Retro Fantasy Football

2016/17 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2016/17 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 360 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2016/17 XI can rack up. Sergio Agüero is the season's most expensive pick at £13.0m.

Draft a squad from 2016/17

The 2016/17 title race

Chelsea won the 2016/17 title with 93 points, 7 points clear of Tottenham Hotspur. They won 30, drew 3 and lost 5 of their 38 games, scoring 85 and conceding 33. Hull, Middlesbrough and Sunderland were relegated. Harry Kane took the scoring honours with 29 league goals.

2016/17 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Chelsea3830358533+5293
2Tottenham Hotspur3826848626+6086
3Manchester City3823968039+4178
4Liverpool38221067842+3676
5Arsenal3823697744+3375
6Manchester United38181555429+2569
7Everton381710116244+1861
8Southampton381210164148-746
9Bournemouth381210165567-1246
10West Brom38129174351-845
11West Ham38129174764-1745
12Leicester38128184863-1544
13Stoke381111164156-1544
14Crystal Palace38125215063-1341
15Swansea38125214570-2541
16Burnley38117203955-1640
17Watford38117204068-2840
18Hull3897223780-4334
19Middlesbrough38513202753-2628
20Sunderland3866262969-4024

The bottom three were relegated. In the game, every result behind this table plays out as it really happened.

2016/17 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur297£11.5m
Romelu LukakuEverton256£10.0m
Alexis SánchezArsenal2411£11.0m
Sergio AgüeroManchester City205£13.0m
Diego CostaChelsea2011£10.5m
Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur1811£9.0m
Zlatan IbrahimovicManchester United177£12.0m
Joshua KingBournemouth163£6.0m
Eden HazardChelsea169£10.5m
Fernando LlorenteSwansea153£7.5m

2016/17 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Kevin De BruyneManchester City216£10.5m
Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur208£9.0m
Cesc FàbregasChelsea155n/a
Raheem SterlingManchester City147£8.5m
Gylfi SigurdssonSwansea139£8.0m
Mesut ÖzilArsenal118£10.0m
Ross BarkleyEverton115£8.0m
Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace117£6.0m
Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur1118£9.0m
Roberto FirminoLiverpool1111£9.0m

League goals and assists only. Players who moved clubs mid-season are listed under the club they played most for.

Top real FPL scorers in 2016/17

The players who scored the most points in the real Fantasy Premier League game that season.

PlayerFPL ptsGoalsAssistsOur price
Alexis SánchezMidfielder · Arsenal2642411£11.0m
Dele AlliMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur2251811£9.0m
Harry KaneForward · Tottenham Hotspur224297£11.5m
Eden HazardMidfielder · Chelsea224169£10.5m
Romelu LukakuForward · Everton221256£10.0m
Christian EriksenMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur218820£9.0m
Kevin De BruyneMidfielder · Manchester City199621£10.5m
Diego CostaForward · Chelsea1962011£10.5m
Gylfi SigurdssonMidfielder · Swansea181913£8.0m
Roberto FirminoMidfielder · Liverpool1801111£9.0m

Most owned FPL players in 2016/17

Ownership in the real Fantasy Premier League game, as it stood at the end of the season.

  1. David de GeaGoalkeeper · Manchester United · £6.5m in our game33.2%
  2. Dele AlliMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur · £9.0m in our game32.3%
  3. Diego CostaForward · Chelsea · £10.5m in our game32.2%
  4. Romelu LukakuForward · Everton · £10.0m in our game32.2%
  5. Eden HazardMidfielder · Chelsea · £10.5m in our game30.6%
  6. Alexis SánchezMidfielder · Arsenal · £11.0m in our game29.7%
  7. Kyle WalkerDefender · Tottenham Hotspur · £5.5m in our game27.6%
  8. Philippe CoutinhoMidfielder · Liverpool · n/a in our game26.0%
  9. Gareth McAuleyDefender · West Brom · £5.0m in our game24.7%
  10. Harry KaneForward · Tottenham Hotspur · £11.5m in our game23.3%

2016/17 best-value XI

A 5-4-1 that costs £67.5m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceFPL ptsPer £1m
Tom HeatonGoalkeeper · Burnley£5.0m14929.8
Gary CahillDefender · Chelsea£6.0m17829.7
Marcos AlonsoDefender · Chelsea£6.0m17729.5
César AzpilicuetaDefender · Chelsea£6.0m17028.3
Gareth McAuleyDefender · West Brom£5.0m13126.2
Adam SmithDefender · Bournemouth£4.0m10426.0
Joshua KingMidfielder · Bournemouth£6.0m17829.7
Etienne CapoueMidfielder · Watford£4.5m13129.1
Dele AlliMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur£9.0m22525.0
Wilfried ZahaMidfielder · Crystal Palace£6.0m14924.8
Romelu LukakuForward · Everton£10.0m22122.1

The best return on our prices: real Fantasy Premier League points per £1m, for players with at least 1,710 league minutes (half a season), in the strongest legal formation with no more than three players from one club.

Most expensive players by position

The premium picks a £100m budget forces you to choose between in 2016/17.

Goalkeepers

  1. Petr CechArsenal · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m
  2. Thibaut CourtoisChelsea · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m
  3. David de GeaManchester United · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m

Defenders

  1. Héctor BellerínArsenal · 1 goal, 5 assists£6.5m
  2. Toby AlderweireldTottenham Hotspur · 1 goal, 0 assists£6.5m
  3. Marcos AlonsoChelsea · 6 goals, 5 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Alexis SánchezArsenal · 24 goals, 11 assists£11.0m
  2. Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 6 goals, 21 assists£10.5m
  3. Eden HazardChelsea · 16 goals, 9 assists£10.5m

Forwards

  1. Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 20 goals, 5 assists£13.0m
  2. Zlatan IbrahimovicManchester United · 17 goals, 7 assists£12.0m
  3. Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 29 goals, 7 assists£11.5m

2016/17 on Retro Fantasy Football

132 managers have finished a 2016/17 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,132 pts
  2. 2,107 pts
  3. 2,102 pts
  4. 2,086 pts
  5. 2,064 pts

Points follow our scoring rules. Think you can beat them?

Draft a squad from 2016/17