Fantasy hockey top 200 player rankings
Most valuable overall options in standard leagues; new podcast episodes
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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. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5. Cale Makar, D, COL
6. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
7. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
8. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
9. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
10. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
11. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
12. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
13. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
14. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
15. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
16. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
17. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
18. Martin Necas, F, COL
19. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
20. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
21. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
22. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
23. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
24. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
25. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
26. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
27. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
28. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
29. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
30. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
31. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
32. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
33. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
34. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
35. Mark Stone, F, VGK
36. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
37. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
38. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
39. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
40. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
41. Brayden Point, F, TBL
42. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
43. Tom Wilson, F, WSH (INJ.)
44. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
45. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
46. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA (nearing return)
47. William Nylander, F, TOR
48. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
49. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
50. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
51. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
52. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
53. Moritz Seider, D, DET
54. Bo Horvat, F, NYI (INJ.)
55. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
56. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
57. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
58. Brad Marchand, F, FLA (INJ.)
59. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
60. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
61. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
62. Brock Nelson, F, COL
63. John Tavares, F, TOR
64. Timo Meier, F, NJD
65. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
66. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
67. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
68. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
69. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
70. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
71. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
72. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
73. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN (INJ.)
74. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
75. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
76. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
77. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
78. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
79. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
80. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
81. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
82. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
83. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
84. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
85. Bryan Rust, F, PIT (INJ.)
86. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
87. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
88. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
89. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
90. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (rookie)
91. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
92. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
93. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
94. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
95. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
96. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
97. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
98. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
99. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
100. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
101. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
102. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
103. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
104. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
105. Troy Terry, F, ANA (INJ.)
106. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
107. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
108. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
109. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
110. Brock Faber, D, MIN
111. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
112. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
113. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
114. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
115. Robert Thomas, F, STL
116. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
117. Travis Konecny, F, PHI (INJ.)
118. Josh Norris, F, BUF
119. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
120. William Eklund, F, SJS
121. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
122. Dan Vladar, G, PHI
123. Roman Josi, D, NSH
124. John Carlson, D, WSH
125. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
126. John Gibson, G, DET
127. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
128. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
129. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
130. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
131. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
132. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
133. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
134. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
135. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
136. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
137. Patrick Kane, F, DET
138. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
139. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
140. Joseph Woll, G, TOR
141. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
142. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
143. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
144. Jared McCann, F, SEA
145. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
146. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
147. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
148. Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
149. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
150. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
151. Sean Durzi, D, UTA
152. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
153. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
154. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
155. Dawson Mercer, F, NJD
156. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
157. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
158. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
159. Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
160. Josh Doan, F, BUF
161. Anders Lee, F, NYI
162. Oliver Kapanen, F, MTL (rookie)
163. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
164. Justin Faulk, D, STL
165. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
166. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
167. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
168. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
169. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS (rookie)
170. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
171. Eeli Tolvanen, F, SEA
172. Chandler Stephenson, F, SEA
173. Andre Burakovsky, F, CHI
174. Jack Roslovic, F, EDM
175. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
176. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
177. Blake Coleman, F, CGY (INJ.)
178. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
179. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
180. Kris Letang, D, PIT
181. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY
182. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
183. Joey Daccord, G, SEA
184. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
185. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
186. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
187. Shane Pinto, F, OTT
188. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
189. Claude Giroux, F. OTT
190. Jordan Eberle, F, SEA (INJ.)
191. Bobby McMann, F, TOR
192. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
193. Anthony Mantha, F, PIT
194. Justin Sourdif, F, WSH (rookie)
195. Matty Beniers, F, SEA
196. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
197. Carter Hart, G, VGK (INJ.)
198. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
199. Emmitt Finnie, F, DET (rookie)
200. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
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Back from injury (will rejoin rankings in next update):
Shea Theodore, D, VGK
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Key injuries:
Will Smith, F, SJS (nearing return)
Logan Cooley, F, UTA
Dylan Holloway, F, STL
Frank Nazar, F, CHI
Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
Mason Marchment, F, CBJ
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL (likely out for season)
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)
Victor Hedman, D, TBL
Adam Fox, D, NYR
Brandon Montour, D, SEA
Seth Jones, D, FLA
John Klingberg, D, SJS
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)
Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
Tristan Jarry, G, EDM (nearing return)
Adin Hill, G, VGK
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Alex Lyon, G, BUF
Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (likely out for season)
Leave of absence:
Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
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Just missed:
Chris Kreider, F, ANA
Luke Evangelista, F, NSH
Mikael Backlund, F, CGY
Lawson Crouse, F, UTA
Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
Denton Mateychuk, D, CBJ
Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Simon Edvinsson, D, DET
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS (rookie)
Philipp Grubauer, G, SEA
Joel Hofer, G, STL
