Tuesday 1 March 2016 14:51, UK
We look at the Premier League's top performing players so far according to Sky Sports Fantasy Football stats.
Jamie Vardy leads the way with a point shy of 200 so far, but it was Manchester United debutant Marcus Rashford who racked up more points than any other player over the weekend with 20 thanks to two goals and an assist against Arsenal.
Here's a look at the league's best-performing XI, which you could actually afford with £2.3m to spare with Sky Sports Fantasy Football's 75m budget...
Petr Cech (£5.9m)
Plenty suggested the former Chelsea man was the final piece to Arsenal's title-winning puzzle, but while he has kept his end of the bargain, with a league high of 12 clean sheets, the Gunners are five points off the pace following their 3-2 Old Trafford loss. An honourable mention goes to Watford's Heurelho Gomes (£4.3m), who sits second after racking up his 10th clean sheet and fourth Sky Sports Man of the Match award in Saturday's stalemate with Bournemouth.
Toby Alderweireld (£6.5m)
The Belgian's influence has arguably been the most important factor in Tottenham's title charge, transforming one of the league's worst defences into the very best. Spurs conceded more goals than relegated Hull last season and the same at home as bottom side QPR, compared to five less than any other side this season. Alderweireld has also chipped in with three assists and two goals.
Jose Fonte (£6.5m)
The return of Fraser Forster has helped Southampton become the league's most in-form backline. Fonte and co racked up six clean sheets in a row and went 639 minutes without conceding until Chelsea launched their late comeback on Saturday.
Virgil van Dijk (£6.1m)
Replacing Alderweireld was never going to be an easy task but Southampton's typically shrewd recruitment came up trumps again by bringing the Dutchman in from Celtic. His performances have warranted four MOTM awards, with 10 clean sheets and two goals seeing him rack up more points than any other Premier League defender.
Mesut Ozil (£8.4m)
Arsenal's assist machine Ozil has proved to be the Premier League's No 1 creative force, setting up 18 goals this season and collecting passing bonus points on eight occasions. The German also took his goal tally to five at the weekend, while boasting three MOTM awards.
Dele Alli (£4m)
The 19-year-old has undoubtedly been the young revelation of the season, going from leading MK Dons to promotion from Sky Bet League 1 to starring in Tottenham's title charge. To put into context just how unexpected his success has been, Sky Sports Fantasy Football priced him up at a mere £4m at the start of the season, less than half the price of Eden Hazard, who has collected just 65 points, and the same as Leicester's Joe Dodoo and West Ham's Josh Cullen, who have a combined 20 minutes of Premier League action to their names.
Ross Barkley (£6.7m)
Barkley's good form this season has come despite Everton's relatively disappointing campaign, scoring eight and setting up another seven. Roberto Martinez's men have scored more than any side outside the top four but have failed to make the most of their attacking prowess, with just eight wins leaving them 12th in the table. Barkley edges Stoke's Marko Arnautovic (129 points, £5.5m), Cesc Fabregas (125 points and £8.7m) and Georginio Wijnaldum (123 points and £7m) out of the team of the season.
Riyad Mahrez (£6m)
The Algerian is the Premier League's top performing midfielder by over 30 points courtesy of reaching double figures in both goals and assists - the only player to achieve that feat this season. He also boasts a league high of nine MOTM awards while scoring the same amount of goals as Sky Sports Fantasy Football's most expensive player Sergio Aguero, with 14 to his name.
Jamie Vardy (£7.3m)
Having scored five goals in a side which needed the most remarkable of escapes to avoid relegation last season, few expected Vardy to be topping the scoring charts and Leicester to be top of the table with 11 games to go. The former Stocksbridge Park Steels striker is also Sky Sports Fantasy Football's leading scorer on 199 points, with six assists and seven MOTM awards going alongside his 19 goals.
Odion Ighalo (£6.5m)
In a season of surprise packages, Watford striker Ighalo's efforts have gone somewhat under the radar. The Nigerian ended 2015 as the highest scoring player in the top four tiers of English football, while his 15 goals and six assists have contributed to the league's most prolific strike partnership, with Troy Deeney netting eight times and setting up another seven.
Romelu Lukaku (£8.8m)
Everton's powerful frontman keeps Harry Kane (£9.3m and 151 points) out of the line-up despite both players being on 16 goals, with the Belgian boasting three more assists and one more MOTM award than the England striker. The goals have dried up of late, however, with just one from his last seven Premier League appearances, following a run of 10 in his previous nine.
