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
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	12.8	130	46	84	36	345	57	44	—
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	12.7	140	44	95	53	280	49	29	—
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	12.1	119	43	76	37	314	51	52	—

Tier 2 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	10.8	81	41	39	21	287	56	96	—
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	9.8	104	31	73	41	184	63	63	—
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	9.7	128	37	91	43	238	34	30	—
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	9.6	111	36	75	34	295	80	30	—
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	9.5	89	39	50	32	277	59	59	—

Tier 3 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	9.2	79	36	43	26	298	222	27	—
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	8.9	96	40	55	38	276	55	37	—
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	8.9	89	43	46	40	226	53	51	—
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	8.9	79	32	47	27	187	134	72	—

Tier 4 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	8.6	112	39	73	48	224	39	22	—
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	8.5	92	33	59	34	202	126	45	—
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	7.8	96	30	67	31	256	33	47	—
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	7.7	100	36	64	33	286	7	36	—
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	7.7	86	25	61	33	179	95	57	—
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	7.6	99	32	67	39	191	55	39	—

Tier 5 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	7.2	61	20	41	24	141	78	100	—
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	7.0	76	36	40	31	199	78	52	—
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	6.9	72	33	39	27	247	129	38	—
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	6.9	77	37	40	24	264	82	43	—
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	6.8	87	38	49	30	220	39	43	—
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	6.7	82	39	43	26	270	43	39	—
Martin Necas	R	COL	27	6.5	97	33	64	30	214	81	27	—
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	6.4	62	28	34	10	186	78	91	—
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	6.2	75	37	39	29	252	65	34	—
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	6.2	72	32	40	25	202	53	60	—
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	6.2	84	39	45	31	248	47	27	—
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	6.2	72	27	44	31	196	82	48	—
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	6.1	89	40	49	14	229	53	48	—
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	6.0	61	29	32	14	155	200	60	—
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	6.0	95	31	65	32	226	11	33	—
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	5.9	55	31	24	12	255	137	56	—

Tier 6 · 8 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	5.9	62	28	34	25	202	200	31	—
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	5.9	93	37	56	23	267	32	26	—
Will Cuylle	L	NYR	24	5.8	43	23	21	7	158	299	59	—
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	5.6	63	22	41	10	149	206	61	—
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	5.6	79	41	38	27	258	54	24	—
Kirill Marchenko	R	TOR	26	5.6	74	30	44	24	226	64	43	—
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	5.5	91	31	60	23	167	43	47	—
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	5.4	89	23	67	29	170	35	46	—

Tier 7 · 13 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	5.3	65	29	36	13	218	126	49	—
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	5.3	68	35	33	20	288	68	31	—
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	5.3	74	36	38	27	231	47	34	—
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	5.2	71	32	39	16	224	119	38	—
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	5.2	85	27	58	32	191	47	31	—
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	5.0	88	33	55	29	214	17	29	—
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	5.0	79	33	46	19	230	98	28	—
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	5.0	63	30	33	24	179	103	47	—
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	5.0	70	30	40	28	199	153	20	—
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	5.0	68	23	45	24	150	150	42	—
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	5.0	85	31	54	28	203	63	25	—
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	4.9	69	28	41	31	175	128	26	—
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	4.9	60	29	30	18	186	96	56	—

Tier 8 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Matthew Knies	L	CBJ	24	4.7	69	26	43	21	150	164	35	—
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	4.5	62	27	35	21	174	45	63	—
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	4.5	81	31	50	24	230	36	28	—
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	4.5	81	25	57	25	185	78	30	—
Seth Jarvis	R	CAR	24	4.5	70	34	36	20	211	81	34	—
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	4.5	63	33	31	16	238	69	42	—
Eeli Tolvanen	R	NYR	27	4.4	37	16	21	11	136	198	74	—
Alex Laferriere	R	LAK	24	4.4	49	24	24	5	206	213	46	—
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	4.3	67	23	44	19	178	68	53	—
Roman Kantserov	R	CHI	22	4.3	57	32	25	21	244	75	37	—
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	4.3	61	24	36	11	184	156	46	—
Owen Tippett	R	PHI	27	4.3	50	26	24	8	210	151	53	—
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	4.2	73	27	46	15	181	105	40	—
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	4.2	77	28	49	29	199	83	17	—
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	4.0	68	28	40	15	206	77	42	—
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	4.0	79	32	48	20	209	20	36	—

Tier 9 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Anton Frondell	C	CHI	19	4.0	44	32	13	16	228	63	57	—
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	3.9	59	28	31	14	203	132	37	—
Elias Lindholm	C	BOS	31	3.8	55	21	34	19	134	70	68	—
Kiefer Sherwood	L	SJS	31	3.8	32	17	15	8	152	360	30	—
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	3.6	73	25	48	27	131	33	46	—
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	3.6	55	23	32	17	198	116	40	—
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	3.5	68	27	41	21	180	20	46	—
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	3.4	70	32	37	21	181	77	28	—
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	3.3	66	22	45	25	142	15	53	—
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	3.2	66	26	40	24	162	67	33	—
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	3.1	79	24	56	20	134	14	47	—
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	23	3.1	54	23	31	13	154	39	68	—
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	3.0	83	28	55	25	214	14	15	—
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	3.0	56	31	24	25	220	28	31	—
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	3.0	71	25	47	23	166	60	31	—
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	3.0	54	29	25	24	175	75	36	—

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Ryan Hartman	C	MIN	32	2.9	39	20	20	7	161	69	79	—
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	2.9	58	27	31	24	203	57	28	—
Ryan O'Reilly	C	NSH	35	2.9	64	23	41	19	135	17	59	—
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	2.9	55	27	28	19	159	111	35	—
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	2.8	69	20	48	18	166	32	45	—
Brock Nelson	C	COL	35	2.7	56	26	30	14	170	36	54	—
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	2.7	72	31	41	21	167	16	34	—
Jake DeBrusk	L	VAN	30	2.7	46	26	20	21	192	77	38	—
Porter Martone	R	PHI	20	2.6	47	23	23	16	182	161	27	—
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	2.6	75	23	52	25	150	32	29	—
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	2.5	62	38	24	17	193	66	23	—
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	2.5	59	24	35	13	170	96	37	—
Quinton Byfield	C	LAK	24	2.4	57	26	31	12	180	73	40	—
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	2.3	65	22	43	26	187	26	27	—
Anton Lundell	C	FLA	25	2.3	52	21	31	14	166	90	44	—
Alexander Wennberg	C	SJS	32	2.3	46	14	32	13	87	31	87	—

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Ryan Leonard	R	WSH	21	2.2	53	23	29	15	175	126	29	—
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	2.2	57	24	33	19	211	51	28	—
Lawson Crouse	L	UTA	29	2.1	37	20	17	2	135	205	51	—
Blake Coleman	L	MIN	34	2.1	38	20	18	2	171	155	53	—
Gabriel Vilardi	R	WPG	27	2.1	63	26	37	24	138	21	37	—
Jared McCann	L	SEA	30	2.0	56	24	32	18	170	52	38	—
Jordan Kyrou	R	WSH	28	2.0	59	26	33	17	201	26	33	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	EDM	33	2.0	58	21	38	28	141	30	35	—
Carter Verhaeghe	L	FLA	31	1.9	59	26	33	13	202	75	25	—
Vasily Podkolzin	R	EDM	25	1.8	32	15	17	3	127	223	49	—
Emil Heineman	L	NYI	24	1.8	27	18	9	4	147	225	45	—
Mason McTavish	C	STL	23	1.8	53	23	29	14	167	90	35	—
Charlie Coyle	C	CBJ	34	1.8	49	18	31	10	121	104	53	—
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	1.8	59	26	33	18	150	64	33	—
Anthony Cirelli	C	TBL	29	1.6	56	24	32	5	136	48	59	—
Ben Kindel	C	PIT	19	1.6	46	23	23	10	178	34	54	—

Tier 12 · 11 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	W
Fabian Zetterlund	L	OTT	27	1.5	36	18	18	8	147	149	47	—
Will Smith	R	SJS	21	1.5	68	25	43	21	188	19	18	—
Brock Boeser	R	VAN	29	1.5	52	24	28	21	162	62	30	—
Gavin McKenna	L	TOR	19	1.5	58	17	41	12	201	62	30	—
Jake Neighbours	L	STL	24	1.5	41	18	24	10	110	166	44	—
Mikael Granlund	C	ANA	34	1.5	50	19	32	16	132	46	51	—
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	1.4	57	25	32	21	162	59	24	—
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	25	1.3	46	24	22	5	148	87	51	—
Pavel Zacha	C	BOS	29	1.3	61	24	37	18	130	69	28	—
Ivan Barbashev	L	VGK	30	1.2	55	20	35	5	121	135	37	—
Boone Jenner	C	WSH	33	1.2	37	16	22	4	124	127	58	—

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.