FPL price benchmarks
A budget is only as useful as the prices it meets. The Butler has kept the receipts for every season, so you know what a premium is supposed to cost.
The highest price any Fantasy Premier League player has ever reached is 15.5m, by Haaland in 2026/27. Across the completed seasons from 2016/17 to 2025/26, the most expensive player of a season peaks at a median of 13.3m, and the season top scorer typically starts at 11.3m and finishes at 12.1m. In 2026/27, the season now being played, Haaland is the most expensive player at 15.5m.
Updated: Seasons: 2016/17 to 2025/26
The most expensive player of every season
Fantasy Premier League prices move on net transfers, not on form, so the ceiling of a season is set by how hard the whole game chased one player. The table lists the highest price reached in each season and the gameweek it was reached in.
The ceiling has risen. The earlier seasons here top out near thirteen million, the last two above fifteen, on a budget that has not moved.
- Haaland set the mark for a completed season at 15.4m in 2024/25, in gameweek 7.
- The median season high is 13.3m.
| Season | Player | Highest price | Gameweek of the peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Haaland | 15.1m | 18 |
| 2024/25 | Haaland | 15.4m | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Haaland | 14.5m | 27 |
| 2022/23 | Salah | 13.1m | 36 |
| 2021/22 | Salah | 13.3m | 29 |
| 2020/21 | Salah | 12.9m | 38 |
| 2019/20 | Salah | 12.8m | 27 |
| 2018/19 | Salah | 13.6m | 24 |
| 2017/18 | Kane | 13.1m | 37 |
| 2016/17 | Agüero | 13.2m | 12 |
What the season top scorer cost
The more useful benchmark is what the best player of the season actually cost you, and what he returned per million spent. The table gives his price at the start and at the end of each season, his points, and the points per million at his closing price.
The two extremes tell the story of the whole game. Palmer returned 244 points at a closing price of 6.3m in 2023/24, which is 38.7 points per million. A premium bought at a premium price returns closer to the median of 22.2.
| Season | Player | Price at start | Price at end | Points | Points per million |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Haaland | 14.0m | 14.7m | 239 | 16.3 |
| 2024/25 | Salah | 12.5m | 13.6m | 344 | 25.3 |
| 2023/24 | Palmer | 5.0m | 6.3m | 244 | 38.7 |
| 2022/23 | Haaland | 11.5m | 12.4m | 272 | 21.9 |
| 2021/22 | Salah | 12.5m | 13.1m | 265 | 20.2 |
| 2020/21 | B.Fernandes | 10.5m | 11.3m | 244 | 21.6 |
| 2019/20 | De Bruyne | 9.5m | 10.6m | 251 | 23.7 |
| 2018/19 | Salah | 13.0m | 13.2m | 259 | 19.6 |
| 2017/18 | Salah | 9.0m | 10.6m | 303 | 28.6 |
| 2016/17 | Sánchez | 11.0m | 11.7m | 264 | 22.6 |
The biggest rise and fall of each season
Prices move in steps of 0.1m, so a season's worth of movement is a slow verdict on a player rather than a reaction to one gameweek. The table gives the largest rise and the largest fall of every season, measured from a player's first to his last appearance.
- The steepest rise in the period is 1.6m, first reached by Salah in 2017/18.
- The steepest fall is 1.0m, first reached by Zaza in 2016/17.
- Rises run larger than falls: a player the game buys can climb further than a player the game abandons can drop.
| Season | Biggest riser | Rise | Biggest faller | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | B.Fernandes | 1.4m | Merino | 0.7m |
| 2024/25 | Mbeumo | 1.3m | Nkunku | 0.8m |
| 2023/24 | Palmer | 1.3m | Morris | 0.8m |
| 2022/23 | Trippier | 1.0m | Maupay | 0.9m |
| 2021/22 | Son | 1.2m | Wood | 0.7m |
| 2020/21 | Kane | 1.4m | El Ghazi | 0.8m |
| 2019/20 | Ings | 1.6m | Hudson-Odoi | 0.9m |
| 2018/19 | Jiménez | 1.4m | Barkley | 1.0m |
| 2017/18 | Salah | 1.6m | Walcott | 0.9m |
| 2016/17 | Lukaku | 1.1m | Zaza | 1.0m |
The most expensive players right now
The season 2026/27 is still being played, so these prices move with every price change. They are the official prices as of 3 September 2026, with the price each player started the season at and the highest he has reached so far.
Haaland is the most expensive player in the game at 15.5m, having started the season at 15.5m. Compare that with the ceilings of the completed seasons above to see how far a premium has moved.
| # | Player | Price at start | Price now | Season high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haaland | 15.5m | 15.5m | 15.5m |
| 2 | B.Fernandes | 12.0m | 12.0m | 12.0m |
| 3 | Palmer | 9.5m | 9.6m | 9.6m |
| 4 | Saka | 9.5m | 9.5m | 9.5m |
| 5 | Isak | 9.0m | 9.0m | 9.0m |
| 6 | Semenyo | 8.5m | 8.5m | 8.5m |
| 7 | Gabriel | 8.0m | 8.0m | 8.0m |
| 8 | Cunha | 8.0m | 8.0m | 8.0m |
| 9 | Mbeumo | 8.0m | 8.0m | 8.0m |
| 10 | Barcola | added later | 8.0m | 8.0m |
Questions and answers
What is the most expensive player in FPL history?
Haaland reached 15.5m in 2026/27, the highest price in the seasons covered here. The highest in a completed season is 15.4m, by Haaland in 2024/25 in gameweek 7, and the median season high across the 10 completed seasons is 13.3m.
How much does the best FPL player usually cost?
The season top scorer typically starts the season at 11.3m and finishes it at 12.1m. He is rarely a bargain at the start, and he is never a bargain by the end.
How much can an FPL price rise in one season?
The steepest rise in the period is 1.6m over a season, first reached by Salah in 2017/18. The steepest fall is 1.0m, first reached by Zaza in 2016/17.
What is a good points per million in FPL?
For a season top scorer, the median is 22.2 points per million at his closing price. The best return in the period is 38.7, by Palmer in 2023/24, who scored 244 points while finishing the season priced at 6.3m.
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