Retro Fantasy Football

2020/21 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2020/21 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 357 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2020/21 XI can rack up. Mohamed Salah is the season's most expensive pick at £12.0m.

Draft a squad from 2020/21

The 2020/21 title race

Manchester City won the 2020/21 title with 86 points, 12 points clear of Manchester United. They won 27, drew 5 and lost 6 of their 38 games, scoring 83 and conceding 32. Fulham, West Brom and Sheffield United were relegated. Harry Kane took the scoring honours with 23 league goals.

2020/21 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester City3827568332+5186
2Manchester United38211167344+2974
3Liverpool3820996842+2669
4Chelsea38191095836+2267
5Leicester38206126850+1866
6West Ham38198116247+1565
7Tottenham Hotspur38188126845+2362
8Arsenal38187135539+1661
9Leeds38185156254+859
10Everton38178134748-159
11Aston Villa38167155546+955
12Newcastle38129174662-1645
13Wolves38129173652-1645
14Crystal Palace38128184166-2544
15Southampton38127194768-2143
16Brighton38914154046-641
17Burnley38109193355-2239
18Fulham38513202753-2628
19West Brom38511223576-4126
20Sheffield United3872292063-4323

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

2020/21 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur2314£10.5m
Mohamed SalahLiverpool226£12.0m
Bruno FernandesManchester United1814£11.0m
Patrick BamfordLeeds1711£6.0m
Son Heung-minTottenham Hotspur1711£9.5m
Dominic Calvert-LewinEverton166£7.5m
Jamie VardyLeicester1514£10.0m
Ollie WatkinsAston Villa149£6.5m
Alexandre LacazetteArsenal133£9.0m
Ilkay GündoganManchester City134£6.5m

2020/21 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Jamie VardyLeicester1415£10.0m
Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur1423£10.5m
Bruno FernandesManchester United1418£11.0m
Kevin De BruyneManchester City126£11.5m
Jack GrealishAston Villa126£8.0m
Timo WernerChelsea126£10.0m
Sadio ManéLiverpool1111£12.0m
Marcus RashfordManchester United1111£10.0m
Patrick BamfordLeeds1117£6.0m
Son Heung-minTottenham Hotspur1117£9.5m

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 2020/21

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

PlayerFPL ptsGoalsAssistsOur price
Bruno FernandesMidfielder · Manchester United2441814£11.0m
Harry KaneForward · Tottenham Hotspur2422314£10.5m
Mohamed SalahMidfielder · Liverpool231226£12.0m
Son Heung-minMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur2281711£9.5m
Patrick BamfordForward · Leeds1941711£6.0m
Jamie VardyForward · Leicester1871514£10.0m
Emiliano MartínezGoalkeeper · Aston Villa18600£5.0m
Sadio ManéMidfielder · Liverpool1761111£12.0m
Marcus RashfordMidfielder · Manchester United1741111£10.0m
Stuart DallasDefender · Leeds17183£5.0m

Most owned FPL players in 2020/21

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

  1. Bruno FernandesMidfielder · Manchester United · £11.0m in our game48.7%
  2. Patrick BamfordForward · Leeds · £6.0m in our game45.2%
  3. Harry KaneForward · Tottenham Hotspur · £10.5m in our game44.5%
  4. Son Heung-minMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur · £9.5m in our game44.2%
  5. Mohamed SalahMidfielder · Liverpool · £12.0m in our game43.6%
  6. Emiliano MartínezGoalkeeper · Aston Villa · £5.0m in our game37.9%
  7. Stuart DallasDefender · Leeds · £5.0m in our game33.1%
  8. Jesse LingardMidfielder · West Ham · £7.0m in our game29.6%
  9. Dominic Calvert-LewinForward · Everton · £7.5m in our game29.5%
  10. Trent Alexander-ArnoldDefender · Liverpool · £7.5m in our game27.1%

2020/21 best-value XI

A 4-4-2 that costs £66.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceFPL ptsPer £1m
Emiliano MartínezGoalkeeper · Aston Villa£5.0m18637.2
Stuart DallasDefender · Leeds£5.0m17134.2
Aaron CresswellDefender · West Ham£5.5m15327.8
Matt TargettDefender · Aston Villa£5.0m13827.6
Vladimir CoufalDefender · West Ham£5.0m12825.6
Tomas SoucekMidfielder · West Ham£5.5m14726.7
Jack HarrisonMidfielder · Leeds£6.5m16024.6
Ilkay GündoganMidfielder · Manchester City£6.5m15724.2
Son Heung-minMidfielder · Tottenham Hotspur£9.5m22824.0
Patrick BamfordForward · Leeds£6.0m19432.3
Ollie WatkinsForward · Aston Villa£6.5m16825.8

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 2020/21.

Goalkeepers

  1. AlissonLiverpool · 1 goal, 0 assists£6.5m
  2. EdersonManchester City · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.5m
  3. Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m

Defenders

  1. Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool · 2 goals, 8 assists£7.5m
  2. Andrew RobertsonLiverpool · 1 goal, 8 assists£7.0m
  3. Lucas DigneEverton · 0 goals, 9 assists£6.5m

Midfielders

  1. Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 22 goals, 6 assists£12.0m
  2. Sadio ManéLiverpool · 11 goals, 11 assists£12.0m
  3. Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 10 goals, 3 assists£12.0m

Forwards

  1. Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 23 goals, 14 assists£10.5m
  2. Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 4 goals, 1 assist£10.5m
  3. Jamie VardyLeicester · 15 goals, 14 assists£10.0m

2020/21 on Retro Fantasy Football

111 managers have finished a 2020/21 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,115 pts
  2. 2,069 pts
  3. 2,057 pts
  4. 2,034 pts
  5. 2,014 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2020/21