Who is the best captain for FPL Gameweek 22?

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
Up	Chalobah	CHE	C, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	B, £
Up	Lacroix	CRY	B, Vs
Up	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	Cash	AVL	B
Down	van Hecke	BHA	C
Up	Senesi	BOU	C
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	89.9%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	88.4%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.2m	73.5%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.3m	70.6%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.1m	68.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	73.5%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	56.1%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.6%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	59.4%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	53.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	73.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	52.1%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	49.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	49.6%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	48.2%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	46.8%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	50.3%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	44.9%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	43.3%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	41.8%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	45.0%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.6m	70.2%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	42.3%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	43.6%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.2m	41.6%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	37.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	39.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	44.4%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	33.9%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	32.3%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	32.6%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	32.6%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.1m	32.0%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	32.0%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	31.3%	Unlikely
Devenny	CRY	4.3m	29.2%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	32.8%	Unlikely
De Cuyper	BHA	4.3m	28.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	26.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	29.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Pablo	WHU	5.5m	67.6%	Likely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	95.9%	Likely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.7m	81.0%	Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	85.5%	Likely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	73.2%	Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.1m	36.9%	Maybe
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	94.1%	Maybe
Onyeka	BRE	4.8m	99.2%	Maybe
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	98.4%	Maybe
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	97.1%	Maybe
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	89.4%	Maybe
Mazraoui	MUN	4.9m	93.6%	Maybe
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	93.3%	Maybe
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	79.2%	Unlikely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.8m	66.9%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	91.6%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	88.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	5.0m	75.8%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	83.1%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.1m	78.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	82.5%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.1m	75.0%	Unlikely
Bergvall	TOT	5.3m	76.7%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Gana	EVE	5.4m	78.9%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	81.5%	Unlikely
R.Williams	LIV	3.8m	74.7%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	78.2%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	77.9%	Unlikely
Møller Wolfe	WOL	4.3m	66.6%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.3m	64.8%	Unlikely
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	71.7%	Unlikely
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	74.4%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	75.7%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	65.2%	Unlikely
Buendía	AVL	5.3m	55.1%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	69.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B
Up	Roefs	SUN	C
Up	Henderson	CRY	C, Vs
Down	Verbruggen	BHA	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 16 Jan, 2026 9:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
Up	Chalobah	CHE	C, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	B, £
Up	Lacroix	CRY	B, Vs
Up	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	Cash	AVL	B
Down	van Hecke	BHA	C
Up	Senesi	BOU	C
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
Up	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Fernández	CHE	B, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
Down	Foden	MCI	C
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Wirtz	LIV	A
Up	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Mitoma	BHA	B
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 16 Jan, 2026 9:49pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	C
No Change	Watkins	AVL	A
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
Down	Bowen	WHU	C

Last updated: 16 Jan, 2026 9:55pm

Following three consecutive blanks, Erling Haaland (£15.1m) did at least find the back of the net in Gameweek 21 to reward the millions of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers who captained him.

But is the Norwegian the cut-and-dried top choice for Gameweek 22?

Once again in ‘Captain Sensible’, we consider whether there is a case to back against Haaland as the Premier League returns following a domestic cup hiatus. Liverpool, Chelsea or perhaps even alternative Manchester City players are options ahead of Saturday’s 11am GMT deadline.

In this piece, we will assess the on-site captaincy poll, analyse myriad player and team statistics, consult the Rate My Team (RMT) points projections and settle on a top three for the armband.

READ MORE: Check out the FFScout Captaincy Matrix

Captaincy Poll

Haaland sits at the top of the Fantasy Football Scout captaincy poll standings. Close to half of our site users believe the Norwegian is the best option for Gameweek 22, despite him scoring just one goal in four Gameweeks.

Despite being sold by over 350,000 managers, Hugo Ekitike (£8.9m) sits in second place, currently boasting just under 19% of the vote. The Frenchman notched a goal and an assist off the bench in the FA Cup on his return from injury.

Elsewhere, Antoine Semenyo (£7.6m), now of Man City, is the only other player to garner more than 5% support. Bruno Fernandes (£9.1m) is teetering around that mark after picking up an assist on his comeback last time out.

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