Fantasy Premier League Rankings: Preseason Top 201 & Positional Breakdowns [Final Update]

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Published on August 9, 2019

The Premier League transfer window is officially closed -- at least for players moving into the league -- and our final preseason rankings are below, with Liverpool set to host newly promoted Norwich City in a couple of hours to begin the 2019/20 season.

As you'll see below, we did not agree on the same top 201, as we combined for a total of 256 unique players. In the instances of a player being ranked by one of us and not the other, an average was taken between whatever the player was ranked and 256. For example, I ranked Chelsea's Mason Mount 176th overall but Mike did not rank him, so his overall rank shows as 216.0 (the average of 176 and 256). Additionally, every column in the table is sortable, so you can still get a clear breakdown of our overall and positional rankings.

And before we jump in: we have a new tool on the site that helps put our season-long projections into perspective for draft games. The custom rankings page allows you to input your league's scoring settings and it will sort our projections based on fantasy points within that format. It's a great tool as a cheat sheet during a draft, or it can give you a good idea of how the players will break down if you're looking to start a league with your own customized stats.

As always, if you have any feedback or opinions about players we ranked (or didn't rank), please hit

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Player	Team	FPL Pos	AVG OR	AL OR	MG OR	AL FW	MG FW	AL MID	MG MID	AL DEF	MG DEF	AL GK	MG GK
Mohamed Salah	LIV	MID	1.0	1	1			1	1
Raheem Sterling	MCI	MID	2.0	2	2			2	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	ARS	FW	4.0	4	4	2	1
Harry Kane	TOT	FW	5.0	3	7	1	3
Kevin De Bruyne	MCI	MID	6.0	6	6			4	4
Sadio Mane	LIV	MID	6.5	10	3			7	3
Sergio Aguero	MCI	FW	6.5	8	5	3	2
Christian Eriksen	TOT	MID	9.5	11	8			8	5
Gylfi Sigurdsson	EVE	MID	10.0	5	15			3	8
Paul Pogba	MUN	MID	10.5	9	12			6	7
Roberto Firmino	LIV	FW	11.5	12	11	4	4
Trent Alexander-Arnold	LIV	DEF	12.5	15	10					2	1
Alexandre Lacazette	ARS	FW	17.0	21	13	8	5
Aymeric Laporte	MCI	DEF	18.0	19	17					3	3
James Maddison	LEI	MID	18.5	7	30			5	16
Bernardo Silva	MCI	MID	19.0	29	9			14	6
Jamie Vardy	LEI	FW	19.5	13	26	5	9
Virgil van Dijk	LIV	DEF	20.0	22	18					4	4
Raul Jimenez	WLV	FW	20.0	18	22	6	7
Marcus Rashford	MUN	FW	20.5	20	21	7	6
Ryan Fraser	BOU	MID	20.5	16	25			9	13
Wilfried Zaha	CRY	MID	21.5	27	16			13	9
Andrew Robertson	LIV	DEF	23.0	32	14					7	2
Richarlison	EVE	MID	23.0	17	29			10	15
Lucas Digne	EVE	DEF	23.0	14	32					1	5
Son Heung-Min	TOT	MID	24.0	25	23			11	12
Callum Wilson	BOU	FW	25.0	23	27	9	10
Felipe Anderson	WHU	MID	27.0	26	28			12	14
Dele Alli	TOT	MID	27.5	35	20			15	11
Alisson Becker	LIV	GK	31.0	28	34							1	1
Willian	CHE	MID	32.5	46	19			19	10
Ederson	MCI	GK	33.0	31	35							2	2
Ricardo Pereira	LEI	DEF	33.0	30	36					6	7
Christian Pulisic	CHE	MID	34.0	37	31			17	17
Matt Doherty	WLV	DEF	35.5	34	37					8	8
Harry Maguire	MUN	DEF	37.5	24	51					5	13
Ben Chilwell	LEI	DEF	38.0	38	38					9	9
Diogo Jota	WLV	FW	40.0	39	41	11	11
Gabriel Jesus	MCI	FW	40.0	33	47	10	12
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	MUN	DEF	40.5	42	39					11	10
Cesar Azpilicueta	CHE	DEF	42.5	41	44					10	11
Luka Milivojevic	CRY	MID	43.0	36	50			16	21
Joshua King	BOU	FW	44.0	40	48	12	13
Anthony Martial	MUN	MID	45.5	49	42			22	19
Nicolas Pepe	ARS	MID	47.0	51	43			24	20
David Silva	MCI	MID	49.0	58	40			26	18
David Luiz	ARS	DEF	51.5	43	60					12	18
Sebastien Haller	WHU	FW	54.5	53	56	13	16
Miguel Almiron	NEW	MID	56.0	48	64			21	25
Kepa Arrizabalaga	CHE	GK	56.5	61	52							5	4
Kyle Walker	MCI	DEF	58.0	83	33					25	6
Ayoze Perez	LEI	MID	59.0	45	73			18	27
Hugo Lloris	TOT	GK	60.5	76	45							7	3
Youri Tielemans	LEI	MID	60.5	47	74			20	28
Riyad Mahrez	MCI	MID	61.0	59	63			27	24
Pedro	CHE	MID	63.5	65	62			29	23
Kasper Schmeichel	LEI	GK	64.5	44	85							3	7
Toby Alderweireld	TOT	DEF	66.5	79	54					21	14
Glenn Murray	BHA	FW	69.0	71	67	15	18
David de Gea	MUN	GK	70.0	52	88							4	9
Lucas Moura	TOT	MID	71.0	87	55			39	22
Giovani Lo Celso	TOT	MID	72.5	66	79			30	32
Nathan Redmond	SOU	MID	75.0	50	100			23	36
Dwight McNeil	BUR	MID	77.5	77	78			35	31
Olivier Giroud	CHE	FW	78.0	132	24	26	8
Nathan Ake	BOU	DEF	79.0	63	95					16	30
Troy Deeney	WAT	FW	79.5	106	53	20	15
Matt Ritchie	NEW	DEF	79.5	56	103					15	32
Rui Patricio	WLV	GK	81.0	75	87							6	8
Antonio Rudiger	CHE	DEF	82.5	108	57					33	15
Teemu Pukki	NOR	FW	82.5	104	61	18	17
Jose Holebas	WAT	DEF	82.5	97	68					28	20
Danny Ings	SOU	FW	82.5	89	76	16	19
Benjamin Mendy	MCI	DEF	83.5	109	58					34	16
Luke Shaw	MUN	DEF	84.0	72	96					18	31
Andreas Christensen	CHE	DEF	85.0	100	70					31	22
Moise Kean	EVE	FW	85.5	122	49	24	14
Seamus Coleman	EVE	DEF	86.5	127	46					43	12
Jordan Pickford	EVE	GK	86.5	84	89							8	10
Marcos Alonso	CHE	DEF	87.0	115	59					36	17
Jonny	WLV	DEF	88.0	95	81					26	24
Ashley Barnes	BUR	FW	90.5	90	91	17	21
Tammy Abraham	CHE	FW	90.5	60	121	14	33
Kurt Zouma	CHE	DEF	91.5	118	65					39	19
Andros Townsend	CRY	MID	93.0	85	101			37	37
Emiliano Buendia	NOR	MID	93.0	57	129			25	50
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	ARS	MID	94.5	112	77			48	30
Bernd Leno	ARS	GK	95.0	124	66							11	5
Jack Grealish	AVL	MID	96.5	69	124			33	45
Lukasz Fabianski	WHU	GK	97.0	110	84							10	6
Ben Foster	WAT	GK	97.5	91	104							9	11
Pascal Gross	BHA	MID	100.0	128	72			50	26
Chris Wood	BUR	FW	100.0	120	80	22	20
Abdoulaye Doucoure	WAT	MID	101.0	92	110			41	39
Ross Barkley	CHE	MID	101.5	68	135			32	53
Ilkay Gundogan	MCI	MID	102.0	86	118			38	42
Joao Moutinho	WLV	MID	102.5	94	111			43	40
Naby Keita	LIV	MID	103.0	70	136			34	54
Caglar Soyuncu	LEI	DEF	104.5	126	83					42	26
Jan Vertonghen	TOT	DEF	105.5	55	156					14	45
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	LIV	MID	106.0	137	75			54	29
Joelinton	NEW	FW	106.5	105	108	19	27
Kieran Tierney	ARS	DEF	107.0	81	133					23	34
Ryan Bertrand	SOU	DEF	108.0	64	152					17	41
Gerard Deulofeu	WAT	FW	108.5	119	98	21	23
Conor Hourihane	AVL	MID	110.0	62	158			28	61
Ruben Neves	WLV	MID	111.0	103	119			46	43
Christian Benteke	CRY	FW	115.0	121	109	23	28
Sokratis Papastathopoulos	ARS	DEF	116.0	98	134					29	35
Patrick van Aanholt	CRY	DEF	117.0	142	92					44	28
Roberto Pereyra	WAT	MID	118.0	93	143			42	59
Che Adams	SOU	MID	118.5	131	106	25	25
James Ward-Prowse	SOU	MID	122.0	67	177			31	75
Fabian Schar	NEW	DEF	123.5	73	174					19	47
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	EVE	FW	124.0	133	115	27	30
Granit Xhaka	ARS	MID	127.0	78	176			36	74
Tanguy Ndombele	TOT	MID	128.0	154	102			61	38
Alex Iwobi	EVE	MID	129.0	88	170			40	69
Tom Heaton	AVL	GK	130.5	148	113							13	13
David Brooks	BOU	MID	130.5	136	125			53	46
Oliver Norwood	SHF	MID	130.5	101	160			44	63
Yerry Mina	EVE	DEF	131.5	74	189					20	49
Danny Rose	TOT	DEF	132.5	114	151					35	40
Billy Sharp	SHF	FW	134.0	161	107	33	26
Michail Antonio	WHU	MID	134.0	129	139			51	55
Willy Boly	WLV	DEF	134.0	82	186					24	48
Michael Keane	EVE	DEF	135.5	116	155					37	44
Oliver McBurnie	SHF	FW	136.5	159	114	31	29
Juan Mata	MUN	MID	136.5	145	128			58	49
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	BUR	MID	137.5	102	173			45	72
Callum Hudson-Odoi	CHE	MID	139.5	111	168			47	67
Andre Gray	WAT	FW	143.5	182	105	35	24
Emerson Palmieri	CHE	DEF	144.0	96	192					27	52
Nick Pope	BUR	GK	144.5	141	148							12	14
John Stones	MCI	DEF	145.0	144	146					46	39
Ryan Sessegnon	TOT	MID	149.5	158	141			65	57
Andy Carroll	NEW	FW	149.5	134	165	28	37
Joao Cancelo	MCI	DEF	150.0	107	193					32	53
Manuel Lanzini	WHU	MID	150.5	130	171			52	70
Harvey Barnes	LEI	MID	151.0	172	130			67	51
Mesut Ozil	ARS	MID	151.0	140	162			57	65
Divock Origi	LIV	FW	153.5	160	147	32	35
Yan Valery	SOU	DEF	154.5	152	157					49	46
Anwar El Ghazi	AVL	MID	155.0	149	161			60	64
Victor Lindelof	MUN	DEF	155.0	54	256					13	62
Angus Gunn	SOU	GK	155.5	162	149							14	15
Dani Ceballos	ARS	MID	158.5	138	179			55	77
Shane Duffy	BHA	DEF	158.5	117	200					38	59
Joe Gomez	LIV	DEF	159.5	165	154					53	43
Mark Noble	WHU	MID	160.5	198	123			80	44
Jesse Lingard	MUN	MID	160.5	190	131			73	52
Jamaal Lascelles	NEW	DEF	162.0	179	145					61	38
Aaron Cresswell	WHU	DEF	162.0	123	201					40	60
Hector Bellerin	ARS	DEF	162.5	256	69					81	21
Serge Aurier	TOT	DEF	163.5	256	71					70	23
James Tarkowski	BUR	DEF	168.0	80	256					22	65
Sead Kolasinac	ARS	DEF	169.0	256	82					68	25
Davinson Sanchez	TOT	DEF	169.0	201	137					67	36
Mamadou Sakho	CRY	DEF	170.0	143	197					45	56
Xherdan Shaqiri	LIV	MID	171.0	256	86			86	33
Wesley	AVL	FW	172.5	181	164	34	36
Max Aarons	NOR	DEF	173.0	256	90					69	27
Moussa Djenepo	SOU	MID	174.5	256	93				34
Jamal Lewis	NOR	DEF	175.0	256	94					75	29
Michy Batshuayi	CHE	FW	176.5	256	97	44	22
Solomon March	BHA	MID	176.5	175	178			70	76
Jota	AVL	MID	177.5	256	99			104	35
Mario Vrancic	NOR	MID	177.5	196	159			78	62
John McGinn	AVL	MID	177.5	192	163			75	66
Ben Mee	BUR	DEF	177.5	99	256					30
Jonny Evans	LEI	DEF	180.5	163	198					51	57
Martin Dubravka	NEW	GK	181.0	195	167							15	18
Vicente Guaita	CRY	GK	184.0	256	112							17	12
Robert Snodgrass	WHU	MID	184.5	113	256			49
Jesus Vallejo	WLV	DEF	185.0	180	190					62	50
Jonathan Kodjia	AVL	FW	186.0	256	116	43	31
Rodri	MCI	MID	186.5	256	117				41
Aaron Mooy	BHA	MID	187.0	194	180			77	78
Fabian Delph	EVE	MID	187.5	187	188				82	65
Kelechi Iheanacho	LEI	FW	188.0	256	120	39	32
Patrick Cutrone	WLV	FW	189.0	256	122	42	34
Steve Cook	BOU	DEF	190.5	125	256					41
Mateo Kovacic	CHE	MID	191.0	256	126				47
Demarai Gray	LEI	MID	191.5	256	127			83	48
Dean Henderson	SHF	GK	191.5	200	183							16	19
Joel Matip	LIV	DEF	194.0	256	132						33
Danny Welbeck	WAT	FW	195.5	135	256	29
Shkodran Mustafi	ARS	DEF	197.0	256	138						37
Wilfred Ndidi	LEI	MID	197.5	139	256			56
Leroy Sane	MCI	MID	198.0	256	140			120	56
Fred	MUN	MID	199.0	256	142				58
Alexis Sanchez	MUN	MID	200.0	256	144			109	60
Dennis Praet	LEI	MID	201.0	146	256			59
Chicharito	WHU	FW	201.5	147	256	30
Mathew Ryan	BHA	GK	203.0	256	150							18	16
Djibril Sidibe	EVE	DEF	203.0	150	256					47
Frederic Guilbert	AVL	DEF	203.5	151	256					48
Nicolas Otamendi	MCI	DEF	204.5	256	153					80
Juan Foyth	TOT	DEF	204.5	153	256					50	76
Victor Camarasa	CRY	MID	205.5	155	256			62
Marco Stiepermann	NOR	MID	206.0	156	256			63
James Milner	LIV	MID	206.5	157	256			64
Issa Diop	WHU	DEF	210.0	164	256					52	61
Artur Boruc	BOU	GK	211.0	256	166							19	17
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	ARS	DEF	211.0	166	256					54
Charlie Taylor	BUR	DEF	211.5	167	256					55
James Tomkins	CRY	DEF	212.0	168	256					56
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	CHE	MID	212.5	256	169			85	68
Matt Targett	AVL	DEF	212.5	169	256					57	68
Lewis Dunk	BHA	DEF	213.0	170	256					58	63
Allan Saint-Maximin	NEW	MID	213.5	171	256			66
Phil Foden	MCI	MID	214.0	256	172			100	71
David McGoldrick	SHF	MID	214.5	173	256			68
Pablo Fornals	WHU	MID	215.0	174	256			69
Robbie Brady	BUR	MID	215.5	256	175			105	73
Mason Mount	CHE	MID	216.0	176	256			71
Ryan Bennett	WLV	DEF	216.5	177	256					59
Jannik Vestergaard	SOU	DEF	217.0	178	256					60
Danny Drinkwater	BUR	MID	218.5	256	181			108	79
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg	SOU	MID	219.0	256	182				80
Neal Maupay	BHA	FW	219.5	183	256	36
Tim Krul	NOR	GK	220.0	256	184								20
Jay Rodriguez	BUR	FW	220.0	184	256	37	41
Angelo Ogbonna	WHU	DEF	220.5	185	256					63
Chris Mepham	BOU	DEF	221.0	186	256					64
Fernandinho	MCI	MID	221.5	256	187				81
Tyrone Mings	AVL	DEF	222.0	188	256					66	66
Harry Wilson	BOU	MID	222.5	189	256			72
Ben Davies	TOT	DEF	223.5	256	191					86	51
Lucas Torreira	ARS	MID	223.5	191	256			74
Andriy Yarmolenko	WHU	MID	224.5	193	256			76	84
Shane Long	SOU	FW	225.0	256	194	41	38
Eric Bailly	MUN	DEF	225.5	256	195						54
Chris Smalling	MUN	DEF	226.0	256	196						55
Leandro Trossard	BHA	MID	226.5	197	256			79
DeAndre Yedlin	NEW	DEF	227.5	256	199					89	58
Will Hughes	WAT	MID	227.5	199	256			81	83
Dwight Gayle	NEW	FW	256.0	256	256	38
Jordan Ayew	CRY	FW	256.0	256	256	40
Dominic Solanke	BOU	FW	256.0	256	256	45	40
Mason Greenwood	MUN	FW	256.0	256	256	46	44
Yoshinori Muto	NEW	FW	256.0	256	256	47	43
Albian Ajeti	WHU	FW	256.0	256	256	48
Cenk Tosun	EVE	FW	256.0	256	256	49	45
Lys Mousset	SHF	FW	256.0	256	256	50	42
Isaac Success	WAT	FW	256.0	256	256	51
Jurgen Locadia	BHA	FW	256.0	256	256	52
Connor Wickham	CRY	FW	256.0	256	256	53
Erik Lamela	TOT	MID	256.0	256	256			82
Ismaila Sarr	WAT	MID	256.0	256	256			84
Marc Albrighton	LEI			256	256			87
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	EVE	MID		256	256			88
Jonjo Shelvey	NEW	MID		256	256			89
Max Meyer	CRY	MID		256	256			90
Theo Walcott	EVE	MID		256	256			91
Bernard	EVE	MID		256	256			92
Moritz Leitner	NOR	MID		256	256			93
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	BHA	MID		256	256			94
Junior Stanislas	BOU	MID		256	256			95
James McArthur	CRY	MID		256	256			96
Adama Traore	WLV	MID		256	256			97
Stuart Armstrong	SOU	MID		256	256			98
N'Golo Kante	CHE	MID		256	256			99
Declan Rice	WHU	DEF		256	256			101
Jordan Henderson	LIV	MID		256	256			102
Philip Billing	BOU	MID		256	256			103
Jorginho	CHE	MID		256	256			106
Etienne Capoue	WAT	MID		256	256			107
Georginio Wijnaldum	LIV	MID		256	256			110
Sean Longstaff	NEW	MID		256	256			111
Moussa Sissoko	TOT	MID		256	256			112
Jeffrey Schlupp	CRY	MID		256	256			113
Jordon Ibe	BOU	MID		256	256			114
Ki Sung-yueng	NEW	MID		256	256			115
Daniel James	MUN	MID		256	256			116
Adam Lallana	LIV	MID		256	256			117
Patrick Roberts	NOR	MID		256	256			118
Luke Freeman	SHF	MID		256	256			119
Ryan Fredericks	WHU	DEF		256	256					72
Oleksandr Zinchenko	MCI	DEF		256	256					73	73
Enda Stevens	SHF	DEF		256	256					74
Ben Godfrey	NOR	DEF		256	256					76	70
Jack O'Connell	SHF	DEF		256	256					77	64
Craig Cathcart	WAT	DEF		256	256					78
Kyle Walker-Peters	TOT	DEF		256	256					79	77
Gary Cahill	CRY	DEF		256	256					82
Angelino	MCI	DEF		256	256					83
Arthur Masuaku	WHU	DEF		256	256					84
Craig Dawson	WAT	DEF		256	256					85	72
Nacho Monreal	ARS	DEF		256	256					87
Diogo Dalot	MUN	DEF		256	256					88
Kiko Femenia	WAT	DEF		256	256					90
Ahmed Elmohamady	AVL	DEF		256	256					91
Ciaran Clark	NEW	DEF		256	256					92
Daryl Janmaat	WAT	DEF		256	256					93	71
Ashley Young	MUN	DEF		256	256					94
Ralf Fahrmann	NOR	GK		256	256							20
Conor Coady	WLV	DEF		256	256						67
Chris Basham	SHF	DEF		256	256						69
James Chester	AVL	DEF		256	256						74
Erik Pieters	BUR	DEF		256	256						75
Jetro Willems	NEW	DEF		256	256
Nelson Oliveira	NOR	FW		256	256		39