Which managers are getting the most points in FPL?

An assessment of the first 20 Gameweeks of 2024/25 shows how the table-bonus element of the Assistant Manager chip plays a significant part in a manager’s potential.

Remember, if your chosen manager faces a club ranked at least five places higher in the Premier League table at the start of the Gameweek, you get an EXTRA 10 points for a win, so 16 in total, or an additional five points for a draw, so eight in total.

Essentially, that tactic offers a far greater upside, albeit with a higher degree of risk. 

The Assistant Manager chip is active for three successive Gameweeks.

If you had been able to use it from the start of this season, the best score you could have got so far is 47 points by picking AFC Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola across Gameweeks 8-10.

Most FPL points for managers 2024/25

*Fantasy points earned by Leicester, Man Utd, Southampton and Wolves' managers so far this season, including Steve Cooper, Erik ten Hag, Russell Martin and Gary O'Neil

Notably, six of the top-scoring seven managers across a rolling three-Gameweek period have profited from at least one table-bonus win against a club ranked at least five places higher in the Premier League table.

Liverpool's Arne Slot is the exception, amassing 34 points as recently as Gameweeks 17-19.

Another big takeaway from the table above is the impact of Wolverhampton Wanderers' new head coach Vitor Pereira, whose best score of 41 points over three Gameweeks immediately hands him second place.

This shows why investing in "the new manager bounce" when a club changes their head coach can prove a useful tactic with the Assistant Manager chip.

Breaking down Iraola's top score

Between Gameweeks 8-10, Iraola collected 16 points for EACH of Bournemouth’s victories over Arsenal and Manchester City. He earned six points for the win, PLUS another 10 points for each table-bonus win.

A further eight points came from a draw with Aston Villa – three for the draw and five more for a table-bonus draw. 

Iraola was also awarded five points from Bournemouth’s total goals and picked up two more points for the clean sheet against Arsenal.

How Iraola got his points

Slot is more consistent

As the leaderboard at the top shows, while Iraola has the best score across three Gameweeks, his total of 147 points across the season so far is only good enough for fourth spot. 

Liverpool's Arne Slot is the overall leader on 159 points, while Newcastle United's Eddie Howe and Fulham's Marco Silva occupy the other top three spots with 153 and 150 points respectively.

That highlights Slot's consistency and reliability for providing returns with the Assistant Manager chip.

Nonetheless, the 13-point disparity between Slot and Iraola's best rolling three-Gameweek scores does help to show why title-challenging clubs have a lower ceiling for points, because they get NO opportunities to face a team who are ranked at least five places higher.

Slot's best run was across Gameweeks 17-19, when Liverpool won all three of their matches against Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City and West Ham United to earn the Dutchman 34 points. 

Those victories helped Slot gather 18 points, while he picked up a further 14 points for each of Liverpool's goals, plus two points for a single clean sheet. 

How Slot got his points

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