Our Fantasy EPL 22/23 Draft Kit promises to be the most comprehensive set of pre-season Draft Premier League articles ever produced! Obviously, our Draft Rankings will be one of the most featured parts of the Draft Kit, but for those of you who prefer not to use a 1 to 150 ranking system when rating players, we're here to help! Our Tiered Rankings Cheat Sheet will walk fantasy managers through the benefits of using tiers when drafting, how to best make use of this cheat sheet, and how to personalize it should you want to tweak any of our player valuations. By the time draft day rolls around, you will have an entirely unique draft cheat sheet and a leg up on the competition. Keep in mind: these tiered rankings reflect Fantrax Default Scoring, which does differ from Official FPL scoring. Though, we'd like to think that these tiers could be helpful to most drafters this summer.
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Tiered Rankings
Below, you will find a link to the Tiered Rankings document. Before you check it out, there are a few things to be aware of when using tiers when drafting, as opposed to using a numerical list from 1-150+. There are also a couple of things to be aware of regarding the document itself, which will also be explained briefly. It will vastly improve your ability to effectively and strategically use the tiers document if you consider these quick points.
How to Use Tiers
Again, let us first provide a couple of pointers to explain the use of a tiered system as opposed to a numerical rankings system.
In theory, a drafter will be willing to pick any player from within a certain tier during the draft. You need to be willing to draft all players from within a given tier at the same point of the draft. If Maddison, Saka and Bowen are in the same Midfielder tier, it means you don't mind which of these players you end up drafting.
A tier 1 DEF is not necessarily as valuable as a tier 1 MID or FWD. It's important to understand that a tier is simply a measurement of the perceived value of each player as compared to the rest of the players at their position. So, don't necessarily compare tiers across the positions.
However, tiers can help you to see when a certain caliber of player at a certain position has dried up, potentially prompting you to draft a player at another position in a higher tier. This, to be completely honest, is one of the most valuable insights that using tiers can offer.
Finally, feel free to customize your Tiered Rankings Cheat Sheet as you see fit. However, moving players around inside an existing tier (moving a player up or down, but keeping them in the same tier) is largely pointless. This is because the tiers themselves indicate that every player within that tier is perceived to have approximately the same season-long value. So, if using the tiers as intended, any player from that tier would suffice.
The Tiered Rankings Cheat Sheet!
Follow the below link for the most up to date Cheat Sheet. Once inside of the document, follow the directions on the right side of the sheet to create your own customizable version of this document. Also, be aware that this will be updated several times throughout the summer. Happy drafting!
Version 1: 1st July 2022
Version 2: 13th July 2022
Version 2 Updates:
FWD
Raheem Sterling UP to Tier 2 & CHANGED to CHE
Luis Sinisterra ADDED to Tier 4
Patrick Bamford UP to Tier 5
Ivan Toney DOWN to Tier 3
Richarlison DOWN to Tier 4 & CHANGED to TOT
Adama Traore DOWN to Tier 5
Timo Werner DOWN to Lottery Tickets
Sam Surridge DOWN to Tier 7
Trincao REMOVED
Chiquinho REMOVED
MID
Phil Foden UP to Tier 2
Jack Grealish UP to Tier 2
Morgan Gibbs-White UP to Tier 6
Stuart Armstrong UP to Tier 6
Brendan Aaronsen UP to Tier 6
Christian Norgaard UP to Tier 6
Phillip Billing UP to Tier 6
Andreas Pereira ADDED to Tier 6
Hakim Ziyech DOWN to Tier 6
Christian Pulisic DOWN to Tier 6
Callum Hudson-Odoi DOWN to Tier 7
Donny Van De Beek DOWN to Tier 7
Joe Rothwell DOWN to Tier 7
Christian Eriksen CHANGED to MUN
Raphinha REMOVED
DEF
Sven Botman ADDED to Tier 5
Tyler Malacia ADDED to Tier 6
Luke Shaw DOWN to Tier 6
Alex Telles DOWN to Tier 6
Nathan Collins ADDED to Tier 6
Aaron Hickey ADDED to Tier 7
Nat Phillips DOWN to Lottery Tickets
Neco Williams CHANGED to NOT
Version 3: 24th July 2022
Version 3 Updates:
FWD
Diogo Jota DOWN to Tier 3 & + tag ADDED
Cristiano Ronaldo DOWN to Tier 3
Gianluca Scamacca ADDED to Tier 4
Luis Sinisterra + tag ADDED
Keane Lewis-Potter ADDED to Tier 5
Leon Bailey UP to Tier 6
Yoane Wissa PT tag ADDED
Armando Broja DOWN to Lottery Tickets & PT tag ADDED
Sam Surridge DOWN to Lotter Tickets
Bobby DeCordova-Reid REMOVED
MID
James Ward-Prowse UP to Tier 2
Christian Eriksen DOWN to Tier 3
Jack Harrison UP to Tier 4
Jesse Lingard ADDED to Tier 5
Ivan Perisic DOWN to Tier 5
Ilkay Gundogan DOWN to Tier 5
Pablo Fornals ADDED to Tier 6
Thomas Partey DOWN to Tier 6
Connor Gallagher DOWN to Tier 6
Naby Keita PT flag added
Joe Willock DOWN to Tier 7
Dan James DOWN to Tier 7
Fabio Vieira PT flag added
Hakim Ziyech DOWN to Lottery Tickets
Boubacar Kamara REMOVED
DEF
Andrew Robertson UP to Tier 1
Alex Telles REMOVED
Oleksandr Zinchenko UP to Tier 5 & CHANGED to ARS
Ethan Pinnock DOWN to Tier 5 & + flag added
Kalidou Koulibaly ADDED to Tier 6
Tyrell Malacia ADDED to Tier 6
Aaron Cresswell UP to Tier 6
Cesar Azpilicueta DOWN to Tier 6
Jonny DOWN to Tier 6
Mo Salisu DOWN to Tier 6
Dan Burn DOWN to Tier 6
Sven Botman DOWN to Tier 6
Joachim Andersen DOWN to Tier 7
Aaron Hickey REMOVED
Emerson REMOVED
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version 3 before ouur IGL draft kicks off tomorrow ?