FPL top 100GW9

What the top 100 managers in FPL's overall league picked for GW9. Their most-owned team plays 3-4-3, the formation 54 of them use, captained by Haaland (83% of them).

99%(C) Haalandin 99 XIs

69%N.Jacksonin 69 XIs · new

31%Barryin 26 XIs · new

96%Rogersin 96 XIs

78%(V) Palmerin 78 XIs

61%Tavernierin 60 XIs

88%Großin 43 XIs

89%Konsain 68 XIs

45%Van Heckein 45 XIs · new

77%Calafioriin 42 XIs

69%Rayain 60 XIs

Bench1. Verbruggen 43%2. Muharemović 43%3. Manzambi 29% · new4. De Cuyper 83%

The template: the 15 players most owned by the top 100, picked as a legal squad (2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 3 forwards, no more than three from one club). The starting XI uses the formation most of the top 100 play, with the players they start most often in each position, and the bench follows how they order theirs. Close calls name the next most-started player. Discs show ownership in the top 100; underneath is how many of the 100 start him.

The template · GW9

Formation: 3-4-3 (54 of the top 100 play it)
Close calls: Calafiori, started by 42, or Muharemović, 39. Barry, started by 26, or Calvert-Lewin, 25.
Captain: Haaland, 83%
Vice: Palmer, 7%
Squad cost: £102.3m at today's prices
Changes: In: N.Jackson, Van Hecke, Barry, Manzambi. Out: João Pedro, Hall, Calvert-Lewin, Schade.

Next most owned

DubravkaGK · TOT
21%
HallDEF · NEW
31%
SchadeMID · BRE
21%
Calvert-LewinFWD · LEE
29%

Captains

Share of the top 100 who captained each player in GW9.

HaalandMCI · FWD · owned by 99%
83%
PalmerCHE · MID · owned by 78%
7%
RogersCHE · MID · owned by 96%
5%
N.JacksonAVL · FWD · owned by 69%
5%

Most bought

Number of the top 100 who bought each player for GW9. Free Hit teams are left out.

N.JacksonAVL · FWD · £7.0m
67
Van HeckeTOT · DEF · £5.0m
31
SilvaBOU · DEF · £5.1m
17
ManzambiAVL · MID · £6.1m
16
TavernierBOU · MID · £6.6m
10

Most sold

Number of the top 100 who sold each player.

João PedroCHE · FWD · £7.7m
71
CalafioriARS · DEF · £5.9m
15
HallNEW · DEF · £5.3m
11
ThomasCOV · DEF · £4.0m
8
KingFUL · MID · £5.5m
6

Top 100 differentials

Owned by 10% or more of the top 100, but under 10% of all managers.

MuharemovićLEE · DEF · 6.1% of all managers
43%
BarryEVE · FWD · 7.8% of all managers
31%
ManzambiAVL · MID · 7.3% of all managers
29%
SilvaBOU · DEF · 2.8% of all managers
20%
BarnesNEW · MID · 7.3% of all managers
18%
VuskovicBHA · DEF · 7.5% of all managers
13%

Show more: full ownership, chips and habits

Fading players

Popular with all managers, much less so at the top.

CherkiMCI · MID · 34.9% of all managers
10%
B.FernandesMUN · MID · 21.3% of all managers
1%
GuéhiMCI · DEF · 15.8% of all managers
0%
GvardiolMCI · DEF · 25.8% of all managers
10%
VirgilLIV · DEF · 15.0% of all managers
1%
TarkowskiEVE · DEF · 19.1% of all managers
7%

Flagged but still owned

Doubts and injuries in the top 100's teams.

João PedroOwned by 28% · Thigh injury - Unknown return date
Out

Chips

The number is how many of the top 100 still hold each chip: they haven't played it before the end of December. Context, not advice.

Wildcard5 played it in GW9. Most played it in GW4 (59).
15
Free Hit17 played it in GW9. Most played it in GW3 (43).
28
Bench Boost1 played it in GW9. Most played it in GW1 (71).
6
Triple CaptainMost played it in GW7 (46).
6

Habits

Transfers: 1.5 each on average
Points hits: Nobody took a hit
Team value: £103.3m on average, £1.6m in the bank
Formations: 3-4-3 (54), 3-5-2 (20), 4-4-2 (18)

Week by week

Gameweek	Top captain	Most owned	Transfers	Hits
GW9	Haaland 83%	Haaland 99%, Rogers 96%, Konsa 89%	1.5	0
GW8	Haaland 67%	Haaland 99%, João Pedro 99%, Rogers 94%	1.0	1

Player	Top 100	All	EO	Captain	Starts
Haaland FWD · MCI	99%	79.0%	182%	83%	100%
Rogers MID · CHE	96%	52.8%	103%	5%	100%
Konsa DEF · ARS	89%	23.3%	55%	-	76%
Groß MID · BHA	88%	46.9%	31%	-	49%
De Cuyper DEF · BHA	83%	45.4%	10%	-	24%
Palmer MID · CHE	78%	28.2%	94%	7%	100%
Calafiori DEF · ARS	77%	48.0%	26%	-	55%
Raya GK · ARS	69%	46.8%	51%	-	87%
N.Jackson FWD · AVL	69%	26.6%	90%	5%	100%
Tavernier MID · BOU	61%	28.3%	67%	-	98%
Van Hecke DEF · TOT	45%	11.7%	62%	-	100%
Verbruggen GK · BHA	43%	23.2%	15%	-	35%
Muharemović DEF · LEE	43%	6.1%	33%	-	91%
Barry FWD · EVE	31%	7.8%	26%	-	84%
Hall DEF · NEW	31%	19.6%	26%	-	94%
Manzambi MID · AVL	29%	7.3%	39%	-	97%
Calvert-Lewin FWD · LEE	29%	20.6%	18%	-	86%
João Pedro FWD · CHE	28%	38.6%	0%	-	0%
Gabriel DEF · ARS	23%	24.7%	23%	-	100%
Schade MID · BRE	21%	14.1%	19%	-	95%
Dubravka GK · TOT	21%	15.6%	0%	-	0%
Silva DEF · BOU	20%	2.8%	28%	-	95%
Barnes MID · NEW	18%	7.3%	12%	-	78%
Evanilson FWD · BOU	17%	18.8%	20%	-	94%
Mbeumo MID · MUN	16%	20.2%	12%	-	100%
Kinsky GK · TOT	16%	15.4%	19%	-	88%
Gibbs-White MID · NFO	14%	10.4%	10%	-	100%
Isak FWD · LIV	13%	22.2%	8%	-	100%
Vuskovic DEF · BHA	13%	7.5%	2%	-	38%
Slater MID · HUL	11%	4.4%	0%	-	0%
Gvardiol DEF · MCI	10%	25.8%	7%	-	80%
Cherki MID · MCI	10%	34.9%	4%	-	70%
Bentley GK · COV	10%	1.0%	0%	-	0%
Ajer DEF · BRE	7%	4.1%	7%	-	86%
Tarkowski DEF · EVE	7%	19.1%	5%	-	86%
Dewsbury-Hall MID · EVE	7%	6.3%	7%	-	100%
Trafford GK · LEE	6%	6.3%	3%	-	83%
Ødegaard MID · ARS	5%	16.5%	2%	-	100%
Gomez MID · BHA	5%	4.0%	0%	-	60%
Lecomte GK · FUL	5%	1.1%	0%	-	0%
Diop DEF · IPS	5%	10.2%	0%	-	0%
King MID · FUL	5%	3.6%	0%	-	60%
O'Shea DEF · IPS	5%	2.8%	2%	-	40%
Bogle DEF · LEE	5%	11.2%	1%	-	40%
Forster GK · BOU	4%	3.4%	0%	-	0%
Thiago FWD · BRE	4%	9.1%	14%	-	100%
Steele GK · BHA	4%	3.5%	0%	-	0%
Thomas DEF · COV	4%	8.0%	0%	-	0%
Mykolenko DEF · EVE	4%	2.4%	1%	-	25%
Ndiaye MID · MCI	4%	5.5%	3%	-	100%
Egan DEF · HUL	4%	7.0%	4%	-	75%
Palmer GK · IPS	4%	3.5%	0%	-	0%
Button GK · IPS	4%	0.6%	0%	-	0%
Doku MID · MCI	4%	4.6%	4%	-	100%
N.Williams DEF · NFO	4%	5.6%	2%	-	75%
Gonzalo FWD · FUL	4%	4.3%	2%	-	75%
Mendy DEF · HUL	4%	4.7%	3%	-	75%
Petrović GK · BOU	3%	3.1%	1%	-	67%
Rudoni MID · COV	3%	0.9%	3%	-	67%
E.Le Fée MID · SUN	3%	2.7%	3%	-	100%
Zetterer GK · LEE	3%	0.7%	0%	-	0%

Effective ownership counts a captain twice (three times with Triple Captain) and a benched player not at all, so it shows how much a player's points move the top 100's scores. Click a heading to sort.

About the top 100 tracker

The top 100 managers in FPL's overall league are, by definition, the people getting most right this season. This page shows what they own, who they captain and what they're buying and selling, so you can see where the best managers agree with the crowd and where they don't.

How it's built. Teams only become public once a gameweek's deadline has passed. On the first refresh after each deadline, we look up the current top 100 and their teams for that gameweek, and save totals only: no manager is named. Every week is kept, so the week-by-week view grows through the season.

The template team is the most-owned legal squad, shown on the pitch with each player's ownership and how often the top 100 start him. A manager playing the Free Hit counts with the team he keeps, not his one-week team, though his captain still counts.

Differentials and fading players compare the top 100 with everyone. A player the top 100 own far more than the crowd can gain them ground; one the crowd owns far more than the top 100 may be one they've decided to do without.

Questions

Should I copy the template?: Not blindly. The top 100 are good, but they're also partly lucky, and copying them makes you more like everyone near the top. Use it to spot a player you're missing, or a popular one you could do without.
Why is the top 100 from this week, not the week the teams are from?: The list is taken when the teams become public, just after the deadline, so it's the top 100 going into that gameweek.
How do the chips work here?: Each chip can be played once before the end of December and once after. "Still holding" counts managers who haven't played that chip in the current half of the season. It's context, not advice: the chip planner judges the best week for you.