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

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Key injuries:

Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM (out for reg. season)
Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
Auston Matthews, F, TOR (out for season)
Dylan Larkin, F, DET
Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
Roope Hintz, F, DAL
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)

Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR

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
Jamie Benn, F, DAL
Jack Quinn, F, BUF

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

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Keeper league stashes:

Michael Hage, F, MTL
James Hagens, F, BOS
Porter Martone, F, PHI