
183			63		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU v. FUL	D	4.2	0.2	3.41
184				12	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT at CRY	G	4.9	7.5	3.38
185				13	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE v. AVL	G	4.9	14.9	3.38
186				14	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at BRE	G	4.5	5.5	3.38
187		89			Chris Rigg	SUN	SUN v. LEE	M	4.7	0.0	3.35
188			64		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. MCI	D	5.1	3.5	3.31
189		90			Archie Gray	TOT	TOT at CRY	M	4.8	0.1	3.31
190			65		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL at CHE	D	4.2	0.5	3.30
191				15	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN v. NEW	G	5.1	1.7	3.28
192				16	Lucas Perri	LEE	LEE at SUN	G	4.5	0.2	3.27
193			66		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT at CRY	D	4.3	1.2	3.26
194		91			Jacob Ramsey	NEW	NEW at MUN	M	5.3	0.2	3.23
195			67		Lutsharel Geertruida	SUN	SUN v. LEE	D	4.5	0.0	3.11
196			68		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. MCI	D	4.7	3.5	3.06
197			69		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. NEW	D	4.5	0.6	3.05
198			70		Bafode Diakite	BOU	BOU at BRE	D	4.4	0.4	3.03
199			71		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at SUN	D	4.3	0.2	3.03
200		92			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE v. BOU	M	4.9	0.0	3.00
201				17	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL at WHU	G	4.9	1.9	2.94
202			72		Lucas Pires	BRN	BRN v. EVE	D	3.8	0.2	2.90
203			73		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at CHE	D	4.9	13.5	2.86
204				18	John	NFO	NFO v. MCI	G	4.0	0.3	2.84
205			74		Rico Henry	BRE	BRE v. BOU	D	4.3	0.1	2.83
206			75		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA at ARS	D	4.3	0.1	2.75
207			76		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU at BRE	D	4.5	0.1	2.75
208			77		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at LIV	D	4.4	0.1	2.64
209				19	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA at ARS	G	4.4	5.1	2.63
210			78		Oleksandr Zinchenko	NFO	NFO v. MCI	D	4.9	0.2	2.61
211			79		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA at ARS	D	4.5	1.0	2.54
212			80		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA at ARS	D	4.4	0.2	2.51
213			81		Victor Lindelof	AVL	AVL at CHE	D	4.5	0.1	2.43
214			82		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL at LIV	D	4.3	0.0	2.43
215				20	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL at LIV	G	4.2	1.0	2.42
216			83		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at CHE	D	4.4	7.8	2.33
217			84		Matt Doherty	WOL	WOL at LIV	D	4.4	0.1	2.26
218			85		Ki-Jana Hoever	WOL	WOL at LIV	D	3.8	1.1	2.18
219			86		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at LIV	D	4.5	0.0	1.69
220			87		David Moller Wolfe	WOL	WOL at LIV	D	4.3	0.1	1.65