The best £ 5.5 million+ defenders for FPL 2025/26

Before the re-launch of 2025/26 Premier League Fantasy (FPL), a collection of premium defenders-which is £ 5.5 million and higher-is mostly filled with attacking options.

But with the emergence of defensive contribution points (DC), there are more central defenders among big men.

Now cloggers old school (that full of love) can compete with wing backs with potential goals.

Indeed, if we have this DC point last season, seven of the 10 highest FPL scores are centers. It’s eight if you are included If GVVIOOL (£ 6.0 million):

So, when we continued to crawl through the FPL price list, we placed a magnifying glass at £ 5.5 million and £ 6.0 million.

All 31 are assessed in this article …

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Virgil van Dijk (£ 6.0 million)

Before the FPL aired on July 21, all the conversations were already Jeremie Frimpong (£ 6.0 million) or Milos will come (£ 6.0 million) Most desired from the FPL perspective.

Now, with DC pointing to contested, our attention changed to Virgil van Dijk (£ 6.0 million).

Of all defenders with a price of £ 6.0 million this season, he will get the most defensive contribution points in 2024/25 (22). With enough margin:

Van Dijk v Defenders £ 6.0 million: DC points they will get in 2024/25

Take Kerkez as a comparison. Liverpool left back only gave double the number of return of the attacker (eight) as van Dijk last season (four). It is worth nine extra points for Hungarian players.

But Van Dijk rose 18 points at Kerkez in DC betting, destroying the advantage – and then a few.

‘Defcons’ is another weapon in the Dutch veteran weapons.

He got an initial security that had not been proud of by the Reds back line. The only reserve of the league last season, indeed, came after Liverpool won the title.

With frimpong, you have uncertainty for a few minutes to remember that Conor Bradley (£ 5.0 million) hiding. Maybe there is a little risk with Kerkez – he seems to be the first choice – but considering that Kostas Tsimikas (£ 5.0 million) and too expensive Andrew Robertson (£ 6.0 million) Stay at the club, there is always a doubt that disturbs that he will get a strange breath. Former Bournemouth wing-back can take a few DC points themselves, thoughts, as things in the middle of hybrid.

Don’t forget that last season, Van Dijk was together among the defenders for led efforts (21) and the six combined for shots in the box (23). So there are several threats of set-piece there too.

Opening equipment is a mixed bag but there is a decent clean opportunity in three, maybe four of the first six gameweeks:

Speaking of clean sheets, Liverpool gathered the most divisions in 2024/25 (14).

If GVARTIOL (£ 6.0 million)

Because they were abandoned after the FIFA Club World Cup, there were not many chat around Manchester City today. Pre-season training only began this week, with their only official friendship against Palermo on August 9.

Just like Buzz Frimpong/Kerkez, excitement Rayan Ait-Nouri (£ 6.0 million) may have subsided since his move. The attention that was bombarded with DC magnets since FPL was launched again had left it, and other wing -backs were few, in the shade.

Ait-Nouri is very interesting at the Club World Cup, providing assistance and more threatening. Three began in four matches as a good sign; There is no cityzen that makes more.

However, in the end, we do not know for sure whether he will be a reliable starter in 2025/26.

With If GVVIOOL (£ 6.0 million), there is an initial additional safety, if it is not an iron guarantee. He made 36 leagues starting last season, showing every one of the last 23 matches of City. Whether it’s in the middle or left back, Pep Guardiola seems to trust him (Joao Cancelo-Gaya U-Turn …).

There is a suggestion that the threat of Gvardiol’s purpose evaporates at the central defender. It reduces, surely, because he can no longer bomb the future.

But are you aware that only under 50% of his shot last season (19 of 40) came from the game set? The two goals also do it. The threat that is underestimated from an angle will not be lost, even if the threat of open games decreases.

FPL defenders were sorted by efforts from set pieces in 2024/25

And can he benefit more than DC points too? He was third for those who were between £ 6.0 million defenders last season, although most of them appeared on the left back.

If we look at the match where he will qualify for defensive contributions, three (gameweks 1, 15 and 31) come when he becomes half middle. Other, in Gameweek 29, is when he effectively plays as a left/middle back of the hybrid in the middle of the ‘three’, with Rico Lewis (£ 5.0 million) reversed to midfield from the right back.

He does not James Tarkowski (£ 5.5 million), surely, but he will choose DC occasionally if he is used in the middle.

The match where Josko Gvardiol will meet the requirements for DC points at 2024/25

Ait-Nouri can immediately win Gvardiol as a city defender player at FPL. But maybe ‘better the devil you know’ with Croatia in the early weeks.

Marc Cucurella (£ 6.0 million)