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

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	92	92	19	73
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	91	91	13	78
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	90	90	23	68

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	87	87	12	75
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	84	84	20	64
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	78	78	19	59

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	71	71	11	60
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	68	68	23	46
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	63	63	14	49

Tier 4 · 7 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	60	60	10	51
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	59	59	10	49
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	59	59	12	47
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	58	58	11	47
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	58	58	14	44
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	57	57	11	47
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	57	57	10	47

Tier 5 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	55	55	11	44
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	55	55	12	43
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	54	54	11	43
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	53	53	13	40

Tier 6 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	51	51	19	32
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	49	49	10	39
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	48	48	11	38
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	47	47	9	38

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	46	46	10	36
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	46	46	8	38
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	45	45	7	38

Tier 8 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	43	43	10	33
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	42	42	10	32
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	42	42	9	33
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	41	41	11	31
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	41	41	13	28

Tier 9 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	39	39	8	31
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	39	39	9	31
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	38	38	11	28
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	38	38	9	29
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	38	38	13	25
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	38	38	8	30

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	36	36	7	29
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	35	35	7	28
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	35	35	8	27
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	35	35	7	28
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	34	34	7	27
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	34	34	10	25
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	34	34	7	27
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	34	34	6	29
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	21	34	34	8	25
Philip Broberg	D	STL	25	33	33	7	26
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	32	32	9	24
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	32	32	6	25
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	31	31	9	23
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	31	31	7	24
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	31	31	6	25
Cole Hutson	D	WSH	20	31	31	10	21

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	31	31	5	25
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	30	30	5	26
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	30	30	6	25
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	29	29	6	24
Cam Fowler	D	STL	34	29	29	5	25
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	29	29	6	24
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	29	29	6	23
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	29	29	7	22
John Marino	D	UTA	29	29	29	4	25
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	28	28	5	23
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	28	28	6	22
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	28	28	6	22
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	27	27	8	20
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	27	27	6	22
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	27	27	7	21
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	27	27	7	20

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	25	27	27	6	21
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	26	26	6	20
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	26	26	7	19
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	26	26	7	18
Cam York	D	PHI	25	26	26	6	19
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	25	25	8	17
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	25	25	8	18
Alberts Smits	D	NYR	19	25	25	12	14
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	24	24	4	20
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	24	24	8	16
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	24	24	5	19
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	24	24	5	19
Tom Willander	D	VAN	21	24	24	5	19
Tristan Luneau	D	ANA	22	24	24	6	18
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	23	23	7	16
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	23	23	3	20

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	DET	21	23	23	6	17
Ryan Shea	D	EDM	29	23	23	4	19
Brent Burns	D	COL	41	23	23	6	17
Luca Cagnoni	D	SJS	22	22	22	4	18
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	22	22	5	17
Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	37	22	22	4	18
Carson Carels	D	CGY	18	22	22	6	16
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	22	22	4	18
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	22	22	22	7	14
Samuel Girard	D	PIT	28	22	22	4	18
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	21	21	4	18
Sam Rinzel	D	CHI	22	21	21	5	15
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	20	20	4	16
Adam Engstrom	D	MTL	23	20	20	6	14
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	20	20	5	15
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	20	20	6	14

Tier 14 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	20	20	2	18
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	19	19	3	16
Drew Doughty	D	LAK	36	19	19	4	15
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	19	19	3	16
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	19	19	4	15
Sam Dickinson	D	SJS	20	19	19	4	15
Matt Grzelcyk	D	BUF	32	19	19	2	17
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	31	19	19	4	15
Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	36	19	19	4	14
Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	32	18	18	4	14
Olli Maatta	D	MIN	32	18	18	3	15
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	18	18	4	14
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	18	18	4	14
Zayne Parekh	D	CGY	20	17	17	7	10
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	16	16	4	12
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	16	16	4	12

Tier 15 · 12 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	33	16	16	3	13
Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	33	16	16	3	13
Adam Wilsby	D	NSH	26	15	15	3	13
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	15	15	2	13
Theo Lindstein	D	STL	21	15	15	7	9
Adam Pelech	D	NYI	32	15	15	4	11
Jalen Chatfield	D	CAR	30	15	15	4	11
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	14	14	3	11
Ryker Evans	D	SEA	24	14	14	4	11
Nate Schmidt	D	UTA	35	14	14	3	11
Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	24	14	14	3	11
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	14	14	3	11

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.