Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 36

FPL GW36 rankings and projections: Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid in Gameweek 36.

Updated on May 5, 2026 7:37AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 36

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on May 5, 2026 7:37AM EST

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

FPL GW36 Player Rankings: Best Picks for Gameweek 36

Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW36 player rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. Double Gameweek 36 features a full slate of fixtures with a bonus twist, Manchester City and Crystal Palace both have two games this week, giving their players a higher points ceiling than the rest of the field. FPL managers should factor in both fixtures when making transfer and captaincy decisions.

These rankings highlight the best picks for Gameweek 36, based on predicted starting lineups, form and upcoming fixtures pulled directly from our lineups page.

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FPL GW36 Fixtures (ET)

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

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
FPL GW36 Cheat Sheet: Lineups, Odds and Set-Piece Takers

FPL GW36Player Rankings

Below are the full FPL GW36 player rankings based on projected lineups, form and fixtures.

These rankings can be used to guide transfers, captaincy decisions and overall squad planning for FPL Gameweek 36.

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI v. BRE	F	14.5	59.9	10.41
2		1			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI v. BRE	M	6.5	12.8	9.13
3		2			Antoine Semenyo	MCI	MCI v. BRE	M	8.2	50.9	8.13
4		3			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI v. BRE	M	6.4	2.6	8.12
5				1	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. BRE	G	5.6	9.2	7.84
6			1		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. BRE	D	5.1	16.2	7.79
7			2		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. BRE	D	5.3	2.9	7.73
8			3		Marc Guehi	MCI	MCI v. BRE	D	5.1	32.8	7.65
9	2				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. WOL	F	6.3	7.7	6.71
10		4			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at SUN	M	10.4	46.9	6.49
11			4		Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	MCI v. BRE	D	5.4	0.6	6.18
12			5		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. CHE	D	5.7	5.1	6.13
13		5			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI v. BRE	M	6.2	0.6	5.97
14		6			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. WOL	M	6.1	2.2	5.95
15		7			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. WOL	M	5.5	2.4	5.94
16		8			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. CHE	M	7.3	5.7	5.86
17			6		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at WHU	D	7.2	43.8	5.78
18		9			Nico Gonzalez	MCI	MCI v. BRE	M	5.9	0.1	5.77
19		10			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at WHU	M	7.2	24.4	5.71
20	3				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at WHU	F	8.8	12.1	5.69
21		11			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. CHE	M	8.3	9.1	5.68
22		12			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at BRN	M	7.5	25.0	5.67
23	4				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. LEE	F	6.3	5.7	5.63
24		13			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at WHU	M	9.8	7.2	5.57
25		14			Casemiro	MUN	MUN at SUN	M	5.8	4.2	5.57
26		15			Samuel Chukwueze	FUL	FUL v. BOU	M	5.3	0.1	5.57
27			7		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. EVE	D	5.1	5.6	5.56
28	5				Tammy Abraham	AVL	AVL at BRN	F	5.8	0.2	5.54
29		16			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. CHE	M	7.1	12.8	5.53
30	6				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at TOT	F	5.7	11.9	5.50
31		17			Jack Hinshelwood	BHA	BHA v. WOL	M	5.1	0.5	5.49
32		18			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN at SUN	M	8.4	16.6	5.46
33		19			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at LIV	M	10.5	16.6	5.46
34		20			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. BOU	M	6.0	21.1	5.46
35		21			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS at WHU	M	7.2	8.1	5.42
36	7				Zian Flemming	BRN	BRN v. AVL	F	5.3	0.3	5.42
37		22			James Garner	EVE	EVE at CRY	M	5.3	4.1	5.37
38	8				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN at SUN	F	7.3	6.0	5.35
39	9				Will Osula	NEW	NEW at NFO	F	5.4	0.6	5.34
40		23			Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY v. EVE	M	4.9	0.1	5.31
41		24			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at CRY	M	6.2	4.5	5.29
42		25			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. CHE	M	6.2	2.0	5.29
43			8		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY v. EVE	D	5.8	8.3	5.27
44			9		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. WOL	D	4.4	0.8	5.27
45		26			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS at WHU	M	6.5	0.8	5.27
46			10		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS at WHU	D	5.6	5.8	5.26
47	10				Beto	EVE	EVE at CRY	F	5.0	3.0	5.25
48			11		Jaydee Canvot	CRY	CRY v. EVE	D	4.5	0.3	5.23
49	11				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at LIV	F	7.5	42.2	5.22
50		27			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT v. LEE	M	5.5	0.8	5.21
51	12				Junior Kroupi	BOU	BOU at FUL	F	4.6	5.7	5.19
52	13				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at FUL	F	6.7	2.5	5.17
53			12		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at CRY	D	4.5	2.8	5.17
54			13		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at CRY	D	5.7	12.0	5.07
55	14				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL v. BOU	F	6.1	2.1	5.06
56		28			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL at BRN	M	5.9	0.7	5.05
57			14		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL at BRN	D	4.2	0.6	5.04
58		29			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN at SUN	M	8.1	8.6	5.02
59		30			Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT v. LEE	M	6.2	0.1	5.00
60		31			Ao Tanaka	LEE	LEE at TOT	M	4.8	0.2	5.00
61		32			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. MUN	M	5.1	3.3	4.99
62	15				Jorgen Strand Larsen	CRY	CRY v. EVE	F	5.9	1.5	4.96
63			15		Ben White	ARS	ARS at WHU	D	5.1	0.5	4.95
64			16		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. WOL	D	4.6	9.8	4.95
65		33			Ross Barkley	AVL	AVL at BRN	M	4.8	0.1	4.94
66			17		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA v. WOL	D	4.3	0.1	4.94
67			18		Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	ARS at WHU	D	5.0	1.4	4.93
68		34			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at CRY	M	5.1	6.0	4.93
69		35			Brennan Johnson	CRY	CRY v. EVE	M	6.5	2.3	4.91
70			19		Harry Maguire	MUN	MUN at SUN	D	4.4	1.3	4.88
71			20		Jair Cunha	NFO	NFO v. NEW	D	4.2	0.1	4.86
72	16				Taiwo Awoniyi	NFO	NFO v. NEW	F	5.2	0.3	4.82
73		36			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at TOT	M	4.8	1.6	4.81
74		37			Pascal Gross	BHA	BHA v. WOL	M	5.5	2.2	4.80
75		38			Justin Devenny	CRY	CRY v. EVE	M	4.3	1.1	4.79
76	17				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN v. MUN	F	5.3	1.2	4.79
77		39			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. ARS	M	5.5	0.4	4.78
78	18				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO v. NEW	F	5.9	2.0	4.78
79		40			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at TOT	M	4.9	0.6	4.77
80		41			Jadon Sancho	AVL	AVL at BRN	M	5.8	0.2	4.77
81		42			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. LEE	M	5.2	0.2	4.75
82	19				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at MCI	F	7.4	35.3	4.75
83				2	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. EVE	G	5.1	8.4	4.72
84		43			Rayan	BOU	BOU at FUL	M	5.4	1.4	4.71
85	20				Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT v. LEE	F	6.9	0.4	4.70
86		44			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at FUL	M	5.4	5.1	4.67
87		45			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at LIV	M	5.7	7.3	4.67
88		46			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. CHE	M	5.5	4.0	4.65
89			21		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at BRN	D	4.7	8.3	4.63
90			22		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. CHE	D	6.2	33.2	4.62
91			23		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at WHU	D	6.1	14.8	4.61
92		47			Ryan Yates	NFO	NFO v. NEW	M	4.7	0.1	4.60
93	21				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. ARS	F	7.8	14.9	4.59
94		48			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at FUL	M	5.1	2.5	4.56
95			24		Olivier Boscagli	BHA	BHA v. WOL	D	4.2	0.1	4.56
96			25		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. MUN	D	4.6	8.7	4.54
97		49			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at NFO	M	5.9	0.6	4.50
98		50			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at MCI	M	5.6	0.8	4.48
99				3	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. WOL	G	4.5	8.9	4.46
100		51			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at LIV	M	6.5	11.3	4.46
101		52			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at FUL	M	4.9	0.3	4.44
102		53			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. EVE	M	5.8	0.2	4.42
103		54			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. WOL	M	4.5	1.5	4.42
104			26		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. BOU	D	4.5	4.5	4.41
105		55			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. MUN	M	4.8	1.6	4.41
106		56			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at TOT	M	5.6	2.4	4.41
107			27		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at NFO	D	5.0	5.6	4.40
108		57			Curtis Jones	LIV	LIV v. CHE	M	5.4	0.1	4.39
109			28		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. LEE	D	5.2	10.7	4.38
110		58			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at NFO	M	6.8	4.6	4.38
111			29		Tyrone Mings	AVL	AVL at BRN	D	4.3	0.6	4.37
112			30		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at FUL	D	5.2	21.0	4.36
113		59			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. AVL	M	5.0	1.9	4.35
114		60			Lewis Miley	NEW	NEW at NFO	M	4.4	1.9	4.34
115			31		Kevin Danso	TOT	TOT v. LEE	D	4.2	0.2	4.33
116		61			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at CRY	M	5.4	0.1	4.33
117			32		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at NFO	D	4.9	0.4	4.33
118			33		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. MUN	D	4.1	5.9	4.33
119		62			Conor Gallagher	TOT	TOT v. LEE	M	5.0	0.1	4.32
120			34		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. CHE	D	5.5	4.2	4.32
121			35		James Hill	BOU	BOU at FUL	D	4.2	7.8	4.31
122	22				Tolu Arokodare	WOL	WOL at BHA	F	5.2	0.1	4.30
123		63			Hannibal	BRN	BRN v. AVL	M	4.7	0.1	4.30
124		64			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL v. BOU	M	5.6	0.5	4.30
125			36		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN at SUN	D	4.6	4.3	4.29
126		65			Nicolas Dominguez	NFO	NFO v. NEW	M	5.0	0.0	4.29
127		66			James Ward-Prowse	BRN	BRN v. AVL	M	5.6	0.2	4.27
128		67			Andre	WOL	WOL at BHA	M	5.2	0.1	4.26
129		68			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at MCI	M	5.0	0.1	4.25
130			37		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN at SUN	D	4.8	0.4	4.24
131		69			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at MCI	M	6.9	1.7	4.19
132		70			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN at SUN	M	4.7	1.0	4.18
133			38		Morato	NFO	NFO v. NEW	D	4.3	0.1	4.17
134	23				Taty Castellanos	WHU	WHU v. ARS	F	5.5	0.3	4.16
135			39		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. BOU	D	4.9	0.8	4.13
136			40		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at BRN	D	4.0	0.5	4.12
137			41		Luca Netz	NFO	NFO v. NEW	D	4.5	0.0	4.10
138		71			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. BOU	M	4.9	0.1	4.09
139		72			Dilane Bakwa	NFO	NFO v. NEW	M	5.9	0.0	4.06
140	24				Mateus Mane	WOL	WOL at BHA	F	4.3	1.3	4.04
141		73			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at LIV	M	7.0	4.3	4.02
142			42		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. NEW	D	4.8	4.5	4.01
143		74			Chemsdine Talbi	SUN	SUN v. MUN	M	4.9	0.2	4.01
144		75			James McAtee	NFO	NFO v. NEW	M	5.0	0.1	3.98
145			43		Andrew Robertson	LIV	LIV v. CHE	D	5.7	1.0	3.97
146				4	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at BRN	G	5.1	4.8	3.95
147		76			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at BHA	M	5.3	0.4	3.94
148		77			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. BOU	M	4.9	0.1	3.94
149		78			Romeo Lavia	CHE	CHE at LIV	M	4.9	0.0	3.92
150		79			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE at CRY	M	5.5	0.2	3.92
151		80			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at NFO	M	5.9	0.3	3.87
152			44		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. BOU	D	4.3	0.1	3.86
153			45		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. LEE	D	4.4	17.9	3.85
154			46		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at CRY	D	4.9	0.7	3.83
155				5	David Raya	ARS	ARS at WHU	G	6.0	34.4	3.78
156				6	Freddie Woodman	LIV	LIV v. CHE	G	3.9	0.3	3.78
157		81			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY v. EVE	M	4.7	0.1	3.77
158			47		Victor Lindelof	AVL	AVL at BRN	D	4.5	0.1	3.76
159		82			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. ARS	M	5.7	0.4	3.76
160			48		Jaka Bijol	LEE	LEE at TOT	D	3.9	1.1	3.76
161			49		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at CRY	D	4.9	0.7	3.75
162			50		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at SUN	D	4.5	0.9	3.75
163		83			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN v. MUN	M	5.3	0.1	3.75
164				7	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at CRY	G	5.6	13.3	3.73
165		84			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at NFO	M	5.3	1.1	3.70
166			51		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at LIV	D	5.4	9.4	3.69
167			52		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN v. AVL	D	3.8	0.7	3.67
168			53		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. AVL	D	3.9	7.0	3.67
169		85			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at MCI	M	4.9	0.1	3.66
170		86			Joe Willock	NEW	NEW at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	3.65
171			54		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at TOT	D	3.9	2.9	3.63
172		87			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. ARS	M	5.5	1.4	3.59
173			55		James Justin	LEE	LEE at TOT	D	3.9	1.7	3.59
174			56		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at NFO	D	5.0	3.4	3.58
175				8	Antonin Kinsky	TOT	TOT v. LEE	G	3.9	1.7	3.57
176				9	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at NFO	G	5.0	4.3	3.55
177			57		Bashir Humphreys	BRN	BRN v. AVL	D	3.9	0.1	3.53
178		88			Loum Tchaouna	BRN	BRN v. AVL	M	4.8	0.0	3.50
179			58		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at TOT	D	4.3	3.0	3.49
180			59		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. BOU	D	4.4	0.6	3.48
181				10	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at SUN	G	5.1	3.1	3.45
182			60		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at FUL	D	4.7	4.4	3.44
183			61		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN v. AVL	D	4.0	0.6	3.43
184			62		Axel Disasi	WHU	WHU v. ARS	D	4.5	0.2	3.40
185			63		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at TOT	D	4.4	0.7	3.39
186			64		Rodrigo Gomes	WOL	WOL at BHA	D	4.4	0.1	3.37
187			65		Destiny Udogie	TOT	TOT v. LEE	D	4.3	0.3	3.37
188		89			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. MUN	M	4.9	0.1	3.36
189			66		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. ARS	D	4.5	2.1	3.36
190				11	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. NEW	G	4.6	4.9	3.34
191				12	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. AVL	G	4.0	27.6	3.33
192				13	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. BOU	G	4.9	1.9	3.28
193			67		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at LIV	D	6.1	14.9	3.27
194	25				Pablo Felipe	WHU	WHU v. ARS	F	5.4	0.0	3.24
195			68		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. MUN	D	3.8	2.9	3.19
196			69		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at MCI	D	4.8	1.6	3.19
197			70		Levi Colwill	CHE	CHE at LIV	D	4.7	0.1	3.16
198				14	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. MUN	G	4.8	8.6	3.13
199				15	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at FUL	G	4.6	5.3	3.10
200			71		Chadi Riad	CRY	CRY v. EVE	D	4.0	0.0	3.08
201			72		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU at FUL	D	4.5	0.2	3.04
202			73		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. ARS	D	4.1	2.5	3.01
203				16	Filip Jorgensen	CHE	CHE at LIV	G	4.3	0.2	2.92
204			74		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. MUN	D	4.5	0.3	2.89
205			75		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at MCI	D	4.9	2.7	2.86
206				17	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at TOT	G	3.9	6.2	2.82
207			76		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL at BHA	D	4.3	0.1	2.79
208			77		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at LIV	D	4.9	2.0	2.75
209	26				Adam Armstrong	WOL	WOL at BHA	F	5.2	0.1	2.72
210				18	Daniel Bentley	WOL	WOL at BHA	G	3.9	0.5	2.71
211				19	Mads Hermansen	WHU	WHU v. ARS	G	4.2	0.8	2.70
212			78		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL at BHA	D	4.3	0.2	2.57
213			79		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at BHA	D	4.4	0.1	2.55
214				20	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at MCI	G	4.8	12.7	2.53
215			80		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. AVL	D	4.4	1.1	2.37
216			81		Toti Gomes	WOL	WOL at BHA	D	4.2	0.1	2.35
217			82		Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	BRE at MCI	D	4.4	0.2	2.22
218			83		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at MCI	D	4.5	1.3	2.19
219			84		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU v. ARS	D	4.2	0.3	1.92
220			85		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at MCI	D	4.6	1.1	1.44

Final Thoughts

Gameweek 36 is a strong week for Man City and Crystal Palace assets, who both get an extra fixture and the points upside that comes with it. For everyone else, form and motivation are the key drivers with the end of the season approaching. Use these rankings to identify the best options across a full, competitive slate.