This article is part of our Fantasy Premier League Rankings series.
The rankings below are for Gameweek 5 of the Premier League only, they are not meant to be used for season-long consideration. They were done with a concentration on standard season-long scoring, though they should be applicable to most daily formats as well.If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, or hit up our rankers on Twitter: Andrew M. Laird, Mike Gottlieb, Nick Pitner and Chris Mosinski.
Gameweek 5 Fixtures
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| Gameweek 5 Forwards | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Sergio Aguero | | at | 80 | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero |
| 2 | Diego Costa | | at | 71 | Diego Costa | Diego Costa | Bafetimbi Gomis | Harry Kane |
| 3 | Olivier Giroud | | v. | 70 | Olivier Giroud | Olivier Giroud | Diego Costa | Olivier Giroud |
| 4 | Bafetimbi Gomis | | at | 69 | Harry Kane | Bafetimbi Gomis | Harry Kane | Bafetimbi Gomis |
| 5 | Harry Kane | | at | 68 | Bafetimbi Gomis | Romelu Lukaku | Olivier Giroud | Jamie Vardy |
| 6 | Wayne Rooney | | v. | 54 | Callum Wilson | Harry Kane | Romelu Lukaku | Diego Costa |
| 7 | Jamie Vardy | | v. | 52 | Jamie Vardy | Wayne Rooney | Wayne Rooney | Wayne Rooney |
| 8 | Callum Wilson | | at | 50 | Christian Benteke | Christian Benteke | Callum Wilson | Diafra Sakho |
| 9 | Christian Benteke | | at | 45 | Wayne Rooney | Diafra Sakho | Jamie Vardy | Graziano Pelle |
| 10 | Diafra Sakho | | v. | 45 | Diafra Sakho | Callum Wilson | Graziano Pelle | Callum Wilson |
| 11 | Graziano Pelle | | at | 41 | Salomon Rondon | Jamie Vardy | Christian Benteke | Salomon Rondon |
| 12 | Romelu Lukaku | | v. | 39 | Graziano Pelle | Graziano Pelle | Diafra Sakho | Christian Benteke |
| 13 | Salomon Rondon | | v. | 29 | Rudy Gestede | Mame Diouf | Jermain Defoe | Romelu Lukaku |
| 14 | Mame Diouf | | at | 24 | Papiss Cisse | Papiss Cisse | Mame Diouf | Shinji Okazaki |
| 15 | Papiss Cisse | | at | 23 | Mame Diouf | Troy Deeney | Shinji Okazaki | Rudy Gestede |
| 16 | Troy Deeney | | v. | 17 | Troy Deeney | Jermain Defoe | Salomon Rondon | Papiss Cisse |
| 17 | Shinji Okazaki | | v. | 16 | Cameron Jerome | Salomon Rondon | Papiss Cisse | Troy Deeney |
| 18 | Rudy Gestede | | at | 15 | Fabio Borini | Arouna Kone | Cameron Jerome | Mame Diouf |
| 19 | Jermain Defoe | | v. | 15 | Glenn Murray | Shinji Okazaki | Troy Deeney | Jermain Defoe |
| 20 | Cameron Jerome | | v. | 8 | Shinji Okazaki | Cameron Jerome | Rudy Gestede | Falcao |
| Gameweek 5 Midfielders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Alexis Sanchez | | v. | 80 | Alexis Sanchez | Alexis Sanchez | Alexis Sanchez | Alexis Sanchez |
| 2 | David Silva | | at | 76 | David Silva | David Silva | David Silva | David Silva |
| 3 | Eden Hazard | | at | 66 | Pedro | Yaya Toure | Andre Ayew | Pedro |
| 4 | Andre Ayew | | at | 65 | Yaya Toure | Eden Hazard | Eden Hazard | Andre Ayew |
| 5 | Yaya Toure | | at | 60 | Eden Hazard | Raheem Sterling | Yaya Toure | Eden Hazard |
| 6 | Raheem Sterling | | at | 52 | Andre Ayew | Andre Ayew | Mesut Ozil | Raheem Sterling |
| 7 | Riyad Mahrez | | v. | 50 | Memphis Depay | Sadio Mane | Riyad Mahrez | Riyad Mahrez |
| 8 | Pedro | | at | 49 | Dimitri Payet | Kevin De Bruyne | Pedro | Nathan Redmond |
| 9 | Dimitri Payet | | v. | 43 | Kevin De Bruyne | Mesut Ozil | Memphis Depay | Dimitri Payet |
| 10 | Memphis Depay | | v. | 41 | Riyad Mahrez | Riyad Mahrez | Raheem Sterling | Gylfi Sigurdsson |
| 11 | Mesut Ozil | | v. | 40 | Raheem Sterling | Aaron Ramsey | Dimitri Payet | Aaron Ramsey |
| 12 | Sadio Mane | | at | 35 | Jeremain Lens | Memphis Depay | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Yaya Toure |
| 13 | Nathan Redmond | | v. | 28 | Ross Barkley | Dimitri Payet | Nathan Redmond | Mesut Ozil |
| 14 | Aaron Ramsey | | v. | 25 | Sadio Mane | Nathan Redmond | Sadio Mane | Sadio Mane |
| 15 | Kevin De Bruyne | | at | 25 | Jonjo Shelvey | Christian Eriksen | Georginio Wijnaldum | Memphis Depay |
| 16 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | | at | 20 | Mesut Ozil | Jason Puncheon | Aaron Ramsey | Bakary Sako |
| 17 | Christian Eriksen | | at | 14 | Yohan Cabaye | Yannick Bolasie | Christian Eriksen | Christian Eriksen |
| 18 | Ross Barkley | | v. | 11 | Juan Mata | Jeremaine Lens | Ross Barkley | Juan Mata |
| 19 | Jeremain Lens | | v. | 9 | Matt Ritchie | Willian | Yannick Bolasie | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| 20 | Georginio Wijnaldum | | at | 8 | Marc Albrighton | Matt Ritchie | Nacer Chadlii | Matt Ritchie |
| Gameweek 5 Defenders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Hector Bellerin | | v. | 77 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aleksandar Kolarov | Hector Bellerin |
| 2 | Aleksandar Kolarov | | at | 77 | Hector Bellerin | Hector Bellerin | Hector Bellerin | Aaron Cresswell |
| 3 | Kyle Naughton | | at | 64 | Aaron Cresswell | Nacho Monreal | Aaron Cresswell | Matteo Darmian |
| 4 | Matteo Darmian | | v. | 59 | Kyle Naughton | Matteo Darmian | Matteo Darmian | Aleksandar Kolarov |
| 5 | Nacho Monreal | | v. | 59 | Simon Francis | Nathaniel Clyne | Kyle Naughton | Kyle Naughton |
| 6 | Cedric Soares | | at | 56 | Cedric Soares | Kyle Naughton | Cedric Soares | Nacho Monreal |
| 7 | Aaron Cresswell | | v. | 55 | Nacho Monreal | Vincent Kompany | Jan Vertonghen | Jan Vertonghen |
| 8 | Nathaniel Clyne | | at | 42 | Luke Shaw | Cedric Soares | Vincent Kompany | Cedric Soares |
| 9 | Simon Francis | | at | 38 | Seamus Coleman | Simon Francis | Nacho Monreal | Laurent Koscielny |
| 10 | Vincent Kompany | | at | 34 | Bacary Sagna | Jeffrey Schlupp | Cesar Azpilicueta | Ashley Williams |
| 11 | Jan Vertonghen | | at | 28 | Nathaniel Clyne | Laurent Koscielny | Nathaniel Clyne | Simon Francis |
| 12 | Laurent Koscielny | | v. | 27 | Kyle Walker | Kyle Walker | Ashley Williams | Kyle Walker |
| 13 | Kyle Walker | | at | 27 | Jeffrey Schlupp | Branislav Ivanovic | Toby Alderwiereld | Branislav Ivanovic |
| 14 | Jeffrey Schlupp | | v. | 24 | Matteo Darmian | Seamus Coleman | Chris Smalling | Vincent Kompany |
| 15 | Bacary Sagna | | at | 23 | Daryl Janmaat | Bacary Sagna | Bacary Sagna | Nathaniel Clyne |
| 16 | Seamus Coleman | | v. | 21 | Jordan Amavi | Cesar Azpilicueta | Laurent Koscielny | Toby Alderwiereld |
| 17 | Ashley Williams | | at | 21 | Charlie Daniels | Ben Davies | Branislav Ivanovic | Jeffrey Schlupp |
| 18 | Branislav Ivanovic | | at | 20 | Allan Nyom | Luke Shaw | Jose Fonte | Russell Martin |
| 19 | Cesar Azpilicueta | | at | 16 | Matt Targett | Joe Gomez | Russell Martin | Seamus Coleman |
| 20 | Luke Shaw | | v. | 16 | Ashley Williams | Andre Wisdom | Jeffrey Schlupp | Chris Smalling |
| Gameweek 5 Goalkeepers | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Petr Cech | | v. | 40 | Petr Cech | Petr Cech | Petr Cech | Petr Cech |
| 2 | Lukasz Fabianski | | at | 36 | Lukasz Fabianski | Lukasz Fabianski | Lukasz Fabianski | Lukasz Fabianski |
| 3 | David De Gea | | v. | 26 | David De Gea | Hugo Lloris | Hugo Lloris | Hugo Lloris |
| 4 | Hugo Lloris | | at | 24 | Joe Hart | Kasper Schmeichel | Maarten Stekelenberg | David De Gea |
| 5 | Kasper Schmeichel | | v. | 18 | Thibaut Courtois | David De Gea | Joe Hart | John Ruddy |
| 6 | Joe Hart | | at | 17 | Kasper Schmeichel | Simon Mignolet | David De Gea | Maarten Stekelenberg |
| 7 | Maarten Stekelenberg | | at | 16 | Artur Boruc | Joe Hart | John Ruddy | Kasper Schmeichel |
| 8 | John Ruddy | | v. | 13 | John Ruddy | Boaz Myhill | Darren Randolph | Darren Randolph |
| 9 | Darren Randolph | | v. | 8 | Maarten Stekelenberg | Maarten Stekelenberg | Kasper Schmeichel | Simon Mignolet |
| 10 | Simon Mignolet | | at | 8 | Darren Randolph | Darren Randolph | Simon Mignolet | Boaz Myhill |
