FPL Bonus Points 2025/26: Who Earned the Most (and How Much It Mattered)

Published 15 July 2026

Bonus points are the quiet decider of Fantasy Premier League seasons. Up to six extra points are handed out after every match by the Bonus Points System (BPS), and while a single haul rarely feels season-defining, they compound. Over 38 gameweeks the gap between a genuine bonus magnet and an ordinary starter can be worth more than a whole extra player.

We pulled the final 2025/26 numbers to see exactly who cashed in — and just how much of a swing bonus really creates.

The season's biggest bonus magnets

Erling Haaland topped the charts with 43 bonus points, just ahead of Bruno Fernandes on 41. Those totals are not rounding errors on a season — they are roughly 18% and 17% of each player's entire points return. Put differently: nearly one point in six that Haaland delivered came from bonus alone.

The rest of the top end is dominated by the usual suspects — high-volume attackers who both score and rack up the underlying BPS actions (shots, key passes, big chances created) that the system rewards. If you want to understand why these players score so heavily, our guide to how bonus points work breaks down the full BPS scoring table.

How big a swing is bonus, really?

Here's the number that matters for squad planning. Among players who were regular starters in 2025/26 (1,500+ minutes), the median bonus haul was just 7 points for the whole season. The elite bonus earners cleared 40.

That ~35-point gap is not trivial. It's the difference a good captaincy call makes across a handful of weeks — except bonus delivers it passively, every week, just by owning the right players. Stack two or three genuine bonus magnets and you're banking a cushion that rivals a season's worth of clever transfer moves or captain picks — without spending a single free transfer or taking a hit.

Who was most bonus-dependent?

Sorting by bonus as a share of total points shows which players leaned hardest on bonus rather than raw returns:

This cut is a useful sanity check: a high share flags players whose ceiling is propped up by BPS. It tends to reward out-and-out forwards and penalty-box strikers, who collect bonus for goals even in otherwise quiet games.

Bonus by position: where to go hunting

Not every position offers the same bonus opportunity.

• Midfielders collected the most bonus in aggregate (they're the biggest population and include the premium creators), so this is where most of your bonus should come from.
• Forwards earned the most bonus per player — goals are the single biggest BPS driver, and strikers monopolise them.
• Defenders are the overlooked edge. A ball-playing, set-piece-present defender on a good clean-sheet team can be a genuine BPS magnet — Gabriel led all defenders with 30 bonus, more than most premium midfielders.

If you're building a defence, prioritising these BPS-friendly defenders over rotation-risk cheap options is one of the easier value plays in the game. Cross-reference their upcoming schedule on the fixture difficulty planner to find clean-sheet runs.

What it means for 2026/27

1. Bonus is a selection criterion, not an afterthought. When two players look level on price and fixtures, the one who consistently tops BPS charts is the better long-term hold.
2. Own the premiums who also win bonus. The very top earners are template for a reason — their bonus floor makes them hard to captain against.
3. Find the defensive bonus magnets early. They're cheaper, less owned, and the season-long bonus adds up.
4. Watch it live. Bonus is provisional during matches and only confirmed afterwards — track it gameweek by gameweek on our live FPL bonus points page, and check any player's season output in the player statistics table.

Bonus points won't win you the game on their own. But over a season they're one of the largest, most reliable point swings available — and, unlike hits and chip calls, they cost you nothing but the discipline to pick the right players.