Your captain scores double points, which makes the armband the biggest decision you make each gameweek. So how did Fantasy managers get on in Leg 1?
The captain almost nobody picked
In three of the five gameweeks, only around 1 in 1,700 managers captained that week's top scorer.
|
Gameweek |
Top scorer |
Club |
Points |
Managers who captained her |
|
1 |
Grace Fisk |
Liverpool |
21 |
0.06% |
|
2 |
Lucy Bronze |
Chelsea |
17 |
1.61% |
|
3 |
Olivia Holdt |
Spurs |
23 |
0.06% |
|
4 |
Amy Andrews |
Sheff Utd |
18 |
0.06% |
|
5 |
Ruby Mace |
Everton |
20 |
0.12% |
The best single captain pick of the leg was Holdt in Gameweek 3. She returned 46 points for the 21 managers who backed her, at a time when the average captain return was just 10.66.
How the popular picks performed
The average captain returned 12.19 points across Leg 1. Here's how the most popular choices compared.
|
Captain |
Club |
Average captain return |
Versus average |
|
Khadija Shaw |
Man City |
16.38 |
+4.19 |
|
Alessia Russo |
Arsenal |
7.14 |
-5.05 |
|
Alexia Putellas |
London City |
16.37 |
+4.18 |
|
Lauren James |
Chelsea |
8.37 |
-3.82 |
|
Lucy Bronze |
Chelsea |
15.67 |
+3.48 |
|
Lauren Hemp |
Man City |
20.03 |
+7.84 |
|
Ellie Carpenter |
Chelsea |
16.53 |
+4.34 |
Shaw was the most popular captain by a distance, and she delivered. Russo was the second most popular choice, but returned more than five points below the average captain.
The smartest call was Hemp. She averaged 20.03 points as captain, the best of the leg's popular picks, yet only around 2% of captaincies went her way.
What it means for Leg 2
The safe pick worked, but the biggest captain returns came from players in form rather than the biggest names. Shaw remains a strong default; Hemp and Carpenter are the alternatives the data backs.
Ready for Leg 2? Play Fantasy now and get your team set before Saturday's 12.45pm (UK time) deadline.
