EliteElite Managers
Elite Managers tracks a fixed anonymous cohort of 100 historically high-performing FPL managers. Their individual teams and identities are never displayed. Instead their collective decisions are aggregated to reveal ownership, transfers, captaincy, chip usage, squad structure and trends.
Elite signals
Auto-generated headlines from this gameweek's cohort data.
- Captain consensusHaaland holds 79% of elite armbands — a strong consensus pick.
- Mass sell-off69% of the cohort sold Saka this gameweek.
- Elite stampede50% of elite managers bought Mbeumo — a fast-forming template pick.
Elite snapshot — GW8
Median GW points
51
Mean 49.9
Median total
553
Mean 550
Median overall rank
305k
Middle 50%: 92k – 790k
Inside top 10k
3%
Top 100k 27%
Average squad value
£102.3m
Bank £1.0m
Most common formation
3-5-2
40%
Taking a hit
2%
Avg 1.6 transfers
Wildcards this GW
1%
Free Hit 1%
Most owned
Palmer
98%
Most captained
Haaland
79%
Most bought
Mbeumo
50%
Cohort size
100
Fixed anonymous cohort
Elite template
High consensus — template strength 64%, stability 67% vs last gameweek.
Most bought
- 50%bought52.0pp
- 19%bought23.0pp
- 19%bought18.0pp
- 15%bought15.0pp
- 15%bought15.0pp
- 13%bought13.0pp
Most sold
- 69%sold72.0pp
- 31%sold33.0pp
- 6%sold6.0pp
- 6%sold6.0pp
- 6%sold5.0pp
- 5%sold5.0pp
Net elite transfers
Buyers minus sellers across the cohort.
- Mbeumo
MUN · MID · £7.9m50.0pp - Rogers
CHE · MID · £8.0m19.0pp - Schade
BRE · MID · £6.2m18.0pp - Palmer
CHE · MID · £9.8m15.0pp - Thomas
COV · DEF · £4.0m14.0pp - Raya
ARS · GK · £6.2m13.0pp
Most owned by elite managers
- 98%elite owned15.0pp
- 93%elite owned2.0pp
- 86%elite owned23.0pp
- 81%elite owned8.0pp
- 81%elite owned2.0pp
- 79%elite owned2.0pp
- 74%elite owned2.0pp
- 68%elite owned13.0pp
- 67%elite owned1.0pp
- 58%elite owned52.0pp
Elite favourites
Much higher elite ownership than the wider FPL population.
- PalmerCHE · MID · £9.8m+70.5pp98% vs 28%
- Konsa
ARS · DEF · £4.7m+54.0pp74% vs 20% - Van Hecke
TOT · DEF · £4.9m+42.6pp50% vs 7% - Barry
EVE · FWD · £5.6m+37.6pp45% vs 7% - De Cuyper
BHA · DEF · £5.3m+36.4pp79% vs 43% - MbeumoMUN · MID · £7.9m+36.4pp58% vs 22%
Elite avoids
Popular picks the elite cohort is largely ignoring.
- Cherki
MCI · MID · £8.0m-37.6pp1% vs 39% - Gvardiol
MCI · DEF · £5.7m-23.0pp4% vs 27% - Tarkowski
EVE · DEF · £6.2m-17.4pp1% vs 18% - B.Fernandes
MUN · MID · £11.7m-15.7pp9% vs 25% - Isak
LIV · FWD · £9.0m-14.4pp1% vs 15% - Ødegaard
ARS · MID · £6.7m-12.7pp5% vs 18%
Captaincy
Share of the cohort handing over the armband.
- 79%captainedconviction 85%
- 16%captainedconviction 16%
- 5%captainedconviction 6%
Position intelligence
Where the cohort's ownership and money is concentrated.
Squad structure
Starting XI spend
£78.9m
Bench spend
£22.4m
Premiums (£9m+)
2.0
Budget picks (£4.5m-)
2.4
3-5-2
40%
4-4-2
33%
4-5-1
13%
5-3-2
6%
4-3-3
4%
Chips
Chip usage across the cohort in GW8.
Wildcard
1%
15% still available
Free Hit
1%
60% still available
Bench Boost
0%
6% still available
Triple Captain
0%
17% still available
Elite rising
Biggest elite ownership gains over the last three gameweeks.
- PalmerCHE · MID · £9.8m98.0pp
- Haaland
MCI · FWD · £15.7m93.0pp - RogersCHE · MID · £8.0m86.0pp
- João Pedro
CHE · FWD · £7.9m81.0pp - Groß
BHA · MID · £6.2m81.0pp
Elite cooling
Players losing elite support fastest.
