FPL DEFCON stats

Defensive Contributions (DEFCON)

DEF/MID ranked by actual DEFCON points earned this season (2 pts for crossing the per-match qualifying-actions threshold) — filter by ownership to separate the household names from the ones nobody's picking up on.

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Position:All DEF MID

Team:All ARS AVL BHA BOU BRE CHE COV CRY EVE FUL HUL IPS LEE LIV MCI MUN NEW NFO SUN TOT

Ownership:All Under 5%Under 15%Under 30%

#	Player	Team	Pos
1	Mainoo	MUN	MID	£5.5m	1.6%	8	2.03	22
2	Murillo	NFO	DEF	£5.5m	2.1%	8	1.60	23
3	Silva	BOU	DEF	£5.0m	0.4%	8	1.60	13
4	Hill	BOU	DEF	£5.5m	0.8%	6	1.20	12
5	Pinnock	COV	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	6	1.91	14
6	Schuster	BRE	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	6	2.13	21
7	Janelt	BRE	MID	£5.0m	2.5%	6	1.20	28
8	Richards	CRY	DEF	£5.0m	0.6%	6	1.20	14
9	Branthwaite	EVE	DEF	£5.5m	2.4%	6	1.20	27
10	Muharemović	LEE	DEF	£5.0m	4.3%	6	1.20	27
11	Stach	LEE	MID	£6.0m	2.5%	6	1.21	27
12	Ampadu	LEE	MID	£5.4m	0.9%	6	1.20	21
13	Thiaw	NEW	DEF	£5.0m	2.2%	6	1.20	14
14	Botman	NEW	DEF	£5.0m	0.7%	6	1.20	15
15	Ballard	SUN	DEF	£4.9m	2.5%	6	1.20	14
16	Tielemans	MUN	MID	£5.8m	1.5%	4	0.90	14
17	Adams	BOU	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	4	1.29	12
18	Ajer	BRE	DEF	£4.5m	3.9%	4	0.80	21
19	Fofana	CHE	DEF	£5.0m	0.2%	4	1.15	8
20	Mykolenko	EVE	DEF	£4.6m	4.2%	4	0.80	27
21	O'Shea	IPS	DEF	£4.0m	2.7%	4	0.80	10
22	Justin	LEE	DEF	£4.5m	1.4%	4	0.80	26
23	L.Miley	NEW	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	4	0.91	12
24	Milenković	NFO	DEF	£5.4m	1.0%	4	1.33	12
25	Anderson	MCI	MID	£6.3m	4.0%	4	0.87	15
26	Vuskovic	BHA	DEF	£5.0m	3.7%	4	0.82	32
27	Bentancur	TOT	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	4	0.97	15
28	Mukiele	SUN	DEF	£5.4m	1.9%	4	1.00	13
29	Xhaka	SUN	MID	£5.5m	3.6%	4	0.80	21
30	Schlager	NFO	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	0.96	13
31	Charles	FUL	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	1.19	13
32	Khalaili	CRY	DEF	£5.0m	0.3%	4	0.95	19
33	Palacios	IPS	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	1.31	11
34	Mings	AVL	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	2	0.69	10
35	Buendía	AVL	MID	£5.9m	1.0%	2	0.45	21
36	Truffert	BOU	DEF	£5.4m	3.0%	2	0.40	10
37	Collins	BRE	DEF	£5.4m	1.0%	2	0.92	10
38	Dunk	BHA	DEF	£4.5m	1.5%	2	0.50	22
39	Gomez	BHA	MID	£5.0m	4.0%	2	0.42	24
40	Acheampong	CHE	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	2	0.81	5

35 DEF/MID have already hit the DEFCON threshold in Gameweek 5.

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What is DEFCON in FPL?

Defensive Contribution (DEFCON) is a scoring category introduced for the 2025/26 season: 2 points for crossing a per-match threshold of defensive actions. Defenders need 10 combined clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles (CBIT) in a match; midfielders and forwards need 12, and for them ball recoveries count towards the total as well as CBIT.

It rewards defensive work that used to earn nothing in FPL — a centre-back who doesn't score or keep a clean sheet but puts in a heavy defensive shift can still return points. The threshold resets every match, there's no partial credit below it and no bonus above it, so going 20/10 scores the same 2 points as going 10/10.

The table above shows DEFCON points earned so far this season, from real per-gameweek data. For who's on track to hit the threshold in the matches happening right now, see the live DEFCON tracker once a gameweek is underway.