Our Fantasy Premier League (FPL) points projections for 2025/26 are now live!
If you’re torn between several early squad drafts, the Rate My Team (RMT) tool can help out by predicting how many points your own team will score over a series of upcoming Gameweeks. A breakdown of these player points can then be seen in our projections tables.
- READ MORE: Get your FPL team rated ahead of 2025/26!
Of course, figures will be fine-tuned closer to the Gameweek 1 deadline as we learn more information.
Below, we can see the estimated highest-scoring players until Gameweek 8, but you can get the full picture here.
Our thanks to the brains behind the scenes, TopMarx and Chris Atkinson, for their work on this.
FPL GAMEWEEKS 1-8 FPL POINTS PROJECTIONS: GOALKEEPERS
Early on, the tool backs FPL’s heavyweight goalkeepers, but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on Ederson‘s (£5.5m) transfer situation.
If he leaves and James Trafford does indeed become his replacement, managers suddenly have a £5.0m route into Manchester City’s backline. But Robert Sanchez is currently seen as the best at this price.
David Raya (£5.5m) was a joint winner of 2024/25’s Golden Glove, as Arsenal conceded the fewest goals (34), big chances (58) and shots on target (120). But nicer fixtures put Alisson (£5.5m) in the number one spot. After all, no team kept more clean sheets than champions Liverpool.
FPL GAMEWEEKS 1-8 FPL POINTS PROJECTIONS: DEFENDERS
We’re pleased to say that these projections include the brand-new defensive contribution (DC) points that reward actions such as clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles.
- READ MORE: Huge rule change as defensive contributions come in
- READ MORE: Revised – The 10 top-scoring defenders of FPL 2024/25
It’s a massive addition to FPL. If these had existed last season, Josko Gvardiol (£6.0m) would have been overtaken as the best defender by Nikola Milenkovic (£5.5m), Murillo (£5.5m) and Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m).
While the purchase of Rayan Ait-Nouri (£6.0m) likely moves Gvardiol to centre-back, he remains the best-backed here.
After that, there’s a clear backing of Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest assets. The Toffees conceded the joint-fourth fewest goals (44) of 2024/25 and have looked good under David Moyes, keeping three clean sheets in their final seven outings.
It’s even been revealed that James Tarkowski (£5.5m) would have brought in more DC points than anyone else, gaining them in 66.7% of appearances. Teammate Jarrad Branthwaite (£5.5m) is good at them too, just like Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix (£5.0m).
Yet there’ll always be love for attacking full-backs such as Daniel Munoz (£5.5m) and Pedro Porro (£5.5m), with much anticipation over Jeremie Frimpong (£6.0m).
FPL GAMEWEEKS 1-8 FPL POINTS PROJECTIONS: MIDFIELDERS
ABOUT RATE MY TEAM (RMT) AND POINTS PROJECTIONS
WHAT IS RATE MY TEAM?
RMT is a tool designed to approximate how many FPL points your team will score over a series of Gameweeks. This takes into account captaincy, vice-captains and automatic substitution points.
WHAT ARE PROJECTIONS?
Projections come in two forms – Season Projections and Six-Gameweek Projections (SGP).
Season projections show algorithm-generated predictions for every FPL player. This includes goals, assists, clean sheets, minutes played, bonus points, yellow cards and, most importantly, FPL points.
SGP shows algorithm-generated predictions for every player’s FPL points in each of the next six Gameweeks, calculating their points per million value over this period. These numbers are the same as the ones used in RMT.
HOW ARE THE VALUES FOR RATE MY TEAM AND PROJECTIONS CALCULATED?
The values are generated by an algorithm that uses both current and historical data. There is also constant human monitoring so that the model can respond quickly to news, injuries or tactical changes that the algorithm may otherwise underestimate.
We do this to generate the best values with as little bias as possible.
HOW DO I LOAD MY TEAM INTO RMT?
To load your team into RMT (after Gameweek 1 only), you need to type in your FPL ID. If you can’t find your FPL ID, instructions on how to find it are on the Rate My Team page.
Before Gameweek 1, head to the Build My Team page and enter your team manually via ‘Add Player’.
WHAT DO XM AND ADJP MEAN?
Placing the cursor over a player’s predicted FPL points in a Gameweek will show an xM and adjP score.
xM stands for expected minutes – It’s the number of minutes the algorithm is predicting a player to have. Note that this isn’t an exact Gameweek-specific prediction but rather an average number of minutes. Therefore, while a player might be expected to play 90 minutes, their xM will be lower since there’s a chance they might miss the game or get substituted.
adjP stands for adjusted points – It’s the projected points score if you know a player will take part in the match (i.e. his xM is not 0). It should be used for deciding who to captain and who to bench.
Both of these values combine to generate a final score.
WHY DOES RMT SAY TO START A PLAYER WITH A LOWER PREDICTED SCORE THAN A SECOND PLAYER?
Usually, this occurs because the algorithm predicts a player (eg/ goalkeeper) will either play the full game or nothing at all.
Player A – High adjP, very low xM – Low RMT score
Player B – Medium adjP, very high xM – Medium RMT score
Whilst Player A is unlikely to play, the most common scenario is either getting 90 minutes or none at all. Therefore, RMT thinks it’s worth starting him to make use of the high adjP if he plays, otherwise the safer option of Player B will autosub in.
Therefore it suggests picking Player A over B, despite the former appearing to score lower on RMT.
WHEN DO UPDATES HAPPEN?
While there’s no fixed update timetable, it is pretty much continuous.
Monday tends to have a big update after the weekend’s events. Thursday and Friday will have updates in the evenings following any news that emerges from pre-match press conferences.
CAN I SEE A FULL LIST OF ALL PLAYERS IN RMT?
You can find the complete list here. It can also be found by clicking the ‘Players’ option in the sub-menu under “Rate My Team” on the main Premium Members Area menu.
CAN I ORDER BY SCORES FOR ONE GAMEWEEK?
From the player list in RMT or projections, click on the Gameweek header to sort by that Gameweek’s predicted score.
HOW DO I CHANGE THE GAMEWEEKS I VIEW RMT OVER?
On top of the Rate My Team page, whilst your team is loaded, select “First Gameweek” or “Last Gameweek”. By default, the first Gameweek will be the next Gameweek and the last Gameweek will be in six Gameweeks’ time, but these can be manually altered to suit your research.
