Draft Tiers

The top skaters grouped into value tiers by projected fantasy points. Tiers break at natural drop-offs — draft comfortably within a tier, and reach up only to jump across one before it empties. ← Fantasy Guide

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Scored for Points league — G=3, A=2, PPP=1, SOG=0.4, HIT/BLK=0.3, PIM=0.3 · counting G · A · PPP · SOG · HIT · BLK · PIM

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	384	90	23	68	35	222	43	127	23
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	380	92	19	73	34	227	36	104	32
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	370	84	20	64	23	273	28	112	23

Tier 2 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	360	78	19	59	25	209	91	96	73
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	355	91	13	78	38	202	12	85	34
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	345	68	23	46	24	259	42	111	40
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	344	59	10	49	28	176	160	182	52

Tier 3 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	322	87	12	75	26	128	34	129	35
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	298	63	14	49	27	180	38	150	14
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	287	51	19	32	18	199	61	111	58
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	285	71	11	60	30	127	36	106	30
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	282	57	11	47	20	118	99	134	66
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	280	58	14	44	22	175	65	78	55

Tier 4 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	275	34	7	27	10	157	182	175	69
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	272	57	10	47	25	144	50	130	41
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	267	48	11	38	11	170	65	171	34
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	267	60	10	51	25	146	26	122	28
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	266	58	11	47	19	152	47	118	31

Tier 5 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	261	55	12	43	16	143	72	129	24
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	260	53	13	40	23	173	31	103	28
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	252	41	13	28	12	166	39	164	65
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	251	59	12	47	22	163	23	71	23
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	250	38	13	25	11	198	88	91	58

Tier 6 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	243	54	11	43	14	142	34	112	28
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	242	42	9	33	14	156	29	161	57
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	242	55	11	44	24	131	37	76	33
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	241	26	7	19	1	162	144	157	91

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	236	45	7	38	17	120	120	93	36
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	234	46	10	36	10	143	44	146	26
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	233	38	11	28	14	182	78	76	43

Tier 8 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	227	49	10	39	19	164	22	63	31
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	227	43	10	33	19	157	33	85	52
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	226	42	10	32	11	153	36	131	33
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	224	26	6	20	1	143	153	165	44

Tier 9 · 12 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	219	39	9	31	20	127	79	100	26
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	218	20	4	16	0	101	199	100	143
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	216	39	8	31	9	136	51	137	28
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	213	38	8	30	6	122	59	152	40
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	211	41	11	31	14	103	62	99	48
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	210	36	7	29	3	123	117	98	50
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	210	25	8	17	1	156	124	116	54
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	207	31	9	23	8	123	130	98	36
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	205	46	8	38	9	118	40	96	28
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	204	47	9	38	10	132	5	93	25
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	202	38	9	29	9	134	39	119	27
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	202	32	9	24	9	129	73	120	37

Tier 10 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	198	34	6	29	9	108	106	88	46
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	196	35	7	28	9	143	44	122	17
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	196	34	10	25	3	106	60	155	29
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	196	22	5	17	5	126	149	106	50
Cole Hutson	D	WSH	20	195	31	10	21	7	123	103	79	45

Tier 11 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	21	190	34	8	25	7	115	73	97	36
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	187	29	6	23	3	83	103	86	101
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	186	35	7	28	3	118	60	103	29
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	186	29	6	24	7	105	91	95	58

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	182	27	7	21	0	89	125	132	28
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	181	29	6	24	2	134	66	98	42
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	180	24	5	19	0	74	130	163	35
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	179	35	8	27	2	131	31	103	20
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	178	34	7	27	2	127	38	97	31
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	178	18	4	14	0	103	162	142	25
Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	26	178	14	3	11	0	102	164	166	27
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	178	21	4	18	0	73	118	167	56
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	178	31	5	25	7	98	87	71	60
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	176	31	6	25	1	141	49	98	23
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	176	28	5	23	8	102	94	87	38
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	176	22	4	18	0	95	147	83	68
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	175	30	5	26	11	88	109	68	37
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	175	29	7	22	5	122	65	85	40
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	174	20	6	14	0	109	96	167	20
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	174	20	5	15	0	99	112	150	39

Tier 13 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Radko Gudas	D	FLA	36	173	9	1	8	0	74	210	122	80
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	172	27	8	20	4	109	51	113	42
Tristan Luneau	D	ANA	22	171	24	6	18	5	119	73	110	34
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	171	26	7	18	4	129	34	128	27
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	170	16	4	12	0	88	139	147	40
Jeremy Lauzon	D	VGK	29	170	7	2	5	0	68	255	91	82

Tier 14 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	165	28	6	22	1	85	40	170	18
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	165	28	6	22	5	108	21	107	59
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	164	32	6	25	4	106	66	71	23
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	164	24	4	20	2	94	71	152	17
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	163	19	3	16	0	93	120	143	19
Ben Chiarot	D	DET	35	162	9	3	6	0	91	146	143	65
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	162	24	8	16	4	134	37	88	32
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	162	31	7	24	14	91	32	70	43
Philip Broberg	D	STL	25	161	33	7	26	6	95	37	97	18
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	161	30	6	25	7	124	30	64	37
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	161	27	6	22	6	90	43	103	51
Cam York	D	PHI	25	160	26	6	19	5	87	39	141	30
Sam Rinzel	D	CHI	22	157	21	5	15	2	123	65	82	49
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	155	24	5	19	1	94	61	94	55
Simon Benoit	D	PHI	28	155	9	2	7	0	58	209	117	49
Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	24	153	14	3	11	0	96	128	103	48

Tier 15 · 15 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	152	16	4	12	0	95	115	91	49
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	151	19	3	16	0	68	84	137	54
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	150	27	7	20	9	93	19	96	30
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	150	18	4	14	0	69	118	131	25
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	150	14	3	11	0	72	99	134	68
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	149	23	7	16	3	90	58	110	22
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	148	23	3	20	3	92	41	133	21
Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	35	148	9	3	6	0	82	124	157	30
Nick Seeler	D	PHI	33	148	9	2	6	0	83	121	156	40
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	148	20	2	18	0	59	134	98	42
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	22	147	22	7	14	9	103	22	100	29
Erik Cernak	D	TBL	29	146	10	2	8	0	61	149	112	73
Brenden Dillon	D	NJD	35	146	9	1	7	0	49	186	97	76
Adam Pelech	D	NYI	32	145	15	4	11	0	109	69	114	44
Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	25	145	27	6	21	8	79	32	100	22

Tier 16 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	141	19	4	15	0	64	50	158	38
Brent Burns	D	COL	41	140	23	6	17	3	130	17	75	25
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	31	140	19	4	15	2	88	88	98	22
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	140	15	2	13	0	69	119	107	38
Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	36	140	19	4	14	5	83	66	120	13
Niko Mikkola	D	FLA	30	139	9	3	7	0	82	136	93	57
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	139	25	8	18	3	89	30	92	17
Luca Cagnoni	D	SJS	22	139	22	4	18	8	63	64	97	28
Michael Kesselring	D	SJS	26	137	12	3	9	1	105	69	72	83
Connor Murphy	D	EDM	33	136	9	2	7	0	67	98	136	61
Tom Willander	D	VAN	21	136	24	5	19	5	76	40	90	33
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	26	136	13	2	11	1	64	117	104	48
Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	33	136	16	3	13	2	85	91	102	25
Cam Fowler	D	STL	34	135	29	5	25	8	82	11	77	15
Alberts Smits	D	NYR	19	135	25	12	14	3	82	44	60	20
Zach Whitecloud	D	CGY	29	135	11	2	9	0	65	123	127	33

Tier 17 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Sam Dickinson	D	SJS	20	135	19	4	15	0	91	79	82	28
Brandon Carlo	D	STL	29	133	9	2	7	0	80	94	137	44
Tyler Myers	D	DAL	36	133	11	3	8	0	79	83	117	57
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	132	14	3	11	3	73	66	123	39
Andrew Peeke	D	UTA	28	132	9	2	7	0	79	112	136	22
Ian Cole	D	CHI	37	132	14	2	12	0	54	74	145	51

Ranked by value under the selected league type — points leagues use projected fantasy points, category leagues sum weighted z-scores (your edge in each counted stat). Tiers come from natural gaps in that value. Need something exact? Custom Rankings.