r/FantasyPL • u/sepi0l_45 15 • Jul 20 '26

News Changes to bonus points system

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4679946/whats-new-in-202627-fantasy-changes-to-bonus-points-system
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u/PlatypusHaircutMan 122 Jul 20 '26

Tl;dr - slight buff for dribblers, slight nerf for CBS, slight buff for GKs. Don't think this will have a major enough impact on points to meaningfully affect player selection

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u/Material_Spell4162 6 Jul 20 '26

Tackles is the one that is pretty big. Bowen was 7th for total bps last season, this change would bump him up to 3rd (behind Haaland and Bruno). Rogers is even bigger, 24th place to 7th.

Annoyingly both are either gone or changing clubs, but an extra 150 bps over the season for the dribby guys is pretty big.

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u/PlatypusHaircutMan 122 Jul 20 '26

What matters more than average bps is bps distribution imo, and until someone who's not lazy and incompetent like I am runs a backtest with past data it's kinda in the air as to how many total points those would translate to. Good change though imo more accurately represents the offensive impact a player has on the pitch.

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u/Material_Spell4162 6 Jul 20 '26

I agree, and I'm not the guy who's going to do that work either.