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

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Key injuries:

Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
Auston Matthews, F, TOR (out for season)
Dylan Larkin, F, DET
Roope Hintz, F, DAL
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)

Jakse Sanderson, D, OTT
Seth Jones, D, FLA

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

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Just missed:

Ryan McLeod, F, BUF
Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
Collin Graf, F, SJS
Jamie Benn, F, DAL

Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK

Jakub Dobes, G, MTL (rookie)
Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie)
Jacob Markstrom, G, NJD
Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ
Joel Hofer, G, STL