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 Categories — equal-weight z-scores: G, A, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	14.0	135	43	93	51	273	48	28
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	13.4	126	45	82	35	336	56	43
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	12.9	120	44	76	37	314	51	52

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	11.4	127	37	90	42	235	34	29
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	11.3	117	45	73	48	224	39	22
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	11.2	110	37	73	33	288	78	29

Tier 3 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	10.9	76	33	43	27	297	222	27
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	10.2	97	42	54	37	269	53	36
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	10.0	89	23	66	34	217	42	124
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	9.9	103	31	72	41	182	63	62
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	9.8	58	10	48	27	174	158	180

Tier 4 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	9.6	89	44	46	39	224	53	51
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	9.6	80	40	40	21	291	56	97
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	9.4	90	32	58	33	200	125	44

Tier 5 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	9.2	85	37	48	30	267	57	57
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	9.2	91	19	72	33	222	36	101
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	8.7	97	32	66	38	189	55	39
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	8.6	97	35	62	32	278	7	35

Tier 6 · 10 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	8.4	82	21	61	23	264	27	107
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	8.4	92	14	78	38	202	12	85
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	8.2	69	24	45	24	259	42	111
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	8.1	86	41	45	31	248	47	27
Martin Necas	C	COL	27	8.1	95	33	63	29	208	79	26
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	8.1	92	28	64	30	246	32	45
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	8.1	71	33	38	26	242	126	37
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	8.0	78	19	58	24	206	90	95
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	8.0	78	38	40	31	200	78	52
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	7.9	84	24	60	32	177	94	56

Tier 7 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	7.7	77	39	38	23	255	79	41
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	7.7	81	39	42	26	267	42	39
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	7.6	81	44	38	26	256	53	24
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	7.5	72	28	44	25	175	126	68

Tier 8 · 7 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	7.2	84	37	48	29	212	38	41
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	7.2	91	37	53	23	257	30	25
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	7.2	62	14	48	28	178	37	148
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	7.1	93	30	63	31	220	11	32
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	7.1	58	26	33	24	197	195	30
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	7.0	92	36	55	29	214	17	29
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	7.0	79	29	51	30	208	87	18

Tier 9 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	6.8	71	27	43	30	192	80	47
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	6.6	69	29	40	30	171	124	26
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	6.6	77	32	46	19	229	98	28
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	6.6	84	27	56	32	187	46	31
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	6.5	66	28	38	27	191	147	19
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	6.4	83	30	53	27	198	61	25
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	6.4	61	21	40	17	147	203	60
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	6.3	85	37	48	13	225	52	47
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	6.3	71	32	38	16	219	116	37
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	6.2	69	23	45	24	150	150	42
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	6.2	34	7	27	10	155	179	173
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	6.2	71	32	39	25	197	52	58
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	6.1	71	34	37	26	224	46	33
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	6.1	88	24	64	28	164	34	44
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	6.0	59	28	31	14	151	194	58
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	6.0	68	34	34	26	221	56	30

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Anton Frondell	C	CHI	19	6.0	46	33	13	16	287	108	43
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	6.0	90	32	58	22	161	42	45
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	5.9	80	29	51	25	185	60	31
Kirill Marchenko	R	CBJ	26	5.8	71	30	41	23	213	60	40
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	5.7	78	23	55	25	180	76	29
Kiefer Sherwood	L	SJS	31	5.7	33	18	15	8	150	355	30
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	5.7	61	20	41	24	141	78	100
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	5.7	50	28	22	12	245	132	54
Matthew Knies	L	TOR	24	5.7	68	26	43	17	149	163	35
Will Cuylle	L	NYR	24	5.6	40	20	20	7	152	289	57
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	5.6	70	11	59	29	126	36	105
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	5.5	57	11	46	20	117	98	132
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	5.4	63	29	34	12	207	120	47
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	5.3	84	29	55	25	212	13	14
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	5.3	63	33	31	16	235	68	42
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	5.3	53	21	32	16	196	60	110

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	5.3	64	30	34	11	182	76	89
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	5.2	48	11	37	10	168	64	169
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	5.1	71	26	45	15	177	102	39
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	5.0	73	28	46	24	209	32	26
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	5.0	58	29	29	18	181	94	54
Alex Ovechkin	L	WSH	41	4.9	60	31	29	19	209	110	14
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	4.9	57	26	31	22	169	98	45
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	4.8	59	13	46	19	151	46	117
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	4.8	54	13	41	23	175	31	105
Alex Laferriere	R	LAK	24	4.8	45	22	24	5	201	208	45
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	4.8	78	33	46	19	199	19	34
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	4.8	59	15	44	21	173	64	77
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	4.8	68	31	37	20	178	76	28
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	4.8	59	9	50	24	144	25	120
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	4.8	67	26	41	24	165	68	33
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	4.8	54	22	32	17	200	117	41

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	4.7	59	31	28	17	245	58	26
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	4.7	74	10	64	22	109	29	110
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	4.6	56	26	30	13	198	128	36
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	4.6	59	28	31	24	201	56	28
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	4.6	53	10	43	23	133	46	120
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	4.5	58	24	34	11	172	145	43
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	4.5	58	30	28	19	157	110	34
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	4.4	61	27	34	21	170	43	61
Owen Tippett	R	PHI	27	4.4	48	25	23	8	202	145	51
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	4.3	66	30	36	19	161	69	35
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	4.3	63	20	43	19	173	67	51
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	4.2	52	11	41	14	138	70	125
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	4.2	54	30	24	23	170	73	35
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	4.1	73	33	41	21	168	16	34
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	4.1	71	24	47	26	127	32	45
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	4.0	66	23	43	25	185	26	26

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	4.0	46	12	34	13	161	37	138
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	4.0	40	13	27	12	160	37	158
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	4.0	81	25	56	20	135	14	47
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	3.9	59	35	24	17	192	66	23
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	3.9	55	32	23	24	206	26	29
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	3.9	66	26	40	21	175	19	45
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	3.8	67	23	44	25	141	15	53
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	3.7	45	7	38	17	120	120	93
Will Smith	C	SJS	21	3.7	70	27	43	21	189	19	18
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	3.6	25	6	19	1	160	142	155
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	3.5	56	12	44	24	131	37	76
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	3.4	25	6	19	1	139	149	161
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	3.4	55	23	32	19	205	49	27
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	3.4	57	24	34	13	166	93	36
Jake DeBrusk	L	VAN	30	3.4	44	25	19	20	185	74	36
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	3.3	66	18	48	18	164	31	45

Tier 14 · 11 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	3.3	58	12	46	21	159	22	69
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	3.3	38	13	25	11	193	86	89
Carter Verhaeghe	C	FLA	31	3.3	56	25	32	14	197	73	24
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	3.3	57	25	32	21	163	57	23
Jared McCann	L	SEA	30	3.3	56	25	32	18	170	52	38
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	3.2	58	24	34	13	178	67	36
Evgeni Malkin	C	PIT	40	3.2	66	21	45	23	154	27	27
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	3.2	69	21	48	23	137	29	26
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	EDM	33	3.1	58	20	37	28	139	29	35
Elias Lindholm	C	BOS	31	3.1	51	18	33	19	131	68	66
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	3.1	52	10	42	14	140	34	111

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.