Retro Fantasy Football

2017/18 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2017/18 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 359 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2017/18 XI can rack up. Harry Kane is the season's most expensive pick at £12.5m.

Draft a squad from 2017/18

The 2017/18 title race

Manchester City won the 2017/18 title with 100 points, 19 points clear of Manchester United. They won 32, drew 4 and lost 2 of their 38 games, scoring 106 and conceding 27. Swansea, Stoke and West Brom were relegated. Mohamed Salah took the scoring honours with 32 league goals.

  • Manchester City's 100 points are the highest champions' total of any season from 1995/96 to 2024/25.
  • Manchester City's 106 goals are the most scored by champions of any season from 1995/96 to 2024/25.
  • The 19 points gap between first and second is the widest title margin of any season from 1995/96 to 2024/25.

2017/18 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester City38324210627+79100
2Manchester United3825676828+4081
3Tottenham Hotspur3823877436+3877
4Liverpool38211258438+4675
5Chelsea38217106238+2470
6Arsenal38196137451+2363
7Burnley381412123639-354
8Everton381310154458-1449
9Leicester381211155660-447
10Newcastle38128183947-844
11Crystal Palace381111164555-1044
12Bournemouth381111164561-1644
13West Ham381012164868-2042
14Watford38118194464-2041
15Brighton38913163454-2040
16Huddersfield38910192858-3037
17Southampton38715163756-1936
18Swansea3889212856-2833
19Stoke38712193568-3333
20West Brom38613193156-2531

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

2017/18 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Mohamed SalahLiverpool3212£9.5m
Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur292£12.5m
Sergio AgüeroManchester City216£12.0m
Jamie VardyLeicester202£9.5m
Raheem SterlingManchester City1817£9.0m
Romelu LukakuManchester United167£12.0m
Roberto FirminoLiverpool158£9.5m
Alexandre LacazetteArsenal145£11.0m
Gabriel JesusManchester City137£11.0m
Glenn MurrayBrighton120£7.0m

2017/18 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Kevin De BruyneManchester City188£10.5m
Raheem SterlingManchester City1718£9.0m
Leroy SanéManchester City1510£9.5m
Paul PogbaManchester United136£9.0m
Riyad MahrezLeicester1312£9.5m
Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur139£10.0m
Mohamed SalahLiverpool1232£9.5m
David SilvaManchester City119£9.0m
Aaron RamseyArsenal107£8.0m
Alexis SánchezManchester United109£12.0m

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 2017/18

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

PlayerFPL ptsGoalsAssistsOur price
Mohamed SalahMidfielder · Liverpool3033212£9.5m
Raheem SterlingMidfielder · Manchester City2291817£9.0m
Harry KaneForward · Tottenham Hotspur217292£12.5m
Kevin De BruyneMidfielder · Manchester City209818£10.5m
Christian EriksenMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur1991110£10.0m
Riyad MahrezMidfielder · Leicester1951213£9.5m
Jamie VardyForward · Leicester183202£9.5m
Roberto FirminoForward · Liverpool181158£9.5m
Leroy SanéMidfielder · Manchester City1791015£9.5m
Son Heung-minMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur178128£9.0m

Most owned FPL players in 2017/18

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

  1. Mohamed SalahMidfielder · Liverpool · £9.5m in our game56.7%
  2. David De GeaGoalkeeper · Manchester United · £6.5m in our game44.3%
  3. Harry KaneForward · Tottenham Hotspur · £12.5m in our game37.7%
  4. Roberto FirminoForward · Liverpool · £9.5m in our game36.1%
  5. Raheem SterlingMidfielder · Manchester City · £9.0m in our game27.6%
  6. Nicolás OtamendiDefender · Manchester City · £6.0m in our game25.8%
  7. Ben DaviesDefender · Tottenham Hotspur · £6.0m in our game21.9%
  8. Romelu LukakuForward · Manchester United · £12.0m in our game21.9%
  9. Jamie VardyForward · Leicester · £9.5m in our game21.7%
  10. Kevin De BruyneMidfielder · Manchester City · £10.5m in our game21.4%

2017/18 best-value XI

A 4-5-1 that costs £72.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceFPL ptsPer £1m
Lukasz FabianskiGoalkeeper · Swansea£5.0m15731.4
César AzpilicuetaDefender · Chelsea£6.5m17526.9
Nicolás OtamendiDefender · Manchester City£6.0m15626.0
Ben DaviesDefender · Tottenham Hotspur£6.0m14323.8
Marcos AlonsoDefender · Chelsea£7.0m16523.6
Mohamed SalahMidfielder · Liverpool£9.5m30331.9
Luka MilivojevicMidfielder · Crystal Palace£5.5m14426.2
Raheem SterlingMidfielder · Manchester City£9.0m22925.4
Pascal GroßMidfielder · Brighton£6.5m16425.2
Abdoulaye DoucouréMidfielder · Watford£5.5m13624.7
Jordan AyewForward · Swansea£5.5m10819.6

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 2017/18.

Goalkeepers

  1. EdersonManchester City · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m
  2. David De GeaManchester United · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m
  3. Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m

Defenders

  1. Marcos AlonsoChelsea · 7 goals, 2 assists£7.0m
  2. Victor MosesChelsea · 3 goals, 6 assists£6.5m
  3. César AzpilicuetaChelsea · 2 goals, 6 assists£6.5m

Midfielders

  1. Alexis SánchezManchester United · 9 goals, 10 assists£12.0m
  2. Eden HazardChelsea · 12 goals, 6 assists£11.0m
  3. Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 8 goals, 18 assists£10.5m

Forwards

  1. Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 29 goals, 2 assists£12.5m
  2. Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 21 goals, 6 assists£12.0m
  3. Romelu LukakuManchester United · 16 goals, 7 assists£12.0m

2017/18 on Retro Fantasy Football

150 managers have finished a 2017/18 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,124 pts
  2. 2,033 pts
  3. 2,022 pts
  4. 2,004 pts
  5. 2,004 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2017/18