Rated players · 2025-26

Player Intelligence

Players under 20 games (8 for goalies) are unrated rather than guessed

Forwards: 433
Defensemen: 223
Goalies: 70

Every player rated 0-99 from a single season (2025-26) only: what he produced, how his team tilted the ice with him out there, and how much his coaches trusted him. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected, from every shot they actually faced. No three-year averages. No reputation. Methodology · validated against 15 seasons of next-season results.

Rating vs. cap hit

The dashed line is the median cap hit at each rating level this season. Above the line: more rating per dollar than the market typically pays. Skaters only; goalie contracts are a different market.

Forwards

#	Player	Rating	Tier	Production	Shot Share	Deployment
1	Nathan MacKinnon C · COL	99	Elite	100	97	93
2	Nikita Kucherov R · TBL	99	Elite	100	93	93
3	Martin Necas C · COL	99	Elite	99	93	91
4	Connor McDavid C · EDM	99	Elite	100	87	94
5	Sebastian Aho C · CAR	99	Elite	94	100	96
6	Mark Stone R · VGK	98	Elite	97	93	94
7	Brandon Hagel L · TBL	98	Elite	94	98	93
8	Jack Eichel C · VGK	98	Elite	98	86	98
9	Leon Draisaitl C · EDM	98	Elite	99	83	90
10	Seth Jarvis R · CAR	98	Elite	91	99	95
11	Jake Guentzel C · TBL	97	Elite	96	84	99
12	Jack Hughes C · NJD	97	Elite	98	90	78
13	Tim Stützle C · OTT	97	Elite	94	86	99
14	Mitch Marner R · VGK	97	Elite	93	90	96
15	Leo Carlsson C · ANA	97	Elite	92	94	93
16	Clayton Keller R · UTA	96	Elite	96	93	76
17	Nick Suzuki C · MTL	96	Elite	98	76	92
18	Matthew Tkachuk L · FLA	96	Elite	92	93	88
19	Nick Schmaltz C · UTA	96	Elite	91	91	94
20	Matt Boldy L · MIN	95	Elite	96	73	100
21	Brady Tkachuk L · FLA	95	Elite	92	95	78
22	Artemi Panarin L · LAK	95	Elite	96	86	79
23	Troy Terry R · ANA	95	Elite	90	88	91
24	Brock Nelson C · COL	95	Elite	84	96	98
25	Cole Caufield R · MTL	94	Elite	96	78	79
26	Andrei Svechnikov R · CAR	94	Elite	89	100	70
27	Jesper Bratt L · NJD	94	Elite	88	92	85
28	Kirill Kaprizov L · MIN	94	Elite	97	66	89
29	Jason Robertson L · DAL	94	Elite	97	65	88
30	Drake Batherson R · OTT	93	Elite	90	91	75
31	Nikolaj Ehlers L · CAR	93	Elite	88	99	69
32	Cutter Gauthier L · ANA	93	Elite	90	90	73
33	Dylan Guenther R · UTA	93	Elite	92	81	82
34	Tom Wilson R · WSH	93	Elite	87	83	97
35	Nico Hischier C · NJD	92	Elite	85	88	96
36	Ryan O'Reilly C · NSH	92	Elite	91	73	96
37	Sam Reinhart C · FLA	92	Elite	92	68	100
38	Robert Thomas C · STL	92	Elite	93	71	88
39	Alex DeBrincat R · DET	92	Elite	95	72	78
40	Dylan Larkin C · DET	91	Elite	90	71	95
41	Bo Horvat C · NYI	91	Elite	85	81	100
42	Kyle Connor L · WPG	91	Elite	97	56	92
43	Mark Scheifele C · WPG	91	Elite	98	58	81
44	Adrian Kempe R · LAK	90	Elite	90	76	83
45	Macklin Celebrini C · SJS	90	Elite	99	52	88
46	Lucas Raymond L · DET	90	Elite	93	71	81
47	Pavel Dorofeyev R · NYR	90	Top six	83	92	80
48	David Pastrnak R · BOS	90	Top six	99	48	85
49	Tage Thompson C · BUF	89	Top six	94	63	82
50	Anthony Cirelli C · TBL	89	Top six	80	92	87

Defensemen

#	Player	Rating	Tier	Production	Shot Share	Deployment
1	Evan Bouchard D · EDM	99	Elite	100	93	97
2	Cale Makar D · COL	99	Elite	99	91	99
3	Darren Raddysh D · TOR	99	Elite	97	95	94
4	Zach Werenski D · CBJ	98	Elite	99	88	92
5	Jake Sanderson D · OTT	98	Elite	94	93	99
6	Adam Fox D · NYR	97	Elite	97	92	89
7	Shayne Gostisbehere D · CAR	97	Elite	96	98	79
8	John Carlson D · TBL	96	Elite	95	88	96
9	Quinn Hughes D · MIN	96	Elite	99	82	93
10	Erik Karlsson D · PIT	96	Elite	96	84	97
11	Rasmus Dahlin D · BUF	95	Elite	98	77	92
12	Lane Hutson D · MTL	95	Elite	98	79	86
13	Moritz Seider D · DET	94	Elite	93	83	95
14	Jackson LaCombe D · ANA	94	Elite	91	84	96
15	Mikhail Sergachev D · UTA	94	Elite	94	76	99
16	K'Andre Miller D · CAR	93	Elite	86	100	70
17	Jakob Chychrun D · WSH	93	Elite	93	76	81
18	Seth Jones D · FLA	92	Elite	90	73	98
19	Shea Theodore D · VGK	92	Elite	89	89	69
20	Dougie Hamilton D · NJD	91	Elite	85	88	83
21	Thomas Chabot D · OTT	91	Elite	88	76	88
22	Charlie McAvoy D · BOS	91	Elite	96	48	98
23	Matthew Schaefer D · NYI	90	Elite	92	62	93
24	Luke Hughes D · NJD	90	Top pair	86	84	81
25	Miro Heiskanen D · DAL	89	Top pair	95	48	100
26	Roman Josi D · NSH	89	Top pair	94	51	94
27	Josh Morrissey D · WPG	89	Top pair	92	59	87
28	Filip Hronek D · VAN	88	Top pair	91	55	91
29	Mattias Ekholm D · EDM	88	Top pair	85	94	50
30	Brock Faber D · MIN	87	Top pair	91	58	83
31	Rasmus Andersson D · VGK	87	Top pair	89	56	91
32	Brandt Clarke D · LAK	86	Top pair	83	90	53
33	Brent Burns D · COL	86	Top pair	77	94	71
34	Noah Dobson D · MTL	86	Top pair	90	25	84
35	Victor Hedman D · TBL	85	Top pair	82	65	90
36	Jacob Trouba D · SJS	85	Top pair	78	78	86
37	Bowen Byram D · CHI	84	Top pair	87	54	79
38	Justin Faulk D · DET	84	Top pair	87	28	82
39	Sean Walker D · CAR	83	Top pair	71	99	63
40	Sam Malinski D · COL	83	Top pair	83	97	15
41	Mattias Samuelsson D · BUF	82	Top pair	88	31	74
42	Damon Severson D · CBJ	82	Top pair	79	90	40
43	Vince Dunn D · SEA	81	Top pair	89	17	68
44	Devon Toews D · COL	81	Top pair	65	96	86
45	John Marino D · UTA	81	Top pair	79	88	41
46	Mike Matheson D · MTL	80	Top pair	83	16	90
47	Thomas Harley D · DAL	80	Top pair	86	27	76
48	Dmitry Orlov D · SJS	79	Top pair	80	62	80
49	Aaron Ekblad D · FLA	79	Top pair	68	79	96
50	Travis Sanheim D · PHI	79	Top pair	81	42	91

Goalies

#	Player	Rating	Tier	GSAx	xGA	GA
1	Logan Thompson G · WSH	99	Elite	+33.6	183	149
2	Jeremy Swayman G · BOS	97	Elite	+29.3	178	149
3	Ilya Sorokin G · NYI	96	Elite	+25.5	174	148
4	Igor Shesterkin G · NYR	95	Elite	+20.1	147	127
5	Andrei Vasilevskiy G · TBL	93	Elite	+19.8	156	136
6	Jet Greaves G · CBJ	92	Elite	+12.9	163	150
7	Devin Cooley G · CGY	90	Elite	+12.7	95	82
8	Scott Wedgewood G · COL	89	Starter	+12.3	110	98
9	Justus Annunen G · NSH	88	Starter	+11.4	78	67
10	Joel Hofer G · STL	86	Starter	+11.2	129	118
11	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G · BUF	85	Starter	+9.8	95	85
12	Dan Vladar G · PHI	83	Starter	+9.8	134	124
13	Jakub Dobes G · MTL	82	Starter	+9.6	134	124
14	Karel Vejmelka G · UTA	81	Starter	+9.1	178	169
15	Alex Lyon G · BUF	79	Starter	+9.1	102	93
16	Anton Forsberg G · LAK	78	Starter	+8.2	97	89
17	Dennis Hildeby G · TBL	76	Starter	+7.6	58	50
18	Spencer Knight G · CHI	75	Starter	+7.5	171	163
19	Jake Allen G · NJD	74	Starter	+7.3	111	104
20	John Gibson G · DET	72	Starter	+6.8	157	150
21	Mackenzie Blackwood G · COL	71	Starter	+6.7	97	90
22	Jacob Fowler G · MTL	69	Tandem	+6.2	49	43
23	Jesper Wallstedt G · MIN	68	Tandem	+5.6	101	95
24	Philipp Grubauer G · SEA	67	Tandem	+5.1	88	83
25	Jake Oettinger G · DAL	65	Tandem	+4.2	149	145
26	Casey DeSmith G · DAL	64	Tandem	+4.0	79	75
27	David Rittich G · NJD	62	Tandem	+3.8	86	82
28	Thatcher Demko G · VAN	61	Tandem	+2.7	58	55
29	Stuart Skinner G · WPG	60	Tandem	+2.0	153	151
30	Brandon Bussi G · CAR	58	Tandem	+0.4	100	100
31	Pyotr Kochetkov G · CAR	56	Tandem	+0.0	19	19
32	Alex Nedeljkovic G · SJS	55	Tandem	-0.7	109	110
33	Lukas Dostal G · ANA	53	Tandem	-1.6	171	173
34	Connor Hellebuyck G · WPG	50	Tandem	-2.9	164	167
35	Calvin Pickard G · MIN	48	Tandem	-3.3	50	53
36	Filip Gustavsson G · MIN	47	Tandem	-3.4	133	136
37	Dustin Wolf G · CGY	46	Tandem	-3.4	158	161
38	Vitek Vanecek G · NYI	44	Backup	-3.5	55	59
39	Colten Ellis G · BUF	43	Backup	-3.6	45	49
40	Frederik Andersen G · EDM	41	Backup	-3.7	107	111
41	Joonas Korpisalo G · NYR	39	Backup	-4.0	88	92
42	Ville Husso G · ANA	39	Backup	-4.0	59	63
43	Eric Comrie G · SJS	37	Backup	-4.4	69	73
44	Carter Hart G · VGK	36	Backup	-4.5	46	51
45	Carl Lindbom G · VGK	35	Backup	-4.6	19	24
46	Nikita Tolopilo G · VAN	34	Backup	-5.2	66	71
47	Joey Daccord G · SEA	33	Backup	-5.4	136	141
48	Tristan Jarry G · EDM	32	Backup	-5.5	93	99
49	Joseph Woll G · PHI	30	Backup	-5.6	120	126
50	Charlie Lindgren G · WSH	29	Backup	-5.6	70	76

Rated players · 2025-26

Player Intelligence

Players under 20 games (8 for goalies) are unrated rather than guessed

Forwards: 433
Defensemen: 223
Goalies: 70

Rating vs. cap hit

The dashed line is the median cap hit at each rating level this season. Above the line: more rating per dollar than the market typically pays. Skaters only; goalie contracts are a different market.

Forwards

#	Player	Rating	Tier	Production	Shot Share	Deployment
1	Nathan MacKinnon C · COL	99	Elite	100	97	93
2	Nikita Kucherov R · TBL	99	Elite	100	93	93
3	Martin Necas C · COL	99	Elite	99	93	91
4	Connor McDavid C · EDM	99	Elite	100	87	94
5	Sebastian Aho C · CAR	99	Elite	94	100	96
6	Mark Stone R · VGK	98	Elite	97	93	94
7	Brandon Hagel L · TBL	98	Elite	94	98	93
8	Jack Eichel C · VGK	98	Elite	98	86	98
9	Leon Draisaitl C · EDM	98	Elite	99	83	90
10	Seth Jarvis R · CAR	98	Elite	91	99	95
11	Jake Guentzel C · TBL	97	Elite	96	84	99
12	Jack Hughes C · NJD	97	Elite	98	90	78
13	Tim Stützle C · OTT	97	Elite	94	86	99
14	Mitch Marner R · VGK	97	Elite	93	90	96
15	Leo Carlsson C · ANA	97	Elite	92	94	93
16	Clayton Keller R · UTA	96	Elite	96	93	76
17	Nick Suzuki C · MTL	96	Elite	98	76	92
18	Matthew Tkachuk L · FLA	96	Elite	92	93	88
19	Nick Schmaltz C · UTA	96	Elite	91	91	94
20	Matt Boldy L · MIN	95	Elite	96	73	100
21	Brady Tkachuk L · FLA	95	Elite	92	95	78
22	Artemi Panarin L · LAK	95	Elite	96	86	79
23	Troy Terry R · ANA	95	Elite	90	88	91
24	Brock Nelson C · COL	95	Elite	84	96	98
25	Cole Caufield R · MTL	94	Elite	96	78	79
26	Andrei Svechnikov R · CAR	94	Elite	89	100	70
27	Jesper Bratt L · NJD	94	Elite	88	92	85
28	Kirill Kaprizov L · MIN	94	Elite	97	66	89
29	Jason Robertson L · DAL	94	Elite	97	65	88
30	Drake Batherson R · OTT	93	Elite	90	91	75
31	Nikolaj Ehlers L · CAR	93	Elite	88	99	69
32	Cutter Gauthier L · ANA	93	Elite	90	90	73
33	Dylan Guenther R · UTA	93	Elite	92	81	82
34	Tom Wilson R · WSH	93	Elite	87	83	97
35	Nico Hischier C · NJD	92	Elite	85	88	96
36	Ryan O'Reilly C · NSH	92	Elite	91	73	96
37	Sam Reinhart C · FLA	92	Elite	92	68	100
38	Robert Thomas C · STL	92	Elite	93	71	88
39	Alex DeBrincat R · DET	92	Elite	95	72	78
40	Dylan Larkin C · DET	91	Elite	90	71	95
41	Bo Horvat C · NYI	91	Elite	85	81	100
42	Kyle Connor L · WPG	91	Elite	97	56	92
43	Mark Scheifele C · WPG	91	Elite	98	58	81
44	Adrian Kempe R · LAK	90	Elite	90	76	83
45	Macklin Celebrini C · SJS	90	Elite	99	52	88
46	Lucas Raymond L · DET	90	Elite	93	71	81
47	Pavel Dorofeyev R · NYR	90	Top six	83	92	80
48	David Pastrnak R · BOS	90	Top six	99	48	85
49	Tage Thompson C · BUF	89	Top six	94	63	82
50	Anthony Cirelli C · TBL	89	Top six	80	92	87

Defensemen

#	Player	Rating	Tier	Production	Shot Share	Deployment
1	Evan Bouchard D · EDM	99	Elite	100	93	97
2	Cale Makar D · COL	99	Elite	99	91	99
3	Darren Raddysh D · TOR	99	Elite	97	95	94
4	Zach Werenski D · CBJ	98	Elite	99	88	92
5	Jake Sanderson D · OTT	98	Elite	94	93	99
6	Adam Fox D · NYR	97	Elite	97	92	89
7	Shayne Gostisbehere D · CAR	97	Elite	96	98	79
8	John Carlson D · TBL	96	Elite	95	88	96
9	Quinn Hughes D · MIN	96	Elite	99	82	93
10	Erik Karlsson D · PIT	96	Elite	96	84	97
11	Rasmus Dahlin D · BUF	95	Elite	98	77	92
12	Lane Hutson D · MTL	95	Elite	98	79	86
13	Moritz Seider D · DET	94	Elite	93	83	95
14	Jackson LaCombe D · ANA	94	Elite	91	84	96
15	Mikhail Sergachev D · UTA	94	Elite	94	76	99
16	K'Andre Miller D · CAR	93	Elite	86	100	70
17	Jakob Chychrun D · WSH	93	Elite	93	76	81
18	Seth Jones D · FLA	92	Elite	90	73	98
19	Shea Theodore D · VGK	92	Elite	89	89	69
20	Dougie Hamilton D · NJD	91	Elite	85	88	83
21	Thomas Chabot D · OTT	91	Elite	88	76	88
22	Charlie McAvoy D · BOS	91	Elite	96	48	98
23	Matthew Schaefer D · NYI	90	Elite	92	62	93
24	Luke Hughes D · NJD	90	Top pair	86	84	81
25	Miro Heiskanen D · DAL	89	Top pair	95	48	100
26	Roman Josi D · NSH	89	Top pair	94	51	94
27	Josh Morrissey D · WPG	89	Top pair	92	59	87
28	Filip Hronek D · VAN	88	Top pair	91	55	91
29	Mattias Ekholm D · EDM	88	Top pair	85	94	50
30	Brock Faber D · MIN	87	Top pair	91	58	83
31	Rasmus Andersson D · VGK	87	Top pair	89	56	91
32	Brandt Clarke D · LAK	86	Top pair	83	90	53
33	Brent Burns D · COL	86	Top pair	77	94	71
34	Noah Dobson D · MTL	86	Top pair	90	25	84
35	Victor Hedman D · TBL	85	Top pair	82	65	90
36	Jacob Trouba D · SJS	85	Top pair	78	78	86
37	Bowen Byram D · CHI	84	Top pair	87	54	79
38	Justin Faulk D · DET	84	Top pair	87	28	82
39	Sean Walker D · CAR	83	Top pair	71	99	63
40	Sam Malinski D · COL	83	Top pair	83	97	15
41	Mattias Samuelsson D · BUF	82	Top pair	88	31	74
42	Damon Severson D · CBJ	82	Top pair	79	90	40
43	Vince Dunn D · SEA	81	Top pair	89	17	68
44	Devon Toews D · COL	81	Top pair	65	96	86
45	John Marino D · UTA	81	Top pair	79	88	41
46	Mike Matheson D · MTL	80	Top pair	83	16	90
47	Thomas Harley D · DAL	80	Top pair	86	27	76
48	Dmitry Orlov D · SJS	79	Top pair	80	62	80
49	Aaron Ekblad D · FLA	79	Top pair	68	79	96
50	Travis Sanheim D · PHI	79	Top pair	81	42	91

Goalies

#	Player	Rating	Tier	GSAx	xGA	GA
1	Logan Thompson G · WSH	99	Elite	+33.6	183	149
2	Jeremy Swayman G · BOS	97	Elite	+29.3	178	149
3	Ilya Sorokin G · NYI	96	Elite	+25.5	174	148
4	Igor Shesterkin G · NYR	95	Elite	+20.1	147	127
5	Andrei Vasilevskiy G · TBL	93	Elite	+19.8	156	136
6	Jet Greaves G · CBJ	92	Elite	+12.9	163	150
7	Devin Cooley G · CGY	90	Elite	+12.7	95	82
8	Scott Wedgewood G · COL	89	Starter	+12.3	110	98
9	Justus Annunen G · NSH	88	Starter	+11.4	78	67
10	Joel Hofer G · STL	86	Starter	+11.2	129	118
11	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G · BUF	85	Starter	+9.8	95	85
12	Dan Vladar G · PHI	83	Starter	+9.8	134	124
13	Jakub Dobes G · MTL	82	Starter	+9.6	134	124
14	Karel Vejmelka G · UTA	81	Starter	+9.1	178	169
15	Alex Lyon G · BUF	79	Starter	+9.1	102	93
16	Anton Forsberg G · LAK	78	Starter	+8.2	97	89
17	Dennis Hildeby G · TBL	76	Starter	+7.6	58	50
18	Spencer Knight G · CHI	75	Starter	+7.5	171	163
19	Jake Allen G · NJD	74	Starter	+7.3	111	104
20	John Gibson G · DET	72	Starter	+6.8	157	150
21	Mackenzie Blackwood G · COL	71	Starter	+6.7	97	90
22	Jacob Fowler G · MTL	69	Tandem	+6.2	49	43
23	Jesper Wallstedt G · MIN	68	Tandem	+5.6	101	95
24	Philipp Grubauer G · SEA	67	Tandem	+5.1	88	83
25	Jake Oettinger G · DAL	65	Tandem	+4.2	149	145
26	Casey DeSmith G · DAL	64	Tandem	+4.0	79	75
27	David Rittich G · NJD	62	Tandem	+3.8	86	82
28	Thatcher Demko G · VAN	61	Tandem	+2.7	58	55
29	Stuart Skinner G · WPG	60	Tandem	+2.0	153	151
30	Brandon Bussi G · CAR	58	Tandem	+0.4	100	100
31	Pyotr Kochetkov G · CAR	56	Tandem	+0.0	19	19
32	Alex Nedeljkovic G · SJS	55	Tandem	-0.7	109	110
33	Lukas Dostal G · ANA	53	Tandem	-1.6	171	173
34	Connor Hellebuyck G · WPG	50	Tandem	-2.9	164	167
35	Calvin Pickard G · MIN	48	Tandem	-3.3	50	53
36	Filip Gustavsson G · MIN	47	Tandem	-3.4	133	136
37	Dustin Wolf G · CGY	46	Tandem	-3.4	158	161
38	Vitek Vanecek G · NYI	44	Backup	-3.5	55	59
39	Colten Ellis G · BUF	43	Backup	-3.6	45	49
40	Frederik Andersen G · EDM	41	Backup	-3.7	107	111
41	Joonas Korpisalo G · NYR	39	Backup	-4.0	88	92
42	Ville Husso G · ANA	39	Backup	-4.0	59	63
43	Eric Comrie G · SJS	37	Backup	-4.4	69	73
44	Carter Hart G · VGK	36	Backup	-4.5	46	51
45	Carl Lindbom G · VGK	35	Backup	-4.6	19	24
46	Nikita Tolopilo G · VAN	34	Backup	-5.2	66	71
47	Joey Daccord G · SEA	33	Backup	-5.4	136	141
48	Tristan Jarry G · EDM	32	Backup	-5.5	93	99
49	Joseph Woll G · PHI	30	Backup	-5.6	120	126
50	Charlie Lindgren G · WSH	29	Backup	-5.6	70	76

Rating vs. cap hit

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Rating vs. cap hit

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