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

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	92	92	14	78
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	91	91	19	72
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	89	89	23	66

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	82	82	21	61
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	78	78	19	58
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	74	74	10	64

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	70	70	11	59
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	69	69	24	45
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	62	62	14	48

Tier 4 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	59	59	13	46
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	59	59	15	44
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	59	59	9	50
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	58	58	12	46
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	58	58	10	48
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	57	57	11	46

Tier 5 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	56	56	12	44
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	54	54	13	41
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	53	53	10	43
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	53	53	21	32
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	52	52	11	41
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	52	52	10	42

Tier 6 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	49	49	9	39
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	48	48	11	37
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	47	47	8	38
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	47	46	12	34

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	45	45	7	38
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	45	45	10	34
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	44	44	9	36

Tier 8 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	42	42	11	32
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	40	40	13	27
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	40	39	9	31
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	39	39	10	29

Tier 9 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	38	38	13	25
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	38	38	8	29
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	37	37	8	29
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	36	36	8	28
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	36	36	7	29
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	36	36	7	29

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	35	34	7	28
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	35	35	7	28
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	34	34	10	25
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	34	34	7	27
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	34	34	7	27
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	34	34	8	26
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	33	33	9	24
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	33	33	6	27
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	32	32	9	23
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	32	31	7	25
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	31	31	9	23
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	31	31	6	25
Damon Severson	D	CBJ	32	30	30	8	23
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	30	30	5	25
Cam Fowler	D	STL	34	30	30	5	25
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	30	30	4	26

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	29	29	6	23
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	29	29	6	23
Ivan Provorov	D	CBJ	29	29	29	7	22
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	29	29	6	23
John Marino	D	UTA	29	29	29	3	26
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	28	28	5	23
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	28	28	7	22
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	28	28	6	22
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	28	28	8	20
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	27	27	9	18
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	27	27	4	24
Brent Burns	D	COL	41	27	27	7	20
Philip Broberg	D	STL	25	27	27	6	21
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	27	27	4	22
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	27	27	8	19
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	26	26	5	22

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	26	26	7	20
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	26	26	7	19
Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	25	25	25	6	20
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	25	25	5	20
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	—	25	25	6	19
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	25	25	6	19
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	25	25	6	19
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	25	25	6	19
Cam York	D	PHI	25	25	25	5	19
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	24	24	6	18
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	24	24	7	17
Simon Edvinsson	D	DET	23	24	24	7	17
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	23	23	7	16
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	23	23	5	19
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	23	23	4	19
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	23	23	4	19

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	37	23	23	4	19
Tom Willander	D	VAN	21	22	23	5	18
Ryan Shea	D	EDM	29	22	22	4	18
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	22	22	3	19
Artem Zub	D	OTT	31	22	22	4	18
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	21	21	4	18
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	21	21	7	14
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	22	21	21	8	14
Samuel Girard	D	PIT	28	21	21	3	18
Drew Doughty	D	LAK	36	21	21	5	16
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	20	20	5	15
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	20	20	7	13
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	19	19	4	16
Daxon Rudolph	D	BUF	—	19	19	7	12
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	19	19	4	15
Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	24	19	19	5	14

Tier 14 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	19	19	3	16
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	19	19	3	16
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	19	19	2	17
Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	32	18	18	4	15
Olli Maatta	D	MIN	32	18	18	3	16
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	18	18	4	14
Alberts Smits	D	NYR	—	18	18	8	10
Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	33	18	18	4	14
Erik Gustafsson	D	LAK	34	17	17	3	15
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	17	17	3	14
Sam Dickinson	D	SJS	20	17	17	3	14
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	17	17	4	12
Sam Rinzel	D	CHI	22	17	17	4	13
Henri Jokiharju	D	BOS	27	17	17	3	14
Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	36	16	16	4	12
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	31	16	16	3	14

Tier 15 · 12 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A
Cole Hutson	D	WSH	20	16	16	5	11
David Reinbacher	D	MTL	—	16	16	3	13
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	16	16	4	12
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	16	16	2	13
Jalen Chatfield	D	CAR	30	16	15	4	12
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	15	15	4	12
Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	33	15	15	3	13
Adam Wilsby	D	NSH	26	15	15	2	13
Ryker Evans	D	SEA	24	15	15	4	11
Dylan Samberg	D	WPG	27	15	15	3	12
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	14	14	3	11
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	26	14	14	3	12

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.