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 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	15.0	89	23	66	34	217	42	124
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	13.5	91	19	72	33	222	36	101
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	13.1	58	10	48	27	174	158	180
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	13.0	69	24	45	24	259	42	111
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	12.8	82	21	61	23	264	27	107

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	12.2	78	19	58	24	206	90	95
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	11.9	92	14	78	38	202	12	85
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	10.6	62	14	48	28	178	37	148

Tier 3 · 8 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	9.2	53	21	32	16	196	60	110
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	8.4	34	7	27	10	155	179	173
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	8.2	70	11	59	29	126	36	105
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	8.0	57	11	46	20	117	98	132
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	7.9	59	15	44	21	173	64	77
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	7.7	48	11	37	10	168	64	169
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	7.7	54	13	41	23	175	31	105
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	7.5	59	13	46	19	151	46	117

Tier 4 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	7.1	59	9	50	24	144	25	120
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	6.9	74	10	64	22	109	29	110
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	6.9	53	10	43	23	133	46	120

Tier 5 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	6.5	40	13	27	12	160	37	158
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	6.5	52	11	41	14	138	70	125
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	6.5	46	12	34	13	161	37	138

Tier 6 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	5.9	38	13	25	11	193	86	89
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	5.9	56	12	44	24	131	37	76
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	5.8	58	12	46	21	159	22	69
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	5.5	45	7	38	17	120	120	93

Tier 7 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	5.2	25	6	19	1	160	142	155
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	5.1	45	10	34	10	136	42	139
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	5.1	52	10	42	14	140	34	111
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	5.1	39	9	31	19	125	77	98
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	4.9	25	6	19	1	139	149	161

Tier 8 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	4.4	42	11	32	18	151	32	81
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	4.3	32	9	23	8	123	130	98
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	4.2	47	8	38	17	120	41	97
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	4.2	49	9	39	18	166	23	64

Tier 9 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	3.8	36	7	29	11	137	26	141
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	3.8	38	8	29	8	129	49	129
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	3.7	34	10	25	13	165	71	69
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	3.7	36	7	29	6	121	58	151
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	3.6	24	6	18	6	127	151	107

Tier 10 · 7 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	3.3	31	9	23	8	124	70	115
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	3.2	37	8	29	9	130	38	116
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	3.2	34	7	28	8	142	44	120
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	3.2	24	7	17	1	152	121	113
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	3.2	36	8	28	3	121	115	97
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	3.1	33	9	24	3	103	59	151
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	3.1	21	7	14	0	109	96	167

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	2.6	33	6	27	10	113	95	88
Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	26	2.4	13	3	10	0	95	153	155
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	2.3	23	5	19	0	71	125	157
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	2.3	17	3	14	0	98	154	135
Jeremy Lauzon	D	VGK	29	2.3	8	2	6	0	73	274	98
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	2.2	39	10	29	5	98	58	94
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	2.2	19	4	16	0	99	195	98
Ivan Provorov	D	CBJ	29	2.2	29	7	22	4	129	33	131
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	2.2	20	5	15	0	98	110	148
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	2.1	44	9	36	10	125	5	88
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	2.1	26	7	20	0	84	118	124
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	2.0	27	8	19	4	129	34	128
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	2.0	21	4	18	0	71	114	162
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	2.0	17	4	12	0	86	136	143
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	1.8	35	7	28	4	116	59	102
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	1.5	19	3	16	0	92	119	141

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Simon Edvinsson	D	DET	23	1.4	24	7	17	1	85	87	132
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	1.4	26	5	22	1	83	39	166
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	1.4	34	8	26	3	128	30	101
Radko Gudas	D	FLA	36	1.4	9	1	8	0	71	204	119
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	1.3	28	8	20	4	107	50	110
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	1.2	29	6	23	2	131	64	96
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	1.2	30	4	26	11	87	108	67
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	1.2	34	7	27	2	127	38	97
Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	35	1.2	10	3	7	0	81	122	155
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	1.2	27	4	22	7	101	87	91
Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	24	1.2	19	5	14	0	77	132	122
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	1.2	23	4	19	0	98	151	86
Cam York	D	PHI	25	1.1	25	5	19	5	87	39	141
Ben Chiarot	D	DET	35	1.1	7	2	5	0	89	142	140
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	1.0	23	4	19	2	89	68	145
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	1.0	28	7	22	5	119	63	83

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	0.8	27	4	24	9	92	90	75
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	0.8	29	6	23	6	92	44	106
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	0.8	31	7	25	14	91	32	70
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	0.7	29	6	23	2	83	103	86
Nick Seeler	D	PHI	33	0.7	6	2	5	0	82	119	154
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	0.7	30	5	25	7	96	85	69
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	0.6	18	4	14	0	68	115	128
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	—	0.5	25	6	19	3	72	86	102
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	0.4	23	7	16	3	89	57	109
Damon Severson	D	CBJ	32	0.4	30	8	23	3	92	43	95
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	0.3	15	4	12	0	72	99	134
Simon Benoit	D	PHI	28	0.3	3	1	2	0	56	204	114
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	0.3	28	6	22	1	127	45	89
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	0.3	31	6	25	4	104	66	70
Brent Burns	D	COL	41	0.2	27	7	20	3	144	17	76
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	0.0	19	3	16	0	67	83	136

Tier 14 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	-0.1	27	9	18	2	89	30	92
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	-0.1	19	4	15	0	62	49	154
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	-0.1	22	3	19	3	89	39	128
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	-0.2	25	6	19	2	94	61	94
Artem Zub	D	OTT	31	-0.2	22	4	18	0	77	73	117
Erik Cernak	D	TBL	29	-0.2	10	2	8	0	61	147	110
Will Borgen	D	BOS	29	-0.3	11	3	8	0	73	127	107
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	-0.4	26	7	19	7	87	18	89
Dylan Samberg	D	WPG	27	-0.4	15	3	12	0	93	63	126
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	-0.4	16	2	13	0	69	117	105
Zach Whitecloud	D	CGY	29	-0.4	11	2	9	0	63	118	122
Niko Mikkola	D	FLA	30	-0.5	10	3	7	0	82	136	93
Brenden Dillon	D	NJD	35	-0.5	8	2	7	0	48	181	94
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	-0.5	25	5	20	4	98	19	97
Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	25	-0.5	25	6	20	7	74	30	93
Andrew Peeke	D	UTA	28	-0.5	8	2	6	0	74	105	128

Tier 15 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	-0.5	16	4	12	0	89	107	84
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	-0.6	28	5	23	6	116	28	61
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	26	-0.7	14	3	12	1	63	116	103
Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	36	-0.7	16	4	12	4	73	59	107
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	-0.7	20	7	13	3	118	32	77
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	22	-0.7	21	8	14	3	97	21	94
Adam Pelech	D	NYI	32	-0.7	13	3	11	0	105	66	110
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	-0.8	14	3	11	3	71	64	120
Brandon Carlo	D	STL	29	-0.8	6	1	5	0	79	93	135
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	-0.8	19	2	17	0	56	127	93
Connor Murphy	D	EDM	33	-0.9	9	2	7	0	63	93	129
Connor Clifton	D	BOS	31	-0.9	4	1	3	0	45	186	94
Jamie Oleksiak	D	VAN	33	-0.9	9	3	7	0	69	98	118
Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	33	-0.9	15	3	13	2	80	86	96
Ian Cole	D	CHI	37	-1.0	13	2	12	0	53	72	141
Cam Fowler	D	STL	34	-1.0	30	5	25	8	81	11	76

Tier 16 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK
Philip Broberg	D	STL	25	-1.0	27	6	21	3	81	32	83
Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	24	-1.0	11	2	9	0	83	112	89
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	31	-1.0	16	3	14	2	83	83	92

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.