As happened 12 months ago, there have been some tweaks to the Bonus Points System (BPS) ahead of the new Fantasy Premier League (FPL) campaign.
It’s not a radical overhaul: the best-performing players (in terms of BPS scores) still receive one, two and three bonus points in every fixture.
But some of the numbers that go towards deciding this have been changed ahead of 2025/26.
Penalty goals
Action | BPS score in 2024/25 | BPS score in 2025/26 |
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Players scoring a penalty | 24 (forward), 18 (midfielder), 12 (defender) | 12 |
Penalty merchants (especially forwards): beware.
This change has been introduced to differentiate spot-kicks from other goals scored.
In previous years, a penalty-taking forward would, more often than not, be in the mix for bonus points just for scoring from the spot and doing little else.
Now, though, with his BPS points halved for a penalty goal, he’ll have to work harder.
No matter what the position, a player gets 12 BPS points for every penalty converted.
Goalkeeper saves
Action | BPS score in 2024/25 | BPS score in 2025/26 |
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Goalkeeper saving a penalty | 9 | 8 |
Goalkeeper saving a shot | 2 | n/a |
Goalkeeper saving a shot taken from inside the box | n/a | 3 |
Goalkeeper saving a shot taken from outside the box | n/a | 2 |
Goalkeepers will benefit from these changes in 2024/25.
Last season, goalkeepers had a flat rate of two BPS points for every save.
Now, however, two points is the minimum.
Shot location will be the determining factor. A goalkeeper will now earn three BPS points if the shot he saves was taken from inside the penalty area. He’ll get two BPS points if the effort came from outside the box.
Penalty saves will get 11 BPS points in total: eight for the thwarted spot-kick and an accompanying three for saving a shot that was taken from inside the box.
Goalline clearances
Action | BPS score in 2024/25 | BPS score in 2025/26 |
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Goalline clearance | 3 | 9 |
Anyone making a goalline clearance will now earn nine BPS points. That was a mere three last season.
Successful tackles
Action | BPS score in 2024/25 | BPS score in 2025/26 |
---|---|---|
Successful tackle (net) | 2 | n/a |
Tackle won | n/a | 2 |
Prolific tacklers not only have the opportunity to bag defensive contribution points but also have a better chance of bagging bonus points to go with it.
Previously, two BPS points were awarded for each ‘successful tackle (net)’. In other words, this was the total of ‘tackles won’ minus ‘tackles lost’.
Instead, this season, each ‘tackle won’ in a match will be rewarded with two BPS points.
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»Most of these changes are to help retention of players. Far less than 20% of players who start the game run the full season. I came 50k out of 10m sounds great, but the reality is the player pool is really 1.5m or so at best.
»Stunning that Maguire, Shaw and Casemiro are still at United. Realize they’re PSR limited but somebody would take them surely???
»They are already there. They just need to be added to custom tables. Goalline clearances are pretty rare with less than 100 a season.
»Good evening When will goalline Clearances be added as a stat to the members area please It is very important after today's bps changes Thank you
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