{"id":131674,"date":"2025-05-25T21:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131674\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:50:08","slug":"salah-breaks-bonus-points-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131674\/","title":{"rendered":"Salah breaks bonus points record"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 3.8million Fantasy Premier League<\/a> managers are celebrating Mohamed Salah<\/strong>‘s (\u00a313.6m) 18th double-figure haul of the campaign after handing him the captain’s armband.<\/p>\n

Salah scored in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace<\/a> to finish on 344 points, breaking the previous record points total for a season by a whopping 41 points.<\/p>\n

On the final day, he also set a new record for the most bonus points recorded in a single campaign, after claiming the maximum at Anfield. Salah’s total of 55 bonus points surpassed Cesc Fabregas<\/strong>‘ mark of 54 from 2006\/07.<\/p>\n

GW38 most-captained players<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nCaptained by<\/strong><\/td>\nPts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSalah<\/p>\n3,827,378<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHaaland<\/p>\n1,728,642<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIsak<\/p>\n794,322<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPalmer<\/p>\n496,088<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWatkins<\/p>\n486,272<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Erling Haaland<\/strong> (\u00a314.9m) was back on the scoresheet for the first time since returning from injury in Gameweek 36 to earn his backers six points, or 12 with the armband.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian converted a penalty in Manchester City’s 2-0 win at Fulham<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Otherwise it was a disappointing conclusion to the season for those who captained Alexander Isak<\/strong> (\u00a39.4m), Cole Palmer<\/strong> (\u00a310.5m) or Ollie Watkins<\/strong> (\u00a39.2m), with the trio all blanking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newcastle United<\/a> and Aston Villa<\/a> both fell to defeats without scoring, while Palmer wasn’t involved in Chelsea’s goal as they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bench Boost chip proves popular<\/p>\n

Over 682,000 Fantasy bosses deployed their Bench Boost chip for the final round of matches, the second highest total this season and the sixth-highest of all time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Triple Captaincy was also heavily used, with 326,000+ managers activating the chip.<\/p>\n

GW38 chips played<\/p>\n\nChip<\/strong><\/td>\nUsed by<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBench Boost<\/p>\n682,463<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTriple Captain<\/p>\n326,191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWildcard<\/p>\n174,276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFree Hit<\/p>\n146,320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAssistant Manager<\/p>\n72,580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Those who selected Jarrod Bowen<\/strong> (\u00a37.9m) will be feeling especially pleased with their decision as he scored and assisted in West Ham United’s 3-1 win at Ipswich Town<\/a>, totalling 13 points, or 39 with the Triple Captaincy.<\/p>\n

It was Bowen’s highest score of the season and the sixth successive Gameweek in which he’s produced an attacking return. He ended as 2024\/25 Fantasy’s in-form player, having averaged 9.6 points per match over the last 30 days.<\/p>\n

GW38 most-Triple Captained players<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nTriple Captained by<\/strong><\/td>\nPts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSalah<\/p>\n133,747<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSaka<\/p>\n32,991<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBowen<\/p>\n29,020<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWatkins<\/p>\n17,371<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIsak<\/p>\n16,921<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

It total 9,299,128 transfers were made ahead of Gameweek 38, a record for the last round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AFC Bournemouth’s Evanilson <\/strong>(\u00a35.9m) was the No 1 target, snapped up by more than 653,000.<\/p>\n

Despite the Cherries coming out 2-0 winners at home to Leicester City<\/a>, there was no final flourish for his new owners as the Brazilian spurned a big chance – a situation where a player is expected to score – and missed another shot in the box to finish on two points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His team-mate Milos Kerkez<\/strong> (\u00a35.3m) fared slightly better, registering his ninth clean sheet this season to deliver six points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

GW38 most-bought players<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nBought by<\/strong><\/td>\nPts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEvanilson<\/p>\n653,806<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBowen<\/p>\n579,218<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWatkins<\/p>\n502,107<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSaka<\/p>\n440,873<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKerkez<\/p>\n403,641<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

None of the five most-sold players gave their sellers anything to regret as they all blanked or, in the case of William Saliba<\/strong> (\u00a36.4m), missed out through injury.<\/p>\n

GW38 most-sold players<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nSold by<\/strong><\/td>\nPts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIsak<\/p>\n1,013,266<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSaliba<\/p>\n595,360<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDe Bruyne<\/p>\n372,165<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWood<\/p>\n267,277<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMunoz<\/p>\n215,382<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 3.8million Fantasy Premier League managers are celebrating Mohamed Salah‘s (\u00a313.6m) 18th double-figure haul of the campaign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,661,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-131674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-text","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114570685624535510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}