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	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Connor McDavid	C	EDM	29	509	135	43	93	51	273	48	28	40
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	31	508	126	45	82	35	336	56	43	39
Macklin Celebrini	C	SJS	20	488	120	44	76	37	314	51	52	40

Tier 2 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Nikita Kucherov	R	TBL	33	460	127	37	90	42	235	34	29	44
David Pastrnak	R	BOS	30	456	110	37	73	33	288	78	29	61
Leon Draisaitl	C	EDM	30	445	117	45	73	48	224	39	22	35

Tier 3 · 9 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Brady Tkachuk	L	FLA	27	436	76	33	43	27	297	222	27	103
Jason Robertson	L	DAL	27	415	97	42	54	37	269	53	36	28
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	27	395	103	31	72	41	182	63	62	25
Mikko Rantanen	R	DAL	29	395	97	32	66	38	189	55	39	87
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	29	391	80	40	40	21	291	56	97	22
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	23	390	89	44	46	39	224	53	51	29
Tim Stützle	C	OTT	24	389	90	32	58	33	200	125	44	40
Matt Boldy	L	MIN	25	389	85	37	48	30	267	57	57	37
Jack Hughes	C	NJD	25	388	97	35	62	32	278	7	35	15

Tier 4 · 15 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Martin Necas	C	COL	27	376	95	33	63	29	208	79	26	28
Kirill Kaprizov	L	MIN	29	373	86	41	45	31	248	47	27	28
Jack Eichel	C	VGK	29	368	92	28	64	30	246	32	45	16
Kyle Connor	L	WPG	29	366	91	37	53	23	257	30	25	18
Alex DeBrincat	R	DET	28	365	81	39	42	26	267	42	39	24
Tage Thompson	C	BUF	28	364	77	39	38	23	255	79	41	35
Cole Caufield	R	MTL	25	362	81	44	38	26	256	53	24	15
Matthew Tkachuk	L	FLA	28	359	79	29	51	30	208	87	18	88
Brandon Hagel	L	TBL	28	358	85	37	48	13	225	52	47	62
Filip Forsberg	L	NSH	32	358	71	33	38	26	242	126	37	35
Clayton Keller	R	UTA	28	358	93	30	63	31	220	11	32	36
Jake Guentzel	C	TBL	32	357	84	37	48	29	212	38	41	46
William Nylander	R	TOR	30	355	92	36	55	29	214	17	29	22
Beckett Sennecke	R	ANA	20	351	77	32	46	19	229	98	28	57
Sam Reinhart	C	FLA	30	349	78	38	40	31	200	78	52	18

Tier 5 · 5 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA	31	345	84	24	60	32	177	94	56	19
Sebastian Aho	C	CAR	29	341	83	30	53	27	198	61	25	45
Juraj Slafkovský	L	MTL	22	339	72	28	44	25	175	126	68	48
Adrian Kempe	R	LAK	30	338	71	32	38	16	219	116	37	52
Mark Scheifele	C	WPG	33	338	90	32	58	22	161	42	45	45

Tier 6 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Lucas Raymond	L	DET	24	331	84	27	56	32	187	46	31	23
Andrei Svechnikov	R	CAR	26	331	66	28	38	27	191	147	19	63
Dylan Cozens	C	OTT	25	330	58	26	33	24	197	195	30	58
Tom Wilson	R	WSH	32	329	59	28	31	14	151	194	58	112
Dylan Larkin	C	DET	30	328	71	34	37	26	224	46	33	45
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	39	328	80	29	51	25	185	60	31	37
Mitch Marner	R	VGK	29	324	88	24	64	28	164	34	44	21
Artemi Panarin	L	LAK	34	322	84	29	55	25	212	13	14	19
Drake Batherson	R	OTT	28	321	69	29	40	30	171	124	26	33
Dylan Guenther	R	UTA	23	319	68	34	34	26	221	56	30	25
Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR	33	319	71	27	43	30	192	80	47	17
Kirill Marchenko	R	CBJ	26	317	71	30	41	23	213	60	40	28
Nico Hischier	C	NJD	27	316	71	32	39	25	197	52	58	25
Vincent Trocheck	C	UTA	33	316	61	21	40	17	147	203	60	60
Travis Konecny	R	PHI	29	315	71	26	45	15	177	102	39	59
J.T. Miller	C	NYR	33	314	69	23	45	24	150	150	42	43

Tier 7 · 10 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Leo Carlsson	C	ANA	21	313	78	33	46	19	199	19	34	32
Jesper Bratt	L	NJD	28	312	78	23	55	25	180	76	29	14
Bo Horvat	C	NYI	31	312	63	33	31	16	235	68	42	35
Connor Bedard	C	CHI	21	311	73	28	46	24	209	32	26	44
Matthew Knies	L	TOR	24	309	68	26	43	17	149	163	35	35
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	22	308	63	29	34	12	207	120	47	30
Alex Tuch	R	WSH	30	307	64	30	34	11	182	76	89	51
Anton Frondell	C	CHI	19	307	46	33	13	16	287	108	43	18
Timo Meier	R	NJD	30	303	50	28	22	12	245	132	54	33
Sam Bennett	C	FLA	30	303	56	26	30	13	198	128	36	83

Tier 8 · 3 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
John Tavares	C	TOR	36	298	68	31	37	20	178	76	28	30
Cutter Gauthier	L	ANA	22	297	59	31	28	17	245	58	26	24
Alex Ovechkin	L	WSH	41	295	60	31	29	19	209	110	14	20

Tier 9 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Kevin Fiala	L	LAK	30	290	59	28	31	24	201	56	28	44
Logan Cooley	C	UTA	22	289	66	30	36	19	161	69	35	38
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	29	289	67	26	41	24	165	68	33	27
Will Cuylle	L	NYR	24	289	40	20	20	7	152	289	57	56
Robert Thomas	C	STL	27	287	81	25	56	20	135	14	47	28
Brayden Point	C	TBL	30	287	73	33	41	21	168	16	34	14
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	MIN	29	284	54	22	32	17	200	117	41	36
Rickard Rakell	R	PIT	33	283	58	29	29	18	181	94	54	12
Tomas Hertl	C	VGK	32	283	57	26	31	22	169	98	45	31
Zach Hyman	L	EDM	34	283	59	35	24	17	192	66	23	34
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	27	282	61	20	41	24	141	78	100	20
Kiefer Sherwood	L	SJS	31	282	33	18	15	8	150	355	30	45
Will Smith	C	SJS	21	281	70	27	43	21	189	19	18	21
Dylan Holloway	L	STL	25	281	58	24	34	11	172	145	43	22
Alex Laferriere	R	LAK	24	280	45	22	24	5	201	208	45	22
Morgan Geekie	C	BOS	28	279	58	30	28	19	157	110	34	23

Tier 10 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
William Eklund	L	OTT	24	278	63	20	43	19	173	67	51	32
Bryan Rust	R	PIT	34	276	61	27	34	21	170	43	61	23
Owen Tippett	R	PHI	27	276	48	25	23	8	202	145	51	26
Steven Stamkos	C	NSH	36	275	54	30	24	23	170	73	35	47
Nick Schmaltz	C	UTA	30	274	66	26	40	21	175	19	45	22
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	CAR	30	274	66	23	43	25	185	26	26	16
Pavel Dorofeyev	R	NYR	25	271	55	32	23	24	206	26	29	24
Dylan Strome	C	WSH	29	270	67	23	44	25	141	15	53	40
Mark Stone	R	VGK	34	270	71	24	47	26	127	32	45	12
Carter Verhaeghe	C	FLA	31	270	56	25	32	14	197	73	24	36
Mathew Barzal	C	NYI	29	269	66	18	48	18	164	31	45	45
Matvei Michkov	R	PHI	21	269	61	24	37	17	182	33	22	59
Evgeni Malkin	C	PIT	40	269	66	21	45	23	154	27	27	56
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	36	267	55	23	32	19	205	49	27	39
Brad Marchand	L	FLA	38	265	57	25	32	21	163	57	23	50
Alexis Lafrenière	L	NYR	25	264	57	24	34	13	166	93	36	27

Tier 11 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Ivan Demidov	R	MTL	20	264	69	21	48	23	137	29	26	31
Jimmy Snuggerud	R	STL	22	261	58	24	34	13	178	67	36	20
Jared McCann	L	SEA	30	255	56	25	32	18	170	52	38	18
Quinton Byfield	R	LAK	24	253	53	24	29	11	169	68	38	44
Brock Nelson	C	COL	35	253	56	27	29	14	166	35	52	28
Anton Lundell	C	FLA	25	252	51	20	31	14	164	89	44	39
Jordan Kyrou	R	WSH	28	249	56	25	31	16	189	24	31	14
Ryan Leonard	R	WSH	21	247	47	21	27	13	159	115	26	43
Ryan O'Reilly	C	NSH	35	246	62	22	40	18	133	17	58	20
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	EDM	33	246	58	20	37	28	139	29	35	24
Pavel Zacha	C	BOS	29	245	59	23	36	18	127	68	27	26
Brock Boeser	R	VAN	29	244	52	24	28	20	160	61	30	12
Jake DeBrusk	L	VAN	30	244	44	25	19	20	185	74	36	14
Gabriel Vilardi	C	WPG	27	243	60	26	34	22	129	20	35	20
Mason McTavish	C	STL	23	242	48	21	28	13	158	85	33	44
Tyler Bertuzzi	L	CHI	31	242	51	26	25	19	142	59	26	43

Tier 12 · 16 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Gavin McKenna	L	TOR	—	241	46	14	32	6	179	113	37	42
Elias Lindholm	C	BOS	31	241	51	18	33	19	131	68	66	32
Mats Zuccarello	R	LAK	39	240	61	18	43	23	138	21	33	21
Trevor Zegras	C	PHI	25	240	55	21	35	17	140	44	27	49
Ivan Barbashev	L	VGK	30	240	55	21	34	5	118	132	37	17
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	23	237	52	22	30	12	150	38	66	21
Blake Coleman	L	MIN	34	235	36	18	17	2	168	153	52	48
Anthony Cirelli	C	TBL	29	233	54	23	31	5	133	47	57	44
Anders Lee	L	UTA	36	233	42	21	20	7	174	95	35	39
Mason Marchment	L	SJS	31	232	48	20	28	9	129	92	30	59
JJ Peterka	R	BOS	24	230	54	25	29	10	169	21	19	30
Marco Rossi	C	VAN	25	230	54	19	34	19	116	62	41	23
Roman Kantserov	R	CHI	—	229	40	22	18	5	191	90	31	30
Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	WSH	28	228	52	16	36	13	116	62	42	58
Lawson Crouse	L	UTA	29	228	35	19	16	2	130	197	49	42
Matt Duchene	C	DAL	35	227	60	21	39	19	115	31	27	12

Tier 13 · 2 players

Player	Pos	Tm	Age	FPts	Pts	G	A	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM
Brayden Schenn	C	NYI	35	225	38	16	22	8	111	166	41	59
Ben Kindel	C	PIT	19	225	44	21	23	12	176	33	53	22

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.