Should I Triple Captain in FPL GW36?

52.6% of 7,124 optimised FPL squads have GW36 as their optimal Triple Captain week. GW36 is a Double Gameweek for Manchester City and Crystal Palace, making Haaland the highest-ceiling TC candidate of the 2025/26 run-in. TC36 is the default if you are Bench Boosting in GW33.

Who should I Triple Captain in GW36?

Erling Haaland is the consensus pick. He plays twice (City’s DGW36), is nailed for both fixtures barring rest, takes penalties, and typically gets favourable matchups. Backup TC candidates: De Bruyne or Foden (Pep rotation risk) and Eze or Mateta from Palace as differentials.

Should I Triple Captain Haaland in GW36?

Yes for most squads. TC Haaland in his DGW36 produces +14-22 marginal points over standard captaincy, the highest TC EV of the run-in. Average Haaland DGW return is 14-22 pts (across two fixtures); TC triples instead of doubles. Only skip if you do not own him and cannot afford to bring him in.

Should I Triple Captain in GW33 or GW36?

The split is 46.4% TC33 vs 52.6% TC36 across 7,124 squads. TC33 wins if your captain has a monster DGW33 fixture and you are not Bench Boosting in GW33. TC36 on Haaland (DGW for City) wins for most squads with the chip available. The gap is small and depends on your specific captain candidates.

Best FPL captain for GW36?

Haaland is the highest-EV pick because of the City + Palace DGW. Sort the FPL Copilot xPts table by the GW36 column to confirm; Haaland will lead. De Bruyne and Foden are next (Pep roulette caveat). Eze and Mateta are the best non-City captain options. Always pair with the second-highest xPts player as vice-captain.

Can I Triple Captain and Bench Boost in the same FPL gameweek?

No. FPL rules allow only one chip per gameweek. If GW36 is optimal for both chips (TC36 at 52.6% and BB36 at 14.4%), you pick one. Most squads pick Triple Captain on Haaland because TC36 ranks much higher and BB still has a decent GW35 window.

How much is Triple Captain worth in FPL?

Triple Captain adds roughly 8-14 points over a standard captaincy double in a normal gameweek, and 12-22 in a DGW with two strong fixtures. TC Haaland in DGW36 specifically produces 14-22 marginal points. Player selection matters more than timing: captaining the wrong player costs 15+ points.

FPL Triple Captain GW36: Best TC36 Captain Pick (2025/26)

This guide covered Gameweek 36 of the 2025/26 season.For this season, see the Triple Captain GW3 guidethe GW5 window

TC36 on a doubling premium was the highest single-week chip play left in 2025/26. Captain tripled, total xPts adjusted. This post captures how the optimizer weighed the TC36 call at the time.

Copilot verdictTC A DGW36 PREMIUM

“Triple a doubling City or Palace premium with the top GW36 xPts. The highest single-week ceiling left in 2025/26; the only reason to skip was no doubling captain in reach.”

+14-22

TC doubling premium

DGW36 marginal points

+8-12

TC mid-price doubler

Same DGW, lower ceiling

+8-12

TC standard fixture

No DGW (don't)

Pick Your TC36 Captain

Sort by GW36 xPts. The optimizer accounts for fixture, opponent strength, projected minutes, and set-piece duties.
No rotation risk. Doubling captains nailed for both fixtures beat any with rest risk on either match.
Set-piece duties. Penalty takers carry premium ceilings. Worth +5 to +8 over equivalent xPts options.
Vice-captain insurance. Pick the second-highest GW36 xPts player as VC.

Chip Stacks With TC36

FPL allows only one chip per gameweek. TC36 and BB36 cannot share GW36. Valid stacks:

WC35 + TC36. Cleanest setup if WC is still live. Wildcard rebuild locks the doubling captain in your squad.
BB35 + TC36. BB on the wider GW35 DGW, TC on the locked GW36 DGW. Two chips in two different GWs. Works without Wildcard.

Note: a 3-chip combo with WC + BB + TC required Wildcard before GW35 to set up BB35 (so the chips didn't collide). By GW35 that window had passed, so only 2-chip stacks remained.

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Don't TC36 If

You don't own a doubling captain and can't Wildcard one in. TC on a single-fixture player only delivers +8 to +12 vs +14 to +22 on a DGW captain.
You're using BB36 instead. The chips can't coexist in GW36.
You want to save TC for GW37 or GW38. Both are SGWs, ceiling caps at +8 to +12 marginal. Don't.

When should you Triple Captain this season?

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