Marcus Bent's goalscoring heroics make him a runaway winner in the Player of the Week stakes.

How it works

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - Sun, Mirror, Mail, Times and Guardian - to reach a total out of 50. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the week, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.

Team of the Week

No surprise to see hat-trick heroes Marcus Bent and Roque Santa Cruz up front, with Bent the Player of the Week. A first away win of the season for Tottenham is enough to see three of their players make the team, including the star turn as a stand-in centre-back, Didier Zokora. Rio Ferdinand is in after repelling Liverpool.

Marcus Hahnemann (Reading) - 40

Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham) - 34

Didier Zokora (Tottenham) - 41

Rio Ferdinand (Manchester Utd) - 42

Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 36

Steed Malbranque (Tottenham) - 36

Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) - 36

Owen Hargreaves (Manchester Utd) - 36

Ryan Taylor (Wigan Athletic) - 38

Marcus Bent (Wigan Athletic) - 44

Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn) - 41

Flops of the Week

It is not often a goalkeeper who keeps a clean sheet makes the flops list, but Edwin van der Sar was truly woeful at Anfield. Brett Emerton's red card in the 5-3 defeat to Wigan makes him the Flop of the Week. Derby have three players in despite a reasonable performance against Middlesbrough, but Fulham deserve no sympathy after a collective shocker versus Newcastle.

Edwin van der Sar (Manchester Utd) - 22

Brett Emerton (Blackburn) - 19

Darren Moore (Derby County) - 21

Christopher Samba (Blackburn) - 23

Andy Griffin (Derby County) - 23

Gary Teale (Derby County) - 23

Steven Davis (Fulham) - 23

Danny Murphy (Fulham) - 22

Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn) - 24

David Healy (Fulham) - 23

Clint Dempsey (Fulham) - 23

Team of the Season (minimum nine starts)

The Team of the Season has a fairly stable look, but Sol Campbell deserves praise for nudging his way into the starting XI. Cesc Fabregas once again leads the way in the Player of the Season stakes, averaging nearly 36. He overtakes Cristiano Ronaldo, who was poor against Liverpool by his very high standards.

Robert Green (West Ham) - 34.13 average

Steve Finnan (Liverpool) - 32.20

Sol Campbell (Portsmouth) - 34.00

Kolo Toure (Arsenal) - 33.82

Joleon Lescott (Everton) - 33.87

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd) - 34.25

Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 35.92

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 35.69

Mikel Arteta (Everton) - 34.87

Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd) - 35.30

Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 34.47

Idiots of the Season

Make way for another Derby player! Greg Halford has not played enough games so drops out, meaning Andy Griffin is in, with only Ibrahima Sonko in the way of an all-Rams back five. One big surprise up front is Benni McCarthy. One of the stars of last season, the South African has been left in the shade by Santa Cruz this term.

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough) - 29.33

Andy Griffin (Derby) - 26.38

Ibrahima Sonko (Reading) - 27.63

Claude Davis (Derby) - 27.53

Jay McEveley (Derby) - 26.80

Craig Fagan (Derby) - 26.90

Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading) - 27.73

Denny Landzaat (Wigan) - 28.08

Hameur Bouazza (Fulham) - 28.25

Steve Howard (Derby) - 26.18

Benni McCarthy (Blackburn) - 28.43

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