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 (INJ.)
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. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
38. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
39. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
40. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
41. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
42. Brayden Point, F, TBL (INJ.)
43. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
44. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
45. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
46. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
47. Timo Meier, F, NJD
48. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
49. Will Smith, F, SJS
50. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
51. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
52. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
53. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
54. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
55. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
56. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
57. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
58. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
59. Troy Terry, F, ANA
60. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
61. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
62. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
63. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
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. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
75. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
76. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
77. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
78. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
79. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
80. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
81. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
82. Robert Thomas, F, STL (INJ.)
83. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
84. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
85. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
86. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
87. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
88. Brock Nelson, F, COL
89. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
90. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
91. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
92. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
93. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
94. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
95. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
96. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
97. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
98. Josh Norris, F, BUF
99. Dawson Mercer, F, NJD
100. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
101. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
102. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
103. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
104. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
105. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
106. William Eklund, F, SJS
107. Emil Heineman, F, NYI
108. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
109. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
110. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
111. Patrick Kane, F, DET
112. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
113. Andre Burakovsky, F, CHI
114. Jamie Benn, F, DAL
115. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
116. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
117. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
118. Alexis Lafrenière, F, NYR
119. Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
120. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
121. Evander Kane, F, VAN (INJ.)
122. Arseny Gritsyuk, F, NJD (rookie)
123. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
124. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
125. Anders Lee, F, NYI
126. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
127. Jonathan Drouin, F, NYI (INJ.)
128. Marcus Johansson, F, MIN
129. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
130. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
131. Jared McCann, F, SEA
132. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
133. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
134. Braeden Bowman, F, VGK (rookie)
135. Maxim Shabanov, F, NYI (rookie)
136. Zack Bolduc, F, MTL
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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
Marco Rossi, F, MIN
Shane Pinto, F, OTT
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)
