Revisiting Haaland’s Historic Pace: Where Does His 2025/26 FPL Season Really Stand?

Back in October, we crunched the numbers to see whether Erling Haaland was on course to smash the all-time Fantasy Premier League points record. At the time, his start to the 2025/26 season looked genuinely historic.

Now, with Gameweek 16 in the books, it feels like the right moment to revisit that analysis — armed with a much larger sample size, and a better sense of how this season compares to Haaland’s previous FPL campaigns.

The headline? He may not be on pace to obliterate every record — but he remains the single most reliable asset in the game.

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Haaland After 16 Gameweeks: Season-by-Season Comparison

Here’s how Haaland’s current season stacks up against his previous three FPL campaigns at a similar stage:

• 2025/26: 16 games | 17 goals | 3 assists | 135 points
  
• 2024/25: 16 games | 13 goals | 1 assist | 100 points
  
• 2023/24: 15 games | 14 goals | 5 assists | 125 points
  
• 2022/23: 13 games | 18 goals | 4 assists | 126 points
  

While his points-per-game has dipped slightly compared to his explosive early-season run, Haaland’s 2025/26 output still compares favourably with his most productive FPL years — and crucially, remains ahead of last season at the same stage.

Captaincy, Ownership & Gameweek 16 Context

Haaland is currently owned by 73.3% of all FPL managers, but that figure rises to an astonishing 99.4% among the top 100k — as shown in the Insight Live tool — underlining just how close he remains to essential.

Gameweek 16 offered a rare moment of doubt.

Facing a Crystal Palace side with the second-best defensive record in the league, Haaland was captained by just 50.1% of managers in the top 100k. Many opted instead for Bukayo Saka (35.9%), who delivered two assists and maximum bonus points against a struggling Wolves side.

Yet Haaland still punished the sceptics.

Two goals, maximum bonus, and 13 FPL points — doubled to 26 for captainers — outscored Saka’s 11 points (22 with the armband). Even in a “tough” fixture, he once again proved to be the top captain in the game.

Points Per Game: A More Realistic Projection

According to the Opta Heatmaps tool, Haaland is now averaging just over 8.4 points per game.

If he were to maintain that rate across a full 38-game season, he would finish on 320+ FPL points — a total that would comfortably surpass his own best-ever season of 232 points in 2023/24.

While that wouldn’t quite be enough to topple Mohamed Salah’s all-time record of 343 points from last season, it would still place Haaland firmly among the greatest individual FPL campaigns ever recorded — and arguably his most consistent across a full year.

Haaland’s FPL Finishes So Far

Haaland has never completed a full 38-game Premier League season, which adds important context to his previous totals:

• 2022/23: 219 points from 35 games (36 goals, 10 assists)
  
• 2023/24: 232 points from 31 games (27 goals, 8 assists)
  
• 2024/25: 181 points from 31 games (22 goals, 3 assists)
  

If he stays fit and available this season, 2025/26 could become his highest-scoring FPL campaign to date, even if the all-time record remains just out of reach.

How Does That Compare to the All-Time FPL Greats?

Last season, Mohamed Salah set a new FPL benchmark with 343 points, breaking his own previous record of 303 points from the 2017/18 campaign. That total eclipsed other legendary seasons from Luis Suárez and Thierry Henry.

Here’s a rundown of the highest-scoring FPL players per season since 2002:

• 2002/03 – Thierry Henry: 271 pts
  
• 2004/05 – Frank Lampard: 269 pts
  
• 2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo: 283 pts
  
• 2013/14 – Luis Suárez: 295 pts
  
• 2014/15 – Eden Hazard: 233 pts
  
• 2015/16 – Riyad Mahrez: 240 pts
  
• 2016/17 – Alexis Sánchez: 264 pts
  
• 2017/18 – Mohamed Salah: 303 pts
  
• 2018/19 – Mohamed Salah: 259 pts
  
• 2020/21 – Bruno Fernandes: 244 pts
  
• 2021/22 – Mohamed Salah: 265 pts
  
• 2022/23 – Erling Haaland: 272 pts
  
• 2023/24 – Cole Palmer: 244 pts
  
• 2024/25 – Mohamed Salah: 343 pts
  

A 320+ point season would place Haaland comfortably among the very best FPL seasons of all time — and above every campaign he has produced so far.

Conclusion: Not Salah-Level — Still Historic

Haaland may not be on course to dethrone Salah’s record-breaking 2024/25 season, but that doesn’t diminish what he’s doing in 2025/26.

At his current pace, he is on track for the best FPL season of his own career, built on consistency, reliability, and relentless returns — even in fixtures where managers are tempted to look elsewhere for the armband.

For Fantasy Premier League managers, the takeaway is clear: Haaland doesn’t need to break every record to remain the most important player in the game.

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