Richards
Crystal Palace · DEF · £4.9m
World Cup USA 394 mins
1495.4, up 0.4 after 10 defensive actions against Nott'm Forest (H)
Z-Score: DEF points per game are compared against a 3.14 average , spread 1.49. Measured against this season's regulars (94 of them), pulled toward the same measurement over 2025-26 (42 players).
Upcoming fixtures
2026/27 gameweek by gameweek
- GW6 Nott'm Forest, home 4 pts 1495.4 Elo +0.4 rating change 10 defensive actions 8 BPS
- GW5 Leeds, away 8 pts 1495.0 Elo +5.5 rating change 10 defensive actions 29 BPS
- GW4 Ipswich Town, home 2 pts 1489.6 Elo -2.4 rating change A yellow card13 defensive actions 2 BPS
- GW3 Fulham, away 1 pts 1492.0 Elo -3.9 rating change 9 defensive actions 8 BPS
- GW2 Man City, home 0 pts 1495.9 Elo -5.4 rating change 6 defensive actions -4 BPS
- GW1 Everton, away 3 pts 1501.3 Elo -1.2 rating change 16 defensive actions 13 BPS
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 Richards 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 6 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 38 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
Richards played 394 minutes for USA, 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.