Top 100 Roto Rankings – March 2021
Ian Gooding
2021-03-15
Now that we've played two months of this COVID-shortened season, extensive changes are in order for the Top 100 Roto Rankings. More specifically, 13 new players have been moved into the rankings due to strong play that is likely sustainable for the rest of the season. That means 13 other players have been removed due to injuries, declining production, or both.
Keep in mind that these are single-season rankings for a head-to-head or rotisserie league using the following settings: G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT, W, GAA, SV%.
Are there any players that you believe are ranked too high or too low? Did we miss anyone in the top 100, or is there a player there that probably shouldn't be? Let us know in the comments below, and we will consider your feedback when compiling next month's rankings.
| Rank | Name | Feb-21 | Comments |
| 1 | Connor McDavid | 1 | 3/21 – Scoring leader again, and by a significant margin |
| 2 | Leon Draisaitl | 2 | 3/21 – Following McDavid again |
| 3 | Auston Matthews | 3 | 2/21 – Making a run for 50 goals in shortened season! |
| 4 | Patrick Kane | 7 | 3/21 – Shortlist challenger for scoring title |
| 5 | Artemi Panarin | 6 | 3/21 – Back from leave of absence |
| 6 | David Pastrnak | 9 | 2/21 – Back from late start and not skipping a beat |
| 7 | Brad Marchand | 10 | 2/21 – No time missed after surgery |
| 8 | Mitchell Marner | 8 | 2/21 – Piling up the points in the Canadian division |
| 9 | Nathan MacKinnon | 4 | 3/21 – Slowed by various injuries |
| 10 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 13 | 3/21 – Easily fantasy hockey’s top goalie |
| 11 | Victor Hedman | 14 | 2/21 – No dropoff even with absences of star scorers |
| 12 | Alex Ovechkin | 5 | 3/21 – Well off his usual goal pace |
| 13 | Mark Scheifele | 25 | 3/21 – Top-10 scorer into March |
| 14 | Jonathan Huberdeau | 15 | 2/21 – On a hot streak for surprise Panthers |
| 15 | Sebastian Aho | 19 | 2/21 – Good but not spectacular start |
| 16 | Sidney Crosby | 17 | 3/21 – At a point-per-game pace |
| 17 | Andrei Svechnikov | 23 | 2/21 – Producing as expected as multicat threat |
| 18 | Brayden Point | 20 | 3/21 – Near point per game as expected |
| 19 | Jake Guentzel | 26 | 2/21 – Heating up on Crosby line |
| 20 | John Tavares | 24 | 2/21 – Only one goal in 5-on-5 as of 2/12 |
| 21 | John Carlson | 11 | 2/21 – Still producing at a near point per game |
| 22 | Aleksander Barkov | 27 | 2/21 – Strong start for surprise Panthers team |
| 23 | Matthew Tkachuk | 28 | 2/21 – In a real brother competition for bangers value |
| 24 | Brady Tkachuk | 32 | 2/21 – Shots and hits are the reason that he’s this high |
| 25 | Dougie Hamilton | 33 | 2/21 – Fills statsheet in many roto categories |
| 26 | Patrice Bergeron | 34 | 2/21 – Was just fine without Pasta, now he’s back |
| 27 | Johnny Gaudreau | 35 | 2/21 – Among goal-scoring leaders, potential rebound season |
| 28 | Max Pacioretty | 45 | 3/21 – Fills roto in league’s most productive ES line |
| 29 | Mark Stone | 46 | 3/21 – Better scorer than Patches, but not as strong roto-wise |
| 30 | Steven Stamkos | 30 | 3/21 – Still point-per-game, but down in goals |
| 31 | Evgeni Malkin | 31 | 2/21 – Bit of a slow start, but starting to come around |
| 32 | Connor Hellebuyck | 21 | 3/21 – High-scoring North taking a toll? |
| 33 | Elias Pettersson | 18 | 3/21 – Day-to-day becoming week-to-week |
| 34 | Blake Wheeler | 36 | 2/21 – Offense still there, but +/- a concern |
| 35 | Mikko Rantanen | 37 | 2/21 – High goal total in spite of lack of games |
| 36 | Philipp Grubauer | 47 | 3/21 – Taking advantage of heavy workload |
| 37 | J.T. Miller | 39 | 2/21 – Lots of multicat value even with minor scoring dropoff |
| 38 | Kyle Connor | 40 | 2/21 – 38 goals in 2019-20 and entering 4th season |
| 39 | Quinn Hughes | 49 | 2/21 – Could lead d-men in scoring, but +/- disaster |
| 40 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 76 | 3/21 – Incredible bounceback, but will Lehner affect playing time? |
| 41 | Anze Kopitar | 57 | 3/21 – Over a point-per-game, among assist leaders |
| 42 | Patrik Laine | 29 | 3/21 – Production falling off, issues with Torts? |
| 43 | Morgan Rielly | 56 | 1/21 – Possible bounce-back candidate with no Barrie |
| 44 | Jack Eichel | 16 | 3/21 – 2 G this season, now out for foreseeable future |
| 45 | Kris Letang | 52 | 2/21 – Off to slow start |
| 46 | Evander Kane | 51 | 3/21 – Much higher in multicategory than pure scoring |
| 47 | Sean Couturier | 84 | 3/21 – Back from injury |
| 48 | Torey Krug | 58 | 2/21 – Similar value from Boston to St. Louis |
| 49 | Filip Forsberg | 59 | 2/21 – Fast start includes 5-point game |
| 50 | Jeff Petry | 66 | 3/21 – Still hot – at a near point-per-game pace |
| 51 | Alex DeBrincat | 77 | 3/21 – Continuing at a point-per-game pace |
| 52 | Shea Theodore | 65 | 2/21 – Point-per-game to start season |
| 53 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 67 | 2/21 – Light peripherals, but lots of scoring |
| 54 | Gabriel Landeskog | 54 | 3/21 – Getting back on track after COVID delay |
| 55 | Mika Zibanejad | 38 | 3/21 – Recovering somewhat after ice-cold start |
| 56 | Tuukka Rask | 22 | 3/21 – Ratios well down from last season |
| 57 | Jordan Binnington | 42 | 3/21 – Can new contract help him rebound? |
| 58 | Cale Makar | 43 | 3/21 – Currently on IR with upper-body injury |
| 59 | Tom Wilson | 48 | 3/21 – Uh oh, a seven-game suspension |
| 60 | Frederik Andersen | 60 | 2/21 – High volume again with Campbell injured |
| 61 | Elias Lindholm | 68 | 2/21 – Strong all-around numbers again |
| 62 | Brock Boeser | 69 | 2/21 – Goal-scoring leader at end of January |
| 63 | Ryan O’Reilly | 75 | 3/21 – Near point per game numbers |
| 64 | Jacob Markstrom | 70 | 2/21 – Well worth the contract so far |
| 65 | Semyon Varlamov | NR | 3/21 – Vezina-caliber season, but injury history |
| 66 | Nikolaj Ehlers | NR | 3/21 – Now just needs power-play time |
| 67 | Anton Khudobin | 71 | 2/21 – Time as the starter hasn’t been all smooth |
| 68 | Igor Shesterkin | 41 | 3/21 – Day-to-day at the time this is released |
| 69 | Mike Hoffman | 64 | 3/21 – Power-play time an issue |
| 70 | Claude Giroux | 73 | 2/21 – Only one goal before Flyers shut down |
| 71 | Neal Pionk | 87 | 3/21 – Losing PP1 role hasn’t slowed him |
| 72 | Brent Burns | 50 | 3/21 – Declining numbers, plus poor plus/minus |
| 73 | Brayden Schenn | 78 | 2/21 – Scoring at a near point per game so far |
| 74 | David Perron | NR | 3/21 – Under the radar, just keeps on scoring |
| 75 | Joe Pavelski | 82 | 2/21 – Potential comeback player of the year |
| 76 | John Klingberg | NR | 3/21 – The Stars dman to own, lots of games left |
| 77 | Tyson Barrie | 91 | 3/21 – Great add for Edmonton power play |
| 78 | Kirill Kaprizov | NR | 3/21 – Kirill is the real deal as a Calder contender |
| 79 | Drew Doughty | 89 | 3/21 – Nice bounce-back season |
| 80 | Tyler Toffoli | NR | 3/21 – Continuing to score goals |
| 81 | Darnell Nurse | NR | 3/21 – Scoring and roto dominance difficult to ignore |
| 82 | Jonathan Marchessault | 88 | 1/21 – Good peripherals, but lack of scoring recently |
| 83 | Mathew Barzal | 90 | 2/21 – Continues to bring the offense |
| 84 | Ondrej Palat | NR | 3/21 – Point per game, plus great PPP production |
| 85 | Carter Hart | 55 | 3/21 – Ratios a disaster, but remember he’s only 22 |
| 86 | Robin Lehner | 53 | 3/21 – Once he returns, could push Fleury to timeshare |
| 87 | Taylor Hall | 44 | 2/21 – Only two goals as of mid-March |
| 88 | Brendan Gallagher | 86 | 2/21 – Still shooting a ton |
| 89 | Travis Konecny | 81 | 3/21 – Slowed by COVID protocol |
| 90 | Kevin Fiala | 95 | 2/21 – No assists before Wild shut down |
| 91 | Alex Pietrangelo | 62 | 3/21 – Lukewarm start, slowed by COVID shutdown |
| 92 | Tristan Jarry | 98 | 2/21 – Rough start for new Penguins #1 |
| 93 | Carey Price | 80 | 3/21 – Ratios still a concern |
| 94 | Keith Yandle | 100 | 2/21 – Rumblings of role diminishing with Panthers |
| 95 | Vladimir Tarasenko | NR | 3/21 – Keep an eye on now that he’s back |
| 96 | Logan Couture | NR | 3/21 – Mainly for scoring – peripherals not great |
| 97 | Jakub Voracek | NR | 3/21 – Mainly for scoring, and numbers assist-heavy |
| 98 | Dominik Kubalik | NR | 3/21 – Proving rookie season was no fluke |
| 99 | Mikhail Sergachev | NR | 3/21 – Highest PTS/GP production of career |
| 100 | Seth Jones | 79 | 3/21 – Affected by CBJ slump |
| Out | Erik Karlsson | 72 | 3/21 – Poor production plus injury |
| Timo Meier | 99 | 3/21 – Just two goals over first 17 games | |
| Dylan Larkin | 85 | 3/21 – Ice cold for goals during February | |
| Zach Werenski | 96 | 3/21 – Slow start plus trip to IR | |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | 83 | 3/21 – Slowed by injuries, only 2 goals at early March | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 97 | 3/21 – League-worst minus-16 at end of February | |
| Miro Heiskanen | 92 | 3/21 – Better in real life than fantasy? | |
| Jamie Benn | 94 | 3/21 – Simply not scoring enough to stay in top 100 | |
| Shea Weber | 93 | 3/21 – 3 points in 13 games from early Feb to early Mar | |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 63 | 3/21 – Slow start and now on IR | |
| Darcy Kuemper | 61 | 3/21 – Week to week, lower-body injury | |
| Roman Josi | 12 | 3/21 – Week-to-week, upper-body injury | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | 74 | 2/21 – Started great roto-wise until Sabres shut down |
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