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
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	14.3	89	23	66	34	217	42	124	23
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	14.0	78	19	58	24	206	90	95	72
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	13.9	58	10	48	27	174	158	180	52

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	13.3	91	19	72	33	222	36	101	31
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	13.2	69	24	45	24	259	42	111	40
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	12.1	82	21	61	23	264	27	107	22

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	11.9	92	14	78	38	202	12	85	34
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	10.3	53	21	32	16	196	60	110	57
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	10.1	34	7	27	10	155	179	173	68

Tier 4 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	9.6	57	11	46	20	117	98	132	65
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	9.4	62	14	48	28	178	37	148	14
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	8.8	59	15	44	21	173	64	77	54

Tier 5 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	8.0	25	6	19	1	160	142	155	90
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	7.9	40	13	27	12	160	37	158	63
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	7.9	70	11	59	29	126	36	105	30

Tier 6 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	7.6	48	11	37	10	168	64	169	33
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	7.6	19	4	16	0	99	195	98	139
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	7.3	54	13	41	23	175	31	105	29
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	7.3	59	13	46	19	151	46	117	30
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	7.0	38	13	25	11	193	86	89	57
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	7.0	53	10	43	23	133	46	120	38

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	6.6	59	9	50	24	144	25	120	27
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	6.6	74	10	64	22	109	29	110	30
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	6.4	46	12	34	13	161	37	138	35

Tier 8 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	5.9	52	11	41	14	138	70	125	23
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	5.8	56	12	44	24	131	37	76	33
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	5.5	45	7	38	17	120	120	93	36

Tier 9 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	5.3	25	6	19	1	139	149	161	43
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	5.1	42	11	32	18	151	32	81	49
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	5.0	58	12	46	21	159	22	69	22
Jeremy Lauzon	D	VGK	29	5.0	8	2	6	0	73	274	98	88

Tier 10 · 13 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	4.7	52	10	42	14	140	34	111	28
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	4.6	45	10	34	10	136	42	139	25
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	4.6	36	7	29	11	137	26	141	50
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	4.5	39	9	31	19	125	77	98	26
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	4.4	24	6	18	6	127	151	107	50
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	4.3	32	9	23	8	123	130	98	36
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	4.2	29	6	23	2	83	103	86	101
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	4.1	24	7	17	1	152	121	113	53
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	4.0	49	9	39	18	166	23	64	32
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	3.9	36	8	28	3	121	115	97	50
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	3.9	36	7	29	6	121	58	151	39
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	3.9	34	10	25	13	165	71	69	39
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	3.8	47	8	38	17	120	41	97	28

Tier 11 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Radko Gudas	D	FLA	36	3.6	9	1	8	0	71	204	119	78
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	3.3	38	8	29	8	129	49	129	27
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	3.3	31	9	23	8	124	70	115	36

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	3.0	23	4	19	0	98	151	86	70
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	3.0	21	4	18	0	71	114	162	55
Simon Edvinsson	D	DET	23	2.9	24	7	17	1	85	87	132	64
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	2.8	37	8	29	9	130	38	116	27
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	2.8	33	9	24	3	103	59	151	28
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	2.7	39	10	29	5	98	58	94	45
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	2.7	33	6	27	10	113	95	88	38
Ben Chiarot	D	DET	35	2.5	7	2	5	0	89	142	140	63
Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	24	2.4	19	5	14	0	77	132	122	59
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	2.3	21	7	14	0	109	96	167	20
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	2.3	20	5	15	0	98	110	148	38
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	2.3	34	7	28	8	142	44	120	17
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	2.3	23	5	19	0	71	125	157	34
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	2.2	27	4	22	7	101	87	91	55
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	2.1	17	4	12	0	86	136	143	39
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	2.0	15	4	12	0	72	99	134	68

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	26	1.9	13	3	10	0	95	153	155	25
Ivan Provorov	D	CBJ	29	1.9	29	7	22	4	129	33	131	30
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	1.9	30	5	25	7	96	85	69	58
Erik Cernak	D	TBL	29	1.7	10	2	8	0	61	147	110	72
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	1.6	29	6	23	6	92	44	106	52
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	1.6	17	3	14	0	98	154	135	24
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	1.6	28	8	20	4	107	50	110	41
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	1.6	27	8	19	4	129	34	128	27
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	1.6	26	7	20	0	84	118	124	26
Brenden Dillon	D	NJD	35	1.5	8	2	7	0	48	181	94	74
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	1.5	44	9	36	10	125	5	88	24
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	1.5	29	6	23	2	131	64	96	41
Arber Xhekaj	D	MTL	25	1.4	2	0	1	0	52	177	54	109
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	1.4	35	7	28	4	116	59	102	28
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	1.3	30	4	26	11	87	108	67	37
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	1.2	28	7	22	5	119	63	83	39

Tier 14 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	1.2	31	7	25	14	91	32	70	43
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	1.1	27	4	24	9	92	90	75	40
Damon Severson	D	CBJ	32	1.0	30	8	23	3	92	43	95	47
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	1.0	34	7	27	2	127	38	97	31
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	0.9	19	3	16	0	67	83	136	54
Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	35	0.9	10	3	7	0	81	122	155	30
Simon Benoit	D	PHI	28	0.9	3	1	2	0	56	204	114	48
Nick Seeler	D	PHI	33	0.9	6	2	5	0	82	119	154	39
Michael Kesselring	D	SJS	26	0.9	13	3	9	1	107	70	73	84
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	0.8	25	6	19	2	94	61	94	55
Cam York	D	PHI	25	0.8	25	5	19	5	87	39	141	30
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	0.7	19	3	16	0	92	119	141	19
Niko Mikkola	D	FLA	30	0.7	10	3	7	0	82	136	93	57
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	0.5	34	8	26	3	128	30	101	19
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	0.5	26	5	22	1	83	39	166	18
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	0.4	25	5	20	4	98	19	97	53

Tier 15 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Artem Zub	D	OTT	31	0.4	22	4	18	0	77	73	117	48
Connor Murphy	D	EDM	33	0.3	9	2	7	0	63	93	129	58
Vincent Desharnais	D	WSH	30	0.2	3	0	3	0	42	130	110	75
Will Borgen	D	BOS	29	0.2	11	3	8	0	73	127	107	45
Emil Lilleberg	D	TBL	25	0.2	12	2	10	0	54	125	65	79
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	0.1	18	4	14	0	68	115	128	25
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	0.0	23	4	19	2	89	68	145	16
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	0.0	19	4	15	0	62	49	154	37
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	—	0.0	25	6	19	3	72	86	102	26
Tyler Myers	D	DAL	36	0.0	11	2	8	0	78	82	115	56
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	-0.0	16	4	12	0	89	107	84	45
Connor Clifton	D	BOS	31	-0.0	4	1	3	0	45	186	94	52
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	26	-0.1	14	3	12	1	63	116	103	47
Ian Cole	D	CHI	37	-0.2	13	2	12	0	53	72	141	49
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	-0.3	23	7	16	3	89	57	109	22
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	-0.3	16	2	13	0	69	117	105	38

Tier 16 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Brandon Carlo	D	STL	29	-0.4	6	1	5	0	79	93	135	44
Brent Burns	D	COL	41	-0.4	27	7	20	3	144	17	76	25
Adam Pelech	D	NYI	32	-0.4	13	3	11	0	105	66	110	42
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	-0.4	31	6	25	4	104	66	70	23
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	-0.5	28	6	22	1	127	45	89	21
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	-0.6	19	2	17	0	56	127	93	40
Zach Whitecloud	D	CGY	29	-0.6	11	2	9	0	63	118	122	32
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	-0.6	28	5	23	6	116	28	61	35
Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	24	-0.7	11	2	9	0	83	112	89	42
Tyler Tucker	D	STL	26	-0.7	11	2	8	0	62	105	58	76
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	-0.7	14	3	11	3	71	64	120	38
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	-0.8	26	7	19	7	87	18	89	28
Johnathan Kovacevic	D	NJD	29	-0.8	11	1	10	0	60	98	83	63
Jamie Oleksiak	D	VAN	33	-0.9	9	3	7	0	69	98	118	35
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	-1.0	22	3	19	3	89	39	128	20
Dylan Samberg	D	WPG	27	-1.0	15	3	12	0	93	63	126	23

Tier 17 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	Value	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	-1.1	27	9	18	2	89	30	92	17
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	-1.1	20	7	13	3	118	32	77	28
Ilya Lyubushkin	D	NSH	32	-1.1	7	1	6	0	45	97	126	46

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.