Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 5

FPL GW5 rankings: updated Fantasy Premier League player projections for every position. See who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 5.

Updated on September 17, 2025 5:05PM EST

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 5

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on September 17, 2025 5:05PM EST

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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Welcome to RotoWire's weekly rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The players for our rankings are pulled straight from the predicted XIs found on our lineups page.

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MATCHES (ET)

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

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 5 Cheat Sheet

PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1		1			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	14.5	53.7	8.11
2		2			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	7.7	18.7	6.85
3		3			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	10.4	19.7	6.52
4	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at ARS	F	14.1	35.9	6.51
5	2				Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. EVE	F	8.8	29.6	6.51
6	3				Rodrigo Muniz	FUL	FUL v. BRE	F	5.5	2.4	6.38
7	4				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW at BOU	F	7.0	2.6	6.36
8		4			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	8.4	18.0	6.32
9	5				Richarlison	TOT	TOT at BHA	F	6.7	13.4	6.31
10	6				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS v. MCI	F	9.0	25.6	6.30
11	7				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at SUN	F	8.8	15.0	6.13
12		5			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	6.5	1.0	6.09
13		6			Jacob Murphy	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	6.3	1.2	6.07
14		7			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	7.5	40.4	6.07
15	8				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at WHU	F	7.6	12.0	6.07
16	9				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at FUL	F	6.0	1.7	6.05
17			1		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	5.6	13.9	5.99
18	10				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO at BRN	F	7.6	21.9	5.97
19	11				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. CRY	F	7.8	6.7	5.96
20	12				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. TOT	F	6.3	2.1	5.96
21	13				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at MUN	F	7.8	66.8	5.90
22		9			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	5.9	0.8	5.90
23		10			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	5.8	0.6	5.88
24		11			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	7.5	12.2	5.80
25		12			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	6.4	4.8	5.75
26		13			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	6.5	1.4	5.73
27	14				Wilson Isidor	SUN	SUN v. AVL	F	5.5	1.0	5.68
28	15				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN v. CHE	F	7.4	5.1	5.67
29		8			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	7.0	0.4	5.67
30	16				Evanilson	BOU	BOU v. NEW	F	7.0	2.7	5.66
31		14			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	7.0	2.6	5.65
32		15			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	6.4	1.8	5.65
33		16			Harvey Elliott	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	5.4	0.5	5.64
34		17			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	8.1	15.7	5.63
35		18			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	6.0	0.2	5.62
36		19			Jack Grealish	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	6.8	21.9	5.60
37		20			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.5	1.7	5.56
38		21			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	7.0	7.9	5.51
39	17				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE at LIV	F	5.8	0.4	5.50
40		22			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	6.1	3.3	5.49
41		23			Noni Madueke	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	7.0	1.7	5.47
42		24			David Brooks	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.0	0.4	5.46
43	18				Tolu	WOL	WOL v. LEE	F	5.5	0.0	5.46
44		25			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	9.0	19.5	5.46
45		26			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	7.5	5.2	5.44
46		27			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.5	1.2	5.42
47	19				Lyle Foster	BRN	BRN v. NFO	F	5.0	1.2	5.41
48		28			Estevao	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	6.5	2.3	5.41
49		29			Simon Adingra	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.4	1.1	5.40
50			2		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	5.0	1.9	5.38
51			3		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. EVE	D	6.0	5.6	5.35
52		30			Wilfried Gnonto	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	5.4	0.2	5.35
53	20				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at WOL	F	5.5	0.2	5.32
54		31			Chemsdine Talbi	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.0	0.3	5.28
55		32			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	5.0	4.9	5.27
56		33			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	6.4	1.3	5.26
57		34			Jhon Arias	WOL	WOL v. LEE	M	5.3	0.3	5.26
58		35			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.9	3.6	5.22
59		36			Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.9	0.7	5.14
60		37			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL v. LEE	M	5.5	0.1	5.10
61		38			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	6.5	8.4	5.06
62		39			Kevin	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	6.0	0.1	5.03
63		40			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	8.0	2.0	5.02
64		41			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.5	0.1	5.01
65		42			Loum Tchaouna	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	4.9	0.0	4.93
66			4		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	5.5	7.5	4.90
67		43			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	5.0	0.5	4.88
68			5		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	2.0	4.88
69		44			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	6.5	3.6	4.86
70			6		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	5.6	25.2	4.86
71		45			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.5	0.0	4.85
72		46			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	6.6	31.6	4.84
73		47			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	6.4	1.5	4.82
74			7		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	5.0	7.1	4.81
75			8		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. EVE	D	6.1	28.6	4.80
76		48			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	6.0	1.5	4.80
77			9		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	4.7	4.79
78		49			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	6.6	13.2	4.79
79			10		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.0	0.6	4.78
80		50			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	5.9	0.7	4.78
81			11		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	5.7	11.8	4.76
82			12		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	5.7	13.7	4.73
83			13		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. EVE	D	5.5	3.2	4.72
84		51			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.4	0.0	4.71
85			14		Murillo	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	5.5	4.7	4.71
86		52			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	5.5	0.0	4.71
87		53			Mikel Merino	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	5.9	0.5	4.70
88			15		Gabriel	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	6.1	22.0	4.69
89		54			Emiliano Buendia	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	5.3	0.1	4.68
90			16		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.5	1.2	4.68
91			17		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.5	0.0	4.65
92			18		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.4	0.1	4.64
93			19		Kenny Tete	FUL	FUL v. BRE	D	4.5	0.2	4.57
94		55			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	6.5	2.5	4.56
95			20		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	5.0	3.9	4.55
96			21		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	4.9	4.55
97			22		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.0	2.9	4.50
98		56			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	5.0	2.9	4.50
99			23		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.5	0.0	4.50
100		57			Casemiro	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	5.5	0.2	4.50
101		58			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	5.5	0.6	4.49
102			24		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.4	0.1	4.49
103			25		Ethan Pinnock	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	4.4	0.1	4.47
104			26		James Hill	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.0	0.9	4.46
105			27		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.5	0.3	4.46
106		59			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.0	0.2	4.44
107		60			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	5.5	5.3	4.42
108			28		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	4.9	0.1	4.41
109		61			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	5.4	3.1	4.41
110			29		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.5	0.2	4.40
111		62			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	5.9	0.3	4.38
112			30		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	4.7	21.7	4.38
113		63			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	5.7	31.0	4.37
114		64			Hannibal	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.0	0.2	4.36
115			31		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.0	5.0	4.33
116			32		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	5.1	8.5	4.32
117			33		Emmanuel Agbadou	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.5	0.4	4.30
118			34		Kyle Walker-Peters	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	0.3	4.30
119		65			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS v. MCI	M	6.5	8.8	4.29
120		66			Rodri	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	6.4	0.7	4.28
121		67			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	7.0	5.3	4.27
122			35		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	0.2	4.26
123		68			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI at ARS	M	6.4	0.6	4.25
124			36		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.0	1.5	4.24
125			37		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	5.0	1.5	4.24
126			38		Veljko Milosavljevic	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.5	0.0	4.23
127			39		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	6.2	28.0	4.20
128			40		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	12.8	4.20
129			41		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	4.5	0.4	4.18
130		69			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	4.9	0.2	4.17
131		70			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at BOU	M	5.4	1.3	4.17
132				1	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at FUL	G	4.5	9.1	4.17
133		71			Joao Palhinha	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	5.5	0.8	4.16
134			42		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.5	0.4	4.15
135		72			James Ward-Prowse	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.9	0.3	4.14
136		73			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	5.0	0.3	4.13
137			43		Reece James	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	5.5	4.6	4.13
138			44		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.0	0.5	4.12
139		74			Ao Tanaka	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	4.9	0.1	4.11
140			45		Toti Gomes	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.4	0.1	4.11
141			46		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	5.8	3.2	4.08
142			47		Valentino Livramento	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.1	9.5	4.08
143			48		Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	CHE at MUN	D	4.5	1.2	4.07
144		75			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. TOT	M	4.9	3.0	4.07
145		76			Will Hughes	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	4.9	0.1	4.05
146		77			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. LEE	M	5.4	0.1	4.04
147			49		Tyrone Mings	AVL	AVL at SUN	D	4.5	1.4	4.04
148			50		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU v. NEW	D	4.6	9.2	4.01
149			51		Yerson Mosquera	WOL	WOL v. LEE	D	4.4	0.1	4.01
150		78			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.0	2.8	3.99
151		79			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU v. NEW	M	5.0	0.4	3.99
152			52		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. BRE	D	4.5	0.5	3.97
153		80			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT at BHA	M	5.4	0.3	3.94
154			53		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.5	1.7	3.93
155			54		Morato	NFO	NFO at BRN	D	4.4	0.1	3.93
156			55		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	5.0	6.2	3.91
157				3	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. AVL	G	4.5	1.9	3.91
158		81			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at MUN	M	5.6	8.7	3.89
159			56		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	4.5	5.8	3.86
160			57		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. AVL	D	4.0	8.1	3.85
161		82			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.0	0.0	3.84
162			58		Joel Veltman	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.4	0.2	3.84
163			59		William Saliba	ARS	ARS v. MCI	D	6.0	12.7	3.84
164		83			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO at BRN	M	5.0	0.1	3.84
165		84			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.0	2.0	3.84
166		85			Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	3.84
167			60		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	4.5	0.7	3.83
168		86			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. EVE	M	5.5	0.7	3.83
169				4	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. BRE	G	5.0	1.6	3.82
170		87			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN v. CHE	M	4.9	0.5	3.81
171			61		Destiny Udogie	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	4.4	0.5	3.80
172		88			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. NFO	M	5.0	0.0	3.78
173		89			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at FUL	M	5.0	0.1	3.77
174		90			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	3.75
175			62		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY at WHU	D	4.5	2.1	3.75
176			63		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.5	0.9	3.74
177				5	David Raya	ARS	ARS v. MCI	G	5.5	23.4	3.74
178			64		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.0	5.6	3.72
179		91			Habib Diarra	SUN	SUN v. AVL	M	5.5	0.1	3.70
180				6	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY at WHU	G	5.0	8.1	3.70
181			65		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. CRY	D	4.4	0.1	3.69
182		92			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. BRE	M	5.0	0.1	3.69
183			66		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.0	16.5	3.68
184			67		Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	5.4	0.4	3.68
185			68		Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at FUL	D	5.0	0.4	3.66
186			69		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	5.0	2.8	3.66
187				7	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. EVE	G	5.5	10.9	3.65
188		93			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at WOL	M	4.9	0.0	3.62
189				8	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO at BRN	G	5.0	14.7	3.59
190			70		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at WOL	D	4.0	3.3	3.58
191			71		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. TOT	D	4.5	1.2	3.52
192		94			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at SUN	M	4.9	0.1	3.51
193		95			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	5.4	0.1	3.47
194			72		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT at BHA	D	4.7	30.9	3.47
195			73		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	4.5	2.3	3.47
196				9	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU v. NEW	G	4.5	4.5	3.47
197				10	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at BOU	G	5.0	6.0	3.44
198				12	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at WOL	G	4.0	2.4	3.41
199			74		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. CHE	D	4.5	0.3	3.41
200				11	Jose Sa	WOL	WOL v. LEE	G	4.5	1.6	3.40
201		96			James Garner	EVE	EVE at LIV	M	5.0	0.4	3.39
202			75		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at ARS	D	5.5	4.0	3.34
203				2	Mads Hermansen	WHU	WHU v. CRY	G	4.5	0.3	3.32
204				13	Altay Bayindir	MUN	MUN v. CHE	G	5.0	0.4	3.32
205			76		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. BRE	D	4.5	3.3	3.30
206			77		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	4.5	0.6	3.26
207			78		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	5.5	7.0	3.24
208				14	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at MUN	G	5.0	22.9	3.22
209			79		Fabian Schar	NEW	NEW at BOU	D	5.5	3.1	3.20
210			80		Hjalmar Ekdal	BRN	BRN v. NFO	D	4.0	1.3	3.15
211		97			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. CRY	M	5.0	0.0	3.13
212			81		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	4.9	0.4	3.13
213				15	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at SUN	G	5.0	2.0	3.08
214				16	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT at BHA	G	5.1	10.5	3.08
215				17	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. NFO	G	4.0	34.0	3.05
216				18	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI at ARS	G	5.5	2.4	3.03
217				19	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. TOT	G	4.5	5.5	3.03
218				20	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at LIV	G	5.5	11.6	2.95
219		98			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	2.90
220			82		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at LIV	D	5.0	0.5	2.75