Fantasy hockey top 100 forward rankings
Most valuable options at position in standard leagues for 2026-27 season
*NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards for standard leagues for the 2026-27 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.*
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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.
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. Jason Robertson, F, DAL 9. Matt Boldy, F, MIN 10. Martin Necas, F, COL 11. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL 12. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL 13. Auston Matthews, F, TOR 14. Jack Hughes, F, NJD 15. Jack Eichel, F, VGK 16. Cole Caufield, F, MTL 17. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA 18. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL 19. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA 20. Kyle Connor, F, WPG 21. Tage Thompson, F, BUF 22. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA 23. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG 24. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA 25. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA 26. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL 27. William Nylander, F, TOR 28. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA 29. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL 30. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA 31. Clayton Keller, F, UTA 32. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT 33. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK 34. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 35. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET 36. Tim Stützle, F, OTT 37. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL 38. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH 39. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ 40. Mitch Marner, F, VGK 41. Robert Thomas, F, STL 42. Dylan Holloway, F, STL 43. Will Smith, F, SJS 44. Brayden Point, F, TBL 45. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ 46. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR 47. Dylan Larkin, F, DET 48. Nico Hischier, F, NJD 49. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.) 50. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 51. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR 52. Zach Hyman, F, EDM 53. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR 54. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie) 55. Drake Batherson, F, OTT 56. Lucas Raymond, F, DET 57. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD 58. Logan Cooley, F, UTA 59. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA 60. Tom Wilson, F, WSH 61. Roope Hintz, F, DAL 62. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL 63. Timo Meier, F, NJD 64. John Tavares, F, TOR 65. J.T. Miller, F, NYR 66. Mark Stone, F, VGK 67. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA 68. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH 69. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH 70. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL 71. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT 72. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR 73. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK 74. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR 75. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie) 76. Bryan Rust, F, PIT 77. Alex Tuch, F, WSH 78. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS 79. Sam Bennett, F, FLA 80. Matthew Knies, F, TOR 81. Nazem Kadri, F, COL 82. Brock Nelson, F, COL 83. Dylan Strome, F, WSH 84. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie) 85. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie) 86. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN 87. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI 88. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 89. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH 90. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR 91. Jackson Blake, F, CAR 92. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI 93. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG 94. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT 95. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA 96. Josh Doan, F, BUF 97. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH 98. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS 99. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT 100. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
101. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN 102. Patrick Kane, F, CHI 103. William Eklund, F, OTT 104. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR 105. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM 106. Zach Benson, F, BUF 107. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL 108. Mason Marchment, F, SJS 109. JJ Peterka, F, BOS 110. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK 111. Matt Duchene, F, DAL 112. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT 113. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR 114. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH 115. Frank Nazar, F, CHI 116. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL 117. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA 118. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ 119. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD 120. Anthony Mantha, F, NJD 121. Konsta Helenius, F, BUF (rookie) 122. Mason McTavish, F, STL 123. Brad Marchand, F, FLA 124. Michael Misa, F, SJS 125. Roman Kantserov, F, CHI (rookie) 126. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN 127. Brock Boeser, F, VAN 128. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH 129. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL 130. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS 131. Marco Rossi, F, VAN 132. Blake Coleman, F, MIN 133. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie) 134. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI 135. Collin Graf, F, SJS 136. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI 137. Taylor Hall, F, CAR 138. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN 139. Bobby McMann, F, SEA 140. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH 141. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie) 142. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK 143. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET 144. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR 145. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ 146. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY 147. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie) 148. Anton Lundell, F, FLA 149. Anders Lee, F, UTA 150. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS
Key injuries:
Seth Jarvis, F, CAR Kevin Fiala, F, LAK Troy Terry, F, ANA Owen Tippett, F, PHI Matt Savoie, F, EDM
Others to consider:
Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI Brett Howden, F, VGK Chris Kreider, F, ANA Connor McMichael, F, STL Elias Lindholm, F, BOS Matt Coronato, F, CGY Fraser Minten, F, BOS Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK William Karlsson, F, VGK Jared McCann, F, SEA