Best FPL defenders, GW9

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These are the Gameweek 9 picks as published, frozen at the deadline, with what each player actually scored. This week's defenders →Other weeks:GW7GW8GW9GW10

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BEST DEFENDER

Van HeckeTOT · £5.1m · v CRY (H)

4.5Expected pointsScored 150.2 pts ahead of Hill

Clean sheet36%

Goal chance—

Assist chance—

Start chance

93%

Owned

14.4%

Top 10k own

8%

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HillBOU · DEFv LEE (H) · £5.6m

4.3expected pts33% clean sheet5% goal · 10% assist

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The top 20 defenders, GW9

Ranked by expected points. Clean sheet is his club's chance of conceding nothing; top 10k is how many of the best managers own him.

Every price£4.5m or less

#	Player	Clean sheet	Goal	Assist	Starts	Top 10k	Expected	Scored	Watch
1	Van HeckeTOT · DEFv CRY (H) · £5.1m · 14.4% owned	36%	—	—	93%	8%	4.5	15	+ Watch
2	HillBOU · DEFv LEE (H) · £5.6m · 3.0% owned	33%	5%	10%	93%	0%	4.3	6	+ Watch
3	SilvaBOU · DEFv LEE (H) · £5.1m · 3.6% owned	33%	7%	7%	93%	2%	4.3	8	+ Watch
4	HallNEW · DEFv EVE (H) · £5.2m · 18.3% owned	26%	8%	16%	93%	41%	4.3	2	+ Watch
5	TruffertBOU · DEFv LEE (H) · £5.4m · 3.3% owned	33%	7%	14%	93%	0%	4.0	6	+ Watch
6	Van de VenTOT · DEFv CRY (H) · £5.0m · 3.9% owned	36%	10%	10%	93%	0%	3.9	6	+ Watch
7	GabrielARS · DEFv LIV (A) · £8.1m · 26.0% owned	28%	6%	7%	93%	3%	3.9	6	+ Watch
8	TarkowskiEVE · DEFv NEW (A) · £6.2m · 19.3% owned	21%	8%	7%	93%	13%	3.7	6	+ Watch
9	EganHUL · DEFv IPS (H) · £4.1m · 6.6% owned	25%	7%	6%	93%	15%	3.7	1	+ Watch
10	DavisIPS · DEFv HUL (A) · £4.0m · 6.6% owned	27%	9%	16%	93%	8%	3.7	1	+ Watch
11	KonsaARS · DEFv LIV (A) · £4.8m · 24.4% owned	28%	5%	6%	93%	69%	3.6	10	+ Watch
12	VirgilLIV · DEFv ARS (H) · £6.4m · 15.0% owned	24%	7%	5%	93%	1%	3.6	1	+ Watch
13	AjerBRE · DEFv NFO (H) · £4.5m · 4.0% owned	28%	6%	9%	93%	8%	3.6	8	+ Watch
14	DiopIPS · DEFv HUL (A) · £3.9m · 9.9% owned	27%	5%	5%	93%	7%	3.6	2	+ Watch
15	LindelöfAVL · DEFv FUL (H) · £4.5m · 0.6% owned	29%	6%	8%	93%	—	3.6	2	+ Watch
16	O'SheaIPS · DEFv HUL (A) · £4.0m · 2.8% owned	27%	6%	7%	93%	8%	3.5	1	+ Watch
17	JacquetLIV · DEFv ARS (H) · £5.1m · 4.7% owned	24%	5%	6%	93%	1%	3.5	2	+ Watch
18	PinnockCOV · DEFv SUN (H) · £4.5m · 0.1% owned	24%	5%	6%	93%	—	3.5	4	+ Watch
19	SmithBOU · DEFv LEE (H) · £4.5m · 0.2% owned	33%	5%	11%	93%	—	3.5	6	+ Watch
20	MuharemovićLEE · DEFv BOU (A) · £5.1m · 6.4% owned	22%	6%	6%	93%	29%	3.5	3	+ Watch

Picking a whole defence? The clean sheet odds rank every club, and the fixtures show who has the kindest run for clean sheets over six weeks.

De Cuyper is the biggest attacking threat: 15% to score and 17% to assist, on top of a 12% clean sheet chance. Next: Pedro Porro and Meunier.

How to use this

1. 1The table ranks every defender by expected points for the gameweek: the clean sheet, his chance of a goal or an assist, bonus and minutes, all from the odds.
2. 2Clean sheet is his club's chance of conceding nothing. A defender with a modest clean sheet chance can still top the list if he takes set pieces or gets forward.
3. 3Switch to £4.5m or less for the budget picks; the rundown names the best value and a differential few managers own.
4. 4Numbers move with team news through the week, so check again on deadline morning.