🎯 Backtested Best XI
"If I had followed FPL Elite's Best XI every gameweek" — measured against the league average and top scorer
FPL Elite Best XI total
2,226
38 GWs played
League average
1,895
vs the average FPL manager
Best manager total
4,888
cumulative top scorer per GW
✓ Beat the average
by 331 points across 38 GWs.
Behind the GW top scorers' cumulative by 2,662 pts — expected, they had perfect hindsight.
Per-gameweek breakdown
| GW | FPL Elite XI | vs Avg | vs Best | Captain pick | Cap pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | 68 | +14 | -59 | FWD Haaland | 13 × 2 |
| GW2 | 54 | +3 | -86 | MID B.Fernandes | 2 × 2 |
| GW3 | 74 | +26 | -44 | MID B.Fernandes | 10 × 2 |
| GW4 | 60 | -3 | -79 | FWD Haaland | 13 × 2 |
| GW5 | 67 | +25 | -45 | MID B.Fernandes | 10 × 2 |
| GW6 | 82 | +36 | -42 | FWD Haaland | 16 × 2 |
| GW7 | 43 | -17 | -92 | MID B.Fernandes | 3 × 2 |
| GW8 | 85 | +29 | -53 | FWD Haaland | 13 × 2 |
| GW9 | 44 | -2 | -80 | MID B.Fernandes | 4 × 2 |
| GW10 | 74 | +9 | -61 | MID B.Fernandes | 5 × 2 |
| GW11 | 32 | -6 | -88 | MID B.Fernandes | 5 × 2 |
| GW12 | 22 | -17 | -112 | MID B.Fernandes | 2 × 2 |
| GW13 | 48 | +13 | -75 | FWD Watkins | 1 × 2 |
| GW14 | 50 | -8 | -88 | MID B.Fernandes | 4 × 2 |
| GW15 | 85 | +36 | -48 | MID B.Fernandes | 18 × 2 |
| GW16 | 64 | +4 | -85 | DEF Gabriel | 0 × 2 |
| GW17 | 60 | -6 | -88 | FWD Haaland | 16 × 2 |
| GW18 | 27 | -17 | -91 | MID B.Fernandes | 0 × 2 |
| GW19 | 37 | -3 | -75 | MID B.Fernandes | 0 × 2 |
| GW20 | 29 | -13 | -88 | MID B.Fernandes | 0 × 2 |
| GW21 | 43 | -5 | -75 | MID B.Fernandes | 7 × 2 |
| GW22 | 49 | +9 | -62 | MID B.Fernandes | 10 × 2 |
| GW23 | 56 | +12 | -59 | FWD Haaland | 1 × 2 |
| GW24 | 76 | +21 | -50 | MID B.Fernandes | 10 × 2 |
| GW25 | 65 | +7 | -82 | MID B.Fernandes | 10 × 2 |
| GW26 | 37 | -21 | -101 | DEF Gabriel | 3 × 2 |
| GW27 | 35 | -10 | -82 | MID B.Fernandes | 2 × 2 |
| GW28 | 60 | +7 | -65 | MID B.Fernandes | 13 × 2 |
| GW29 | 68 | +14 | -75 | MID B.Fernandes | 8 × 2 |
| GW30 | 74 | +31 | -36 | MID B.Fernandes | 10 × 2 |
| GW31 | 64 | +26 | -45 | FWD Watkins | 9 × 2 |
| GW32 | 74 | +28 | -58 | MID B.Fernandes | 4 × 2 |
| GW33 | 56 | -10 | -121 | FWD Haaland | 6 × 2 |
| GW34 | 79 | +43 | -35 | MID B.Fernandes | 5 × 2 |
| GW35 | 69 | +19 | -60 | MID B.Fernandes | 5 × 2 |
| GW36 | 89 | +24 | -56 | FWD Haaland | 11 × 2 |
| GW37 | 72 | +19 | -59 | DEF Gabriel | 6 × 2 |
| GW38 | 55 | +14 | -62 | FWD Haaland | 0 × 2 |
Caveat: this is a perfect-information backtest using current player prices. Real-world managers couldn't transfer in/out unlimited times — they're constrained by free transfers and -4 hits. So the Best XI total here is an upper bound on what the optimizer would deliver if played each week.
