25/26 Draft Premier League Fantasy Flashback [Part 1]

Before we look ahead to this season's prospects, let's first mull over some key takeaways from the most recent campaign in part 1 of our 25/26 Fantasy Flashback. In this year's 26/27 Draft Kit, we are featuring a compiled Fantasy Flashback in 2 installments, which will review last season’s top Draft assets for every Premier League team still in the league for the coming season. If you'd like to read this article in full, please check out our Pricing Plans and support an independent fantasy football website.

As draft day draws near, look out for our Fantasy Forecasts for every single Premier League team. These will include player points projections, value picks, early-season fixture difficulty, and more. Check the 26/27 Draft Kit main page often, as it's updated constantly! In the meantime, familiarize yourself with the early player valuation landscape by perusing our Way-Too-Early Expert Mock Draft.

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25/26 Draft Premier League Fantasy Flashback [Part 1]

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Table Metrics

• PPS (Points Per Start): A much more indicative metric of a player’s true value, as very rarely will we every start players in fantasy when they’re not in the real-world starting XI.

• gPPS (Ghost Points Per Start): A measure of the average points a player accumulates from actions other than goals, assists, and clean sheets.

• GACS% (Goal, Assists, Clean Sheet %): A measure of the percentage of a player’s fantasy points that come directly from G, A, CS.

• Starts: The number of real-world games a player started in the Premier League.

• Fpts: Total fantasy points scored, which does include points they might have scored in sub appearances.

• WAR (Wins Above Replacement): Originally a baseball stat, this metric calculates a player's value over an average, replacement-level player off the waiver wire. Scores range from -0.13 to 3.80.

• RkOv (Rank Overall): A player's end-of-season rank among all players based on total fantasy points.

• Big 3 ADP (Average Draft Position): Within the Draft Community, there are 3 ultra-competitive leagues open to anyone looking for a challenge: The Community League, The Discord Super League, and the International Genie League. We display the average draft position of players using the average of these 3 leagues to represent where plugged in, knowledgeable managers drafted certain players.

Arsenal

# of Top 20 Fantasy Performers: 3 (Rice, Saka, Gabriel)

# of Top 50 Fantasy Performers: 4 (Rice, Saka, Gabriel, Timber)

# of Players w/ 2500+ mins: 4 (Rice, Zubimendi, Gabriel, Saliba)

After three consecutive seasons of being the bridesmaid, Arsenal finally kicked the door off it's hinges in 2025/26. Mikel Arteta's side captured the Premier League title and did so despite navigating a campaign littered with injuries, fixture congestion, and the usual North London melodrama. The summer saw the Gunners make headlines by hijacking Tottenham's move for Eberechi Eze, while continuing to reinforce a deep squad that had already established itself as one of the league's elite. Despite the season going exactly how every supporter had dreamed, for Draft managers, it was a little more complicated. Rotation, injuries, and a squad overflowing with talent created both winners and headaches in equal measure. While a handful of Gunners rewarded managers, several highly drafted assets failed to justify their lofty price tags, proving once again that lifting trophies and winning fantasy leagues aren't always the same thing.

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Top Fantasy Performers

With Arsenal finally capturing the title, fantasy managers who invested in the Gunners were efficiently rewarded. The best ability is often times cited as availability, but efficiency pays the bills; among Arsenal players with 15+ starts, the kings of PPS were Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Magalhaes, Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori. With four players finishing in the top 50 and only two of them starting more than 30 games, Arsenal proved that elite production can outweigh availability concerns. Declan Rice provided excellent consistency, starting 35 matches and sporting 8.9 gPPS to prop up a respectable 4 goals and 9 fantasy assist season, while finishing as their top point scorer. Bukayo Saka was close behind despite 10 less starts, boasting an incredibly efficient campaign with just 25 starts and 413.75 points for the 11th overall best scoring asset. Gabriel, the ever-present stalwart at the back and pesky strongman from dead-ball situations, delivered 400.5 points from just 30 starts and 32 appearances. Boasting a newfound ghosty exterior in the form of 8.2 gPPS, Gabriel showed he's not just a clean sheet merchant and finished as the fourteenth best scoring asset. Jurrien Timber, who was somewhat forgotten (or missed) by the end of the season, finished as the 40th best asset on the season, aided by his league-high (yes, league-high!!!) 45-point outing against Leeds back in August.