Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 38

FPL GW38 rankings: Fantasy Premier League player tiers for the final gameweek. Who to start, captain and pick for your last chance to gain rank in GW38.

May 20, 2026

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 38

By:

Adam Zdroik

May 20, 2026

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

FPL GW38 Player Rankings: Best Picks for Gameweek 38

Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW38 player rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. Gameweek 38 is the final gameweek of the Premier League season. These rankings give you everything you need to finish strong, this is your last chance to gain rank.

These rankings highlight the best picks for Gameweek 38, based on predicted starting lineups, form and upcoming fixtures pulled directly from our lineups page.

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FPL GW38 Fixtures (ET)

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

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
FPL GW38 Cheat Sheet: Lineups, Odds and Set-Piece Takers

FPL GW38 Player Rankings

Below are the full FPL GW38 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 38.

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI v. AVL	F	14.7	64.4	7.36
2		1			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI v. AVL	M	6.5	6.5	6.18
3		2			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at BHA	M	10.4	47.7	6.12
4		3			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI v. AVL	M	6.6	19.3	5.99
5	2				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. MUN	F	6.4	9.0	5.92
6		4			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at SUN	M	10.3	12.5	5.88
7		5			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	14.0	13.8	5.86
8			1		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. AVL	D	5.3	19.6	5.85
9	3				Kai Havertz	ARS	ARS at CRY	F	7.3	0.6	5.80
10		6			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	7.3	5.6	5.71
11	4				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. EVE	F	6.4	6.4	5.70
12			2		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	7.3	46.1	5.62
13		7			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	10.0	13.0	5.61
14	5				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at LIV	F	7.3	31.8	5.59
15	6				Will Osula	NEW	NEW at FUL	F	5.5	1.4	5.52
16	7				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. BOU	F	7.1	4.6	5.46
17		8			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	7.0	13.5	5.43
18		9			Antoine Semenyo	MCI	MCI v. AVL	M	8.1	47.1	5.36
19	8				Junior Kroupi	BOU	BOU at NFO	F	4.6	6.4	5.32
20	9				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at NFO	F	6.6	2.3	5.29
21		10			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at FUL	M	6.1	1.2	5.27
22		11			James Garner	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	5.2	3.8	5.26
23	10				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO v. BOU	F	5.9	2.4	5.25
24		12			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	7.2	24.2	5.25
25	11				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at WHU	F	5.8	13.4	5.20
26	12				Zian Flemming	BRN	BRN v. WOL	F	5.3	0.4	5.19
27	13				Lukas Nmecha	LEE	LEE at WHU	F	5.0	0.5	5.13
28	14				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at SUN	F	7.4	37.8	5.12
29		13			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	5.6	7.9	5.12
30			3		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. WOL	D	3.8	6.8	5.08
31			4		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	6.3	17.2	5.04
32			5		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	5.2	21.1	5.04
33		14			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	6.3	4.7	5.03
34		15			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. MUN	M	4.5	1.5	5.03
35		16			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	4.9	0.1	5.00
36	15				Callum Wilson	WHU	WHU v. LEE	F	5.8	0.5	4.98
37		17			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. MUN	M	5.5	2.5	4.95
38			6		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI v. AVL	D	5.8	3.2	4.94
39		18			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	6.6	2.0	4.94
40		19			Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	6.2	0.3	4.94
41		20			Rayan	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	5.4	1.8	4.94
42		21			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. LEE	M	5.5	0.4	4.93
43		22			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	4.9	0.3	4.92
44		23			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS at CRY	M	7.3	8.9	4.91
45		24			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at FUL	M	6.9	6.2	4.90
46		25			Jack Hinshelwood	BHA	BHA v. MUN	M	5.2	1.5	4.90
47			7		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. AVL	D	5.3	2.9	4.89
48	16				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. LEE	F	7.7	12.9	4.89
49		26			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	8.3	8.5	4.88
50		27			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at SUN	M	6.4	11.0	4.88
51		28			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA v. MUN	M	4.9	0.4	4.87
52			8		Cristhian Mosquera	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	5.3	0.2	4.86
53	17				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN v. CHE	F	5.3	0.9	4.86
54		29			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. NEW	M	5.9	18.6	4.86
55		30			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN at BHA	M	8.3	14.9	4.85
56		31			Pascal Gross	BHA	BHA v. MUN	M	5.6	3.2	4.84
57	18				Beto	EVE	EVE at TOT	F	5.1	3.4	4.83
58			9		John Stones	MCI	MCI v. AVL	D	5.4	0.6	4.82
59		32			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	5.3	4.3	4.80
60		33			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	5.5	0.8	4.76
61				1	David Raya	ARS	ARS at CRY	G	6.2	36.4	4.75
62		34			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	5.2	0.2	4.75
63				2	Max Weiss	BRN	BRN v. WOL	G	4.2	0.1	4.74
64		35			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	6.1	1.8	4.73
65		36			Hannibal	BRN	BRN v. WOL	M	4.7	0.1	4.72
66			10		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.5	3.2	4.71
67			11		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	5.2	10.8	4.71
68			12		Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	5.0	1.9	4.70
69			13		Kevin Danso	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	4.2	0.2	4.70
70			14		Reece James	CHE	CHE at SUN	D	5.6	5.9	4.69
71		37			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. WOL	M	5.0	1.9	4.69
72		38			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE at LIV	M	4.9	0.1	4.68
73		39			Dango Ouattara	BRE	BRE at LIV	M	5.6	1.6	4.68
74	19				Mateus Mane	WOL	WOL at BRN	F	4.2	1.3	4.67
75	20				Adam Armstrong	WOL	WOL at BRN	F	5.1	0.1	4.66
76			15		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. BRE	D	6.0	30.4	4.66
77		40			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	5.3	8.1	4.65
78	21				Taty Castellanos	WHU	WHU v. LEE	F	5.5	0.2	4.65
79		41			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. CHE	M	5.1	3.2	4.64
80		42			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	5.4	3.7	4.63
81		43			Andre	WOL	WOL at BRN	M	5.2	0.1	4.63
82		44			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	4.9	2.1	4.63
83	22				Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT v. EVE	F	6.9	0.4	4.58
84		45			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at LIV	M	5.6	0.8	4.58
85			16		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	5.8	12.7	4.58
86		46			Tim Iroegbunam	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	4.8	0.0	4.57
87		47			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at SUN	M	7.0	3.9	4.57
88			17		Axel Tuanzebe	BRN	BRN v. WOL	D	3.9	0.9	4.57
89		48			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	4.52
90			18		Rodrigo Gomes	WOL	WOL at BRN	D	4.4	0.1	4.50
91			19		James Hill	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.2	7.3	4.48
92		49			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at SUN	M	5.7	7.1	4.47
93	23				Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL v. NEW	F	6.0	1.9	4.47
94	24				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW at FUL	F	6.7	6.4	4.46
95		50			Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	4.9	0.1	4.44
96			20		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS at CRY	D	5.6	5.9	4.43
97		51			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. LEE	M	5.7	0.4	4.42
98		52			Loum Tchaouna	BRN	BRN v. WOL	M	4.8	0.0	4.40
99			21		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. LEE	D	4.5	2.0	4.39
100		53			Ao Tanaka	LEE	LEE at WHU	M	4.8	0.2	4.38
101		54			Curtis Jones	LIV	LIV v. BRE	M	5.4	0.1	4.37
102			22		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. BRE	D	5.4	3.8	4.37
103		55			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at BRN	M	5.3	0.3	4.36
104			23		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. LEE	D	4.1	2.4	4.36
105			24		Marc Guehi	MCI	MCI v. AVL	D	5.1	32.8	4.35
106		56			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at WHU	M	5.4	0.9	4.32
107		57			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	7.5	7.4	4.31
108		58			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.0	4.28
109			25		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at FUL	D	4.9	4.8	4.28
110		59			Conor Gallagher	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	5.0	0.2	4.27
111			26		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	5.2	7.6	4.25
112		60			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. CHE	M	4.8	1.5	4.24
113			27		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. MUN	D	4.7	10.9	4.22
114			28		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. CHE	D	4.6	8.6	4.22
115		61			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at WHU	M	4.9	0.6	4.22
116			29		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at FUL	D	4.9	0.5	4.21
117		62			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL at BRN	M	5.6	0.1	4.19
118		63			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN at BHA	M	8.1	8.4	4.17
119			30		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at FUL	D	4.9	1.4	4.15
120			31		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE at SUN	D	4.4	0.4	4.14
121			32		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	4.4	17.5	4.13
122		64			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. NEW	M	6.1	1.1	4.12
123			33		Lucas Pires	BRN	BRN v. WOL	D	3.8	0.3	4.12
124	25				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at MCI	F	8.7	13.4	4.11
125			34		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at SUN	D	6.1	14.5	4.10
126			35		Andrew Robertson	LIV	LIV v. BRE	D	5.7	1.1	4.10
127		65			Nilson Angulo	SUN	SUN v. CHE	M	5.0	0.0	4.10
128		66			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at MCI	M	7.3	21.1	4.09
129			36		David Moller Wolfe	WOL	WOL at BRN	D	4.2	0.1	4.08
130			37		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at SUN	D	4.8	1.8	4.07
131		67			Mason Mount	MUN	MUN at BHA	M	5.9	0.3	4.07
132		68			Evann Guessand	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	6.2	0.0	4.04
133	26				Joshua Zirkzee	MUN	MUN at BHA	F	5.8	0.4	4.04
134		69			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL v. NEW	M	5.6	0.5	4.04
135		70			Youri Tielemans	AVL	AVL at MCI	M	5.9	0.7	4.03
136			38		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL at BRN	D	4.3	0.1	4.02
137			39		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at BRN	D	4.5	0.1	4.02
138		71			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI v. AVL	M	6.2	0.7	4.00
139			40		Jaydee Canvot	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	4.5	0.5	4.00
140		72			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. LEE	M	5.4	1.3	4.00
141		73			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. NEW	M	4.9	0.1	3.98
142		74			Omari Hutchinson	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	5.4	0.1	3.98
143			41		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at BRN	D	4.4	0.1	3.97
144			42		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. CHE	D	4.5	0.3	3.96
145		75			Lesley Ugochukwu	BRN	BRN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.1	3.95
146			43		Levi Colwill	CHE	CHE at SUN	D	4.7	0.1	3.94
147			44		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW at FUL	D	5.3	3.3	3.94
148			45		Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	BHA v. MUN	D	4.3	1.7	3.93
149			46		Axel Disasi	WHU	WHU v. LEE	D	4.5	0.2	3.92
150		76			Merlin Rohl	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	5.0	0.0	3.90
151	27				Jorgen Strand Larsen	CRY	CRY v. ARS	F	5.9	1.5	3.88
152		77			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN at BHA	M	4.7	1.4	3.87
153			47		Jair Cunha	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.2	0.1	3.86
154			48		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. WOL	D	4.4	1.1	3.83
155			49		Destiny Udogie	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	4.3	0.3	3.75
156		78			Jacob Ramsey	NEW	NEW at FUL	M	5.3	0.2	3.75
157			50		Jaka Bijol	LEE	LEE at WHU	D	3.9	1.2	3.73
158				3	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. BRE	G	5.4	5.1	3.73
159				4	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at TOT	G	5.6	13.0	3.69
160		79			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at LIV	M	4.9	0.2	3.68
161				5	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at NFO	G	4.6	5.0	3.67
162			51		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at LIV	D	4.9	2.5	3.66
163				6	Mads Hermansen	WHU	WHU v. LEE	G	4.2	0.9	3.66
164			52		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU v. LEE	D	4.2	0.3	3.65
165			53		Issa Diop	FUL	FUL v. NEW	D	4.3	0.1	3.64
166			54		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. MUN	D	4.5	0.9	3.64
167		80			Joe Willock	NEW	NEW at FUL	M	5.0	0.1	3.62
168		81			Brennan Johnson	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	6.5	2.4	3.62
169			55		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. NEW	D	4.9	0.9	3.61
170			56		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at WHU	D	3.9	2.9	3.61
171			57		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.7	4.8	3.60
172			58		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	5.1	3.3	3.59
173			59		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.8	4.2	3.59
174				7	Antonin Kinsky	TOT	TOT v. EVE	G	3.9	1.9	3.59
175		82			Ross Barkley	AVL	AVL at MCI	M	4.8	0.1	3.57
176			60		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. MUN	D	4.5	1.4	3.48
177				8	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. AVL	G	5.6	9.3	3.47
178		83			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	4.7	0.1	3.47
179		84			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at MCI	M	5.3	0.7	3.44
180		85			Kevin	FUL	FUL v. NEW	M	5.7	0.1	3.44
181				9	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. CHE	G	4.8	8.1	3.43
182		86			Justin Devenny	CRY	CRY v. ARS	M	4.3	1.1	3.39
183			61		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. NEW	D	4.3	0.2	3.36
184			62		Sebastiaan Bornauw	LEE	LEE at WHU	D	3.8	0.1	3.33
185			63		Harry Maguire	MUN	MUN at BHA	D	4.4	1.6	3.32
186			64		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.9	0.7	3.32
187				10	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL at BRN	G	4.2	1.1	3.27
188			65		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.9	0.7	3.27
189				11	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. ARS	G	5.1	9.2	3.25
190			66		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. NEW	D	4.4	0.8	3.25
191			67		Luca Netz	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.5	0.0	3.22
192				12	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at SUN	G	4.8	10.3	3.21
193			68		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN at BHA	D	4.8	0.4	3.19
194			69		James Justin	LEE	LEE at WHU	D	4.0	2.3	3.15
195		87			Daniel James	LEE	LEE at WHU	M	5.2	0.1	3.08
196				13	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at FUL	G	5.0	4.3	3.08
197				14	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. MUN	G	4.6	9.5	3.01
198			70		Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	BRE at LIV	D	4.4	0.2	2.99
199			71		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at LIV	D	4.8	1.6	2.98
200			72		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. CHE	D	3.8	2.9	2.97
201			73		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.4	0.2	2.97
202				15	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. NEW	G	5.0	2.3	2.94
203		88			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. CHE	M	4.9	0.1	2.92
204			74		Nathaniel Clyne	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	3.8	0.5	2.90
205				16	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. BOU	G	4.6	5.0	2.88
206			75		Noussair Mazraoui	MUN	MUN at BHA	D	4.9	0.3	2.74
207			76		Lutsharel Geertruida	SUN	SUN v. CHE	D	4.5	0.1	2.59
208			77		Chadi Riad	CRY	CRY v. ARS	D	4.0	0.1	2.57
209				17	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at BHA	G	5.1	3.5	2.56
210				18	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at LIV	G	4.8	12.2	2.46
211				19	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at WHU	G	4.0	6.8	2.46
212				20	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at MCI	G	5.1	4.5	2.42
213			78		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at LIV	D	4.6	1.1	2.23
214			79		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at BHA	D	4.5	1.1	2.23
215			80		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL at MCI	D	4.2	0.5	2.08
216			81		Tyrone Mings	AVL	AVL at MCI	D	4.3	0.6	1.81
217			82		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at MCI	D	4.7	7.6	1.78
218			83		Luke O'Nien	SUN	SUN v. CHE	D	4.0	0.1	1.50
219			84		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at MCI	D	4.0	0.5	1.33
220			85		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at MCI	D	4.4	7.2	1.24

Final Thoughts

That's it for another FPL season. Gameweek 38 is your final opportunity to move up the overall rankings, so back players with the best fixtures and leave nothing on the table. Good luck.