Tanaka
Leeds · MID · £4.9m
World Cup Japan 218 mins
1401.7, down 2.7 after a yellow card and 7 defensive actions against Arsenal (A)
Z-Score: MID points per game are compared against a 3.16 average , spread 1.39. Measured against this season's regulars (111 of them), pulled toward the same measurement over 2025-26 (48 players).
Upcoming fixtures
2026/27 gameweek by gameweek
- GW6 Arsenal, away 1 pts 1401.7 Elo -2.7 rating change A yellow card7 defensive actions 6 BPS
- GW5 Crystal Palace, home 2 pts 1404.4 Elo -1.4 rating change A yellow card5 defensive actions
- GW4 Newcastle, home 6 pts 1405.8 Elo +3.9 rating change An assist5 defensive actions 24 BPS
- GW3 Brighton, away 5 pts 1401.9 Elo +2.7 rating change An assist8 defensive actions 18 BPS
- GW2 Brentford, home 1 pts 1399.2 Elo -2.8 rating change 11 defensive actions 6 BPS
- GW1 No appearance recorded
Season stats
Expected stats Expected goals and assists based on the quality of chances. Compares what a player 'should' score vs what they actually score.
Ownership
Percentage of FPL squads that have picked Tanaka right now.
Elo Glicko-style skill rating. It updates match by match and carries across seasons rather than resetting, so it is not a count of points scored.
It is built on 3.61 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 27 per cent of it measured. Expect it to move a long way once matches are played.
FAPR Fixture-Adjusted Performance Rating. Adjusts PPG based on opponent difficulty faced.
PvE Performance vs Expected. Compares actual output to expected goals/assists. Shows if player is over or underperforming.
2026 World Cup load
Tanaka played 218 minutes for Japan, short of the 450 minute line, so this rating is held a little less firmly than a player who had the whole summer off.
Every rating carries a second number for how firmly it is held, called the rating deviation. A bigger deviation means the rating is less settled, so it moves further and faster once matches are played. It is not a mark against the player.
None of this is scored into the Elo rating. A World Cup is played against different opposition under different conditions, so counting it as Premier League evidence would make the number harder to defend. What a summer changes is how settled a rating is, not what it says.