Revised: The 10 top-scoring defenders of FPL 2024/25

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	102.4%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	94.4%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	99.5%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	94.6%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	84.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	89.9%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	72.1%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	64.2%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.3%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	86.9%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	85.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.1%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	78.9%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.6%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	54.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.2%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	76.2%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	59.7%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.5%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.8%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.9%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	55.1%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	55.5%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	55.3%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	44.1%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	33.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	47.6%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.2%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.2%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.4%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	31.0%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	33.4%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	35.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	34.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	79.1%	Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	101.6%	Very Likely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.9%	Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	93.1%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	94.8%	Maybe
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	76.2%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	92.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	90.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.6%	Unlikely
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.2%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.0%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.9%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.7%	Unlikely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.0%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	88.8%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	90.6%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.7%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.3%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	90.1%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	85.7%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.1%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	74.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.1%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	83.2%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	83.0%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	80.0%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	80.6%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.1%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	81.4%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.0%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.7%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	82.0%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	79.4%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	77.7%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	80.3%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	79.8%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Defensive contributions are set to shake up the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) landscape in 2025/26.

READ MORE: How to find the players with the most FPL defensive contributions
READ MORE: FPL 2025/26: Huge rule change as defensive contributions come in

Had they come in last season, here’s who would have been the top-scoring defenders…

TOP-SCORING DEFENDERS IN 2024/25 WITH DEFENSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

Player	Team	24/25 points	Defensive contribution points	Total points	Rank without defensive contribution points
Nikola Milenkovic	Nottingham Forest	145	26	171	3rd
Murillo	Nottingham Forest	130	38	168	8th=
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	143	22	165	4th
Josko Gvardiol	Manchester City	153	10	163	1st
Nathan Collins	Brentford	127	32	159	11th
Daniel Munoz	Crystal Palace	142	14	156	5th
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	148	6	154	2nd
James Tarkowski	Everton	105	44	149	26th=
Maxence Lacroix	Crystal Palace	114	34	148	20th=
Dean Huijsen	Bournemouth	104	38	142	28th

It’s no surprise to see centre-backs dominate the table above.

Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo from Nottingham Forest would have claimed the top two spots last season.

Their respective totals of 145 and 130 points would have been boosted by 26 and 38 points from defensive contributions, representing a significant hike.

A comparison between Crystal Palace defenders Daniel Munoz and Maxence Lacroix further emphasises the significance of defensive contributions for the upcoming campaign.

The attack-minded Munoz, who plays as a wing-back, finished 28 points ahead of centre-back Lacroix in 2024/25.

However, with defensive contribution points factored in, he finished just eight points behind. Points per match-wise, they were equal on 4.2.

Should there be a price disparity of £0.5m between Munoz and Lacroix next season, Fantasy managers may face a tricky decision. This enhances the potential for variety in our teams, which could be great for the game.

Slipping out of the top 10, incidentally, were Milos Kerkez, Marc Cucurella, William Saliba and Ola Aina.

Pulisic 4 President

4 months, 19 days ago

can we get a full list of all defenders and midfielders with the points changes and how that would of affected their score over the last 3 ppl seasons?

cheers 🙂

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CasaBanter

4 months, 17 days ago

Is there a similar article for midfielders and forwards?

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