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. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
5. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
6. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
8. Cale Makar, D, COL
9. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
10. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
11. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
12. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ (out; illness)
13. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
14. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
15. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
16. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
17. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
18. Martin Necas, F, COL
19. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
20. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
21. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI 
22. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
23. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
24. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
25. Brayden Point, F, TBL
26. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
27. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT (INJ.; nearing return)
28. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
29. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
30. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
31. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
32. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
33. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
34. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK
35. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
36. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
37. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
38. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
39. Logan Thompson, G, WSH 
40. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
41. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
42. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
43. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
44. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
45. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
46. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
47. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
48. William Nylander, F, TOR
49. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
50. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
51. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
52. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
53. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
54. Brock Nelson, F, COL
55. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
56. Will Smith, F, SJS 
57. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
58. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
59. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
60. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
61. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
62. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
63. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
64. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
65. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
66. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 
67. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
68. Roope Hintz, F, DAL 
69. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
70. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
71. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
72. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR 
73. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
74. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
75. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
76. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
77. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
78. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
79. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
80. Travis Konecny, F, PHI (INJ.)
81. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH (INJ.)
82. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
83. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
84. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
85. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
86. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
87. John Gibson, G, DET 
88. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
89. Robert Thomas, F, STL
90. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
91. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
92. Timo Meier, F, NJD 
93. Jared McCann, F, SEA
94. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
95. Bryan Rust, F, PIT 
96. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
97. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
98. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
99. John Tavares, F, TOR
100. Roman Josi, D, NSH
101. Moritz Seider, D, DET
102. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
103. John Carlson, D, ANA (INJ.)
104. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
105. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
106. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
107. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
108. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
109. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
110. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
111. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
112. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
113. Adam Fox, D, NYR
114. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
115. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
116. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
117. Matt Duchene, F, DAL 
118. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
119. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
120. Matty Beniers, F, SEA
121. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
122. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
123. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL 
124. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
125. Nazem Kadri, F, COL
126. Mason Marchment, F, CBJ (INJ.)
127. Brock Faber, D, MIN
128. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR 
129. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS 
130. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA (INJ.)
131. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
132. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK 
133. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
134. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT
135. Dylan Holloway, F, STL 
136. William Eklund, F, SJS
137. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
138. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
139. Jordan Eberle, F, SEA
140. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
141. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
142. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
143. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
144. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA
145. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR 
146. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
147. Josh Doan, F, BUF
148. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA (INJ.)
149. Troy Terry, F, ANA (INJ.)
150. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
151. Patrick Kane, F, DET
152. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
153. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
154. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
155. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
156. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
157. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT 
158. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
159. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
160. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
161. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
162. Alex Lyon, G, BUF
163. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
164. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK (INJ.)
165. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ (INJ.)
166. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
167. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
168. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
169. Joey Daccord, G, SEA
170. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA
171. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
172. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
173. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
174. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT 
175. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
176. Claude Giroux, F, OTT
177. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
178. Oliver Kapanen, F, MTL (rookie)
179. Michael Misa, F, SJS (rookie)
180. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
181. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
182. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
183. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
184. Brayden Schenn, F, NYI
185. Jack Quinn, F, BUF
186. Adin Hill, G, VGK
187. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
188. Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
189. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
190. Anthony Mantha, F, PIT
191. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
192. Anders Lee, F, NYI
193. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
194. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
195. Matt Savoie, F, EDM (rookie)
196. Sam Rinzel, D, CHI (rookie)
197. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
198. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
199. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
200. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (rookie)

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Key injuries:

Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
Mark Stone, F, VGK
J.T. Miller, F, NYR
Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK (out for season)

Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
Seth Jones, D, FLA (nearing return)
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)

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

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Just missed:

Josh Norris, F, BUF 
Ryan McLeod, F, BUF
Collin Graf, F, SJS
Bobby McMann, F, SEA
Alex Newhook, F, MTL

Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Justin Faulk, D, DET
Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Owen Power, D, BUF

Jacob Markstrom, G, NJD
Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ
Jakub Dobes, G, MTL (rookie)
Arturs Silovs, G, PIT (rookie)
Tristan Jarry, G, EDM