Best Brighton FPL Players 2026/27

Who are the best Brighton FPL players for the 2026/27 season?

We take a look at our top three Seagulls picks ahead of Gameweek 1, using our Hub Opta data and AI to inform our decision.

See all our best player pieces, sorted by price point and by club, in our Ultimate Guide to FPL.

Best Brighton FPL players 2026/27: Pascal Gross (£5.5m)

Gross rejoined Brighton in January and quickly reclaimed his place in the first 11.

The ever-present German averaged 86 minutes per game over 19 league appearances and is likely to remain one of the first names on the teamsheet.

Gross had limited goal threat, scoring just once and amassing a single big chance.

But with Danny Welbeck joining Chelsea, he is expected to take penalties.

That, combined with his set-piece duties, provides multiple routes to points and potentially makes him excellent value at just £5.5m. He managed six assists last season.

Defensive contribution points should not be expected often.

He earned only four points from the new scoring metric, averaging well short of the threshold of 12 at 7.43 per 90 minutes.

That is in contrast to other £5.5m midfielders, including Moises Caicedo and Brentford prospect Mamadou Sangare, but Gross’s set-piece responsibilities are unlikely to be matched at such a budget price.

Best Brighton FPL players 2026/27: Bart Verbruggen (£4.5m)

There does not appear to be a playable £4.0m goalkeeper in FPL this season, making the £4.5m shot-stoppers the cheapest viable options.

Some of the best £4.5m keepers have seen their prices increased meanwhile, however Verbruggen surprisingly remained at this price point.

The Dutch international was the seventh highest-scoring keeper in 2025/26 and ranked second among all Brighton players.

The Seagulls were also solid defensively, sitting fourth best for expected goals conceded (xGC) and keeping 10 clean sheets.

Verbruggen will therefore be one of the most popular budget goalkeepers, likely competing with Spurs’ Antonin Kinsky for a place in FPL teams.

Those who are looking to Bench Boost in Gameweek 1 have the opportunity to own him for a home fixture against Aston Villa. Chelsea (A) in Gameweek 2 will put off those on a Bench Boost 2 strategy.

Best Brighton FPL players 2026/27: Ferdi Kadioglu (£4.5m)

Full-back Kadioglu is one of the best bets in a fairly small group of defenders at £4.5m.

Regular defensive contribution earners have been priced accordingly this time, costing upwards of £5.0m.

Finding a budget defender with decent attacking output could be the aim as a result and Kadioglu may fit the bill.

The 26-year-old scored one and assisted two last season but under-performed in both areas, with an expected goals (xG) of 2.03 and expected assists (xA) of 3.33.

With a full season of Premier League experience, Kadioglu will be looking to improve on those numbers in 2026/27.

Ones to watch: Luka Vuskovic (£5.0m) and Mats Wieffer (£5.0m)

Brighton sold Jan Paul van Hecke to Spurs this summer but are still not short of centre-backs.

Among their summer signings were Leeds’ Pascal Struijk and Luka Vuskovic, who joined for a record sum.

We discuss Brighton’s defence in detail in our team preview article – but the headline is that Lewis Dunk could complicate matters.

Should Fabian Hurzeler continue to trust the 34-year-old centre-back and continue with a back four, there is only one spot available for the newcomers.

And while both offer defensive contributions potential, we will have to wait to see who can nail down a place in the Seagulls’ 11.

Mats Wieffer was a regular defensive contributions earner in 2025/26 and has been reclassified from a midfielder to a defender, having played at right-back.

But while this will make him eligible for defender clean sheet points, his defensive contribution potential may take a hit.

As a midfielder, ball recoveries counted towards his 11.74 per 90 minutes average. Taking them out of the equation leaves him averaging just 6.86 – short of the 10 required for defenders.