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 · counting G · A · PPP · SOG · HIT · BLK · PIM

Tier 1 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	524	140	44	95	53	280	49	29	41
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	522	130	46	84	36	345	57	44	40
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	487	119	43	76	37	314	51	52	40

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	463	111	36	75	34	295	80	30	62
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	462	128	37	91	43	238	34	30	45
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	446	79	36	43	26	298	222	27	103

Tier 3 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	428	112	39	73	48	224	39	22	35
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	416	96	40	55	38	276	55	37	28
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	406	89	39	50	32	277	59	59	39

Tier 4 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	400	99	32	67	39	191	55	39	88
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	400	100	36	64	33	286	7	36	15
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	398	104	31	73	41	184	63	63	25
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	394	92	33	59	34	202	126	45	41
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	391	81	41	39	21	287	56	96	22
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	390	89	43	46	40	226	53	51	29

Tier 5 · 10 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	384	96	30	67	31	256	33	47	17
Martin Necas	R	COL	27	382	97	33	64	30	214	81	27	29
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	376	93	37	56	23	267	32	26	18
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	373	89	40	49	14	229	53	48	63
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	370	87	38	49	30	220	39	43	48
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	369	79	32	47	27	187	134	72	51
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	368	84	39	45	31	248	47	27	28
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	367	82	39	43	26	270	43	39	24
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	367	95	31	65	32	226	11	33	36
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	367	77	37	40	24	264	82	43	37

Tier 6 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	362	72	33	39	27	247	129	38	36
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	357	79	41	38	27	258	54	24	15
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	356	75	37	39	29	252	65	34	29
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	356	79	33	46	19	230	98	28	57
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	353	86	25	61	33	179	95	57	19
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	350	85	31	54	28	203	63	25	46
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	348	70	30	40	28	199	153	20	65
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	345	77	28	49	29	199	83	17	84
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	345	62	28	34	25	202	200	31	59
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	345	68	35	33	20	288	68	31	28
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	344	88	33	55	29	214	17	29	22
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	344	91	31	60	23	167	43	47	46
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	343	71	32	39	16	224	119	38	53
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	343	76	36	40	31	199	78	52	18
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	342	81	31	50	24	230	36	28	48
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	342	74	36	38	27	231	47	34	46

Tier 7 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	338	61	29	32	14	155	200	60	115
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	335	85	27	58	32	191	47	31	24
Kirill Marchenko	R	TOR	26	334	74	30	44	24	226	64	43	30

Tier 8 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	330	89	23	67	29	170	35	46	22
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	325	72	27	44	31	196	82	48	17
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	324	69	28	41	31	175	128	26	34
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	324	72	32	40	25	202	53	60	25
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	323	81	25	57	25	185	78	30	14
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	323	55	31	24	12	255	137	56	35
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	322	73	27	46	15	181	105	40	60
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	321	65	29	36	13	218	126	49	32
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	320	79	32	48	20	209	20	36	34
Seth Jarvis	R	CAR	24	320	70	34	36	20	211	81	34	20
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	319	83	28	55	25	214	14	15	19
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	317	59	28	31	14	203	132	37	85
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	316	63	22	41	10	149	206	61	61
Matthew Knies	L	CBJ	24	315	69	26	43	21	150	164	35	35
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	315	63	33	31	16	238	69	42	36
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	314	68	23	45	24	150	150	42	43

Tier 9 · 6 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Roman Kantserov	R	CHI	22	311	57	32	25	21	244	75	37	42
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	305	63	30	33	24	179	103	47	33
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	305	70	32	37	21	181	77	28	30
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	304	68	28	40	15	206	77	42	23
Will Cuylle	L	NYR	24	304	43	23	21	7	158	299	59	58
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	303	62	28	34	10	186	78	91	52

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	298	61	24	36	11	184	156	46	23
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	295	71	25	47	23	166	60	31	37
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	294	67	23	44	19	178	68	53	33
Alex Laferriere	R	LAK	24	294	49	24	24	5	206	213	46	23
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	292	62	38	24	17	193	66	23	34
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	291	60	29	30	18	186	96	56	13
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	288	58	27	31	24	203	57	28	45
Owen Tippett	R	PHI	27	287	50	26	24	8	210	151	53	27
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	287	75	23	52	25	150	32	29	34
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	286	55	23	32	17	198	116	40	35
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	285	66	26	40	24	162	67	33	26
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	282	68	27	41	21	180	20	46	23
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	282	79	24	56	20	134	14	47	28
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	282	56	31	24	25	220	28	31	26
Porter Martone	R	PHI	20	282	47	23	23	16	182	161	27	62
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	281	62	27	35	21	174	45	63	24

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	281	72	31	41	21	167	16	34	14
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	281	61	20	41	24	141	78	100	20
Kiefer Sherwood	L	SJS	31	280	32	17	15	8	152	360	30	46
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	279	69	20	48	18	166	32	45	46
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	278	73	25	48	27	131	33	46	12
Carter Verhaeghe	L	FLA	31	278	59	26	33	13	202	75	25	37
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	277	57	24	33	19	211	51	28	40
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	277	54	29	25	24	175	75	36	48
Will Smith	R	SJS	21	276	68	25	43	21	188	19	18	21
Ryan Leonard	R	WSH	21	274	53	23	29	15	175	126	29	47
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	273	65	22	43	26	187	26	27	16
Matvei Michkov	R	PHI	21	273	62	24	38	17	186	34	23	61
Quinton Byfield	C	LAK	24	273	57	26	31	12	180	73	40	47
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	271	55	27	28	19	159	111	35	24
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	271	59	24	35	13	170	96	37	28
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	269	66	22	45	25	142	15	53	41

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Anton Frondell	C	CHI	19	269	44	32	13	16	228	63	57	21
Gavin McKenna	L	TOR	19	268	58	17	41	12	201	62	30	50
Jordan Kyrou	R	WSH	28	264	59	26	33	17	201	26	33	14
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	264	57	25	32	21	162	59	24	52
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	260	59	26	33	18	150	64	33	36
Mason McTavish	C	STL	23	260	53	23	29	14	167	90	35	46
Brock Nelson	C	COL	35	257	56	26	30	14	170	36	54	29
Anton Lundell	C	FLA	25	257	52	21	31	14	166	90	44	40
Alex Ovechkin	L	WSH	41	257	50	25	25	16	183	108	14	19
Trevor Zegras	C	PHI	25	256	59	22	37	19	150	47	28	52
Gabriel Vilardi	R	WPG	27	255	63	26	37	24	138	21	37	21
Jackson Blake	R	CAR	23	255	59	27	31	14	176	17	34	38
Jake DeBrusk	L	VAN	30	255	46	26	20	21	192	77	38	15
Elias Lindholm	C	BOS	31	254	55	21	34	19	134	70	68	33
Jared McCann	L	SEA	30	253	56	24	32	18	170	52	38	18
Pavel Zacha	C	BOS	29	252	61	24	37	18	130	69	28	26

Tier 13 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Ryan O'Reilly	C	NSH	35	252	64	23	41	19	135	17	59	21
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	EDM	33	248	58	21	38	28	141	30	35	24
Eeli Tolvanen	R	NYR	27	245	37	16	21	11	136	198	74	28
Tyler Bertuzzi	L	CHI	31	245	51	26	25	19	146	60	27	44
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	23	245	54	23	31	13	154	39	68	22
Blake Coleman	L	MIN	34	244	38	20	18	2	171	155	53	48
Brock Boeser	R	VAN	29	244	52	24	28	21	162	62	30	12
Anders Lee	L	UTA	36	243	45	24	21	7	177	96	36	40
Ivan Barbashev	L	VGK	30	242	55	20	35	5	121	135	37	17
Logan Stankoven	C	CAR	23	241	51	25	27	10	184	52	28	25
Anthony Cirelli	C	TBL	29	241	56	24	32	5	136	48	59	45
Lawson Crouse	L	UTA	29	238	37	20	17	2	135	205	51	43
Luke Evangelista	R	NJD	24	237	57	17	41	16	171	25	21	27
Matt Coronato	R	CGY	23	237	49	22	27	16	189	27	27	30
James Hagens	L	BOS	20	237	45	22	23	10	180	79	28	34
Jack Quinn	R	BUF	25	235	52	22	30	16	168	49	25	19

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.