How do FPL bonus points work? The good, the bad and the downright confusing
Let’s face it, nobody really understands the bonus points system.
Everybody who plays Fantasy Premier League knows how many points their goalkeeper gets for a clean sheet, and what their striker earns for a goal, but many haven’t the faintest idea how the game’s “bonus points” are calculated.
At the end of each game the three best performing players receive one, two or three additional bonus points for their efforts, but how are those players ranked?
For example, when Mohamed Salah scored four and assisted one in Liverpool’s 5-0 win over Watford, his performance score was 93, which earned him three bonus points as the best performer of the match.
The basics
Goalkeepers
Defence
Outfield
Goals
Defenders and goalies are rewarded with +12 for a goal, midfielders receive +18 and forwards get +24, and there’s a little bonus for scoring a winning goal too. A valuable +3 is added to a player’s performance score if they bag the game-deciding effort.
The negatives
Conceding a penalty is a -3 offence, while missing one is punished with -6. Yellow cards are also worth -3, red cards -9, while being caught offside will also see you penalised to the tune of -1.
The result
