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Fantasy Premier League

Differentials worth owning

A player nobody owns is not a differential on his own — most of them are players nobody owns for a reason. Every row here clears an ownership threshold and a minutes floor, is ranked on the model's own currency, and says how much of its edge is the projection and how much is only the field's absence.

The field's biggest blind spot

Thierno Barry

FWD · EVE · 5.7m · owned by 8.3%

+3.34

Edge

That is 17.0 projected points over the next 8 rounds, which is what the board under it is ranked on.

Gameweek 6 · 8-round window · feed of 01/10 11:39

Thierno Barry is the best-projected player in the game owned by under 10%: 17.0 over 8 rounds at 5.7m, held by 8.3%.

He is behind Erling Haaland, the most-owned player in his position at 74%, on projection by −3.40, and +6.74 of his edge is the field he is not in. That is what a player nobody owns for a reason looks like from here: the ownership is the whole of the case.

Own

8.3%

The share of managers holding him, against the 10% gate this board opens at.

Proj edge

−3.40

What the model rates him over the most-owned player in his position. Positive is football; negative means the only case for him is that nobody owns him.

Own edge

+6.74

What the field's absence is worth at what the template is worth. The two halves add up to his whole edge.

What the minutes floor took

269 low-owned players are left off because the minutes model puts them under 45% to start.

See the minutes board →

The top five on this board

The board as your controls leave it — the same five that open the table below.

  1. Ranked 1 Thierno Barry
    FWD EVE vs
    17.0 Ahead
    Own
    8.3%
    Proj edge
    −3.40
    Own edge
    +6.74

    Against Erling Haaland

    3.0
    1. HUL (A)
    2. CHE (H)
    3. ARS (A)
    4. !
    5. COV (H)
    6. BRE (A)
    7. LIV (H)
    8. AVL (A)
  2. Ranked 2 Alex Scott
    MID BOU vs
    17.0 Ahead
    Own
    5.8%
    Proj edge
    +1.69
    Own edge
    +2.65

    Against Morgan Rogers

    3.0
    1. CHE (A)
    2. SUN (H)
    3. MUN (A)
    4. LEE (H)
    5. IPS (A)
    6. NFO (H)
    7. FUL (A)
    8. BHA (H)
  3. Ranked 3 Bobby Thomas
    DEF COV vs
    16.9 Ahead
    Own
    8.5%
    Proj edge
    +1.01
    Own edge
    +3.32

    Against Riccardo Calafiori

    3.0
    1. NEW (H)
    2. TOT (A)
    3. FUL (H)
    4. SUN (H)
    5. EVE (A)
    6. CRY (H)
    7. LEE (A)
    8. IPS (H)
  4. Ranked 4 Anton Stach
    MID LEE vs
    16.7 Ahead
    Own
    2.5%
    Proj edge
    +1.44
    Own edge
    +2.90

    Against Morgan Rogers

    3.5
    1. ARS (A)
    2. MUN (H)
    3. SUN (A)
    4. BOU (A)
    5. TOT (H)
    6. CHE (A)
    7. COV (H)
    8. MCI (A)
  5. Ranked 5 Marcus Tavernier
    MID BOU vs
    16.7 Ahead
    Own
    6.8%
    Proj edge
    +1.39
    Own edge
    +2.57

    Against Morgan Rogers

    3.0
    1. CHE (A)
    2. SUN (H)
    3. MUN (A)
    4. LEE (H)
    5. IPS (A)
    6. NFO (H)
    7. FUL (A)
    8. BHA (H)
Position
Owned by under
Minutes played
Rounds ahead
Price
1 Thierno Barry 17.0
FWD vs EVE · 5.7m · 8.3% 92%
Proj edge
−3.40
Own edge
+6.74
Pts
4.0

Against Erling Haaland

  1. HUL (A)
  2. CHE (H)
  3. ARS (A)
  4. !
  5. COV (H)
  6. BRE (A)
  7. LIV (H)
  8. AVL (A)
2 Alex Scott 17.0
MID vs BOU · 6.1m · 5.8% 92%
Proj edge
+1.69
Own edge
+2.65
Pts
4.0

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. CHE (A)
  2. SUN (H)
  3. MUN (A)
  4. LEE (H)
  5. IPS (A)
  6. NFO (H)
  7. FUL (A)
  8. BHA (H)
3 Bobby Thomas 16.9
DEF vs COV · 4.0m · 8.5% 92%
Proj edge
+1.01
Own edge
+3.32
Pts
4.4

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. NEW (H)
  2. TOT (A)
  3. FUL (H)
  4. SUN (H)
  5. EVE (A)
  6. CRY (H)
  7. LEE (A)
  8. IPS (H)
4 Anton Stach 16.7
MID vs LEE · 6.0m · 2.5% 92%
Proj edge
+1.44
Own edge
+2.90
Pts
3.7

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. ARS (A)
  2. MUN (H)
  3. SUN (A)
  4. BOU (A)
  5. TOT (H)
  6. CHE (A)
  7. COV (H)
  8. MCI (A)
MID vs BOU · 6.1m · 6.8% 92%
Proj edge
+1.39
Own edge
+2.57
Pts
3.9

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. CHE (A)
  2. SUN (H)
  3. MUN (A)
  4. LEE (H)
  5. IPS (A)
  6. NFO (H)
  7. FUL (A)
  8. BHA (H)
DEF vs BOU · 5.0m · 0.4% 92%
Proj edge
+0.66
Own edge
+3.96
Pts
3.8

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. CHE (A)
  2. SUN (H)
  3. MUN (A)
  4. LEE (H)
  5. IPS (A)
  6. NFO (H)
  7. FUL (A)
  8. BHA (H)
7 Vitaly Janelt 16.5
MID vs BRE · 5.0m · 2.5% 92%
Proj edge
+1.18
Own edge
+2.90
Pts
4.0

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. AVL (A)
  2. LIV (H)
  3. HUL (A)
  4. NFO (H)
  5. BHA (A)
  6. EVE (H)
  7. MUN (A)
  8. ARS (H)
FWD vs FUL · 6.0m · 4.0% 92%
Proj edge
−4.10
Own edge
+7.18
Pts
3.9

Against Erling Haaland

  1. IPS (A)
  2. HUL (H)
  3. COV (A)
  4. AVL (A)
  5. NEW (H)
  6. MCI (A)
  7. BOU (H)
  8. TOT (A)
9 Igor Thiago 16.2
FWD vs BRE · 7.8m · 9.1% 92%
Proj edge
−4.21
Own edge
+6.66
Pts
3.9

Against Erling Haaland

  1. AVL (A)
  2. LIV (H)
  3. HUL (A)
  4. NFO (H)
  5. BHA (A)
  6. EVE (H)
  7. MUN (A)
  8. ARS (H)
10 Granit Xhaka 16.1
MID vs SUN · 5.5m · 3.6% 92%
Proj edge
+0.87
Own edge
+2.81
Pts
4.0

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. BHA (H)
  2. BOU (A)
  3. LEE (H)
  4. COV (A)
  5. CHE (H)
  6. AVL (A)
  7. TOT (H)
  8. LIV (A)
11 Enzo Le Fée 16.0
MID vs SUN · 5.7m · 3.4% 92%
Proj edge
+0.76
Own edge
+2.83
Pts
4.0

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. BHA (H)
  2. BOU (A)
  3. LEE (H)
  4. COV (A)
  5. CHE (H)
  6. AVL (A)
  7. TOT (H)
  8. LIV (A)
12 John Egan 15.9
DEF vs HUL · 4.1m · 7.0% 92%
Proj edge
+0.08
Own edge
+3.44
Pts
4.0

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. EVE (H)
  2. FUL (A)
  3. BRE (H)
  4. IPS (H)
  5. ARS (A)
  6. BHA (H)
  7. CRY (A)
  8. NFO (H)
13 James Trafford 15.7
GKP vs LEE · 5.0m · 5.5% 92%
Proj edge
−0.54
Own edge
+3.00
Pts
3.7

Against David Raya Martín

  1. ARS (A)
  2. MUN (H)
  3. SUN (A)
  4. BOU (A)
  5. TOT (H)
  6. CHE (A)
  7. COV (H)
  8. MCI (A)
DEF vs LEE · 5.0m · 4.3% 92%
Proj edge
−0.23
Own edge
+3.65
Pts
3.5

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. ARS (A)
  2. MUN (H)
  3. SUN (A)
  4. BOU (A)
  5. TOT (H)
  6. CHE (A)
  7. COV (H)
  8. MCI (A)
15 Murillo 15.2
DEF vs NFO · 5.5m · 2.1% 92%
Proj edge
−0.61
Own edge
+3.82
Pts
3.8

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. CRY (A)
  2. ARS (H)
  3. IPS (A)
  4. BRE (A)
  5. MCI (H)
  6. BOU (A)
  7. CHE (H)
  8. HUL (A)
16 Senne Lammens 15.1
GKP vs MUN · 4.9m · 9.9% 92%
Proj edge
−1.16
Own edge
+2.64
Pts
3.8

Against David Raya Martín

  1. TOT (H)
  2. LEE (A)
  3. BOU (H)
  4. CHE (A)
  5. AVL (H)
  6. LIV (A)
  7. BRE (H)
  8. NEW (A)
17 Alisson Becker 15.0
GKP vs LIV · 5.5m · 4.1% 92%
Proj edge
−1.22
Own edge
+3.11
Pts
3.6

Against David Raya Martín

  1. MCI (H)
  2. BRE (A)
  3. BHA (H)
  4. ARS (H)
  5. CRY (A)
  6. MUN (H)
  7. EVE (A)
  8. SUN (H)
18 Josh King 14.9
MID vs FUL · 5.5m · 2.6% 92%
Proj edge
−0.35
Own edge
+2.89
Pts
3.5

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. IPS (A)
  2. HUL (H)
  3. COV (A)
  4. AVL (A)
  5. NEW (H)
  6. MCI (A)
  7. BOU (H)
  8. TOT (A)
19 Chris Richards 14.9
DEF vs CRY · 4.9m · 0.6% 92%
Proj edge
−0.91
Own edge
+3.94
Pts
3.8

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. NFO (H)
  2. BHA (A)
  3. NEW (H)
  4. TOT (A)
  5. LIV (H)
  6. COV (A)
  7. HUL (H)
  8. CHE (A)
MID vs EVE · 6.6m · 6.0% 92%
Proj edge
−0.40
Own edge
+2.63
Pts
3.5

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. HUL (A)
  2. CHE (H)
  3. ARS (A)
  4. !
  5. COV (H)
  6. BRE (A)
  7. LIV (H)
  8. AVL (A)
DEF vs EVE · 5.5m · 2.4% 92%
Proj edge
−0.96
Own edge
+3.80
Pts
3.6

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. HUL (A)
  2. CHE (H)
  3. ARS (A)
  4. !
  5. COV (H)
  6. BRE (A)
  7. LIV (H)
  8. AVL (A)
22 Ethan Ampadu 14.8
MID vs LEE · 5.4m · 0.9% 92%
Proj edge
−0.45
Own edge
+3.02
Pts
3.4

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. ARS (A)
  2. MUN (H)
  3. SUN (A)
  4. BOU (A)
  5. TOT (H)
  6. CHE (A)
  7. COV (H)
  8. MCI (A)
23 James Hill 14.6
DEF vs BOU · 5.5m · 0.8% 92%
Proj edge
−1.18
Own edge
+3.93
Pts
3.4

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. CHE (A)
  2. SUN (H)
  3. MUN (A)
  4. LEE (H)
  5. IPS (A)
  6. NFO (H)
  7. FUL (A)
  8. BHA (H)
24 Oli McBurnie 14.5
FWD vs HUL · 5.5m · 1.9% 92%
Proj edge
−6.02
Own edge
+7.40
Pts
3.6

Against Erling Haaland

  1. EVE (H)
  2. FUL (A)
  3. BRE (H)
  4. IPS (H)
  5. ARS (A)
  6. BHA (H)
  7. CRY (A)
  8. NFO (H)
25 Sven Botman 14.5
DEF vs NEW · 5.0m · 0.7% 92%
Proj edge
−1.34
Own edge
+3.93
Pts
3.5

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. COV (A)
  2. AVL (H)
  3. CRY (A)
  4. !
  5. FUL (A)
  6. ARS (H)
  7. BHA (A)
  8. MUN (H)
26 Matheus Cunha 14.4
MID vs MUN · 7.9m · 5.8% 92%
Proj edge
−0.84
Own edge
+2.65
Pts
3.6

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. TOT (H)
  2. LEE (A)
  3. BOU (H)
  4. CHE (A)
  5. AVL (H)
  6. LIV (A)
  7. BRE (H)
  8. NEW (A)
27 Evanilson 14.3
FWD vs BOU · 6.0m · 3.2% 92%
Proj edge
−6.14
Own edge
+7.26
Pts
3.4

Against Erling Haaland

  1. CHE (A)
  2. SUN (H)
  3. MUN (A)
  4. LEE (H)
  5. IPS (A)
  6. NFO (H)
  7. FUL (A)
  8. BHA (H)
28 Bernd Leno 14.3
GKP vs FUL · 4.5m · 3.4% 92%
Proj edge
−1.92
Own edge
+3.17
Pts
3.3

Against David Raya Martín

  1. IPS (A)
  2. HUL (H)
  3. COV (A)
  4. AVL (A)
  5. NEW (H)
  6. MCI (A)
  7. BOU (H)
  8. TOT (A)
29 Emersonn 14.3
FWD vs IPS · 5.5m · 3.5% 92%
Proj edge
−6.17
Own edge
+7.23
Pts
3.6

Against Erling Haaland

  1. FUL (H)
  2. MCI (A)
  3. NFO (H)
  4. HUL (A)
  5. BOU (H)
  6. TOT (A)
  7. AVL (H)
  8. COV (A)
GKP vs MCI · 5.5m · 7.6% 92%
Proj edge
−1.93
Own edge
+2.82
Pts
3.3

Against David Raya Martín

  1. LIV (A)
  2. IPS (H)
  3. AVL (A)
  4. BHA (H)
  5. NFO (A)
  6. FUL (H)
  7. ARS (A)
  8. LEE (H)
31 Kristoffer Ajer 14.2
DEF vs BRE · 4.5m · 3.9% 92%
Proj edge
−1.59
Own edge
+3.68
Pts
3.4

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. AVL (A)
  2. LIV (H)
  3. HUL (A)
  4. NFO (H)
  5. BHA (A)
  6. EVE (H)
  7. MUN (A)
  8. ARS (H)
32 James Justin 14.2
DEF vs LEE · 4.5m · 1.4% 92%
Proj edge
−1.63
Own edge
+3.88
Pts
3.2

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. ARS (A)
  2. MUN (H)
  3. SUN (A)
  4. BOU (A)
  5. TOT (H)
  6. CHE (A)
  7. COV (H)
  8. MCI (A)
33 Elliot Anderson 14.1
MID vs MCI · 6.3m · 4.0% 92%
Proj edge
−1.10
Own edge
+2.78
Pts
3.2

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. LIV (A)
  2. IPS (H)
  3. AVL (A)
  4. BHA (H)
  5. NFO (A)
  6. FUL (H)
  7. ARS (A)
  8. LEE (H)
34 Adrien Truffert 14.1
DEF vs BOU · 5.4m · 3.0% 92%
Proj edge
−1.65
Own edge
+3.75
Pts
3.3

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. CHE (A)
  2. SUN (H)
  3. MUN (A)
  4. LEE (H)
  5. IPS (A)
  6. NFO (H)
  7. FUL (A)
  8. BHA (H)
35 Youri Tielemans 14.0
MID vs MUN · 5.8m · 1.5% 92%
Proj edge
−1.21
Own edge
+2.97
Pts
3.5

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. TOT (H)
  2. LEE (A)
  3. BOU (H)
  4. CHE (A)
  5. AVL (H)
  6. LIV (A)
  7. BRE (H)
  8. NEW (A)
36 Luka Vušković 14.0
DEF vs BHA · 5.0m · 3.7% 92%
Proj edge
−1.77
Own edge
+3.70
Pts
3.1

Against Riccardo Calafiori

  1. SUN (A)
  2. CRY (H)
  3. LIV (A)
  4. MCI (A)
  5. BRE (H)
  6. HUL (A)
  7. NEW (H)
  8. BOU (A)
MID vs AVL · 5.9m · 1.0% 92%
Proj edge
−1.28
Own edge
+3.01
Pts
3.4

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. BRE (H)
  2. NEW (A)
  3. MCI (H)
  4. FUL (H)
  5. MUN (A)
  6. SUN (H)
  7. IPS (A)
  8. EVE (H)
GKP vs BRE · 5.0m · 6.1% 92%
Proj edge
−2.32
Own edge
+2.95
Pts
3.3

Against David Raya Martín

  1. AVL (A)
  2. LIV (H)
  3. HUL (A)
  4. NFO (H)
  5. BHA (A)
  6. EVE (H)
  7. MUN (A)
  8. ARS (H)
39 Alex Iwobi 13.8
MID vs FUL · 5.4m · 0.7% 92%
Proj edge
−1.41
Own edge
+3.03
Pts
3.3

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. IPS (A)
  2. HUL (H)
  3. COV (A)
  4. AVL (A)
  5. NEW (H)
  6. MCI (A)
  7. BOU (H)
  8. TOT (A)
40 Julio Enciso 13.8
MID vs IPS · 5.5m · 0.8% 92%
Proj edge
−1.41
Own edge
+3.03
Pts
3.5

Against Morgan Rogers

  1. FUL (H)
  2. MCI (A)
  3. NFO (H)
  4. HUL (A)
  5. BOU (H)
  6. TOT (A)
  7. AVL (H)
  8. COV (A)
each row's Ahead, drawn to scale every bar on one axis of 0 to 20

What an edge is here, and what it is measured against

Every row is owned by under 10% of the game. The threshold is the page's premise rather than a sort: the ranking under it is the weighted score for the rounds ahead, which is a unit this model is measured in.

The two edge columns are one figure split in two, under the rule this app already trades points against ownership by — points times one minus 0.5 times ownership, which is the captain shortlist's own aggressive setting. They add up to the whole edge exactly, so a reader can check the pair rather than trust it.

The template is the most-owned player the game has in that position, taken off the whole board rather than off the filtered rows — a differential is measured against the field, not against the least contrarian row left on the screen. A position the game has published nobody's ownership for has no template, and both columns print a dash rather than a nought.

The minutes floor is the projection's own start probability at 45%. It is the largest way a list like this goes wrong, so it is a gate rather than a column — and nothing on this site backtests the ownership half of the split.

A player the game has published no ownership figure for is left off rather than counted as owned by nobody. Missing is not nought, and the one place that mistake does the most damage is a board about ownership.

Every ranking here is in expected points or in the weighted score for the rounds ahead, which are the units this model is measured in. The value column is those figures restated over a price — it is a way of scanning the board, and nothing on this site backtests it.

Bonus points are projected nowhere on this site, so they are in none of these figures.

The board is every player the game would let you field, the flagged included — whether a doubtful player is worth picking is a judgement the projection makes with his published chance of playing, not one made by hiding him.

What is measured here, and what is not

  • Measured The projected points

    Replayed against gameweek 2 after it was played: an average miss of 1.617 points a player, against 1.842 for “predict what he has averaged so far”, over 456 players. Recorded Sunday, 6 September 2026 and refreshed by hand, so the date is part of the claim.