Fantasy hockey top 200 player rankings

NHL.com ranks the top 200 overall fantasy hockey players in standard leagues for the rest of the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season. This list was a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen, Chris Meaney and Troy Perlowitz.

1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL 
4. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
5. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
6. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
7. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
8. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
9. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
10. Martin Necas, F, COL
11. Cale Makar, D, COL (INJ.)
12. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
13. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ 
14. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
15. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
16. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
17. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
18. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
19. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
20. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
21. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
22. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
23. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
24. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI 
25. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
26. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
27. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
28. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA (INJ.)
29. Brayden Point, F, TBL
30. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL (INJ.)
31. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
32. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
33. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
34. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
35. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
36. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
37. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
38. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
39. Logan Thompson, G, WSH 
40. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
41. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
42. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
43. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
44. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
45. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
46. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
47. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
48. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
49. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
50. Mark Stone, F, VGK
51. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
52. Brock Nelson, F, COL
53. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
54. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
55. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
56. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
57. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
58. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
59. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
60. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
61. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 
62. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
63. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
64. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
65. William Nylander, F, TOR
66. Robert Thomas, F, STL
67. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
68. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
69. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
70. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
71. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
72. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
73. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
74. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
75. Bryan Rust, F, PIT 
76. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
77. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
78. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 
79. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
80. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
81. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
82. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
83. Matt Duchene, F, DAL 
84. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
85. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
86. Dylan Holloway, F, STL 
87. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
88. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT 
89. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
90. Roman Josi, D, NSH
91. Timo Meier, F, NJD 
92. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
93. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
94. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
95. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
96. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
97. John Tavares, F, TOR
98. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
99. Moritz Seider, D, DET
100. John Carlson, D, ANA 
101. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS 
102. Troy Terry, F, ANA 
103. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
104. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
105. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
106. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
107. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT (INJ.)
108. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
109. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR
110. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
111. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
112. Viktor Arvidsson, F, BOS
113. John Gibson, G, DET
114. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
115. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
116. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR 
117. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
118. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
119. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
120. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
121. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
122. Bobby McMann, F, SEA
123. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
124. Mason Marchment, F, CBJ
125. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
126. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
127. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
128. Will Smith, F, SJS 
129. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
130. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
131. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR 
132. Adam Fox, D, NYR
133. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
134. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK 
135. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
136. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL (rookie)
137. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
138. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
139. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR 
140. Josh Doan, F, BUF
141. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
142. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA 
143. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
144. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK 
145. Patrick Kane, F, DET
146. Brock Faber, D, MIN
147. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
148. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA
149. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
150. Matty Beniers, F, SEA
151. William Eklund, F, SJS
152. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
153. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
154. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
155. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
156. Jordan Eberle, F, SEA
157. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL 
158. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
159. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
160. Joel Hofer, G, STL
161. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
162. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
163. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
164. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
165. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
166. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
167. Alex Lyon, G, BUF
168. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
169. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
170. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
171. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA
172. Adin Hill, G, VGK
173. Anthony Mantha, F, PIT
174. Connor Brown, F, NJD
175. Taylor Hall, F, CAR
176. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
177. Oliver Kapanen, F, MTL (rookie)
178. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie)
179. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
180. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
181. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
182. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
183. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
184. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
185. Josh Norris, F, BUF 
186. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
187. Cole Hutson, D, WSH (rookie)
188. Zayne Parekh, D, CGY (rookie)
189. Dan Vladar, G, PHI
190. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
191. Brayden Schenn, F, NYI
192. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
193. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR (rookie)
194. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie)
195. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS (rookie)
196. Marco Rossi, F, VAN
197. Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
198. Noah Cates, F, PHI
199. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
200. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL

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Leave of absence: 

Victor Hedman, D, TBL

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Key injuries:

Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM (out for reg. season)
Auston Matthews, F, TOR (out for season)
Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
Roope Hintz, F, DAL
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Anton Lundell, F, FLA
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)

Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
Thomas Chabot, D, OTT

Carter Hart, G, VGK
Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (likely out for season)

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Just missed:

Jared McCann, F, SEA
Jack Quinn, F, BUF
Ryan McLeod, F, BUF
Jake Neighbours, F, STL
Brock Boeser, F, VAN

Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
Sean Walker, D, CAR
K'Andre Miller, D, CAR
Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
Philip Broberg, D, STL

Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (rookie)
Connor Ingram, G, EDM
Spencer Knight, G, CHI
Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie)
Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ

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Keeper league stashes:

Michael Hage, F, MTL
James Hagens, F, BOS