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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The sites disagree about who plays where. Fantrax grants a second position to 424 players; ESPN and Yahoo draw the lines differently again, and it decides which tier a man appears in at all.

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Scored for Points-only — goals + assists only — no peripherals · counting G · A

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	140	140	44	95
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	130	130	46	84
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	128	128	37	91

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	119	119	43	76
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	112	112	39	73
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	111	111	36	75

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	104	104	31	73
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	100	100	36	64
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	99	99	32	67

Tier 4 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Martin Necas	R	COL	27	97	97	33	64
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	96	96	30	67
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	96	96	40	55
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	95	95	31	65

Tier 5 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	93	93	37	56
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	92	92	19	73
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	92	92	33	59
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	91	91	13	78
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	91	91	31	60
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	90	90	23	68
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	89	89	23	67
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	89	89	40	49
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	89	89	39	50
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	89	89	43	46
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	88	88	33	55
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	87	87	38	49
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	87	87	12	75
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	86	86	25	61
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	85	85	31	54
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	85	85	27	58

Tier 6 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	84	84	39	45
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	84	84	20	64
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	83	83	28	55

Tier 7 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	82	82	39	43
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	81	81	25	57
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	81	81	31	50
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	81	81	41	39

Tier 8 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	79	79	36	43
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	79	79	32	48
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	79	79	24	56
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	79	79	41	38
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	79	79	32	47
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	79	79	33	46
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	78	78	19	59
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	77	77	28	49
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	77	77	37	40
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	76	76	36	40
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	75	75	37	39
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	75	75	23	52
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	74	74	36	38
Kirill Marchenko	R	TOR	26	74	74	30	44
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	73	73	25	48
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	73	73	27	46

Tier 9 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	72	72	32	40
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	72	72	27	44
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	72	72	33	39
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	72	72	31	41
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	71	71	25	47
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	71	71	32	39
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	71	71	11	60
Seth Jarvis	R	CAR	24	70	70	34	36
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	70	70	30	40
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	70	70	32	37
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	69	69	28	41
Matthew Knies	L	CBJ	24	69	69	26	43
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	69	69	20	48
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	68	68	23	46
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	68	68	23	45
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	68	68	35	33

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	68	68	28	40
Will Smith	R	SJS	21	68	68	25	43
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	68	68	27	41
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	67	67	23	44
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	66	66	26	40
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	66	66	22	45
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	65	65	22	43
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	65	65	29	36
Ryan O'Reilly	C	NSH	35	64	64	23	41
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	63	63	33	31
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	63	63	22	41
Gabriel Vilardi	R	WPG	27	63	63	26	37
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	63	63	14	49
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	63	63	30	33
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	62	62	28	34
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	62	62	27	35

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	62	62	28	34
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	62	62	38	24
Matvei Michkov	R	PHI	21	62	62	24	38
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	61	61	20	41
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	61	61	24	36
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	61	61	29	32
Pavel Zacha	C	BOS	29	61	61	24	37
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	60	60	10	51
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	60	60	29	30
Jordan Kyrou	R	WSH	28	59	59	26	33
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	59	59	28	31
Trevor Zegras	C	PHI	25	59	59	22	37
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	59	59	10	49
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	59	59	12	47
Carter Verhaeghe	L	FLA	31	59	59	26	33
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	59	59	24	35

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	59	59	26	33
Jackson Blake	R	CAR	23	59	59	27	31
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	58	58	27	31
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	EDM	33	58	58	21	38
Matt Duchene	C	DAL	35	58	58	20	39
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	58	58	11	47
Gavin McKenna	L	TOR	19	58	58	17	41
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	58	58	14	44
Roman Kantserov	R	CHI	22	57	57	32	25
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	57	57	24	33
Quinton Byfield	C	LAK	24	57	57	26	31
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	57	57	11	47
Luke Evangelista	R	NJD	24	57	57	17	41
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	57	57	10	47
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	57	57	25	32
Brock Nelson	C	COL	35	56	56	26	30

Tier 13 · 14 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Patrick Kane	R	CHI	37	56	56	18	39
Anthony Cirelli	C	TBL	29	56	56	24	32
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	56	56	31	24
Evgeni Malkin	C	PIT	40	56	56	18	38
Jared McCann	L	SEA	30	56	56	24	32
Ivan Barbashev	L	VGK	30	55	55	20	35
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	55	55	27	28
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	55	55	11	44
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	55	55	23	32
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	55	55	31	24
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	55	55	12	43
Elias Lindholm	C	BOS	31	55	55	21	34
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	23	54	54	23	31
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	54	54	11	43

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.