Fantasy hockey top 200 player rankings
Most valuable overall options in standard leagues; new podcast episodes
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Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season. This list was a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen, Chris Meaney and Troy Perlowitz.
1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5. Cale Makar, D, COL
6. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
7. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
8. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
9. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
10. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
11. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
12. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.)
13. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
14. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
15. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
16. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
17. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
18. Martin Necas, F, COL
19. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
20. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
21. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
22. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
23. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
24. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
25. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL (INJ.)
26. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
27. William Nylander, F, TOR
28. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
29. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
30. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
31. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
32. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
33. John Tavares, F, TOR
34. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
35. Mark Stone, F, VGK
36. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
37. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
38. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
39. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
40. Bo Horvat, F, NYI (INJ.)
41. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
42. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
43. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
44. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
45. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
46. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
47. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
48. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
49. Brayden Point, F, TBL
50. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
51. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
52. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
53. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
54. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
55. Moritz Seider, D, DET
56. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
57. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
58. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN (INJ.)
59. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
60. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
61. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
62. Timo Meier, F, NJD (leave of absence)
63. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
64. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
65. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
66. Will Smith, F, SJS (INJ.)
67. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
68. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
69. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
70. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
71. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
72. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
73. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
74. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
75. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
76. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
77. Troy Terry, F, ANA
78. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
79. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
80. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
81. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
82. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
83. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
84. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
85. John Carlson, D, WSH
86. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
87. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
88. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
89. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
90. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
91. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
92. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
93. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
94. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
95. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
96. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
97. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
98. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
99. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
100. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
101. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
102. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
103. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
104. Roman Josi, D, NSH
105. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
106. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
107. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
108. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
109. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
110. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
111. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
112. Robert Thomas, F, STL
113. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
114. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
115. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
116. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
117. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
118. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
119. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
120. Chris Kreider, F, ANA
121. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
122. Brock Nelson, F, COL
123. Patrick Kane, F, DET
124. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
125. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (rookie)
126. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
127. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA
128. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
129. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
130. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
131. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
132. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
133. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
134. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
135. Josh Norris, F, BUF (INJ.)
136. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
137. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
138. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
139. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
140. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
141. Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS (rookie)
142. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
143. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
144. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
145. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
146. Dawson Mercer, F, NJD
147. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
148. William Eklund, F, SJS
149. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
150. Emil Heineman, F, NYI
151. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
152. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
153. Andre Burakovsky, F, CHI
154. Jamie Benn, F, DAL
155. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
156. Justin Faulk, D, STL
157. Brock Faber, D, MIN
158. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
159. Dan Vladar, G, PHI
160. Tristan Jarry, G, EDM
161. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY
162. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
163. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
164. Alexis Lafrenière, F, NYR
165. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
166. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
167. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
168. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
169. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
170. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
171. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
172. Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
173. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
174. Evander Kane, F, VAN
175. Seth Jones, D, FLA
176. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
177. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
178. Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR
179. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
180. Anders Lee, F, NYI
181. Eetu Luostarinen, F, FLA
182. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
183. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
184. Josh Doan, F, BUF
185. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
186. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
187. Akira Schmid, G, VGK
188. Carter Hart, G, VGK
189. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
190. Dennis Hildeby, G, TOR
191. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
192. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
193. Zeev Buium, D, VAN (rookie)
194. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
195. Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie)
196. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
197. Braeden Bowman, F, VGK (rookie)
198. Oliver Kapanen, F, MTL (rookie)
199. Ryan Pulock, D, NYI
200. Alex Steeves, F, BOS
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Back from injury (could rejoin rankings soon):
Marco Rossi, F, VAN
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Key injuries:
Jack Hughes, F, NJD
Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
Logan Cooley, F, UTA
Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
Shane Pinto, F, OTT
Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
Jack Roslovic, F, EDM
Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL (likely out for season)
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)
Victor Hedman, D, TBL
Adam Fox, D, NYR
Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)
Adin Hill, G, VGK
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Joseph Woll, G, TOR
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Just missed:
Emmitt Finnie, F, DET (rookie)
Matt Savoie, F, EDM (rookie)
Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
Maxim Shabanov, F, NYI (rookie)
Jake Neighbours, F, STL
Vladislav Gavrikov, D, NYR
Olen Zellweger, D, ANA
Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
Radko Gudas, D, ANA
Jacob Markstrom, G, NJD
John Gibson, G, DET
Juuse Saros, G, NSH
Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
Casey DeSmith, G, DAL
