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Erling Haaland (£15.5m) remains the most expensive Fantasy Premier League (FPL) player of all-time after his price for 2026/27 was released on Wednesday.
Not only that but the Norwegian striker broke his previous record starting price of £15.0m, set in 2024/25.
So, we know that the Manchester City forward ranks first and second for historic starting prices – but who else features prominently?
MOST EXPENSIVE STARTING PRICES IN FPL HISTORY
| Player | Start price | Club | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Erling Haaland | £15.5m | MCI | 2026/27 |
| 2nd | Erling Haaland | £15.0m | MCI | 2024/25 |
| 3rd | Mohamed Salah | £14.5m | LIV | 2025/26 |
| 4th= | Thierry Henry | £14.0m | ARS | 2005/06 |
| = | Thierry Henry | £14.0m | ARS | 2006/07 |
| = | Cristiano Ronaldo | £14.0m | MUN | 2008/09 |
| = | Robin van Persie | £14.0m | MUN | 2013/14 |
| = | Erling Haaland | £14.0m | MCI | 2023/24 |
| = | Erling Haaland | £14.0m | MCI | 2025/26 |
| 10th= | Frank Lampard | £13.0m | CHE | 2011/12 |
| = | Sergio Aguero | £13.0m | MCI | 2015/16 |
| = | Mohamed Salah | £13.0m | LIV | 2018/19 |
| = | Mohamed Salah | £13.0m | LIV | 2022/23 |
*figures from FPL
Haaland actually appears four times in the above table, having been priced up at £14.0m in two other campaigns.
Mohamed Salah features three times, with his starting price last year (£14.5m) enough for outright third.
They’re not all modern-day FPL stars.
Going back to FPL’s early days, Thierry Henry was twice given a starting price of £14.0m. For almost two decades, no one surpassed that figure.
Apart from Salah, only two other Fantasy midfielders appear on the list. Cristiano Ronaldo was one, in the final year of his first spell at Manchester United, and Frank Lampard the other.
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