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 + W, SV%, GAA · counting G · A · PPP · SOG · HIT · BLK · W

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	13.6	140	44	95	53	280	49	29	—
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	13.1	130	46	84	36	345	57	44	—
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	11.9	119	43	76	37	314	51	52	—

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	10.6	128	37	91	43	238	34	30	—
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	10.5	111	36	75	34	295	80	30	—
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	10.3	79	36	43	26	298	222	27	—

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	9.8	112	39	73	48	224	39	22	—
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	9.4	96	40	55	38	276	55	37	—
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	9.4	90	23	68	35	222	43	127	—

Tier 4 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	9.1	104	31	73	41	184	63	63	—
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	9.0	89	39	50	32	277	59	59	—
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	9.0	59	10	49	28	176	160	182	—

Tier 5 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	8.7	89	43	46	40	226	53	51	—
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	8.7	92	33	59	34	202	126	45	—
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	8.6	92	19	73	34	227	36	104	—
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	8.6	81	41	39	21	287	56	96	—

Tier 6 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	8.3	100	36	64	33	286	7	36	—
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	8.0	99	32	67	39	191	55	39	—
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	7.9	84	20	64	23	273	28	112	—
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	7.9	96	30	67	31	256	33	47	—
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	7.8	79	32	47	27	187	134	72	—

Tier 7 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Martin Necas	R	COL	27	7.5	97	33	64	30	214	81	27	—
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	7.4	91	13	78	38	202	12	85	—
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	7.4	72	33	39	27	247	129	38	—
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	7.3	86	25	61	33	179	95	57	—
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	7.2	78	19	59	25	209	91	96	—
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	7.1	68	23	46	24	259	42	111	—
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	7.1	77	37	40	24	264	82	43	—
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	7.0	84	39	45	31	248	47	27	—
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	7.0	82	39	43	26	270	43	39	—
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	6.9	87	38	49	30	220	39	43	—
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	6.8	75	37	39	29	252	65	34	—
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	6.8	93	37	56	23	267	32	26	—
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	6.8	76	36	40	31	199	78	52	—
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	6.8	62	28	34	25	202	200	31	—
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	6.6	95	31	65	32	226	11	33	—
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	6.6	79	41	38	27	258	54	24	—

Tier 8 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	6.4	70	30	40	28	199	153	20	—
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	6.2	63	14	49	27	180	38	150	—
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	6.2	72	27	44	31	196	82	48	—
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	6.0	87	12	75	26	128	34	129	—
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	6.0	68	35	33	20	288	68	31	—
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	6.0	89	40	49	14	229	53	48	—
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	6.0	85	31	54	28	203	63	25	—
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	5.9	69	28	41	31	175	128	26	—
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	5.9	79	33	46	19	230	98	28	—
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	5.9	85	27	58	32	191	47	31	—
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	5.8	88	33	55	29	214	17	29	—
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	5.8	74	36	38	27	231	47	34	—
Kirill Marchenko	R	TOR	26	5.8	74	30	44	24	226	64	43	—
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	5.6	71	32	39	16	224	119	38	—
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	5.6	72	32	40	25	202	53	60	—
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	5.5	55	31	24	12	255	137	56	—

Tier 9 · 14 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	5.5	77	28	49	29	199	83	17	—
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	5.5	89	23	67	29	170	35	46	—
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	5.5	61	29	32	14	155	200	60	—
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	5.4	91	31	60	23	167	43	47	—
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	5.4	34	7	27	10	157	182	175	—
Will Cuylle	L	NYR	24	5.4	43	23	21	7	158	299	59	—
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	5.3	81	31	50	24	230	36	28	—
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	5.3	81	25	57	25	185	78	30	—
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	5.3	68	23	45	24	150	150	42	—
Matthew Knies	L	CBJ	24	5.3	69	26	43	21	150	164	35	—
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	5.2	65	29	36	13	218	126	49	—
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	5.1	63	22	41	10	149	206	61	—
Seth Jarvis	R	CAR	24	5.1	70	34	36	20	211	81	34	—
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	5.0	63	30	33	24	179	103	47	—

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	4.8	71	11	60	30	127	36	106	—
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	4.8	61	20	41	24	141	78	100	—
Kiefer Sherwood	L	SJS	31	4.8	32	17	15	8	152	360	30	—
Roman Kantserov	R	CHI	22	4.7	57	32	25	21	244	75	37	—
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	4.7	57	11	47	20	118	99	134	—
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	4.6	63	33	31	16	238	69	42	—
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	4.6	57	10	47	25	144	50	130	—
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	4.5	73	27	46	15	181	105	40	—
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	4.5	51	19	32	18	199	61	111	—
Alex Laferriere	R	LAK	24	4.5	49	24	24	5	206	213	46	—
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	4.5	83	28	55	25	214	14	15	—
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	4.5	48	11	38	11	170	65	171	—
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	4.5	60	29	30	18	186	96	56	—
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	4.4	79	32	48	20	209	20	36	—
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	4.4	61	24	36	11	184	156	46	—
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	4.3	59	28	31	14	203	132	37	—

Tier 11 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	4.3	62	28	34	10	186	78	91	—
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	4.2	68	28	40	15	206	77	42	—
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	4.2	70	32	37	21	181	77	28	—
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	4.2	60	10	51	25	146	26	122	—

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	4.0	67	23	44	19	178	68	53	—
Owen Tippett	R	PHI	27	4.0	50	26	24	8	210	151	53	—
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	4.0	55	23	32	17	198	116	40	—
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	4.0	55	12	43	16	143	72	129	—
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	3.9	58	11	47	19	152	47	118	—
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	3.9	58	14	44	22	175	65	78	—
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	3.8	71	25	47	23	166	60	31	—
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	3.8	66	26	40	24	162	67	33	—
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	3.8	62	27	35	21	174	45	63	—
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	3.8	53	13	40	23	173	31	103	—
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	3.7	58	27	31	24	203	57	28	—
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	3.7	56	31	24	25	220	28	31	—
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	3.6	73	25	48	27	131	33	46	—
Porter Martone	R	PHI	20	3.6	47	23	23	16	182	161	27	—
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	3.5	54	29	25	24	175	75	36	—
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	3.5	62	38	24	17	193	66	23	—

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	3.5	41	13	28	12	166	39	164	—
Anton Frondell	C	CHI	19	3.4	44	32	13	16	228	63	57	—
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	3.4	55	27	28	19	159	111	35	—
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	3.4	68	27	41	21	180	20	46	—
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	3.4	75	23	52	25	150	32	29	—
Eeli Tolvanen	R	NYR	27	3.3	37	16	21	11	136	198	74	—
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	3.2	65	22	43	26	187	26	27	—
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	3.2	42	9	33	14	156	29	161	—
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	3.1	72	31	41	21	167	16	34	—
Ryan Leonard	R	WSH	21	3.1	53	23	29	15	175	126	29	—
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	3.0	57	24	33	19	211	51	28	—
Jake DeBrusk	L	VAN	30	3.0	46	26	20	21	192	77	38	—
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	3.0	79	24	56	20	134	14	47	—
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	3.0	66	22	45	25	142	15	53	—
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	2.9	26	6	20	1	143	153	165	—
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	2.9	59	24	35	13	170	96	37	—

Tier 14 · 11 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	2.9	26	7	19	1	162	144	157	—
Elias Lindholm	C	BOS	31	2.9	55	21	34	19	134	70	68	—
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	2.8	45	7	38	17	120	120	93	—
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	2.8	69	20	48	18	166	32	45	—
Carter Verhaeghe	L	FLA	31	2.8	59	26	33	13	202	75	25	—
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	2.8	46	10	36	10	143	44	146	—
Will Smith	R	SJS	21	2.8	68	25	43	21	188	19	18	—
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	2.7	38	13	25	11	198	88	91	—
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	2.7	59	12	47	22	163	23	71	—
Quinton Byfield	C	LAK	24	2.6	57	26	31	12	180	73	40	—
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	2.6	54	11	43	14	142	34	112	—

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.