What is the best FPL team for Gameweek 1?

The best Gameweek 1 FPL squad is the legal 15-man team with the highest predicted points for the opening gameweeks within the £100m budget. This page rebuilds that squad from live Fantasy Premier League data every hour, accounting for fixture difficulty, expected minutes and the three-players-per-club limit.

How much is the FPL budget for 2026/27?

You have £100.0m to build a 15-man squad: two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three forwards, with a maximum of three players from any single Premier League club.

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Best FPL team for Gameweek 1

A complete, legal £100m squad for the 2026/27 opener, rebuilt every hour from live Fantasy Premier League data. It maximises predicted points across the first 5 gameweeks, respects the three-per-club limit, and names a starting XI and captain.

Updated hourly from the official FPL API

Squad cost

£100.0m

In the bank

£0.0m

Predicted points, GW1

44.8

Captain

B.Fernandes

Starting XI

The team that starts

Goalkeeper

RayaARS£6.0m4.1

Defenders

GabrielARS£8.0m4.6
GuéhiMCI£6.0m3.4
O'ReillyMCI£6.5m3.5
SenesiTOT£6.0m3.1

Midfielders

B.FernandesCAPTAINMUN£12.0m4.9
Gibbs-WhiteNFO£8.0m3.5
RiceARS£7.5m3.4
EnzoCHE£7.0m3.1

Forwards

ThiagoBRE£8.0m3.2
João PedroCHE£7.5m3.0

Bench

The four who sit

DennisBOU · GK£4.0m1.1
MitchellCRY · DEF£4.5m2.2
George HemmingsAVL · MID£4.5m1.2
MheukaCHE · FWD£4.5m1.2

Use it as a starting point

Build your own version

This squad is the highest-scoring legal combination on the current numbers. It is not the only good answer, and it takes no view on players you happen to believe in. Most managers want one or two of their own picks in there.

The team picker does the same job with your constraints: lock in the players you want, exclude the ones you do not, change the budget, and rebuild around them.

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Take the fixture data with you — free

The free FPL Fixture Ticker is this same fixture difficulty data as a Google Sheet you keep: all 38 gameweeks, colour-coded, refreshing itself from the official API every time you open it. It costs nothing — you just tell us where to send it.