Dream Team 2025/26: How Points Work & Bonus Secrets

DREAM TEAM boasts a scoring system that recognises individual performance to a greater degree than any other fantasy football game.

Here's a full breakdown of how points are won (and lost).

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3 Mohamed Salah knows a thing or two about scoring Dream Team points Credit: Dream Team

It’s important to note that assists also includes ‘fantasy assists’ (as defined by Opta) which incorporates other decisive actions that lead to a goal being scored, such as:

Official governing bodies, such as the Premier League and Uefa, do not recognise ‘fantasy assists’ and so that’s why there is often a discrepancy between statistics relating to assists across various platforms.

Dream Team, like other fantasy games, includes Opta-defined ‘fantasy assists’ as we believe it makes for a more compelling experience.

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3 Bruno Fernandes registered the most assists (20) among Dream Team midfielders last season Credit: Reuters

In addition to the points detailed above, players are also able to earn bonus points; either zero, one, three or five (per fixture).

Bonus points are determined by a combination of the following stats that contribute to player performance marks (PPM): completed crosses, successful dribbles, pass completion rate, interceptions, blocks, fouls won and goals scored from outside the area.

Offsides, fouls conceded and errors leading to goals will negatively impact a player's PPM.

Goalkeepers can also earn player performance marks through successful claims, keeper sweeps and successful punches.

The reason goals and assists (and shots on target, big chances created, etc) don't impact bonus points is because players are already rewarded for such actions.

Essentially, bonus points recognise positive contributions outside of the other point-scoring actions, ensuring a fairer reflection of each player's overall performance.

3 Gravenberch earned the most bonus points in 2024/25 Credit: Reuters

For reference, these are the players who earned the most bonus points last season:

All the relevant stats are provided by Opta, who review their data after the conclusion of each game.

This occasionally results in post-match changes in points awarded to players but rest assured any alterations are made to more accurately reflect each individual's performance.

The cut-off for any changes (except to address technical issues or missing data) is 12 hours from the final whistle of the relevant fixture.

See our Game Rules for more information.

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