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 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	14.1	90	23	68	35	222	43	127	—
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	12.7	92	19	73	34	227	36	104	—
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	12.2	84	20	64	23	273	28	112	—
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	12.2	59	10	49	28	176	160	182	—

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	11.7	68	23	46	24	259	42	111	—
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	11.1	78	19	59	25	209	91	96	—
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	10.6	91	13	78	38	202	12	85	—

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	9.3	63	14	49	27	180	38	150	—
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	8.7	87	12	75	26	128	34	129	—
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	8.0	51	19	32	18	199	61	111	—

Tier 4 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	7.6	34	7	27	10	157	182	175	—
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	7.2	71	11	60	30	127	36	106	—
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	7.0	57	11	47	20	118	99	134	—
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	6.9	48	11	38	11	170	65	171	—
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	6.9	57	10	47	25	144	50	130	—

Tier 5 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	6.6	58	14	44	22	175	65	78	—
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	6.4	60	10	51	25	146	26	122	—
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	6.3	53	13	40	23	173	31	103	—
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	6.3	55	12	43	16	143	72	129	—
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	6.3	58	11	47	19	152	47	118	—

Tier 6 · 10 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	6.0	41	13	28	12	166	39	164	—
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	5.2	38	13	25	11	198	88	91	—
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	5.1	42	9	33	14	156	29	161	—
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	4.9	59	12	47	22	163	23	71	—
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	4.7	46	10	36	10	143	44	146	—
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	4.7	55	11	44	24	131	37	76	—
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	4.7	54	11	43	14	142	34	112	—
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	4.6	26	7	19	1	162	144	157	—
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	4.5	26	6	20	1	143	153	165	—
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	4.5	45	7	38	17	120	120	93	—

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	4.2	38	11	28	14	182	78	76	—
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	4.1	39	9	31	20	127	79	100	—
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	4.1	42	10	32	11	153	36	131	—

Tier 8 · 14 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	3.6	43	10	33	19	157	33	85	—
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	3.6	39	8	31	9	136	51	137	—
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	3.4	49	10	39	19	164	22	63	—
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	3.3	38	8	30	6	122	59	152	—
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	3.1	31	9	23	8	123	130	98	—
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	3.0	41	11	31	14	103	62	99	—
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	2.9	25	8	17	1	156	124	116	—
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	2.8	32	9	24	9	129	73	120	—
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	2.7	34	10	25	3	106	60	155	—
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	2.6	38	9	29	9	134	39	119	—
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	2.4	35	7	28	9	143	44	122	—
Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	26	2.4	14	3	11	0	102	164	166	—
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	2.3	36	7	29	3	123	117	98	—
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	2.3	22	5	17	5	126	149	106	—

Tier 9 · 10 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	2.0	46	8	38	9	118	40	96	—
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	2.0	20	6	14	0	109	96	167	—
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	1.9	18	4	14	0	103	162	142	—
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	1.9	47	9	38	10	132	5	93	—
Cole Hutson	D	WSH	20	1.9	31	10	21	7	123	103	79	—
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	1.9	24	5	19	0	74	130	163	—
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	1.8	34	6	29	9	108	106	88	—
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	1.7	20	4	16	0	101	199	100	—
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	1.7	27	7	21	0	89	125	132	—
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	21	1.7	34	8	25	7	115	73	97	—

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	1.4	21	4	18	0	73	118	167	—
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	1.4	20	5	15	0	99	112	150	—
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	1.3	16	4	12	0	88	139	147	—
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	1.1	35	7	28	3	118	60	103	—
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	1.0	28	6	22	1	85	40	170	—
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	1.0	26	7	18	4	129	34	128	—
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	1.0	29	6	24	7	105	91	95	—
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	0.9	19	3	16	0	93	120	143	—
Tristan Luneau	D	ANA	22	0.8	24	6	18	5	119	73	110	—
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	0.8	24	4	20	2	94	71	152	—
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	0.8	35	8	27	2	131	31	103	—
Radko Gudas	D	FLA	36	0.8	9	1	8	0	74	210	122	—
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	0.7	28	5	23	8	102	94	87	—
Ben Chiarot	D	DET	35	0.6	9	3	6	0	91	146	143	—
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	0.6	27	8	20	4	109	51	113	—
Jeremy Lauzon	D	VGK	29	0.5	7	2	5	0	68	255	91	—

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	0.5	29	6	24	2	134	66	98	—
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	0.5	30	5	26	11	88	109	68	—
Cam York	D	PHI	25	0.5	26	6	19	5	87	39	141	—
Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	35	0.5	9	3	6	0	82	124	157	—
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	0.5	31	6	25	1	141	49	98	—
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	0.4	34	7	27	2	127	38	97	—
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	0.4	29	7	22	5	122	65	85	—
Simon Benoit	D	PHI	28	0.3	9	2	7	0	58	209	117	—
Nick Seeler	D	PHI	33	0.2	9	2	6	0	83	121	156	—
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	0.0	22	4	18	0	95	147	83	—
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	0.0	24	8	16	4	134	37	88	—
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	0.0	31	5	25	7	98	87	71	—
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	-0.0	29	6	23	3	83	103	86	—
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	-0.0	18	4	14	0	69	118	131	—
Philip Broberg	D	STL	25	-0.1	33	7	26	6	95	37	97	—
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	-0.3	31	7	24	14	91	32	70	—

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	-0.3	23	7	16	3	90	58	110	—
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	22	-0.3	22	7	14	9	103	22	100	—
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	-0.4	32	6	25	4	106	66	71	—
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	-0.5	28	6	22	5	108	21	107	—
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	-0.5	27	6	22	6	90	43	103	—
Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	36	-0.5	19	4	14	5	83	66	120	—
Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	24	-0.5	14	3	11	0	96	128	103	—
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	-0.5	23	3	20	3	92	41	133	—
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	-0.6	27	7	20	9	93	19	96	—
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	-0.6	19	3	16	0	68	84	137	—
Andrew Peeke	D	UTA	28	-0.7	9	2	7	0	79	112	136	—
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	-0.7	19	4	15	0	64	50	158	—
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	-0.7	14	3	11	0	72	99	134	—
Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	25	-0.8	27	6	21	8	79	32	100	—
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	-0.8	16	4	12	0	95	115	91	—
Sam Rinzel	D	CHI	22	-0.8	21	5	15	2	123	65	82	—

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	-0.9	30	6	25	7	124	30	64	—
Zach Whitecloud	D	CGY	29	-0.9	11	2	9	0	65	123	127	—
Adam Pelech	D	NYI	32	-1.0	15	4	11	0	109	69	114	—
Erik Cernak	D	TBL	29	-1.0	10	2	8	0	61	149	112	—
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	31	-1.0	19	4	15	2	88	88	98	—
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	-1.1	24	5	19	1	94	61	94	—
Luca Cagnoni	D	SJS	22	-1.1	22	4	18	8	63	64	97	—
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	-1.1	20	2	18	0	59	134	98	—
Brandon Carlo	D	STL	29	-1.1	9	2	7	0	80	94	137	—
Brenden Dillon	D	NJD	35	-1.1	9	1	7	0	49	186	97	—
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	-1.2	25	8	18	3	89	30	92	—
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	-1.2	15	2	13	0	69	119	107	—
Connor Murphy	D	EDM	33	-1.2	9	2	7	0	67	98	136	—
Dylan Samberg	D	WPG	27	-1.3	14	3	11	0	93	63	126	—
Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	33	-1.3	16	3	13	2	85	91	102	—
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	-1.3	14	3	11	3	73	66	123	—

Tier 14 · 9 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Niko Mikkola	D	FLA	30	-1.4	9	3	7	0	82	136	93	—
Yan Kuznetsov	D	CGY	24	-1.4	10	3	7	0	78	96	117	—
Alberts Smits	D	NYR	19	-1.4	25	12	14	3	82	44	60	—
Ian Cole	D	CHI	37	-1.5	14	2	12	0	54	74	145	—
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	26	-1.5	13	2	11	1	64	117	104	—
Will Borgen	D	BOS	29	-1.5	9	2	7	0	72	125	105	—
Jamie Oleksiak	D	VAN	33	-1.6	9	2	7	0	71	100	121	—
Zayne Parekh	D	CGY	20	-1.6	17	7	10	12	98	29	63	—
Tyler Myers	D	DAL	36	-1.7	11	3	8	0	79	83	117	—

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.