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	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	14.6	76	33	43	27	297	222	27	103
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	14.4	135	43	93	51	273	48	28	40
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	13.8	126	45	82	35	336	56	43	39

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	13.3	120	44	76	37	314	51	52	40
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	12.6	110	37	73	33	288	78	29	61
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	12.0	127	37	90	42	235	34	29	44

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	11.6	97	32	66	38	189	55	39	87
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	11.5	117	45	73	48	224	39	22	35
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	10.8	58	10	48	27	174	158	180	52

Tier 4 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	10.2	59	28	31	14	151	194	58	112
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	10.1	78	19	58	24	206	90	95	72
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	9.9	97	42	54	37	269	53	36	28
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	9.9	79	29	51	30	208	87	18	88
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	9.8	90	32	58	33	200	125	44	40

Tier 5 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	9.5	103	31	72	41	182	63	62	25
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	9.5	89	23	66	34	217	42	124	23
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	9.4	85	37	48	30	267	57	57	37
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	9.4	89	44	46	39	224	53	51	29

Tier 6 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	9.1	91	19	72	33	222	36	101	31
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	9.0	80	40	40	21	291	56	97	22
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	8.5	69	24	45	24	259	42	111	40
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	8.4	92	14	78	38	202	12	85	34
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	8.4	58	26	33	24	197	195	30	58
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	8.3	72	28	44	25	175	126	68	48
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	8.2	71	33	38	26	242	126	37	35
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	8.1	66	28	38	27	191	147	19	63
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	8.1	34	7	27	10	155	179	173	68
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	8.0	84	37	48	29	212	38	41	46
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	7.9	77	39	38	23	255	79	41	35
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	7.9	61	21	40	17	147	203	60	60
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	7.8	77	32	46	19	229	98	28	57
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	7.8	86	41	45	31	248	47	27	28
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	7.8	85	37	48	13	225	52	47	62
Martin Necas	C	COL	27	7.8	95	33	63	29	208	79	26	28

Tier 7 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	7.8	82	21	61	23	264	27	107	22
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	7.7	97	35	62	32	278	7	35	15
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	7.3	71	32	38	16	219	116	37	52
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	7.3	81	39	42	26	267	42	39	24
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	7.3	56	26	30	13	198	128	36	83
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	7.3	93	30	63	31	220	11	32	36
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	7.2	57	11	46	20	117	98	132	65
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	7.2	92	28	64	30	246	32	45	16
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	7.2	78	38	40	31	200	78	52	18
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	7.2	84	24	60	32	177	94	56	19
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	7.1	83	30	53	27	198	61	25	45
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	6.9	19	4	16	0	99	195	98	139
Will Cuylle	L	NYR	24	6.8	40	20	20	7	152	289	57	56
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	6.8	71	34	37	26	224	46	33	45
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	6.8	69	23	45	24	150	150	42	43
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	6.7	81	44	38	26	256	53	24	15

Tier 8 · 14 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	6.6	69	29	40	30	171	124	26	33
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	6.6	53	21	32	16	196	60	110	57
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	6.6	90	32	58	22	161	42	45	45
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	6.6	25	6	19	1	160	142	155	90
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	6.5	71	26	45	15	177	102	39	59
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	6.5	92	36	55	29	214	17	29	22
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	6.4	91	37	53	23	257	30	25	18
Kiefer Sherwood	L	SJS	31	6.4	33	18	15	8	150	355	30	45
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	6.2	64	30	34	11	182	76	89	51
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	6.2	80	29	51	25	185	60	31	37
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	6.2	62	14	48	28	178	37	148	14
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	6.0	84	27	56	32	187	46	31	23
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	5.9	71	27	43	30	192	80	47	17
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	5.9	59	15	44	21	173	64	77	54

Tier 9 · 14 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Matthew Knies	L	TOR	24	5.8	68	26	43	17	149	163	35	35
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	5.7	71	32	39	25	197	52	58	25
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	5.7	50	28	22	12	245	132	54	33
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	5.6	68	34	34	26	221	56	30	25
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	5.6	73	28	46	24	209	32	26	44
Kirill Marchenko	R	CBJ	26	5.6	71	30	41	23	213	60	40	28
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	5.5	40	13	27	12	160	37	158	63
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	5.5	88	24	64	28	164	34	44	21
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	5.5	63	33	31	16	235	68	42	35
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	5.4	70	11	59	29	126	36	105	30
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	5.3	63	29	34	12	207	120	47	30
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	5.3	48	11	37	10	168	64	169	33
Anton Frondell	C	CHI	19	5.2	46	33	13	16	287	108	43	18
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	5.2	59	28	31	24	201	56	28	44

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	5.0	61	20	41	24	141	78	100	20
Mark Kastelic	C	BOS	27	5.0	17	9	8	1	88	211	55	121
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	4.9	54	22	32	17	200	117	41	36
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	4.9	54	30	24	23	170	73	35	47
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	4.8	53	10	43	23	133	46	120	38
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	4.8	57	26	31	22	169	98	45	31
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	4.8	78	33	46	19	199	19	34	32
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	4.8	78	23	55	25	180	76	29	14
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	4.7	59	13	46	19	151	46	117	30
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	4.6	68	31	37	20	178	76	28	30
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	4.6	84	29	55	25	212	13	14	19
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	4.6	54	13	41	23	175	31	105	29
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	4.6	66	30	36	19	161	69	35	38
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	4.6	38	13	25	11	193	86	89	57
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	4.5	74	10	64	22	109	29	110	30
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	4.5	59	9	50	24	144	25	120	27

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jeremy Lauzon	D	VGK	29	4.5	8	2	6	0	73	274	98	88
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	4.4	67	26	41	24	165	68	33	27
Evgeni Malkin	C	PIT	40	4.4	66	21	45	23	154	27	27	56
Mathieu Olivier	R	CBJ	29	4.3	22	12	10	0	88	221	49	100
Alex Laferriere	R	LAK	24	4.3	45	22	24	5	201	208	45	22
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	4.2	63	20	43	19	173	67	51	32
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	4.2	59	31	28	17	245	58	26	24
Alex Ovechkin	L	WSH	41	4.2	60	31	29	19	209	110	14	20
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	4.2	67	23	44	25	141	15	53	40
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	4.2	57	25	32	21	163	57	23	50
Matvei Michkov	R	PHI	21	4.2	61	24	37	17	182	33	22	59
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	4.1	46	12	34	13	161	37	138	35
Owen Tippett	R	PHI	27	4.0	48	25	23	8	202	145	51	26
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	4.0	58	30	28	19	157	110	34	23
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	4.0	59	35	24	17	192	66	23	34
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	4.0	66	18	48	18	164	31	45	45

Tier 12 · 9 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	4.0	25	6	19	1	139	149	161	43
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	3.9	58	24	34	11	172	145	43	22
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	3.9	61	27	34	21	170	43	61	23
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	3.9	45	7	38	17	120	120	93	36
Jack McBain	C	UTA	26	3.9	26	11	15	1	93	261	43	74
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	3.9	58	29	29	18	181	94	54	12
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	3.7	81	25	56	20	135	14	47	28
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	3.7	55	23	32	19	205	49	27	39
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	3.7	52	11	41	14	138	70	125	23

Tier 13 · 11 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Adam Klapka	R	CGY	26	3.5	16	7	9	1	76	257	45	86
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	3.5	56	12	44	24	131	37	76	33
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	3.5	55	32	23	24	206	26	29	24
Carter Verhaeghe	C	FLA	31	3.5	56	25	32	14	197	73	24	36
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	3.5	29	6	23	2	83	103	86	101
Anton Lundell	C	FLA	25	3.4	51	20	31	14	164	89	44	39
Brayden Schenn	C	NYI	35	3.4	38	16	22	8	111	166	41	59
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	3.3	66	26	40	21	175	19	45	22
A.J. Greer	L	ANA	29	3.3	22	11	12	1	88	188	28	103
Radko Gudas	D	FLA	36	3.2	9	1	8	0	71	204	119	78
Ryan Leonard	R	WSH	21	3.2	47	21	27	13	159	115	26	43

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