Gameweek 1 in numbers, 2026/27
The round is settled and the ledger is closed. The Butler has written down what the managers scored, whom they trusted, and what the field did while the matches were being played.
In gameweek 1 of the 2026/27 Fantasy Premier League season, the average score was 50 points per manager and the highest score was 131. De Cuyper scored the most points of any player with 17, and Haaland was the most captained player.
Updated: Season: 2026/27
How the managers did in gameweek 1
This is the permanent page for gameweek 1 of the 2026/27 season. The figures are final and will not change. The most recent gameweek always lives on the gameweek in numbers page, linked at the foot of this page.
These are FPL's own figures, read after the gameweek was marked finished, and they cover every registered manager. The transfers and chips are the ones made before the gameweek 1 deadline, so they describe how the field set up for the round, not what it did afterwards.
- The average score was 50 points.
- The highest score by a single manager was 131.
- Haaland was the most captained player, and Raya the most common vice-captain.
- Haaland was the most owned player in the round.
- Raya was the most bought player before the deadline.
- FPL does not count the squad picked before the first deadline of the season as transfers, so gameweek 1 has no transfer figures.
| Chip | Managers |
|---|---|
| Bench Boost | 814,606 |
| Triple Captain | 250,816 |
The highest scoring players of gameweek 1
These are the FPL players with the most points in gameweek 1, with the goals, assists and minutes behind each total. Bonus points are included and the scores are final: the export is written only after the FPL API has marked the gameweek finished and its data checked.
- De Cuyper led the round on 17 points, from 1 goal and 1 assist in 77 minutes.
- Hinshelwood was second on 16 points.
- The 10 players listed scored 138 points between them.
| # | Player | Points | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Cuyper | 17 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| 2 | Hinshelwood | 16 | 2 | 0 | 63 |
| 3 | Mendy | 15 | 1 | 0 | 63 |
| 4 | Ajayi | 14 | 1 | 0 | 63 |
| 5 | M.Sangaré | 14 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| 6 | Palmer | 13 | 1 | 1 | 82 |
| 7 | Stach | 13 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 8 | Kayode | 13 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| 9 | Gakpo | 12 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 10 | Ødegaard | 11 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
What gameweek 1 produced
The totals cover every player in the game, not only the ones listed above: what was scored, what was created, and how many players got on the pitch at all.
FPL credits assists under its own rules, including for a shot that ends as an own goal and for winning a penalty that a teammate scores, so a round can have more assists than goals.
- 29 goals.
- 28 assists.
- 948 points from all players.
- 310 players got on the pitch.
What the field did during gameweek 1
The ownership and price figures below are measured from the morning of 22 August 2026, the first snapshot after the gameweek 1 deadline, to the morning of 26 August 2026, the first snapshot after FPL had checked the round's data. The movements are the transfers managers made while the round was being played, with the next gameweek in mind. They are not part of the round's scoring.
Ownership is the share of all registered squads holding a player, and the change is given in percentage points. Prices move in steps of 0.1m on net transfers, so over a window this short nearly every change is exactly 0.1m, which is why the price movers are listed rather than tabled.
- De Cuyper gained the most ownership, up 4.4 percentage points to 6.1%.
- Pedro Porro lost the most, down 3.1 percentage points to 13.9%.
- 2 players rose 0.1m during the window: De Cuyper and M.Sangaré.
- 2 players fell 0.1m during the window: Gyökeres and Martinelli.
| # | Player | Owned now | Gain in percentage points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Cuyper | 6.1% | 4.4 |
| 2 | M.Sangaré | 6.7% | 3.4 |
| 3 | Palmer | 13.4% | 3.0 |
| 4 | Kayode | 6.2% | 3.0 |
| 5 | Ødegaard | 10.8% | 2.5 |
| 6 | Cherki | 9.9% | 2.1 |
| 7 | João Pedro | 66.3% | 1.9 |
| 8 | Gvardiol | 12.8% | 1.8 |
| 9 | Gakpo | 5.2% | 1.7 |
| 10 | Guéhi | 18.8% | 1.7 |
| # | Player | Owned now | Fall in percentage points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Porro | 13.9% | 3.1 |
| 2 | B.Fernandes | 49.3% | 2.6 |
| 3 | Mbeumo | 36.7% | 2.2 |
| 4 | Calvert-Lewin | 29.5% | 1.8 |
| 5 | Konsa | 11.4% | 1.8 |
| 6 | Gibbs-White | 9.8% | 1.8 |
| 7 | Shaw | 20.1% | 1.5 |
| 8 | Gyökeres | 7.5% | 1.5 |
| 9 | Semenyo | 24.9% | 1.4 |
| 10 | Sarr | 3.3% | 1.4 |
Worth noting from gameweek 1
Cross-checks between the lists above: who was sold before the deadline and then scored, whether the most bought player delivered, and how the captaincy went. Every line is worked out from the figures on this page.
- De Cuyper was the player of the week: 17 points, up 4.4 percentage points in ownership and 0.1m in price during the round.
- The captaincy: Haaland, the most captained player, was not among the ten highest scorers of the round.
Questions and answers
What was the average score in FPL gameweek 1?
The average score in gameweek 1 of 2026/27 was 50 points per manager. The highest score by a single manager was 131.
What was the highest score in FPL gameweek 1?
131 points, the best total by any manager in gameweek 1 of 2026/27. The average was 50.
Who scored the most points in FPL gameweek 1?
De Cuyper, with 17 points in gameweek 1 of 2026/27, from 1 goal and 1 assist in 77 minutes. Hinshelwood was second on 16 points.
Who was the most transferred in player before FPL gameweek 1?
Raya, according to the FPL API's own count for gameweek 1. FPL does not count the squad picked before the first deadline of the season as transfers, so gameweek 1 has no transfer figures.
How many managers played their Wildcard in FPL gameweek 1?
0 managers played the Wildcard in gameweek 1. Bench Boost was played by 814,606, Triple Captain by 250,816 and Free Hit by 0.
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