Gameweek 3 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 3 of the 2026/27 Fantasy Premier League season, the average score was 51 points per manager and the highest score was 119. Mitchell scored the most points of any player with 15, and Haaland was the most captained player.
Updated: Season: 2026/27
How the managers did in gameweek 3
This is the permanent page for gameweek 3 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 3 deadline, so they describe how the field set up for the round, not what it did afterwards.
- The average score was 51 points, down from 81 in gameweek 2.
- The highest score by a single manager was 119, down from 161 in gameweek 2.
- Haaland was the most captained player, and B.Fernandes the most common vice-captain.
- Haaland was the most owned player in the round.
- Cherki was the most bought player before the deadline.
- Managers made 27,412,065 transfers before the deadline.
| Chip | Managers |
|---|---|
| Triple Captain | 1,787,071 |
| Wildcard | 709,478 |
| Free Hit | 421,239 |
| Bench Boost | 144,735 |
The highest scoring players of gameweek 3
These are the FPL players with the most points in gameweek 3, 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.
- Mitchell led the round on 15 points, from 2 goals and 0 assists in 73 minutes.
- Bogle was second on 14 points.
- The 10 players listed scored 118 points between them.
| # | Player | Points | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell | 15 | 2 | 0 | 73 |
| 2 | Bogle | 14 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| 3 | Isak | 13 | 2 | 0 | 63 |
| 4 | Barnes | 12 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| 5 | Vuskovic | 12 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 6 | Janelt | 11 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 7 | Gakpo | 11 | 0 | 2 | 90 |
| 8 | Ødegaard | 10 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| 9 | Tavernier | 10 | 1 | 0 | 88 |
| 10 | Suzuki | 10 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
What gameweek 3 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.
- 22 goals, against 29 in gameweek 2.
- 20 assists, against 30 in gameweek 2.
- 912 points from all players, against 889 in gameweek 2.
- 307 players got on the pitch, against 312 in gameweek 2.
Most bought and sold before the gameweek 3 deadline
These are the transfers managers made before the gameweek 3 deadline, so they show how the field set up for the round. The counts are final: they come from the FPL API's own player history for the gameweek, not from a snapshot taken partway through the window.
- Cherki was bought by 1,865,890 managers, and Mbeumo was sold by 844,912.
| # | Player | Bought by |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherki | 1,865,890 |
| 2 | Wissa | 1,119,139 |
| 3 | De Cuyper | 871,841 |
| 4 | Elanga | 810,672 |
| 5 | M.Sangaré | 639,468 |
| 6 | Ajayi | 631,920 |
| 7 | Hall | 576,636 |
| 8 | Gvardiol | 548,352 |
| 9 | Calafiori | 515,479 |
| 10 | Groß | 448,315 |
| # | Player | Sold by |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mbeumo | 844,912 |
| 2 | Tzolis | 693,324 |
| 3 | Ndiaye | 473,152 |
| 4 | Semenyo | 431,121 |
| 5 | Szoboszlai | 386,428 |
| 6 | Brobbey | 349,017 |
| 7 | Gabriel | 345,642 |
| 8 | Calvert-Lewin | 343,228 |
| 9 | B.Fernandes | 335,082 |
| 10 | Shaw | 333,890 |
What the field did during gameweek 3
The ownership and price figures below are measured from the morning of 5 September 2026, the first snapshot after the gameweek 3 deadline, to the morning of 7 September 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.
- Gakpo gained the most ownership, up 4.0 percentage points to 13.0%.
- O'Reilly lost the most, down 2.5 percentage points to 16.0%.
- 5 players rose 0.1m during the window, among them Egan, Wissa and Gakpo.
- 10 players fell 0.1m during the window, among them Pope, Shaw and Tosin.
| # | Player | Owned now | Gain in percentage points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gakpo | 13.0% | 4.0 |
| 2 | Isak | 19.3% | 2.8 |
| 3 | Rogers | 27.4% | 2.5 |
| 4 | Palmer | 21.2% | 1.8 |
| 5 | Scott | 3.7% | 1.7 |
| 6 | De Cuyper | 19.0% | 1.7 |
| 7 | Ødegaard | 12.5% | 1.4 |
| 8 | Calafiori | 47.1% | 1.4 |
| 9 | Hall | 11.2% | 1.4 |
| 10 | Ajayi | 10.6% | 1.3 |
| # | Player | Owned now | Fall in percentage points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Reilly | 16.0% | 2.5 |
| 2 | Szoboszlai | 39.2% | 1.9 |
| 3 | B.Fernandes | 47.2% | 1.4 |
| 4 | Shaw | 14.4% | 1.3 |
| 5 | Calvert-Lewin | 24.6% | 1.3 |
| 6 | Tzolis | 17.9% | 1.2 |
| 7 | Thiago | 12.4% | 1.2 |
| 8 | Maguire | 13.0% | 1.1 |
| 9 | Semenyo | 18.4% | 1.0 |
| 10 | Ndiaye | 10.5% | 1.0 |
Worth noting from gameweek 3
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.
- The most bought player before the deadline, Cherki, was not among the ten highest scorers of the round.
- Gakpo was the player of the week: 11 points, up 4.0 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.
- Mitchell's 15 points is the lowest top score of any gameweek this season so far.
Gameweek by gameweek in 2026/27
One row per settled gameweek of 2026/27 up to and including gameweek 3, oldest first. The gameweek number links to the page for that round.
Questions and answers
What was the average score in FPL gameweek 3?
The average score in gameweek 3 of 2026/27 was 51 points per manager, down from 81 in gameweek 2. The highest score by a single manager was 119.
What was the highest score in FPL gameweek 3?
119 points, the best total by any manager in gameweek 3 of 2026/27. The average was 51.
Who scored the most points in FPL gameweek 3?
Mitchell, with 15 points in gameweek 3 of 2026/27, from 2 goals and 0 assists in 73 minutes. Bogle was second on 14 points.
Who was the most transferred in player before FPL gameweek 3?
Cherki, according to the FPL API's own count for gameweek 3. In the FPL API's transfer list, Cherki was bought by 1,865,890 managers and Mbeumo sold by 844,912.
How many managers played their Wildcard in FPL gameweek 3?
709,478 managers played the Wildcard in gameweek 3. Bench Boost was played by 144,735, Triple Captain by 1,787,071 and Free Hit by 421,239.
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