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

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Key injuries:

Matt Boldy, F, MIN
Brayden Point, F, TBL
William Nylander, F, TOR
Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
Logan Cooley, F, UTA
Bo Horvat, F, NYI
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Robert Thomas, F, STL
Frank Nazar, F, CHI
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)

Victor Hedman, D, TBL
Adam Fox, D, NYR
Erik Karlsson, D, PIT (nearing return)
Seth Jones, D, FLA
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)

Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Dan Vladar, G, PHI
Alex Lyon, G, BUF
Carter Hart, G, VGK
Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (likely out for season)

Leave of absence:

Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM

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Just missed:

Connor Zary, F, CGY
Ryan McLeod, F, BUF
Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
Mikael Backlund, F, CGY
Logan Stankoven, F, CAR

Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR (rookie)

Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
Stuart Skinner, G, PIT
Philipp Grubauer, G, SEA
Linus Ullmark, G, OTT (nearing return)
Connor Ingram, G, EDM