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The latest round-up of the Fantasy Football Scout mini-leagues and community competitions showcases the excitement following Gameweek 3. A whopping 1.6 million teams opted to triple captain Erling Haaland (£15.5m), while many players also activated either a Wildcard or Free Hit chip, illustrating strategic shifts at this stage of the season.
Interestingly, Free Hit and Triple Captain lineups generally outperformed Wildcard strategies this week, highlighting critical decision-making factors that could influence future performance.
In this update, we’ll take a closer look at the winners and key highlights from the Head-to-Head Leagues, Last Man Standing, the Live Hall of Fame, and various community mini-leagues.
FFSCOUT OPEN-TO-ALL LEAGUE
Joseph Caulfield has surged to the lead of our Fantasy Football Scout mini-league (code eikrq4) after activating his Triple Captaincy on Haaland. His impressive performance has catapulted him to 41st worldwide.
FFSCOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEAGUE
Our Fantasy Football Scout Members mini-league sees Chris Grimshaw and Anindya Arif tied for first place. They took the Free Hit approach and boast a rank of 540th overall.
Tied on points is David Gilmore, but his lower rank comes from having made more transfers than his peers.
This league is open to any user with a Fantasy Football Scout account; just use the code provided in the ‘View League Codes’ section after signing in.
BEAT THE FFSCOUT/PFT XI
Mark O’Brien leads the Beat the Scout/PFT XI mini-league (code g8nnwy) and impressively ranks 299th overall, all without using a Gameweek 3 chip.
The Scout community team, known as Scout PFT, scored 55 points this week and has climbed to 14th in its league.
FFS HEAD-TO-HEAD LEAGUES
The MIR head-to-head leagues launched last Thursday, now featuring a significantly improved user interface thanks to the extensive revamp by Reece Chown. The latest updates reflect Gameweek 3 outcomes.
Alex Merchant used the special armband on Haaland and is currently ranked 8,085th overall, while Liam McAllister and EasyE also won their first three matches but sit lower in overall ranking.
On the other hand, Dave Dolman (Derby Dreamers) faced an abrupt end to his early lead from Gameweek 1, when he was ranked 849th, after a loss to Martin Felton.
Martin then briefly took the lead after Gameweek 2 but drew in Gameweek 3 against John McHugh.
LAST MAN STANDING
In the Last Man Standing competition, the safety score for Gameweek 3 was 40 points, with 54 teams eliminated—many of whom opted for Wildcards. This leaves 824 teams advancing to Gameweek 4. The entry will reopen Wednesday and Thursday, and the qualifying point totals are 41, 73, and 40.
You can follow the ranks and post-hit scores on the LMS leaderboard, though it still needs to incorporate recent changes involving players like Morgan Rogers (£7.6m).
The highest scorer this week, Pip Spibey-Dodd, triple-captained Haaland and enjoyed double-digit hauls from both Cody Gakpo (£7.2m) and Martin Ødegaard (£6.6m).
FFS HALL OF FAME
The FFS Live Hall of Fame was updated this week and includes performances up to Gameweek 3. This recent data contrasts with the Career Hall of Fame, which tracks overall performance until the end of the 2025/26 season and is restricted to Chief Scouts (premium members).
The current stats show that 57,004 FPL managers are registered in our Fantasy Football Scout and Fantasy Football Scout Members mini-leagues.
The rankings reveal some compelling developments among the top players, including:
- 1st (1st) – elevenify.com (40 points, 463k overall, Wildcard)
- 2nd (2nd) – Tom Dollimore (50 points, 27k overall, Free Hit)
- 3rd (3rd) – Abinav C (56 points, 86k overall, Free Hit)
- 4th (4th) – Uz Ray (45 points, 97k overall, Wildcard)
- 5th (6th) – Ben Crellin (55 points, 142k overall, Free Hit)
- 6th (5th) – John Walsh (49 points, 314k overall, Triple Captain Haaland)
- 7th (7th) – Michael Giovanni (43 points, 357k overall, Wildcard)
- 8th (8th) – Pro – (52 points, 20k overall, Free Hit)
- 9th (9th) – Jovan Popović (58 points, 142k overall, Free Hit)
- 10th (15th) – Alex Merchant (58 points, 8,085th overall, Triple Captain Haaland)
- 11th (10th) – Harry Daniels (53 points, 159k overall, Triple Captain Haaland)
- 12th (12th) – BigMan Bakar (36 points, 271k overall, Wildcard)
This round-up illustrates a total of five Free Hits averaging 54 points, three Triple Captains averaging 53, and four Wildcards averaging 41. Notably, since the Gameweek 2 update, Ben Crellin has surpassed John Walsh in the ranks, while Alex Merchant has made a notable appearance in the top 10.
Well-known players in the top thousand of the Live Hall of Fame include Dimi Papamichael (535th), Cleavon Tan (536th), and Rasmus Kraglund Bagge (30th).
MODS & CONS
In the FFScout Mods & Cons mini-league, Joe Collett has taken the lead for the second week, capitalizing on his decision to Triple Captain Haaland. His efforts have pushed him to an overall rank of 2,655th.
