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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Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	135	135	43	93
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	127	127	37	90
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	126	126	45	82

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	120	120	44	76
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	117	117	45	73
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	110	110	37	73

Tier 3 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	103	103	31	72
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	97	97	32	66
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	97	97	35	62
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	96	97	42	54
Martin Necas	C	COL	27	95	95	33	63

Tier 4 · 11 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	93	93	30	63
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	92	92	28	64
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	92	92	14	78
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	92	92	36	55
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	91	91	37	53
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	91	91	19	72
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	90	90	32	58
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	90	90	32	58
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	89	89	44	46
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	89	89	23	66
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	88	88	24	64

Tier 5 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	86	86	41	45
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	85	85	37	48
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	85	85	37	48
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	84	84	29	55
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	84	84	37	48
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	84	84	24	60
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	84	84	27	56
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	83	83	30	53
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	82	82	21	61
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	81	81	39	42
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	81	81	44	38
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	81	81	25	56
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	80	80	29	51
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	80	80	40	40
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	79	79	29	51
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	78	78	23	55

Tier 6 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	78	78	33	46
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	78	78	38	40
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	78	78	19	58
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	77	77	32	46
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	77	77	39	38
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	76	76	33	43

Tier 7 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	74	74	10	64
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	73	73	33	41
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	73	73	28	46
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	72	72	28	44
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	71	71	33	38
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	71	71	26	45
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	71	71	24	47
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	71	71	34	37
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	71	71	32	38
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	71	71	27	43
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	71	71	32	39
Kirill Marchenko	R	CBJ	26	71	71	30	41
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	70	70	11	59
Will Smith	C	SJS	21	70	70	27	43
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	69	69	24	45
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	69	69	29	40

Tier 8 · 13 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	69	69	21	48
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	69	69	23	45
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	68	68	34	34
Matthew Knies	L	TOR	24	68	68	26	43
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	68	68	31	37
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	67	67	26	41
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	67	67	23	44
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	66	66	30	36
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	66	66	28	38
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	66	66	26	40
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	66	66	23	43
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	66	66	18	48
Evgeni Malkin	C	PIT	40	65	66	21	45

Tier 9 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	64	64	30	34
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	63	63	33	31
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	63	63	29	34
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	63	63	20	43
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	62	62	14	48
Ryan O'Reilly	C	NSH	35	62	62	22	40
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	61	61	20	41
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	61	61	27	34
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	61	61	21	40
Matvei Michkov	R	PHI	21	61	61	24	37
Mats Zuccarello	R	LAK	39	61	61	18	43
Gabriel Vilardi	C	WPG	27	60	60	26	34
Matt Duchene	C	DAL	35	60	60	21	39
Alex Ovechkin	L	WSH	41	59	60	31	29
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	59	59	31	28
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	59	59	13	46

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	59	59	28	31
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	59	59	28	31
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	59	59	15	44
Pavel Zacha	C	BOS	29	59	59	23	36
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	59	59	9	50
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	59	59	35	24
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	58	58	26	33
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	58	58	29	29
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	58	58	24	34
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	58	58	12	46
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	58	58	10	48
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	58	58	30	28
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	EDM	33	58	58	20	37
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	57	58	24	34
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	57	57	24	34
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	57	57	26	31

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	57	57	25	32
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	57	57	11	46
Carter Verhaeghe	C	FLA	31	56	56	25	32
Jared McCann	L	SEA	30	56	56	25	32
Jordan Kyrou	R	WSH	28	56	56	25	31
Brock Nelson	C	COL	35	56	56	27	29
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	56	56	12	44
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	56	56	26	30
Trevor Zegras	C	PHI	25	55	55	21	35
Ivan Barbashev	L	VGK	30	55	55	21	34
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	55	55	23	32
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	55	55	32	23
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	54	54	13	41
Anthony Cirelli	C	TBL	29	54	54	23	31
Marco Rossi	C	VAN	25	54	54	19	34
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	54	54	22	32

Tier 12 · 9 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	54	54	30	24
JJ Peterka	R	BOS	24	54	54	25	29
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	53	53	10	43
Patrick Kane	R	CHI	37	53	53	17	36
Quinton Byfield	R	LAK	24	53	53	24	29
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	53	53	21	32
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	52	52	11	41
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	23	52	52	22	30
Brock Boeser	R	VAN	29	52	52	24	28

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.