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NHL.com ranks the top 100 fantasy hockey forwards in standard leagues for the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
9. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
10. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
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. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
20. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
21. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
22. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
23. Martin Necas, F, COL
24. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
25. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
26. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
27. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
28. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
29. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
30. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
31. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
32. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
33. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
34. Robert Thomas, F, STL
35. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
36. John Tavares, F, TOR
37. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
38. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
39. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
40. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
41. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
42. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
43. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
44. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
45. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
46. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
47. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
48. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
49. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
50. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
51. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
52. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
53. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
54. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
55. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
56. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
57. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
58. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
59. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
60. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
61. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
62. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
63. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
64. Zach Hyman, F, EDM (INJ.)
65. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA (INJ.)
66. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
67. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
68. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
69. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
70. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
71. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
72. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
73. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
74. Timo Meier, F, NJD
75. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
76. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
77. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
78. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
79. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
80. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
81. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
82. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
83. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
84. Brad Marchand, F, FLA
85. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
86. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
87. Patrick Kane, F, DET
88. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
89. Mark Stone, F, VGK
90. Will Smith, F, SJS
91. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
92. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
93. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
94. Frank Vatrano, F, ANA
95. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
96. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
97. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
98. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
99. Brock Nelson, F, COL
100. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN

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Other forwards to consider in fantasy:

101. William Eklund, F, SJS
102. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
103. Michael Misa, F, SJS (rookie)
104. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
105. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
106. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
107. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
108. Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
109. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
110. Matt Coronato, F, CGY
111. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
112. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
113. Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
114. Connor McMichael, F, WSH
115. Zack Bolduc, F, MTL
116. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
117. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
118. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
119. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
120. Jackson Blake, F, CAR
121. Marco Rossi, F, MIN
122. Josh Norris, F, BUF
123. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
124. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL (rookie)
125. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
126. Anders Lee, F, NYI
127. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
128. Ryan Donato, F, CHI
129. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
130. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
131. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
132. Eetu Luostarinen, F, FLA
133. Jonathan Huberdeau, F, CGY
134. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
135. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
136. Patrik Laine, F, MTL
137. Andrei Kuzmenko, F, LAK
138. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
139. Pius Suter, F, STL
140. Chris Kreider, F, ANA

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Other forwards to consider after offseason moves:

Evander Kane, F, VAN
Maxim Shabanov, F, NYI
Matias Maccelli, F, TOR
Mason Marchment, F, SEA
Jonathan Drouin, F, NYI

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