The Hindsight Department · Gameweek 1 · 2026-27
Gameweek 1 in hindsight: 679 FPL managers across 40 mini-leagues
Gameweek 1, 2026-27: 679 managers in 40 public mini-leagues covered by Fantasy Pundit averaged 52.7 points. The highest score was 90.
GW1: 679 managers, an average of 52.7, and nobody saw it coming.
The scores
What the week was worth
- Average Gameweek score
- 52.7
- Median score
- 53.0
- Highest score
- 90
- Lowest score
- 17
73 points separated the best and worst weeks in the sample. Same fixtures, same deadline, very different hobbies.
The table
Who moved, and who merely talked about it
- Leagues with a new leader
- —
- Weekly top scorer already led the league
- 40 of 40
- Biggest climb
- —
- Biggest fall
- —
Nobody fell a single place. Suspiciously calm. Somebody is planning a wildcard.
The gaps
How close it is at the top
- Median lead at the top
- 5.0 points
- Leagues led by 10 points or fewer
- 33 of 40
- Average top-to-bottom gap in a league
- 41.3 points
- Widest top-to-bottom gap
- 58 points
A ten-point lead is one captain decision. Nobody at the top is relaxed, whatever they say in the group chat.
Transfer hits are not reported for this Gameweek: too few leagues had consecutive editions to meet the minimum sample.
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