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.

Sort by:DC points DC points / 90

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	Janelt	BRE	MID	£5.0m	2.5%	6	1.20	28
3	Stach	LEE	MID	£6.0m	2.5%	6	1.21	27
4	Ampadu	LEE	MID	£5.4m	0.9%	6	1.20	21
5	M.Sangaré	BRE	MID	£5.6m	9.9%	6	1.68	22
6	Tielemans	MUN	MID	£5.8m	1.5%	4	0.90	14
7	Scott	BOU	MID	£6.1m	5.8%	4	0.81	30
8	Adams	BOU	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	4	1.29	12
9	Ndiaye	MCI	MID	£5.8m	6.7%	4	0.94	22
10	L.Miley	NEW	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	4	0.91	12
11	Anderson	MCI	MID	£6.3m	4.0%	4	0.87	15
12	Bentancur	TOT	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	4	0.97	15
13	Xhaka	SUN	MID	£5.5m	3.6%	4	0.80	21
14	Schlager	NFO	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	0.96	13
15	Charles	FUL	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	1.19	13
16	Palacios	IPS	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	1.31	11
17	Rice	ARS	MID	£7.4m	11.6%	2	0.44	20
18	Buendía	AVL	MID	£5.9m	1.0%	2	0.45	21
19	Gomez	BHA	MID	£5.0m	4.0%	2	0.42	24
20	Rudoni	COV	MID	£4.9m	0.1%	2	0.61	13
21	Wharton	CRY	MID	£5.4m	0.7%	2	0.41	12
22	Kamada	CRY	MID	£5.0m	0.5%	2	0.41	21
23	Garner	EVE	MID	£6.0m	0.2%	2	0.55	11
24	Armstrong	EVE	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	2	0.40	16
25	Belloumi	HUL	MID	£5.1m	5.1%	2	0.46	31
26	Gakpo	LIV	MID	£7.2m	12.4%	2	0.49	32
27	Szoboszlai	LIV	MID	£7.0m	32.8%	2	0.41	20
28	Mac Allister	LIV	MID	£5.4m	1.3%	2	0.59	11
29	Tonali	TOT	MID	£5.3m	1.8%	2	0.42	14
30	McAtee	NFO	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	2	0.43	12
31	Timber	CRY	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	2	0.71	9

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

Live tracker →

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.