Fantasy hockey top 100 forward rankings
Most valuable options at position for standard leagues; new podcast episodes
Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. 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, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season.
1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
6. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS (INJ.)
8. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
9. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
10. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
11. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
12. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
13. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
14. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
15. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
16. Martin Necas, F, COL
17. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
18. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
19. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
20. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
21. William Nylander, F, TOR
22. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
23. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
24. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
25. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
26. John Tavares, F, TOR
27. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
28. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
29. Mark Stone, F, VGK
30. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
31. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
32. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
33. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
34. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
35. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
36. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
37. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
38. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
39. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
40. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
41. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
42. Brayden Point, F, TBL (INJ.)
43. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
44. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
45. Timo Meier, F, NJD
46. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
47. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
48. Will Smith, F, SJS
49. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
50. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
51. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
52. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
53. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
54. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
55. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
56. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
57. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
58. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
59. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
60. Troy Terry, F, ANA
61. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
62. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
63. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
64. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
65. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
66. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
67. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
68. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
69. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
70. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
71. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
72. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
73. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
74. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
75. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
76. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
77. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
78. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
79. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
80. Robert Thomas, F, STL
81. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
82. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
83. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
84. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
85. Dawson Mercer, F, NJD
86. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
87. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
88. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
89. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
90. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
91. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
92. Brock Nelson, F, COL
93. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
94. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
95. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
96. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
97. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
98. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
99. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
100. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
101. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
102. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
103. William Eklund, F, SJS
104. Emil Heineman, F, NYI
105. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
106. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
107. Josh Norris, F, BUF
108. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
109. Shane Pinto, F, OTT
110. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
111. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
112. Andre Burakovsky, F, CHI
113. Jamie Benn, F, DAL
114. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
115. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
116. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
117. Patrick Kane, F, DET
118. Alexis Lafrenière, F, NYR
119. Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
120. Evander Kane, F, VAN (INJ.)
121. Arseny Gritsyuk, F, NJD (rookie)
122. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
123. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
124. Anders Lee, F, NYI
125. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
126. Jonathan Drouin, F, NYI
127. Marcus Johansson, F, MIN
128. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ (INJ.)
129. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
130. Jared McCann, F, SEA
131. Zack Bolduc, F, MTL
132. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
133. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
134. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
135. Braeden Bowman, F, VGK (rookie)
136. Maxim Shabanov, F, NYI (rookie)
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Just missed:
Jackson Blake, F, CAR
Victor Olofsson, F, COL
Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
Easton Cowen, F, TOR (rookie)
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Key injuries:
Jack Hughes, F, NJD
Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
Matt Duchene, F, DAL
Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
Marco Rossi, F, MIN
Jack Roslovic, F, EDM
Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL (likely out for season)
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)
