Position Analysis · 2026-27

Which position covers each fantasy category, per-game category averages by position, and where draft value concentrates. Projected regulars (50+ GP).

Value concentration scored for Points league — G=3, A=2, PPP=1, SOG=0.4, HIT/BLK=0.3, PIM=0.3.

How many players clear a bar in BLK × PPP? — the modern defenceman's whole value

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A man counts at every slot his league would start him in, so a C/LW clearing the bar is one more centre and one more left wing.

How many clear both bars · BLK across, PPP down · projected season totals

BLK × PPP HIT × BLK SOG+HIT+BLK PPP × SOG+HIT+BLK PPP · HIT · BLK PPP · HIT · SOG FOW × PPP

Defence · 203 projected

PPP ↓ / BLK →	100+	120+	140+	160+
25+	8	6	2	1
20+	11	6	2	1
10+	22	13	6	4
5+	36	20	9	5

Forwards · 396 projected

PPP ↓ / BLK →	40+	50+	60+
30+	11	6	1
25+	16	9	3
20+	26	12	6
15+	40	19	7
10+	57	28	12

Each cell counts the players who clear both bars — down the side and across the top — and opens the list of exactly those men. The top-right corner is what you have to draft early; five or fewer is highlighted. See the players →

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#	Player	Tm	Pos	ES	PP	PK	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FOW	BLK × PPP pts
1	Nick Suzuki MTL · C	MTL	C	L1	PP1	PK3	83	30.8	72.7	103.5	41	184	63	63	25	725	59.9
2	Wyatt Johnston DAL · C	DAL	C	L1	PP1	—	83	42.7	45.9	88.6	39.6	226	53	51	29	408	54.9
3	Elias Pettersson VAN · C	VAN	C	L1	PP1	PK1	77	19.9	41	60.9	23.6	141	78	100	20	608	53.6
4	Macklin Celebrini SJS · C	SJS	C	L1	PP1	PK3	79	43.3	76	119.3	36.6	314	51	52	40	600	52.2
5	Auston Matthews TOR · C	TOR	C	L1	PP1	PK2	74	41.3	39.4	80.7	21	287	56	96	22	715	49.8
6	Aleksander Barkov FLA · C	FLA	C	L1	PP1	—	76	25.1	61	86.1	32.6	179	95	57	19	676	49.7
7	Matt Boldy MIN · L	MIN	R	L2	PP1	PK2	81	38.9	49.9	88.8	31.5	277	59	59	38	58	49.2
8	Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L	MTL	L	L2	PP1	—	83	32.2	46.8	79	26.7	187	134	72	51	16	48.3
9	Sam Reinhart FLA · C	FLA	R	L1	PP1	PK1	78	35.6	40.3	75.9	30.9	199	78	52	18	129	46.5
10	Nico Hischier NJD · C	NJD	C	L2	PP1	PK1	80	32.2	39.9	72.1	25.2	202	53	60	25	991	43.2
11	Dylan Strome WSH · C	WSH	C	L2	PP1	—	82	21.5	44.7	66.2	25.4	142	15	53	40	754	41.3
12	Elias Lindholm BOS · C	BOS	C	L1	PP2	PK3	80	20.5	34	54.5	19.4	134	70	68	33	765	39.8
13	Alexander Wennberg SJS · C	SJS	C	L3	PP1	PK2	81	13.7	32.4	46.1	13.1	87	31	87	18	622	39.2
14	Bryan Rust PIT · R	PIT	R	L3	—	PK1	72	27.3	34.8	62.1	20.5	174	44	62	24	4	39.1
15	Alex Tuch WSH · R	WSH	L	L1	PP2	PK1	80	27.9	34.3	62.2	10.3	186	78	91	52	53	37.6
16	Ryan O'Reilly NSH · C	NSH	C	L1	PP1	PK1	75	22.9	41	63.9	18.5	135	17	59	20	695	36.2
17	William Eklund OTT · L	OTT	L	L2	PP1	PK3	81	23.2	44	67.2	19.2	178	68	53	33	17	35.1
18	Rickard Rakell PIT · R	PIT	R	L1	PP1	PK2	75	29.4	30.4	59.8	18.2	186	96	56	12	64	35
19	Eeli Tolvanen NYR · R	NYR	R	L3	PP2	—	79	15.9	20.9	36.8	11	136	198	74	28	2	33.2
20	Matty Beniers SEA · C	SEA	C	L1	PP1	PK3	83	23.3	31	54.3	12.7	154	39	68	22	537	33.1
21	Anton Frondell CHI · C	CHI	C	L2	PP1	—	87	31.5	12.6	44.1	15.5	228	63	57	21	497	32.6
22	Chandler Stephenson SEA · C	SEA	C	L2	PP1	PK1	81	12.5	35.3	47.8	16.5	86	28	53	18	755	32.4
23	Tom Wilson WSH · R	WSH	R	L1	PP1	PK1	77	28.5	32.1	60.6	13.9	155	200	60	115	15	31.9
24	Mikael Granlund ANA · C	ANA	L	L2	PP1	PK2	73	18.7	31.7	50.4	15.7	132	46	51	24	417	31
25	Brock Nelson COL · C	COL	R	L2	PP2	PK1	78	26.4	30	56.4	14.3	170	36	54	29	645	30.5
26	Joel Farabee CGY · L	CGY	R	L3	PP1	PK1	82	16.9	18.3	35.2	13.9	144	63	51	31	25	29.2
27	Timo Meier NJD · R	NJD	L	L2	PP2	—	81	31	23.5	54.5	12.3	255	137	56	35	45	29.1
28	Charlie Coyle CBJ · C	CBJ	C	L3	PP1	PK1	80	18.2	30.5	48.7	10.4	121	104	53	18	556	26.3

Projected season totals, with the even-strength line and special-teams unit each projection is built on. Sort any column.

Positional context· per-game averages, category leaders and where value thins out

Category leaders · highest per-game average by position

0.25/gm

0.35/gm

0.6/gm

PPP

0.16/gm

SHP

0.01/gm

SOG

1.92/gm

HIT

1.41/gm

BLK

1.4/gm

4.99/gm

PIM

0.51/gm

+/-

0.03/gm

Per-game averages by position

Pos	n	G	A	P	PPP	SHP	SOG	HIT	BLK	FW	PIM	+/-
C	179	0.23	0.34	0.57	0.14	0.01	1.72	1.05	0.56	4.99	0.43	-0.01
LW	97	0.23	0.3	0.53	0.12	0.01	1.83	1.41	0.46	0.31	0.49	0
RW	103	0.25	0.35	0.6	0.16	0.01	1.92	1.15	0.47	0.26	0.44	0
D	195	0.07	0.26	0.33	0.07	0.01	1.31	1.01	1.4	0	0.51	0.03

Value scarcity · position mix among top-100 by multi-cat z

Tier	C	LW	RW	D
top 25	11	7	4	3
26-50	8	4	9	4
51-100	18	9	17	6

Reads: D lead BLK, C lead FW/assists, wingers lead shots/goals — and where value thins out by position tells you which to draft early.