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

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Key injuries:

Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
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
Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
Collin Graf, F, SJS

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