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	M.Sangaré	BRE	MID	£5.4m	5.8%	8	1.17	32
10	Tielemans	MUN	MID	£5.6m	1.2%	6	0.83	31
11	Garner	EVE	MID	£6.0m	0.2%	6	0.69	25
12	Stach	LEE	MID	£6.0m	1.6%	6	0.80	33
13	Tonali	TOT	MID	£5.3m	2.0%	6	0.62	34
14	Anderson	MCI	MID	£6.2m	3.6%	6	0.69	29
15	Xhaka	SUN	MID	£5.3m	2.6%	6	0.66	33
16	Scott	BOU	MID	£5.9m	2.1%	4	0.81	30
17	Christie	BOU	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	4	0.87	22
18	Gomez	BHA	MID	£5.0m	4.3%	4	0.41	51
19	Wharton	CRY	MID	£5.3m	0.6%	4	0.41	29
20	Lerma	CRY	MID	£4.8m	0.1%	4	1.43	14
21	Ndiaye	MCI	MID	£5.8m	5.4%	4	0.47	37
22	Armstrong	EVE	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	4	0.42	28
23	Belloumi	HUL	MID	£5.3m	9.5%	4	0.53	48
24	Mac Allister	LIV	MID	£5.4m	1.3%	4	0.48	27
25	N.Gonzalez	NEW	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	4	0.65	24
26	L.Miley	NEW	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	4	0.63	16
27	Bentancur	TOT	MID	£5.4m	0.1%	4	0.89	14
28	Fernandes	TOT	MID	£5.6m	0.7%	4	0.70	24
29	Charles	FUL	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	4	0.49	25
30	Timber	CRY	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	4	0.81	18
31	Rice	ARS	MID	£7.5m	13.7%	2	0.22	50
32	Rogers	CHE	MID	£8.2m	54.0%	2	0.20	52
33	Buendía	AVL	MID	£5.9m	1.1%	2	0.31	29
34	Gomes	AVL	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	2	0.45	13
35	Rayan	BOU	MID	£6.3m	2.4%	2	0.21	30
36	Tavernier	BOU	MID	£6.7m	31.5%	2	0.21	58
37	Baleba	MUN	MID	£4.9m	0.2%	2	0.78	8
38	Neto	CHE	MID	£6.6m	5.0%	2	0.24	41
39	Caicedo	CHE	MID	£5.3m	1.0%	2	0.41	14
40	Lavia	CHE	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	2	0.39	23

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.