This article is part of our Fantasy Premier League Rankings series.
The rankings below are for Gameweek 8 of the Premier League only, they are not meant to be used for season-long consideration. They were done with a concentration on standard season-long scoring, though they should be applicable to most daily formats as well.If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, or hit up our rankers on Twitter: Andrew M. Laird, Mike Gottlieb, Nick Pitner and Chris Mosinski.
Gameweek 8 Fixtures
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| Gameweek 8 Forwards | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Sergio Aguero | | v. | 80 | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero | Sergio Aguero |
| 2 | Jamie Vardy | | at | 68 | Jamie Vardy | Romelu Lukaku | Diafra Sakho | Diafra Sakho |
| 3 | Diafra Sakho | | at | 68 | Diafra Sakho | Daniel Sturridge | Bafetimbi Gomis | Jamie Vardy |
| 4 | Romelu Lukaku | | v. | 68 | Romelu Lukaku | Wayne Rooney | Jamie Vardy | Graziano Pelle |
| 5 | Daniel Sturridge | | at | 61 | Daniel Sturridge | Graziano Pelle | Romelu Lukaku | Romelu Lukaku |
| 6 | Graziano Pelle | | at | 54 | Odion Ighalo | Bafetimbi Gomis | Wayne Rooney | Anthony Martial |
| 7 | Bafetimbi Gomis | | v. | 54 | Saido Berahino | Jamie Vardy | Mame Diouf | Daniel Sturridge |
| 8 | Mame Diouf | | at | 48 | Mame Diouf | Mame Diouf | Daniel Sturridge | Cameron Jerome |
| 9 | Wayne Rooney | | at | 48 | Harry Kane | Diafra Sakho | Harry Kane | Harry Kane |
| 10 | Harry Kane | | at | 46 | Bafetimbi Gomis | Anthony Martial | Graziano Pelle | Wayne Rooney |
| 11 | Anthony Martial | | at | 42 | Graziano Pelle | Harry Kane | Anthony Martial | Bafetimbi Gomis |
| 12 | Odion Ighalo | | at | 41 | Cameron Jerome | Jermain Defoe | Odion Ighalo | Odion Ighalo |
| 13 | Saido Berahino | | at | 29 | Salomon Rondon | Odion Ighalo | Saido Berahino | Mame Diouf |
| 14 | Cameron Jerome | | v. | 28 | Olivier Giroud | Troy Deeney | Rudy Gestede | Olivier Giroud |
| 15 | Jermain Defoe | | v. | 17 | Anthony Martial | Arouna Kone | Jermain Defoe | Troy Deeney |
| 16 | Rudy Gestede | | v. | 15 | Wayne Rooney | Cameron Jerome | Glenn Murray | Rudy Gestede |
| 17 | Troy Deeney | | at | 15 | Glenn Murray | Glenn Murray | Falcao | Saido Berahino |
| 18 | Olivier Giroud | | v. | 14 | Rudy Gestede | Saido Berahino | Arouna Kone | Falcao |
| 19 | Glenn Murray | | v. | 13 | Danny Ings | Loic Remy | Troy Deeney | Jermain Defoe |
| 20 | Arouna Kone | | v. | 9 | Bojan | Falcao | Cameron Jerome | Salomon Rondon |
| Gameweek 8 Midfielders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Kevin De Bruyne | | v. | 80 | Kevin De Bruyne | Kevin De Bruyne | Kevin De Bruyne | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 2 | Dimitri Payet | | at | 71 | Dimitri Payet | Alexis Sanchez | Dimitri Payet | Dimitri Payet |
| 3 | Riyad Mahrez | | at | 70 | David Silva | David Silva | Riyad Mahrez | Riyad Mahrez |
| 4 | David Silva | | v. | 64 | Riyad Mahrez | Riyad Mahrez | Alexis Sanchez | Yaya Toure |
| 5 | Alexis Sanchez | | v. | 64 | Eden Hazard | Yaya Toure | Andre Ayew | Pedro |
| 6 | Yaya Toure | | v. | 57 | Alexis Sanchez | Theo Walcott | Theo Walcott | David Silva |
| 7 | Eden Hazard | | v. | 54 | Theo Walcott | Dimitri Payet | Yaya Toure | Eden Hazard |
| 8 | Theo Walcott | | v. | 50 | Memphis Depay | Sadio Mane | David Silva | Alexis Sanchez |
| 9 | Sadio Mane | | at | 35 | Ross Barkley | Eden Hazard | Eden Hazard | Nathan Redmond |
| 10 | Ross Barkley | | v. | 32 | Juan Mata | Juan Mata | Philippe Coutinho | Sadio Mane |
| 11 | Juan Mata | | at | 32 | Yaya Toure | Victor Moses | Dusan Tadic | Juan Mata |
| 12 | Andre Ayew | | v. | 31 | Victor Moses | Bakary Sako | Memphis Depay | Raheem Sterling |
| 13 | Philippe Coutinho | | at | 30 | Bakary Sako | Andre Ayew | Ross Barkley | Philippe Coutinho |
| 14 | Memphis Depay | | at | 27 | Andre Ayew | Mesut Ozil | Nathan Redmond | Ross Barkley |
| 15 | Nathan Redmond | | v. | 21 | Sadio Mane | Philippe Coutinho | Matt Ritchie | Theo Walcott |
| 16 | Victor Moses | | at | 19 | Philippe Coutinho | Ross Barkley | Sadio Mane | Memphis Depay |
| 17 | Pedro | | v. | 19 | Matt Ritchie | Matt Ritchie | Mesut Ozil | Mesut Ozil |
| 18 | Mesut Ozil | | v. | 18 | Mesut Ozil | Pedro | Yohan Cabaye | Jonjo Shelvey |
| 19 | Bakary Sako | | v. | 17 | Nathan Redmond | Jeremain Lens | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Robbie Brady |
| 20 | Matt Ritchie | | v. | 14 | Dusan Tadic | Jason Puncheon | Christian Eriksen | Ashley Westwood |
| Gameweek 8 Defenders | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Aleksandar Kolarov | | v. | 80 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aleksandar Kolarov | Aleksandar Kolarov |
| 2 | Aaron Cresswell | | at | 76 | Aaron Cresswell | Aaron Cresswell | Aaron Cresswell | Aaron Cresswell |
| 3 | Simon Francis | | v. | 68 | Simon Francis | Hector Bellerin | Jordan Amavi | Simon Francis |
| 4 | Jordan Amavi | | v. | 58 | Kyle Naughton | Matteo Darmian | Allan Nyom | Matteo Darmian |
| 5 | Kyle Naughton | | v. | 52 | Hector Bellerin | Simon Francis | Simon Francis | Nicolas Otamendi |
| 6 | Matteo Darmian | | at | 52 | Carl Jenkinson | Kyle Naughton | Scott Dann | Toby Alderweireld |
| 7 | Allan Nyom | | at | 52 | Jordan Amavi | Nicolas Otamendi | Seamus Coleman | Jordan Amavi |
| 8 | Hector Bellerin | | v. | 50 | Pape Souare | Nacho Monreal | Nacho Monreal | Allan Nyom |
| 9 | Seamus Coleman | | v. | 34 | Allan Nyom | Jordan Amavi | Bacary Sagna | Chris Smalling |
| 10 | Nacho Monreal | | v. | 32 | Ryan Bertrand | Pape Souare | Matteo Darmian | Seamus Coleman |
| 11 | Nicolas Otamendi | | v. | 30 | Cesar Azpilicueta | Allan Nyom | Kyle Naughton | Kyle Naughton |
| 12 | Bacary Sagna | | v. | 27 | Seamus Coleman | Ryan Bertrand | Cesar Azpilicueta | Hector Bellerin |
| 13 | Cesar Azpilicueta | | v. | 27 | Nathaniel Clyne | Cesar Azpilicueta | Winston Reid | Bacary Sagna |
| 14 | Ryan Bertrand | | at | 26 | Matteo Darmian | Bacary Sagna | Hector Bellerin | Winston Reid |
| 15 | Pape Souare | | v. | 24 | Pablo Zabaleta | Carl Jenkinson | Ryan Bertrand | Nacho Monreal |
| 16 | Carl Jenkinson | | at | 21 | Erik Pieters | Kyle Walker | Pape Soure | Branislav Ivanovic |
| 17 | Scott Dann | | v. | 19 | Alberto Moreno | Cedric Soares | Craig Cathcart | Scott Dann |
| 18 | Toby Alderweireld | | at | 15 | Russell Martin | Alberto Moreno | Kyle Walker | Russell Martin |
| 19 | Winston Reid | | at | 15 | Ben Davies | Brendan Galloway | Martin Skrtel | Steve Cook |
| 20 | Chris Smalling | | at | 12 | Cedric Soares | Erik Pieters | Jonny Evans | Virgil van Dijk |
| Gameweek 8 Goalkeepers | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Laird | Gottlieb | Pitner | Mosinski |
| 1 | Joe Hart | | v. | 40 | Joe Hart | Joe Hart | Joe Hart | Joe Hart |
| 2 | Adrian | | at | 36 | Adrian | Adrian | Adrian | Adrian |
| 3 | Jack Butland | | at | 24 | Jack Butland | Jack Butland | Jack Butland | Boaz Myhill |
| 4 | Petr Cech | | v. | 19 | Wayne Hennessey | Petr Cech | Boaz Myhill | Hugo Lloris |
| 5 | Lukasz Fabianski | | v. | 19 | Lukasz Fabianski | David de Gea | Petr Cech | Lukasz Fabianski |
| 6 | David de Gea | | at | 17 | John Ruddy | Artur Boruc | David de Gea | David de Gea |
| 7 | Boaz Myhill | | at | 17 | Alex McCarthy | Lukasz Fabianski | Heurelho Gomes | Petr Cech |
| 8 | Wayne Hennessey | | v. | 10 | Heurelho Gomes | Wayne Hennessey | Lukasz Fabianski | Artur Boruc |
| 9 | Artur Boruc | | v. | 9 | Petr Cech | Boaz Myhill | Brad Guzan | Heurelho Gomes |
| 10 | Heurelho Gomes | | at | 9 | David de Gea | Brad Guzan | Artur Boruc | Brad Guzan |
