Most valuable options at position for standard leagues for 2025-26 season
Highlights from the Top 10 fantasy forwards entering the 2025-26 NHL season
NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards in standard leagues for the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.
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Marner to VGK | Ehlers to CAR | Dobson to MTL
Peterka to UTA | Zegras to PHI | Toews to WPG
Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. 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, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season.
1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
6. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
8. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
9. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
10. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
11. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
12. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
13. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
14. William Nylander, F, TOR
15. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
16. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
17. Brayden Point, F, TBL
18. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
19. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
20. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
21. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
22. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
23. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
24. Martin Necas, F, COL
25. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
26. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
27. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
28. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
29. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
30. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
31. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
32. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
33. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
34. Robert Thomas, F, STL
35. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
36. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
37. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
38. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
39. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
40. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
41. John Tavares, F, TOR
42. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
43. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
44. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
45. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
46. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
47. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
48. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
49. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
50. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
51. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
52. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
53. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
54. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
55. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
56. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
57. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
58. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
59. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
60. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
61. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
62. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
63. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
64. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
65. Timo Meier, F, NJD
66. Drake Batherson, F, OTT (INJ.)
67. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
68. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
69. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
70. Zach Hyman, F, EDM (INJ.)
71. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
72. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
73. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
74. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
75. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
76. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
77. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
78. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
79. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA (INJ.)
80. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
81. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
82. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
83. Mark Stone, F, VGK
84. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
85. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
86. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
87. Patrick Kane, F, DET
88. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
89. Will Smith, F, SJS
90. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
91. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
92. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
93. Frank Vatrano, F, ANA
94. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
95. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
96. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
97. Brock Nelson, F, COL
98. Marco Rossi, F, MIN
99. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
100. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
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Other forwards in top 200 overall rankings:
101. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
102. Michael Misa, F, SJS (rookie)
103. William Eklund, F, SJS
104. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
105. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
106. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
107. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
108. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
109. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
110. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
111. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
112. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
113. Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
114. Zack Bolduc, F, MTL
115. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
116. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
117. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
118. Ryan Donato, F, CHI
119. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
120. Josh Norris, F, BUF
121. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
122. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
123. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
124. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
125. Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
126. Anders Lee, F, NYI (INJ.)
127. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
128. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
129. Frank Nazar, F, CHI
130. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
131. Patrik Laine, F, MTL
132. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
133. Andrei Kuzmenko, F, LAK
134. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
135. Isaac Howard, F, EDM (rookie)
136. Matias Maccelli, F, TOR
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Other forwards to consider in fantasy:
Chris Kreider, F, ANA
Evander Kane, F, VAN
Jonathan Huberdeau, F, CGY
Gabe Perreault, F, NYR (rookie)
Maxim Shabanov, F, NYI (rookie)
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Key injury:
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
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