FPL defensive contributions

FPL Defensive Contributions (DEFCON)

Every DEF/MID ranked by actual defensive contribution (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	1.1%	12	1.91	30
2	Palacios	IPS	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	12	1.63	27
3	Janelt	BRE	MID	£5.0m	1.6%	10	1.11	37
4	Schlager	NFO	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	10	1.19	31
5	Kamara	AVL	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	8	0.82	34
6	Adams	BOU	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	8	0.99	26
7	Ampadu	LEE	MID	£5.3m	0.7%	8	0.80	31
8	McAtee	NFO	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	8	0.86	27
9	Tielemans	MUN	MID	£5.6m	1.2%	6	0.83	31
10	Garner	EVE	MID	£6.0m	0.2%	6	0.69	25
11	Stach	LEE	MID	£6.0m	1.6%	6	0.80	33
12	Tonali	TOT	MID	£5.3m	2.0%	6	0.62	34
13	Anderson	MCI	MID	£6.2m	3.6%	6	0.69	29
14	Xhaka	SUN	MID	£5.3m	2.6%	6	0.66	33
15	Scott	BOU	MID	£5.9m	2.1%	4	0.81	30
16	Christie	BOU	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	4	0.87	22
17	Gomez	BHA	MID	£5.0m	4.3%	4	0.41	51
18	Wharton	CRY	MID	£5.3m	0.6%	4	0.41	29
19	Lerma	CRY	MID	£4.8m	0.1%	4	1.43	14
20	Armstrong	EVE	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	4	0.42	28
21	Mac Allister	LIV	MID	£5.4m	1.3%	4	0.48	27
22	N.Gonzalez	NEW	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	4	0.65	24
23	L.Miley	NEW	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	4	0.63	16
24	Bentancur	TOT	MID	£5.4m	0.1%	4	0.89	14
25	Fernandes	TOT	MID	£5.6m	0.7%	4	0.70	24
26	Charles	FUL	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	0.49	25
27	Timber	CRY	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	4	0.81	18
28	Buendía	AVL	MID	£5.9m	1.1%	2	0.31	29
29	Gomes	AVL	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	2	0.45	13
30	Rayan	BOU	MID	£6.3m	2.4%	2	0.21	30
31	Baleba	MUN	MID	£4.9m	0.2%	2	0.78	8
32	Caicedo	CHE	MID	£5.3m	1.0%	2	0.41	14
33	Lavia	CHE	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	2	0.39	23
34	Andrey Santos	MUN	MID	£4.7m	0.5%	2	0.55	10
35	Rudoni	COV	MID	£4.9m	1.2%	2	0.25	39
36	Torp	COV	MID	£5.3m	0.1%	2	0.79	12
37	Kamada	CRY	MID	£5.0m	0.6%	2	0.21	36
38	Iroegbunam	HUL	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	2	0.50	23
39	Berge	FUL	MID	£4.8m	0.3%	2	0.24	25
40	Lukić	IPS	MID	£4.9m	0.1%	2	0.37	15

40 DEF/MID have already hit the DEFCON threshold in Gameweek 10.

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What are Defensive Contributions (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.

More on DEFCON: the best DEFCON defenders to pick and the midfielders who earn DEFCON and attacking points.