Community Post: Best FPL Captains 2022/23
FPL Reactions has turned his attention to the captaincy debate. He has taken the 2022/23 fixture released and considered the best FPL captains on paper every week until the end of the season.
Louis has looked at the fixtures for all of the Premier League sides. He has considered which of the premium picks make the best FPL captains every week.
Of course form and availability will impact these but it is a great template for FPL managers.
This is also helpful for considering transfers each week. The quality of the premium assets in the game could mean that FPL managers increasing look to be more fluid with their squads. This could mean moving between Kane, Ronaldo and Haaland over different points of the FPL season.
Heading in to the 2022/23 season with a captaincy template could help FPL managers make better decisions. Both in terms of the armband as well as transfer planning.
Best Captains by Gameweek
| Gameweek 1 | Salah, Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 2 | Salah, Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 3 | Haaland |
| Gameweek 4 | Salah, Haaland, Son, Kane or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 5 | Salah or Haaland |
| Gameweek 6 | Salah, Haaland, Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 7 | Salah or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 8 | Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 9 | Salah or Haaland |
| Gameweek 10 | Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 11 | Ronaldo, Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 12 | Differential captaincy |
| Gameweek 13 | Salah Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 14 | Salah Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 15 | Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 16 | Salah, Ronaldo, Haaland, Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 17 | Salah, Ronaldo, Haaland, Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 18 | Salah Haaland Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 19 | Salah Ronaldo Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 20 | Salah |
| Gameweek 21 | Haaland Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 22 | Salah or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 23 | Salah Haaland Ronaldo Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 24 | Salah or Haaland |
| Gameweek 25 | Salah Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 26 | Haaland |
| Gameweek 27 | Salah Haaland Ronaldo Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 28 | Salah Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 29 | Ronaldo Kane or Son |
| Gameweek 30 | Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 31 | Salah Haaland Ronaldo Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 32 | Salah Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 33 | Salah |
| Gameweek 34 | Haaland or Ronaldo |
| Gameweek 35 | Salah Haaland Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 36 | Salah Haaland Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 37 | Salah Ronaldo Son or Kane |
| Gameweek 38 | Salah Haaland Ronaldo Son or Kane |
Captaincy notes
- Holding Salah all the way through is sensible as he makes 27/38 GWs as a great captaincy option.
- Haaland also gives a huge 24 great opportunities for captaincy with 16 of those competing against Salah.
- Ronaldo also gives us 19 opportunities to Captain him but 18 clashing with another premium striker.
- Kane and Son also offer up 21 opportunities for captaincy.
- Seven Gameweeks offer us the chance to captain between five great options.
- A massive 35 good opportunities for you to give a premium striker the armband meaning always having a premium striker could be key.
- Only one good Gameweek to go differential seems to be the case in Gameweek 12.
- There are only four Gameweeks that there seems to be a more obvious pick.
Captaincy is always important but this season there’s even more opportunities to go for a different premium it seems. This could mean big swings similar to last season but even more so this season it appears.
Fantasy Football Scout have their own captaincy matrix to help with captaincy decisions. They currently have an offer on membership meaning managers can sign up at last years prices. There is also a seven day free trial available.
