Top 20 Most-Owned FPL Players Among Top 100k Managers

There’s a number that matters more than ownership: effective ownership. Effective ownership counts captaincy double, and once a player exceeds 100%, the maths turns nasty. If he hauls and you don’t own or captain him, your rank can suffer heavily.

Our machine learning model has projected Gameweek 1 ownership, captaincy and effective ownership among managers who finished inside last season’s top 100k. Our chip data also predicts that around 26% will Bench Boost in Gameweek 1, turning cheap bench options into live points.

Two players exceed 100% effective ownership and a third is not far behind. Elsewhere, a £5.0m defender has nearly triple his overall ownership, a budget goalkeeper is heavily backed and two Arsenal picks sit near the bottom.

The table below reveals the top 20 most-owned FPL players among last season’s Top 100k managers, followed by their projected FPL Gameweek 1 effective ownership.