The most Triple-Captained defender of all time in Fantasy Premier League, Gabriel Magalhaes (£7.1m), produced a relatively disappointing seven points across Arsenal's two Double Gameweek 26 encounters.
The Gunners failed to keep a clean sheet in both games, conceding once to Brentford and twice to the division's lowest scorers, Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Instead, Gabriel had to rely on defensive contribution points to avoid a blank in his first outing and an assist in the second. The Brazilian also received his second yellow card of the campaign in the draw with Brentford, reducing his total by a point.
More than 622,000 Fantasy managers played their Triple Captain chip on Gabriel, only Erling Haaland (£14.9m) and Mohamed Salah (£14.0m) have ever been Triple-Captained in greater numbers.
DGW26 most Triple-Captained players
| Player | Triple Captained by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel | 622,854 | 7 |
| Rice | 103,154 | 14 |
| Gyokeres | 92,256 | 3 |
| Haaland | 50,894 | 5 |
| Timber | 34,876 | 3 |
The real winners were the 103,000+ who Triple-Captained Declan Rice (£7.6m), the most-popular alternative to Gabriel.
Rice finished with a welcome 14 points, thanks to an assist, four defensive contribution points and three bonus points. He became the first player to earn four defensive contribution points in a Gameweek after reaching the threshold in both of his DGW26 encounters.
After impressing in his first match, with a team-leading three key passes against Brentford, he duly delivered on those underlying stats to supply the assist for the opening goal at Wolves.
Rice has now amassed 95 points in away matches, the most of any player in Fantasy.
Points in away matches 2025/26
| Player | Pts |
| Rice | 95 |
|---|---|
| Haaland | 92 |
| Gabriel | 78 |
| Rogers | 74 |
| Van de Ven | 72 |
In total, four Arsenal players occupied places among the top five Triple-Captains, with Viktor Gyokeres (£8.8m) and Jurrien Timber (£6.4m) joining Gabriel and Rice.
Both disappointed, however, as Gyokeres was unable to add to his three goals in two matches prior to DGW26 and, along with Timber, totalled just three points for the Gameweek.
The only non-Arsenal player to feature in the top five, Haaland scored for the second successive match as Manchester City beat Fulham 3-0. But that's where the good news ended for those who Triple-Captained him as he was withdrawn at half-time.
The Norwegian finished on five points and has now amassed 62 points in eight appearances against Marco Silva's side, having racked up 14 points in the reverse fixture earlier in the season.
Most transfers for DGW26
| Most transfers in | Most transfers out | ||
| Gyokeres | 578,699 | H. Wilson | 638,262 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 478,328 | Thiago | 479,033 |
| Zubimendi | 460,900 | Saka | 299,734 |
| B. Fernandes | 417,903 | R. James | 259,701 |
| Joao Pedro | 398,135 | Foden | 249,477 |
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Unsurprisingly, the top three transfer targets were all from Arsenal.
Back-to-back goals from Martin Zubimendi (£5.3m) led to the cut-price midfielder being recruited by 460,000+ managers. But while Zubimendi didn't score in either of his matches, he did pick up two defensive contribution points to end the round on six points.
There were contrasting fortunes for the two single-Gameweek players included among the most-bought players.
Joao Pedro (£7.7m) impressed in Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Leeds, scoring and assisting for a 10-point return, taking him to 48 points over his last five matches. No player has amassed more during that period.
And it could have been even better for this 398,000+ new owners as he took seven shots in the box at home to Leeds, the most he's ever registered in a Premier League match.
But while Joao Pedro continued to delight his Fantasy bosses, Bruno Fernandes (£9.8m) suffered his first blank in six outings. Fernandes created a match-high four chances in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at West Ham United, but failed to muster a shot.