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Best FPL midfielders 2026/27: Watchlist, Fixtures and Price Notes
This starts from 2025/26 evidence, then gets stricter as the summer gives us better information: confirmed club role, World Cup load, opening fixtures, and price. If a club signs a new midfielder or a current player leaves, the next refresh should move that player up, down, or out.
Player links open the 2025/26 evidence pages until FPL publishes stable 2026/27 player records.
B.Fernandes
£10.4m
221 pts
48.0% owned
Anderson
£5.7m
178 pts
9.2% owned
Semenyo
£8.0m
196 pts
46.4% owned
Rice
£7.2m
184 pts
23.5% owned
Gibbs-White
£7.6m
179 pts
8.8% owned
Enzo
£6.5m
156 pts
12.0% owned
Rogers
£7.3m
169 pts
20.5% owned
Szoboszlai
£7.1m
158 pts
14.7% owned
Casemiro
£5.8m
165 pts
4.1% owned
Saka
£10.0m
157 pts
12.5% owned
Wilson
£5.8m
164 pts
17.7% owned
Dewsbury-Hall
£5.3m
149 pts
7.9% owned
Role first
Do not promote a player from watchlist to pick until starts, position, and minutes look clean.
Fixtures second
Opening run matters more for defenders and goalkeepers, but it still shapes attacker confidence.
Price last
A good player at the wrong price can break your first draft structure.