Connor McDavid opens the board for 2026-27 standard fantasy hockey drafts, with Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov following at the top. The overall list weighs production, deployment, health outlook, projected workload and ceiling across goals, assists, power-play points, shots, hits and blocks for skaters, plus wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goaltenders.
2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Top 250 Overall Rankings
SEO Title: 2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Top 250: McDavid, MacKinnon Lead Rankings
SEO Description: Connor McDavid tops the 2026-27 fantasy hockey board, followed by Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov. Full top 250 rankings, injuries and late-round considerations.
| Rank | Player | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor McDavid | F | EDM |
| 2 | Nathan MacKinnon | F | COL |
| 3 | Nikita Kucherov | F | TBL |
| 4 | Macklin Celebrini | F | SJS |
| 5 | Leon Draisaitl | F | EDM |
| 6 | David Pastrnak | F | BOS |
| 7 | Kirill Kaprizov | F | MIN |
| 8 | Cale Makar | D | COL |
| 9 | Jason Robertson | F | DAL |
| 10 | Quinn Hughes | D | MIN |
| 11 | Zach Werenski | D | CBJ |
| 12 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | TBL |
| 13 | Evan Bouchard | D | EDM |
| 14 | Matt Boldy | F | MIN |
| 15 | Martin Necas | F | COL |
| 16 | Nick Suzuki | F | MTL |
| 17 | Wyatt Johnston | F | DAL |
| 18 | Auston Matthews | F | TOR |
| 19 | Jack Hughes | F | NJD |
| 20 | Jack Eichel | F | VGK |
| 21 | Cole Caufield | F | MTL |
| 22 | Brady Tkachuk | F | FLA |
| 23 | Mikko Rantanen | F | DAL |
| 24 | Matthew Tkachuk | F | FLA |
| 25 | Lane Hutson | D | MTL |
| 26 | Logan Thompson | G | WSH |
| 27 | Connor Hellebuyck | G | WPG |
| 28 | Ilya Sorokin | G | NYI |
| 29 | Jake Oettinger | G | DAL |
| 30 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | BUF |
| 31 | Kyle Connor | F | WPG |
| 32 | Tage Thompson | F | BUF |
| 33 | Cutter Gauthier | F | ANA |
| 34 | Mark Scheifele | F | WPG |
| 35 | Dylan Guenther | F | UTA |
| 36 | Leo Carlsson | F | ANA |
| 37 | Jake Guentzel | F | TBL |
| 38 | William Nylander | F | TOR |
| 39 | Sam Reinhart | F | FLA |
| 40 | Brandon Hagel | F | TBL |
| 41 | Matthew Schaefer | D | NYI |
| 42 | Igor Shesterkin | G | NYR |
| 43 | Aleksander Barkov | F | FLA |
| 44 | Clayton Keller | F | UTA |
| 45 | Sidney Crosby | F | PIT |
| 46 | Artemi Panarin | F | LAK |
| 47 | Adrian Kempe | F | LAK |
| 48 | Alex DeBrincat | F | DET |
| 49 | Tim Stützle | F | OTT |
| 50 | Juraj Slafkovsky | F | MTL |
| 51 | Filip Forsberg | F | NSH |
| 52 | Moritz Seider | D | DET |
| 53 | Kirill Marchenko | F | CBJ |
| 54 | Darren Raddysh | D | TOR |
| 55 | Scott Wedgewood | G | COL |
| 56 | Jesper Wallstedt | G | MIN |
| 57 | Mitch Marner | F | VGK |
| 58 | Robert Thomas | F | STL |
| 59 | Dylan Holloway | F | STL |
| 60 | Will Smith | F | SJS |
| 61 | Brayden Point | F | TBL |
| 62 | Adam Fantilli (RFA) | F | CBJ |
| 63 | Jeremy Swayman | G | BOS |
| 64 | Jake Sanderson | D | OTT |
| 65 | Jakob Chychrun | D | WSH |
| 66 | Mika Zibanejad | F | NYR |
| 67 | Dylan Larkin | F | DET |
| 68 | Nico Hischier | F | NJD |
| 69 | Connor Bedard (injured) | F | CHI |
| 70 | Bo Horvat | F | NYI |
| 71 | Sebastian Aho | F | CAR |
| 72 | Zach Hyman | F | EDM |
| 73 | Pavel Dorofeyev | F | NYR |
| 74 | Porter Martone (rookie) | F | PHI |
| 75 | Drake Batherson | F | OTT |
| 76 | Lucas Raymond | F | DET |
| 77 | Adam Fox | D | NYR |
| 78 | Jacob Markstrom | G | FLA |
| 79 | Brandon Bussi | G | CAR |
| 80 | Jesper Bratt | F | NJD |
| 81 | Logan Cooley | F | UTA |
| 82 | Beckett Sennecke | F | ANA |
| 83 | Tom Wilson | F | WSH |
| 84 | Roope Hintz | F | DAL |
| 85 | Jimmy Snuggerud | F | STL |
| 86 | Timo Meier | F | NJD |
| 87 | John Tavares | F | TOR |
| 88 | J.T. Miller | F | NYR |
| 89 | Ivan Demidov | F | MTL |
| 90 | Miro Heiskanen | D | DAL |
| 91 | Jackson LaCombe | D | ANA |
| 92 | Jakub Dobes | G | MTL |
| 93 | Mackenzie Blackwood | G | COL |
| 94 | Erik Karlsson | D | PIT |
| 95 | Roman Josi | D | NSH |
| 96 | Brock Faber | D | MIN |
| 97 | John Carlson | D | TBL |
| 98 | Gavin McKenna (rookie) | F | TOR |
| 99 | Alex Ovechkin | F | WSH |
| 100 | Andrei Svechnikov | F | CAR |
| 101 | Mark Stone | F | VGK |
| 102 | Nick Schmaltz | F | UTA |
| 103 | Steven Stamkos | F | NSH |
| 104 | Rickard Rakell | F | PIT |
| 105 | Quinton Byfield | F | LAK |
| 106 | Nikolaj Ehlers | F | CAR |
| 107 | Bryan Rust | F | PIT |
| 108 | Alex Tuch | F | WSH |
| 109 | Morgan Geekie | F | BOS |
| 110 | Sam Bennett | F | FLA |
| 111 | Matthew Knies | F | TOR |
| 112 | Nazem Kadri | F | COL |
| 113 | Cole Hutson (rookie) | D | WSH |
| 114 | Mikhail Sergachev | D | UTA |
| 115 | Karel Vejmelka | G | UTA |
| 116 | Sergei Bobrovsky | G | TOR |
| 117 | Vincent Trocheck | F | UTA |
| 118 | Brock Nelson | F | COL |
| 119 | Dylan Strome | F | WSH |
| 120 | Anton Frondell (rookie) | F | CHI |
| 121 | Ivar Stenberg (rookie) | F | SJS |
| 122 | Joel Eriksson Ek | F | MIN |
| 123 | Mathew Barzal | F | NYI |
| 124 | Travis Konecny | F | PHI |
| 125 | Jordan Kyrou | F | WSH |
| 126 | Logan Stankoven | F | CAR |
| 127 | Jackson Blake | F | CAR |
| 128 | Trevor Zegras | F | PHI |
| 129 | Gabriel Vilardi | F | WPG |
| 130 | Evgeni Malkin | F | PIT |
| 131 | Charlie McAvoy (suspended) | D | BOS |
| 132 | Victor Hedman | D | TBL |
| 133 | Josh Doan | F | BUF |
| 134 | Ryan O’Reilly | F | NSH |
| 135 | Pavel Zacha | F | BOS |
| 136 | Dylan Cozens | F | OTT |
| 137 | Carter Verhaeghe | F | FLA |
| 138 | Elias Pettersson | F | VAN |
| 139 | Patrick Kane | F | CHI |
| 140 | William Eklund | F | OTT |
| 141 | Alexis Lafreniere | F | NYR |
| 142 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | F | EDM |
| 143 | Zach Benson | F | BUF |
| 144 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR |
| 145 | Brandt Clarke | D | LAK |
| 146 | Noah Dobson | D | MTL |
| 147 | Dougie Hamilton | D | NJD |
| 148 | Josh Morrissey | D | WPG |
| 149 | Shea Theodore | D | VGK |
| 150 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | BUF |
| 151 | Linus Ullmark | G | OTT |
| 152 | Carter Hart | G | VGK |
| 153 | Gabriel Landeskog | F | COL |
| 154 | Mason Marchment | F | SJS |
| 155 | JJ Peterka | F | BOS |
| 156 | Mats Zuccarello | F | LAK |
| 157 | Matt Duchene | F | DAL |
| 158 | Egor Chinakhov | F | PIT |
| 159 | Gabe Perreault | F | NYR |
| 160 | Aliaksei Protas | F | WSH |
| 161 | Frank Nazar | F | CHI |
| 162 | Brandon Montour | D | SEA |
| 163 | MacKenzie Weegar | D | UTA |
| 164 | Bowen Byram | D | CHI |
| 165 | Joel Hofer | G | STL |
| 166 | Dan Vladar | G | PHI |
| 167 | Seth Jones | D | FLA |
| 168 | Thomas Harley | D | DAL |
| 169 | Vince Dunn | D | SEA |
| 170 | Philip Broberg | D | STL |
| 171 | Juuse Saros | G | NSH |
| 172 | Jet Greaves | G | CBJ |
| 173 | Anthony Cirelli | F | TBL |
| 174 | Mikael Granlund | F | ANA |
| 175 | Valeri Nichushkin | F | CBJ |
| 176 | Luke Evangelista | F | NJD |
| 177 | Anthony Mantha | F | NJD |
| 178 | Konsta Helenius (rookie) | F | BUF |
| 179 | Mason McTavish | F | STL |
| 180 | Brad Marchand (injured) | F | FLA |
| 181 | Michael Misa | F | SJS |
| 182 | Roman Kantserov (rookie) | F | CHI |
| 183 | Jake DeBrusk | F | VAN |
| 184 | Brock Boeser | F | VAN |
| 185 | Mavrik Bourque | F | NSH |
| 186 | Artturi Lehkonen | F | COL |
| 187 | Spencer Knight | G | CHI |
| 188 | Lukas Dostal | G | ANA |
| 189 | Filip Hronek | D | VAN |
| 190 | Simon Nemec | D | CGY |
| 191 | Rasmus Andersson | D | VGK |
| 192 | Luke Hughes | D | NJD |
| 193 | Igor Chernyshov | F | SJS |
| 194 | Marco Rossi | F | VAN |
| 195 | Blake Coleman | F | MIN |
| 196 | James Hagens (rookie) | F | BOS |
| 197 | Matvei Michkov | F | PHI |
| 198 | Collin Graf | F | SJS |
| 199 | Tyson Foerster | F | PHI |
| 200 | Taylor Hall | F | CAR |
| 201 | Ryan Hartman | F | MIN |
| 202 | Bobby McMann | F | SEA |
| 203 | Jacob Fowler (rookie) | G | MTL |
| 204 | Jake Allen | G | NJD |
| 205 | Alex Lyon | G | BUF |
| 206 | John Gibson | G | DET |
| 207 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | BUF |
| 208 | Thomas Chabot | D | OTT |
| 209 | Ryan Leonard | F | WSH |
| 210 | Victor Eklund (rookie) | F | NYI |
| 211 | Tomas Hertl | F | VGK |
| 212 | Viktor Arvidsson | F | DET |
| 213 | Jack Roslovic | F | TOR |
| 214 | Charlie Coyle | F | CBJ |
| 215 | Matvei Gridin | F | CGY |
| 216 | Ilya Protas (rookie) | F | WSH |
| 217 | Jacob Trouba | D | SJS |
| 218 | Darnell Nurse | D | SJS |
| 219 | Anton Lundell | F | FLA |
| 220 | Anders Lee | F | UTA |
| 221 | Kiefer Sherwood | F | SJS |
| 222 | Alexander Nikishin (RFA) | D | CAR |
| 223 | Zayne Parekh | D | CGY |
| 224 | Justin Faulk | D | DET |
| 225 | Yaroslav Askarov | G | SJS |
| 226 | Darcy Kuemper | G | LAK |
| 227 | Tyler Bertuzzi | F | CHI |
| 228 | Brett Howden | F | VGK |
| 229 | Connor McMichael | F | STL |
| 230 | Elias Lindholm | F | BOS |
| 231 | Matt Coronato | F | CGY |
| 232 | Fraser Minten | F | BOS |
| 233 | Ivan Barbashev | F | VGK |
| 234 | Chris Kreider | F | MTL |
| 235 | Sam Malinski | D | COL |
| 236 | Sam Rinzel | D | CHI |
| 237 | Artyom Levshunov | D | CHI |
| 238 | Zeev Buium | D | VAN |
| 239 | Arturs Silovs | G | PIT |
| 240 | Dustin Wolf | G | CGY |
| 241 | K’Andre Miller | D | CAR |
| 242 | Noah Hanifin | D | VGK |
| 243 | Colton Parayko | D | STL |
| 244 | Aaron Ekblad | D | FLA |
| 245 | William Karlsson | F | VGK |
| 246 | Jared McCann | F | SEA |
| 247 | Shane Pinto | F | OTT |
| 248 | Alex Newhook | F | MTL |
| 249 | Akira Schmid | G | FLA |
| 250 | Tristan Jarry | G | EDM |
Injury Watch
Availability remains part of the draft-room calculation. Connor Bedard and Brad Marchand are already noted in the top 250 as injured, while the following players also carry injury concerns:
- Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
- Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
- Troy Terry, F, ANA
- Owen Tippett, F, PHI
- Matt Savoie, F, EDM
- Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
- Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
- Frederik Andersen, G, EDM
Names Just Outside the Board
Managers looking for depth after the top 250 still have a useful group of forwards, blue-liners and crease options to track through camp, preseason usage and opening-night rosters.
Forwards
- Pavel Buchnevich, STL
- Calum Ritchie, NYI
- Josh Norris, BUF
- Jack Quinn, BUF
- Alex Laferriere, LAK
- Matty Beniers, SEA
- Brayden Schenn, NYI
- Lawson Crouse, UTA
- Easton Cowen, TOR
- Will Cuylle, NYR
Defensemen
- Mike Matheson, MTL
- Simon Edvinsson, DET (RFA)
- Olen Zellweger, BUF
- Neal Pionk, WPG
- Sean Durzi, NYR
- Nikita Zadorov, BOS
- Carter Yakemchuk, OTT (rookie)
- Denton Mateychuk, CBJ
- Travis Sanheim, PHI
- Pavel Mintyukov, ANA
- Owen Power, BUF
- J.J. Moser, TBL
- Logan Mailloux, STL
Goaltenders
- Anton Forsberg, LAK
- Joey Daccord, SEA
- Sergei Murashov, PIT (rookie)
- Jordan Binnington, STL
- Pyotr Kochetkov, CAR
- Joseph Woll, PHI
- Anthony Stolarz, TOR
- Thatcher Demko, VAN
- Devin Cooley, CGY
- Dennis Hildeby, TBL
The top of the sheet is loaded with familiar elite production, but the board also leans into the league’s next wave. Celebrini sits fourth overall, with Gauthier, Carlsson, Sennecke, Smith, Demidov, McKenna and several other young players positioned as major fantasy factors. On the blue line, Makar leads the position at No. 8, ahead of Hughes, Werenski, Bouchard and Hutson, while Vasilevskiy is the first goaltender off the board at No. 12.
