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 league — G=3, A=2, PPP=1, SOG=0.4, HIT/BLK=0.3, PIM=0.3

Tier 1 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Cale Makar	D	COL	27	378	89	23	66	34	217	42	124	23
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	26	372	91	19	72	33	222	36	101	31
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	29	360	82	21	61	23	264	27	107	22
Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	26	358	78	19	58	24	206	90	95	72
Quinn Hughes	D	MIN	27	356	92	14	78	38	202	12	85	34

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Matthew Schaefer	D	NYI	19	348	69	24	45	24	259	42	111	40
Moritz Seider	D	DET	25	339	58	10	48	27	174	158	180	52
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	24	297	62	14	48	28	178	37	148	14

Tier 3 · 4 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	28	289	53	21	32	16	196	60	110	57
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	30	282	59	15	44	21	173	64	77	54
Adam Fox	D	NYR	28	282	70	11	59	29	126	36	105	30
Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	28	279	57	11	46	20	117	98	132	65

Tier 4 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	22	273	74	10	64	22	109	29	110	30
MacKenzie Weegar	D	UTA	32	272	34	7	27	10	155	179	173	68
Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	31	268	59	13	46	19	151	46	117	30

Tier 5 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	26	264	48	11	37	10	168	64	169	33
Roman Josi	D	NSH	36	264	54	13	41	23	175	31	105	29
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	27	260	59	9	50	24	144	25	120	27

Tier 6 · 7 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	28	254	53	10	43	23	133	46	120	38
Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	25	250	52	11	41	14	138	70	125	23
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	36	247	58	12	46	21	159	22	69	22
Rasmus Andersson	D	VGK	29	246	40	13	27	12	160	37	158	63
Brock Faber	D	MIN	24	246	46	12	34	13	161	37	138	35
Brandon Montour	D	SEA	32	245	38	13	25	11	193	86	89	57
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	33	244	56	12	44	24	131	37	76	33

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Darnell Nurse	D	SJS	31	237	25	6	19	1	160	142	155	90
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	28	237	45	7	38	17	120	120	93	36
John Carlson	D	TBL	36	235	52	10	42	14	140	34	111	28

Tier 8 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Luke Hughes	D	NJD	23	226	49	9	39	18	166	23	64	32
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	25	225	45	10	34	10	136	42	139	25
Vince Dunn	D	SEA	29	222	42	11	32	18	151	32	81	49

Tier 9 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jacob Trouba	D	SJS	32	218	25	6	19	1	139	149	161	43
Seth Jones	D	FLA	32	217	39	9	31	19	125	77	98	26
Victor Hedman	D	TBL	35	216	47	8	38	17	120	41	97	28

Tier 10 · 9 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	31	211	19	4	16	0	99	195	98	139
Alexander Nikishin	D	CAR	25	210	32	9	23	8	123	130	98	36
K'Andre Miller	D	CAR	26	210	36	8	28	3	121	115	97	50
Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	33	210	34	10	25	13	165	71	69	39
Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	23	209	36	7	29	11	137	26	141	50
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	32	207	36	7	29	6	121	58	151	39
Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	29	205	38	8	29	8	129	49	129	27
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	31	203	24	6	18	6	127	151	107	50
Sean Walker	D	CAR	31	202	24	7	17	1	152	121	113	53

Tier 11 · 7 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	32	198	37	8	29	9	130	38	116	27
Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	29	195	34	7	28	8	142	44	120	17
Justin Faulk	D	DET	34	195	31	9	23	8	124	70	115	36
Bowen Byram	D	CHI	25	192	39	10	29	5	98	58	94	45
Kris Letang	D	PIT	39	192	33	6	27	10	113	95	88	38
Shea Theodore	D	VGK	31	192	44	9	36	10	125	5	88	24
Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	30	190	33	9	24	3	103	59	151	28

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	TBL	28	186	29	6	23	2	83	103	86	101
Jeremy Lauzon	D	VGK	29	184	8	2	6	0	73	274	98	88
Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	36	183	35	7	28	4	116	59	102	28
Josh Manson	D	COL	35	181	23	4	19	0	98	151	86	70
Ivan Provorov	D	CBJ	29	179	29	7	22	4	129	33	131	30
Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	30	178	29	6	23	2	131	64	96	41
Devon Toews	D	COL	32	178	34	7	27	2	127	38	97	31
Colton Parayko	D	STL	33	178	21	7	14	0	109	96	167	20
Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	30	175	27	4	22	7	101	87	91	55
Owen Power	D	BUF	23	174	34	8	26	3	128	30	101	19
Martin Fehérváry	D	WSH	27	174	23	5	19	0	71	125	157	34
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	33	174	21	4	18	0	71	114	162	55
Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	26	174	26	7	20	0	84	118	124	26
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	35	174	30	5	25	7	96	85	69	58
Jake Walman	D	EDM	30	174	27	8	19	4	129	34	128	27
Adam Larsson	D	SEA	33	173	20	5	15	0	98	110	148	38

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Simon Edvinsson	D	DET	23	173	24	7	17	1	85	87	132	64
Dmitry Orlov	D	SJS	35	172	30	4	26	11	87	108	67	37
Brady Skjei	D	NSH	32	171	28	7	22	5	119	63	83	39
Braden Schneider	D	NYR	25	170	17	3	14	0	98	154	135	24
Vladislav Gavrikov	D	NYR	30	170	28	8	20	4	107	50	110	41
Radko Gudas	D	FLA	36	168	9	1	8	0	71	204	119	78
Mario Ferraro	D	WPG	28	167	17	4	12	0	86	136	143	39
Sean Durzi	D	NYR	27	167	29	6	23	6	92	44	106	52
Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	26	167	13	3	10	0	95	153	155	25
Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	24	166	19	5	14	0	77	132	122	59
Artyom Levshunov	D	CHI	20	166	27	4	24	9	92	90	75	40
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	20	164	31	7	25	14	91	32	70	43
Damon Severson	D	CBJ	32	163	30	8	23	3	92	43	95	47
Jordan Spence	D	OTT	25	161	31	6	25	4	104	66	70	23
Matt Roy	D	WSH	31	160	19	3	16	0	92	119	141	19
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	32	159	26	5	22	1	83	39	166	18

Tier 14 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Sam Malinski	D	COL	28	159	28	6	22	1	127	45	89	21
Brent Burns	D	COL	41	158	27	7	20	3	144	17	76	25
Cam York	D	PHI	25	157	25	5	19	5	87	39	141	30
J.J. Moser	D	TBL	26	157	25	6	19	2	94	61	94	55
Ben Chiarot	D	DET	35	156	7	2	5	0	89	142	140	63
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	32	155	23	4	19	2	89	68	145	16
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	30	153	15	4	12	0	72	99	134	68
Carter Yakemchuk	D	OTT	—	152	25	6	19	3	72	86	102	26
Tony DeAngelo	D	NYI	30	151	28	5	23	6	116	28	61	35
Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	32	150	25	5	20	4	98	19	97	53
Artem Zub	D	OTT	31	149	22	4	18	0	77	73	117	48
Marcus Pettersson	D	NYR	30	149	19	3	16	0	67	83	136	54
Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	22	148	23	7	16	3	89	57	109	22
Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	27	147	18	4	14	0	68	115	128	25
Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	35	147	10	3	7	0	81	122	155	30
Erik Cernak	D	TBL	29	145	10	2	8	0	61	147	110	72

Tier 15 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	22	144	27	9	18	2	89	30	92	17
Louis Crevier	D	BUF	25	143	16	4	12	0	89	107	84	45
Brenden Dillon	D	NJD	35	142	8	2	7	0	48	181	94	74
Nick Seeler	D	PHI	33	141	6	2	5	0	82	119	154	39
Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	25	141	22	3	19	3	89	39	128	20
Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	24	141	26	7	19	7	87	18	89	28
Niko Mikkola	D	FLA	30	141	10	3	7	0	82	136	93	57
Michael Kesselring	D	SJS	26	140	13	3	9	1	107	70	73	84
Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	33	139	16	2	13	0	69	117	105	38
Parker Wotherspoon	D	VGK	29	139	19	2	17	0	56	127	93	40
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	30	139	19	4	15	0	62	49	154	37
Simon Benoit	D	PHI	28	138	3	1	2	0	56	204	114	48
Olen Zellweger	D	BUF	23	138	20	7	13	3	118	32	77	28
Will Borgen	D	BOS	29	138	11	3	8	0	73	127	107	45
Adam Pelech	D	NYI	32	136	13	3	11	0	105	66	110	42
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	26	136	14	3	12	1	63	116	103	47

Tier 16 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	25	136	25	6	20	7	74	30	93	21
Cam Fowler	D	STL	34	135	30	5	25	8	81	11	76	14
Philip Broberg	D	STL	25	135	27	6	21	3	81	32	83	15
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	22	134	21	8	14	3	97	21	94	28
Dylan Samberg	D	WPG	27	134	15	3	12	0	93	63	126	23
Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	24	132	11	2	9	0	83	112	89	42
Sam Rinzel	D	CHI	22	131	17	4	13	2	105	56	70	42
Tyler Myers	D	DAL	36	131	11	2	8	0	78	82	115	56
Drew Doughty	D	LAK	36	130	21	5	16	4	83	51	72	34
Zach Whitecloud	D	CGY	29	130	11	2	9	0	63	118	122	32
Connor Murphy	D	EDM	33	130	9	2	7	0	63	93	129	58
Emil Lilleberg	D	TBL	25	129	12	2	10	0	54	125	65	79
Timothy Liljegren	D	WSH	27	129	14	3	11	3	71	64	120	38
Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	33	129	15	3	13	2	80	86	96	23
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	31	128	16	3	14	2	83	83	92	20
Tom Willander	D	VAN	21	128	23	5	18	4	71	38	84	31

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.