Fantrax Premier League Rankings: Gameweek 1

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Updated on September 11, 2020 9:05AM EST

We're changing things up a bit for the 2020/21 season and introducing weekly player rankings specifically for Fantrax's Premier League game. We've covered the league's official game for the past few years, and while those will certainly continue, we're going to split out rankings for Fantrax because the scoring systems are different enough where one set doesn't do the game justice.

Similar to our season-long rankings, the weekly Fantrax lists will be based on my individual player projections, though only players expected to start are included. Additionally, all players are projected to play 90 minutes, which obviously won't be the case because the Premier League still allows three substitutions per match. It is certainly possible to try to project substitutions, but injuries, red cards or general poor play can throw those expectations out very quickly. I am not against adding substitutes to the rankings (which would obviously affect the players they would be coming on for) in the future, but for now we'll stick with expected starters and see where they match up against each other if they all played 90 minutes.

The player projections begin with projecting team totals for all the relevant stats and then distributing them out to each player, so a change for one player affects everyone else on the team. For example, a Liverpool lineup with Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane up front will project very differently than one with Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Or, for less dramatic affect, a Salah-Firmino-Mane front line would be different than a Salah-Origi-Mane one, so a question of "where would player x rank if he started?" requires one expected starter to change and then almost all the other starters would be affected one way or another.

In addition to a projected score and rank, I've also done the same for "floor" points, which are fantasy points minus goals, assists and clean sheets. Players with higher floors are generally more reliable and consistent in their fantasy scoring, but they also don't reach their fantasy ceilings as often. So, depending on what type of player you prefer, we've included both figures. Oh, and because these are based on projected fantasy points, we can do an overall ranking to help those who want to compare a defender to a midfielder for a flex spot or formation change.

The rankings will be updated throughout the week with any injuries or obvious playing time changes, and I'll be sure to include when the latest update was posted. Gameweek 1 is always very tough to project because teams don't use the same lineups during their pre-season matches and different managers have different opinions about players returning from international duty. But, we'll do our best and adjust when there's something worthy of adjustment.

As always, if you have any questions, suggestions or other feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, contact me on Twitter or through our subscriber Discord chat.

MATCHES (EDT)

Saturday, 7:30 am: Fulham vs. Arsenal
Saturday, 10:00 am: Crystal Palace vs. Southampton
Saturday, 12:30 pm: Liverpool vs. Leeds United
Saturday, 3:00 pm: West Ham United vs. Newcastle United
Sunday, 9:00 am: West Bromwich Albion vs. Leicester City
Sunday, 11:30 am: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Everton
Monday, 1:00 pm: Sheffield United vs. Wolverhampton
Monday, 3:15 pm: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Chelsea

Note: all columns are sortable.

Originally posted at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 10.

Update at 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 10: removed Stuart Armstrong and added Moussa Djenepo.
Update at 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 11: removed Eberechi Eze and added Max Meyer

Overall Rank	Pos Rank	Floor Rank	Pos Floor Rank	Player	Matchup	Pos	Pts	Floor
1	1	4	3	Mohamed Salah	LIV v. LEE	F	20.29	10.36
2	2	2	2	Sadio Mane	LIV v. LEE	F	19.51	11.14
3	1	6	1	Trent Alexander-Arnold	LIV v. LEE	D	17.99	10.01
4	3	9	5	Timo Werner	CHE at BHA	F	17.98	9.22
5	1	3	1	Michail Antonio	WHU v. NEW	M	16.29	11.13
6	4	11	7	Son Heung-Min	TOT v. EVE	F	15.76	9.10
7	5	1	1	Willian	ARS at FUL	F	15.48	11.40
8	2	22	5	Andrew Robertson	LIV v. LEE	D	14.98	7.82
9	6	12	8	Roberto Firmino	LIV v. LEE	F	14.87	9.02
10	7	27	9	Harry Kane	TOT v. EVE	F	14.11	7.36
11	2	13	4	Jarrod Bowen	WHU v. NEW	M	13.27	8.77
12	3	5	2	Naby Keita	LIV v. LEE	M	13.25	10.25
13	8	43	12	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	ARS at FUL	F	13.24	6.73
14	3	16	3	Matt Doherty	TOT v. EVE	D	13.23	8.43
15	9	10	6	Callum Hudson-Odoi	CHE at BHA	F	12.91	9.16
16	4	31	6	Virgil van Dijk	LIV v. LEE	D	12.77	7.28
17	5	18	4	Marcos Alonso	CHE at BHA	D	12.73	8.14
18	4	8	3	Allan Saint-Maximin	NEW at WHU	M	12.62	9.71
19	10	71	22	Jamie Vardy	LEI at WBA	F	11.95	6.04
20	11	42	11	Kelechi Iheanacho	LEI at WBA	F	11.93	6.74
21	12	7	4	Adama Traore	WLV at SHU	F	11.89	9.73
22	6	14	2	Reece James	CHE at BHA	D	11.87	8.51
23	13	61	17	Alexandre Lacazette	ARS at FUL	F	11.85	6.30
24	5	20	8	Harvey Barnes	LEI at WBA	M	11.30	7.91
25	6	19	7	Lucas Moura	TOT v. EVE	M	11.16	8.07
26	7	21	9	Mason Mount	CHE at BHA	M	11.05	7.84
27	8	26	13	Ayoze Perez	LEI at WBA	M	10.88	7.49
28	9	17	6	Tomas Soucek	WHU v. NEW	M	10.61	8.39
29	14	64	19	Danny Ings	SOU at CRY	F	10.50	6.27
30	15	58	15	Raul Jimenez	WLV at SHU	F	10.33	6.40
31	10	15	5	Matt Ritchie	NEW at WHU	M	10.30	8.47
32	7	36	8	Romain Saiss	WLV at SHU	D	10.25	7.09
33	8	70	15	Joe Gomez	LIV v. LEE	D	10.20	6.15
34	9	32	7	Willy Boly	WLV at SHU	D	10.15	7.22
35	11	28	14	Jonjo Shelvey	NEW at WHU	M	10.14	7.35
36	12	39	20	Neeskens Kebano	FUL v. ARS	M	9.97	6.94
37	13	47	24	Leandro Trossard	BHA v. CHE	M	9.95	6.65
38	10	37	9	Jan Bednarek	SOU at CRY	D	9.81	7.06
39	14	49	26	Bukayo Saka	ARS at FUL	M	9.80	6.62
40	11	46	10	James Justin	LEI at WBA	D	9.78	6.68
41	12	96	23	Kieran Tierney	ARS at FUL	D	9.70	5.16
42	13	50	11	Scott Dann	CRY v. SOU	D	9.66	6.60
43	16	51	14	Jordan Ayew	CRY v. SOU	F	9.65	6.56
44	15	34	18	Matheus Pereira	WBA v. LEI	M	9.64	7.12
45	17	62	18	Richarlison	EVE at TOT	F	9.61	6.28
46	16	23	10	Andros Townsend	CRY v. SOU	M	9.49	7.69
47	17	29	15	James Milner	LIV v. LEE	M	9.44	7.34
48	18	25	12	Giovani Lo Celso	TOT v. EVE	M	9.44	7.61
49	19	48	25	Grady Diangana	WBA v. LEI	M	9.39	6.63
50	18	38	10	Oliver McBurnie	SHU v. WLV	F	9.33	7.05
51	19	68	20	Diogo Jota	WLV at SHU	F	9.29	6.20
52	14	57	13	Caglar Soyuncu	LEI at WBA	D	9.28	6.43
53	20	66	33	Jeffrey Schlupp	CRY v. SOU	M	9.16	6.25
54	21	33	17	Moussa Djenepo	SOU at CRY	M	9.16	7.12
55	20	114	25	Neal Maupay	BHA v. CHE	F	9.15	4.68
56	15	87	20	Timothy Castagne	LEI at WBA	D	9.15	5.55
57	16	84	18	Eric Dier	TOT v. EVE	D	9.14	5.58
58	21	69	21	Che Adams	SOU at CRY	F	9.13	6.19
59	17	65	14	Ruben Vinagre	WLV at SHU	D	9.03	6.27
60	22	24	11	N'Golo Kante	CHE at BHA	M	9.01	7.63
61	23	45	23	Wilfried Zaha	CRY v. SOU	M	8.70	6.72
62	24	55	29	Fabinho	LIV v. LEE	M	8.66	6.47
63	18	54	12	Lucas Digne	EVE at TOT	D	8.66	6.52
64	19	79	17	Chris Basham	SHU v. WLV	D	8.62	5.91
65	20	91	22	Ben Davies	TOT v. EVE	D	8.52	5.38
66	25	41	22	Youri Tielemans	LEI at WBA	M	8.50	6.79
67	22	44	13	David McGoldrick	SHU v. WLV	F	8.50	6.73
68	21	77	16	Joel Ward	CRY v. SOU	D	8.42	5.95
69	22	85	19	Jack O'Connell	SHU v. WLV	D	8.29	5.58
70	26	35	19	James Ward-Prowse	SOU at CRY	M	8.19	7.11
71	27	67	34	Mark Noble	WHU v. NEW	M	8.09	6.23
72	23	122	34	Toby Alderweireld	TOT v. EVE	D	8.06	4.45
73	24	97	24	John Egan	SHU v. WLV	D	8.00	5.03
74	1	111	2	Vicente Guaita	CRY v. SOU	G	7.94	4.74
75	25	90	21	Kurt Zouma	CHE at BHA	D	7.93	5.53
76	28	59	31	Nathan Redmond	SOU at CRY	M	7.91	6.38
77	26	100	26	Ryan Bertrand	SOU at CRY	D	7.83	5.01
78	23	107	23	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	EVE at TOT	F	7.83	4.89
79	29	52	27	Solomon March	BHA v. CHE	M	7.81	6.55
80	30	88	46	Pablo Fornals	WHU v. NEW	M	7.79	5.54
81	27	132	39	Enda Stevens	SHU v. WLV	D	7.79	4.12
82	24	108	24	Callum Wilson	NEW at WHU	F	7.75	4.87
83	31	75	38	Pablo Hernandez	LEE at LIV	M	7.70	5.96
84	25	134	27	Aleksandar Mitrovic	FUL v. ARS	F	7.70	4.04
85	32	30	16	Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg	TOT v. EVE	M	7.67	7.34
86	33	80	41	Jorginho	CHE at BHA	M	7.67	5.69
87	28	105	27	Mohammed Salisu	SOU at CRY	D	7.65	4.90
88	34	40	21	Wilfred Ndidi	LEI at WBA	M	7.52	6.89
89	35	63	32	Joao Moutinho	WLV at SHU	M	7.44	6.27
90	26	143	29	Charlie Austin	WBA v. LEI	F	7.44	3.93
91	29	124	35	Antonio Rudiger	CHE at BHA	D	7.44	4.38
92	30	115	30	William Saliba	ARS at FUL	D	7.43	4.68
93	36	82	43	John Fleck	SHU v. WLV	M	7.41	5.64
94	31	141	41	George Baldock	SHU v. WLV	D	7.41	3.95
95	37	53	28	Declan Rice	WHU v. NEW	M	7.40	6.53
96	38	72	35	Anthony Knockaert	FUL v. ARS	M	7.36	6.01
97	32	109	28	Kyle Walker-Peters	SOU at CRY	D	7.32	4.84
98	27	60	16	Anthony Gordon	EVE at TOT	F	7.27	6.34
99	2	170	16	Alisson Becker	LIV v. LEE	G	7.24	1.99
100	39	56	30	James McArthur	CRY v. SOU	M	7.23	6.45
101	40	81	42	Miguel Almiron	NEW at WHU	M	7.18	5.68
102	33	145	44	Sead Kolasinac	ARS at FUL	D	7.11	3.80
103	41	78	40	Isaac Hayden	NEW at WHU	M	7.05	5.94
104	34	118	32	Ryan Fredericks	WHU v. NEW	D	7.03	4.58
105	42	104	55	Matthew Phillips	WBA v. LEI	M	6.92	4.91
106	43	103	54	John Lundstram	SHU v. WLV	M	6.86	4.91
107	44	92	48	Dennis Praet	LEI at WBA	M	6.82	5.32
108	45	73	36	Yves Bissouma	BHA v. CHE	M	6.77	5.99
109	3	156	11	Hugo Lloris	TOT v. EVE	G	6.73	3.05
110	35	142	42	Tyrick Mitchell	CRY v. SOU	D	6.67	3.93
111	4	150	9	Alex McCarthy	SOU at CRY	G	6.62	3.50
112	36	138	40	Aaron Cresswell	WHU v. NEW	D	6.61	3.96
113	46	74	37	Alex Iwobi	EVE at TOT	M	6.54	5.97
114	37	119	33	Joe Bryan	FUL v. ARS	D	6.50	4.51
115	47	89	47	Jack Harrison	LEE at LIV	M	6.40	5.53
116	5	157	12	Aaron Ramsdale	SHU v. WLV	G	6.37	3.03
117	38	112	29	Kyle Bartley	WBA v. LEI	D	6.36	4.73
118	48	83	44	Cheikhou Kouyate	CRY v. SOU	M	6.30	5.64
119	6	136	7	Lukasz Fabianski	WHU v. NEW	G	6.27	4.03
120	39	152	48	Issa Diop	WHU v. NEW	D	6.25	3.46
121	40	146	45	Federico Fernandez	NEW at WHU	D	6.22	3.74
122	7	160	13	Rui Patricio	WLV at SHU	G	6.21	2.85
123	49	137	64	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	CHE at BHA	M	6.21	4.02
124	50	110	57	Tom Cairney	FUL v. ARS	M	6.21	4.83
125	41	117	31	Darnell Furlong	WBA v. LEI	D	6.21	4.58
126	51	86	45	Oliver Norwood	SHU v. WLV	M	6.17	5.57
127	52	76	39	Oriol Romeu	SOU at CRY	M	6.11	5.96
128	8	155	10	Kepa Arrizabalaga	CHE at BHA	G	6.10	3.22
129	42	147	46	Angelo Ogbonna	WHU v. NEW	D	6.09	3.71
130	9	125	3	Karl Darlow	NEW at WHU	G	6.04	4.36
131	43	127	36	Yerry Mina	EVE at TOT	D	6.04	4.31
132	44	99	25	Dan Burn	BHA v. CHE	D	6.03	5.02
133	53	93	49	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	ARS at FUL	M	5.98	5.29
134	28	133	26	Rodrigo	LEE at LIV	F	5.84	4.04
135	54	106	56	Leander Dendoncker	WLV at SHU	M	5.82	4.89
136	55	94	50	Alexis Mac Allister	BHA v. CHE	M	5.82	5.22
137	56	101	52	Ruben Neves	WLV at SHU	M	5.80	4.99
138	57	102	53	Allan	EVE at TOT	M	5.75	4.97
139	45	129	38	Michael Keane	EVE at TOT	D	5.73	4.24
140	58	113	58	Moussa Sissoko	TOT v. EVE	M	5.68	4.72
141	10	163	14	Kasper Schmeichel	LEI at WBA	G	5.65	2.53
142	46	144	43	Jamaal Lascelles	NEW at WHU	D	5.64	3.81
143	59	95	51	Kalvin Phillips	LEE at LIV	M	5.58	5.19
144	11	130	4	Marek Rodak	FUL v. ARS	G	5.55	4.19
145	12	169	15	Bernd Leno	ARS at FUL	G	5.54	2.10
146	13	131	5	Jordan Pickford	EVE at TOT	G	5.53	4.17
147	47	128	37	Conor Townsend	WBA v. LEI	D	5.51	4.28
148	14	135	6	Sam Johnstone	WBA v. LEI	G	5.39	4.03
149	15	98	1	Kiko Casilla	LEE at LIV	G	5.35	5.03
150	60	120	60	Granit Xhaka	ARS at FUL	M	5.34	4.50
151	29	139	28	Bobby Decordova-Reid	FUL v. ARS	F	5.27	3.95
152	48	167	57	Gabriel	ARS at FUL	D	5.23	2.28
153	49	148	47	Ben White	BHA v. CHE	D	5.21	3.62
154	61	123	62	Jake Livermore	WBA v. LEI	M	5.19	4.41
155	50	154	50	Semi Ajayi	WBA v. LEI	D	5.12	3.40
156	16	140	8	Mathew Ryan	BHA v. CHE	G	5.07	3.95
157	51	166	56	Conor Coady	WLV at SHU	D	5.03	2.34
158	62	126	63	Stuart Dallas	LEE at LIV	M	5.02	4.33
159	63	116	59	Dale Stephens	BHA v. CHE	M	4.97	4.64
160	52	153	49	Michael Hector	FUL v. ARS	D	4.89	3.45
161	53	161	53	Jamal Lewis	NEW at WHU	D	4.85	2.85
162	54	158	51	Tariq Lamptey	BHA v. CHE	D	4.80	2.98
163	64	121	61	Max Meyer	CRY v. SOU	M	4.79	4.49
164	30	162	30	Patrick Bamford	LEE at LIV	F	4.57	2.68
165	55	159	52	Seamus Coleman	EVE at TOT	D	4.27	2.90
166	56	168	58	Javier Manquillo	NEW at WHU	D	4.03	2.18
167	65	151	66	Romaine Sawyers	WBA v. LEI	M	3.91	3.49
168	66	149	65	Tom Davies	EVE at TOT	M	3.84	3.51
169	57	165	55	Denis Odoi	FUL v. ARS	D	3.60	2.37
170	58	164	54	Joel Veltman	BHA v. CHE	D	3.50	2.39
171	59	171	59	Tim Ream	FUL v. ARS	D	2.86	1.84
172	60	172	60	Liam Cooper	LEE at LIV	D	2.14	1.70
173	67	173	67	Kevin McDonald	FUL v. ARS	M	1.72	1.57
174	61	175	62	Luke Ayling	LEE at LIV	D	1.06	0.14
175	62	174	61	Robin Koch	LEE at LIV	D	0.68	0.34
176	63	176	63	Barry Douglas	LEE at LIV	D	-0.02	-0.26