Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 8

FPL GW8 rankings and projections: updated Fantasy Premier League player tiers for every position. Who to start, captain, buy and avoid ahead of Gameweek 8.

October 6, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 8

By:

Adam Zdroik

October 6, 2025

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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Welcome to RotoWire's FPL GW8 rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The rankings are based on predicted starting lineups, form, and upcoming fixtures, pulled directly from our lineups page.

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FPL GW8 FIXTURES (ET)

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

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups, Odds, Set-Piece Takers, Team & Player Stats
Fantasy Premier League: GW8 Cheat Sheet

FPL GAMEWEEK 8 PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI v. EVE	F	14.5	60.4	8.14
2		1			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	9.9	9.4	7.60
3		2			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	14.4	39.5	7.28
4		3			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	7.5	11.9	6.45
5	2				Alexander Isak	LIV	LIV v. MUN	F	10.6	10.9	6.44
6	3				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE at NFO	F	7.7	61.8	6.34
7	4				Nick Woltemade	NEW	NEW at BHA	F	7.2	8.7	6.29
8	5				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at WHU	F	6.1	3.2	6.11
9	6				Viktor Gyokeres	ARS	ARS at FUL	F	9.1	27.0	6.09
10		4			Jeremy Doku	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	6.6	7.7	6.04
11	7				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY v. BOU	F	7.5	10.0	5.97
12		5			Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	6.7	14.7	5.93
13	8				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL at TOT	F	8.7	9.4	5.93
14		6			Leandro Trossard	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	6.9	0.3	5.89
15	9				Danny Welbeck	BHA	BHA v. NEW	F	6.3	2.4	5.88
16	10				Jorgen Strand Larsen	WOL	WOL at SUN	F	6.4	1.4	5.86
17	11				Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. AVL	F	6.8	15.9	5.78
18		7			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	9.0	18.9	5.74
19		8			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	8.1	6.3	5.73
20		9			Ismaila Sarr	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	6.5	6.0	5.73
21			1		Matheus Nunes	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.3	0.5	5.72
22		10			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	7.4	2.4	5.68
23	12				Wilson Isidor	SUN	SUN v. WOL	F	5.6	3.3	5.67
24			2		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.0	2.1	5.66
25	13				Niclas Fullkrug	WHU	WHU v. BRE	F	5.7	1.0	5.60
26		11			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.0	0.5	5.56
27	14				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE at BRN	F	5.5	1.2	5.54
28			3		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	4.9	0.7	5.53
29		12			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.9	0.1	5.52
30		13			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	7.0	0.9	5.52
31		14			Alexis Mac Allister	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	6.3	1.3	5.52
32	15				Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. BRE	F	7.7	6.9	5.52
33			4		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	5.7	14.8	5.51
34		15			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	7.0	0.5	5.49
35		16			Donyell Malen	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	5.1	0.6	5.47
36		17			Dango Ouattara	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	6.0	0.5	5.46
37		18			Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.5	0.2	5.44
38		19			Mohammed Kudus	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	6.7	32.7	5.43
39		20			Antoine Semenyo	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	7.9	58.7	5.41
40		21			Elliot Anderson	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.4	3.9	5.39
41	16				Lyle Foster	BRN	BRN v. LEE	F	5.0	2.3	5.39
42		22			Anthony Elanga	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	6.9	4.7	5.39
43		23			Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	7.0	3.9	5.39
44		24			Yankuba Minteh	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	6.0	3.5	5.35
45	17				Evanilson	BOU	BOU at CRY	F	7.0	3.1	5.31
46			5		Jurrien Timber	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	5.9	17.2	5.30
47		25			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.0	0.3	5.27
48		26			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.0	2.3	5.24
49		27			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.4	0.1	5.23
50		28			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.3	0.1	5.20
51			6		Daniel Munoz	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.6	12.5	5.20
52		29			Eberechi Eze	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	7.6	13.4	5.17
53		30			Martin Zubimendi	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	5.5	4.4	5.17
54		31			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	4.9	0.4	5.16
55		32			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	6.5	3.8	5.16
56		33			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	3.9	5.13
57		34			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	4.9	0.1	5.11
58			7		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.8	5.4	5.10
59		35			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	5.7	13.4	5.10
60		36			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at FUL	M	6.5	8.7	5.08
61		37			Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.0	0.1	5.07
62		38			Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.7	6.9	5.06
63	18				Benjamin Sesko	MUN	MUN at LIV	F	7.3	5.1	5.05
64		39			Amad Diallo	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	6.3	1.2	5.04
65		40			Tyler Adams	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.0	0.4	5.03
66		41			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	5.0	3.2	5.03
67		42			Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	7.0	3.2	5.01
68		43			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	8.0	4.0	5.00
69		44			Tijjani Reijnders	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	5.8	33.2	4.99
70		45			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.9	2.9	4.99
71		46			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	6.0	2.1	4.98
72			8		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	6.2	29.0	4.98
73		47			Morgan Rogers	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	6.9	5.4	4.97
74	19				Chris Wood	NFO	NFO v. CHE	F	7.4	12.4	4.96
75			9		Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.1	4.2	4.94
76		48			Jhon Arias	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.2	0.2	4.94
77			10		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.1	6.7	4.92
78			11		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	5.6	21.7	4.90
79			12		Reece James	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	5.4	4.3	4.86
80		49			Lucas Bergvall	TOT	TOT v. AVL	M	5.4	0.6	4.85
81		50			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. MUN	M	5.7	5.9	4.84
82		51			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.1	4.82
83		52			Ibrahim Sangare	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.0	0.1	4.82
84		53			Carlos Baleba	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.8	2.4	4.82
85		54			Mats Wieffer	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.1	4.82
86		55			Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.3	0.4	4.80
87		56			Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	5.7	0.4	4.80
88		57			Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.5	0.0	4.80
89		58			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at CRY	M	5.5	1.3	4.79
90		59			Joelinton	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	5.9	0.3	4.78
91			13		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	5.0	2.5	4.77
92	20				Beto	EVE	EVE at MCI	F	5.3	4.2	4.73
93		60			Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.4	0.1	4.73
94			14		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	4.8	30.7	4.72
95		61			Nico Gonzalez	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	5.9	0.1	4.70
96		62			Casemiro	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	5.5	0.2	4.69
97			15		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. BOU	D	4.5	3.1	4.69
98		63			Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.8	0.6	4.68
99		64			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN at LIV	M	8.1	14.3	4.68
100		65			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	7.4	3.6	4.68
101		66			Sandro Tonali	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	5.4	1.4	4.64
102			16		Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	5.1	7.4	4.62
103		67			Bernardo Silva	MCI	MCI v. EVE	M	6.4	0.6	4.61
104		68			Callum Hudson-Odoi	NFO	NFO v. CHE	M	5.9	1.1	4.61
105			17		Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.0	5.6	4.60
106		69			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.9	0.2	4.60
107		70			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	6.5	1.7	4.58
108		71			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at BHA	M	6.5	2.1	4.58
109				1	David Raya	ARS	ARS at FUL	G	5.7	27.8	4.57
110		72			Josh Cullen	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.0	2.0	4.57
111		73			Jacob Bruun Larsen	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.3	0.0	4.56
112		74			Chemsdine Talbi	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.2	4.55
113			18		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.9	24.8	4.55
114			19		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	4.9	1.2	4.54
115			20		Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	6.1	21.9	4.54
116		75			Andre	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.54
117			21		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.5	0.2	4.52
118			22		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.9	4.4	4.49
119		76			John McGinn	AVL	AVL at TOT	M	5.4	0.7	4.49
120		77			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.0	3.7	4.47
121		78			Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.5	0.1	4.47
122		79			Josh Laurent	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	4.9	0.0	4.45
123			23		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at FUL	D	6.0	12.7	4.44
124			24		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	6.1	28.2	4.43
125		80			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA v. NEW	M	4.9	0.3	4.42
126			25		Conor Bradley	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.0	0.1	4.41
127		81			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	4.39
128			26		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.9	1.2	4.38
129		82			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY v. BOU	M	5.0	0.1	4.37
130			27		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. MUN	D	5.5	3.3	4.36
131			28		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.5	0.3	4.34
132		83			Carlos Alcaraz	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.3	0.1	4.34
133		84			Bertrand Traore	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.5	0.0	4.33
134		85			Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN v. LEE	M	5.0	0.0	4.33
135			29		El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	3.7	4.31
136			30		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.4	0.1	4.30
137		86			James Garner	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.0	1.0	4.29
138		87			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	6.5	10.8	4.25
139		88			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at MCI	M	5.4	0.1	4.25
140		89			Samuel Chukwueze	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.4	0.0	4.24
141		90			Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE at NFO	M	6.4	0.3	4.23
142			31		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	5.1	7.4	4.23
143			32		Max Kilman	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	0.2	4.22
144		91			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	4.9	0.1	4.22
145			33		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI v. EVE	D	5.5	4.3	4.20
146			34		Morato	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.4	0.1	4.19
147			35		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.3	6.9	4.18
148		92			Sean Longstaff	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	4.9	0.6	4.17
149			36		Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.0	13.7	4.17
150			37		Axel Tuanzebe	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	3.9	1.8	4.16
151		93			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE at BRN	M	4.9	0.1	4.12
152				2	Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN v. LEE	G	4.0	34.1	4.10
153		94			Jordan Henderson	BRE	BRE at WHU	M	5.0	0.4	4.09
154			38		Bafode Diakite	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	0.5	4.08
155				3	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. BOU	G	5.0	8.0	4.08
156		95			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. WOL	M	5.0	0.1	4.08
157				4	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI v. EVE	G	5.6	9.0	4.06
158			39		Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU v. BRE	D	4.4	0.1	4.06
159				5	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. WOL	G	4.6	4.7	4.05
160			40		Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.5	0.4	4.04
161			41		Hugo Bueno	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.4	0.1	4.03
162			42		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	4.9	0.6	3.97
163				6	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. AVL	G	5.1	12.0	3.97
164				7	Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU v. BRE	G	4.3	2.2	3.96
165			43		Quilindschy Hartman	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.0	0.5	3.91
166		96			Soungoutou Magassa	WHU	WHU v. BRE	M	5.0	0.0	3.89
167		97			Marshall Munetsi	WOL	WOL at SUN	M	5.4	0.1	3.87
168			44		Djed Spence	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	4.5	2.1	3.87
169			45		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	5.4	5.3	3.85
170			46		Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN v. LEE	D	4.4	1.5	3.84
171			47		Jackson Tchatchoua	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.0	3.84
172			48		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	5.0	2.6	3.81
173			49		Santi Bueno	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.4	0.1	3.79
174			50		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	2.1	3.78
175		98			Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL v. ARS	M	5.0	0.1	3.73
176				8	Giorgi Mamardashvili	LIV	LIV v. MUN	G	4.3	0.7	3.65
177			51		Sepp van den Berg	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.5	0.6	3.63
178			52		Arthur Masuaku	SUN	SUN v. WOL	D	4.0	0.6	3.63
179			53		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE at BRN	D	4.0	5.4	3.58
180			54		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.5	1.9	3.57
181			59		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.4	0.1	3.56
182			55		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. AVL	D	4.8	34.2	3.53
183			56		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	5.5	7.8	3.52
184			57		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.5	0.3	3.51
185			58		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.8	4.8	3.49
186				9	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU at CRY	G	4.5	5.7	3.49
187			60		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.5	4.1	3.47
188			61		Ladislav Krejci	WOL	WOL at SUN	D	4.5	0.0	3.45
189			62		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.4	0.9	3.42
190				10	Sam Johnstone	WOL	WOL at SUN	G	4.5	0.1	3.40
191				11	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE at NFO	G	4.9	14.9	3.39
192				12	Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE at BRN	G	4.0	2.5	3.34
193				13	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at WHU	G	4.5	8.1	3.33
194				14	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO v. CHE	G	4.9	10.7	3.31
195			63		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.6	5.4	3.26
196			64		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	4.5	1.0	3.25
197			65		Matthijs De Ligt	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	5.0	2.8	3.24
198			66		Lamare Bogarde	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.0	0.7	3.21
199			67		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	5.1	7.9	3.19
200				15	Nick Pope	NEW	NEW at BHA	G	5.1	9.4	3.10
201			68		Oleksandr Zinchenko	NFO	NFO v. CHE	D	4.9	0.3	3.10
202				16	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL at TOT	G	5.0	2.1	3.10
203			69		Leny Yoro	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	2.0	3.06
204			70		Patrick Dorgu	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	4.5	3.03
205			71		Aaron Hickey	BRE	BRE at WHU	D	4.0	0.4	3.02
206			72		Issa Diop	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.4	0.1	2.99
207				17	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at MCI	G	5.5	10.6	2.98
208				18	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. ARS	G	5.0	1.5	2.97
209			73		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at BHA	D	4.9	0.2	2.95
210			74		Jorrel Hato	CHE	CHE at NFO	D	4.8	0.2	2.84
211			75		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.5	10.6	2.83
212				19	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN at LIV	G	5.0	0.3	2.82
213			76		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	4.9	0.4	2.79
214				20	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA v. NEW	G	4.4	4.5	2.78
215			77		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL at TOT	D	4.4	0.3	2.74
216			78		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA v. NEW	D	4.5	1.2	2.68
217			79		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL v. ARS	D	4.5	0.5	2.47
218			80		Alex Jimenez	BOU	BOU at CRY	D	4.5	0.0	2.40
219			81		Jake O'Brien	EVE	EVE at MCI	D	5.0	0.5	2.25
220			82		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at LIV	D	4.5	0.3	2.14