Top 100 Roto Rankings: December 2021
Ian Gooding
2021-12-15
If your fantasy team has been ravaged by injuries, you might appreciate the December version of the Roto Rankings. There might be a record number of players hitting our injured list, meaning that they are removed from the rankings for the duration of their injury. Simply put, injury timelines are not definitive, even if there are good estimates. Valuating injured players relative to healthy players is difficult.
These injuries also mean that tons of new names enter the Roto Rankings this month. More specifically, some players that were not expected to be on this list at the start of the season are there now. Will they be able to hang onto their spots once the Top 100 regulars return from injury? What happens in the new year will be telling.
Because of the number of players being pulled out, you may notice some players who you might think should fall that have actually risen a little bit this month. Rankings are based on anticipated future production for the rest of the season and not necessarily past production this season.
Due to the number of injuries and COVID-related absences, it's possible that this list is not current by the time you view it. The list "should" account for all players injured/in COVID protocol as of before puck drop on Tuesday, December 14. The next update will be made in mid-January 2022.
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%. These rankings are intended for 2021-22 single-season leagues and are different from keeper rankings.
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 | Position | Nov-21 | Change | Comments |
| 1 | Connor McDavid | F | 1 | 0 | 12/21 – Still #1 – convince us otherwise |
| 2 | Leon Draisaitl | F | 2 | 0 | 12/21 – The main threat for #1 |
| 3 | Alex Ovechkin | F | 3 | 0 | 11/21 – Age not an issue – keeps on scoring |
| 4 | Auston Matthews | F | 9 | 5 | 12/21 – Back scoring at a G/GP pace |
| 5 | Artemi Panarin | F | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | Nathan MacKinnon | F | 4 | -2 | 12/21 – Back from injury, but just 3 G in 15 GP |
| 7 | Jonathan Huberdeau | F | 10 | 3 | |
| 8 | Mikko Rantanen | F | 11 | 3 | 12/21 – Colorado is scoring at will |
| 9 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | 12 | 3 | |
| 10 | Cale Makar | D | 15 | 5 | 11/21 – Band-Aid Boy again |
| 11 | Adam Fox | D | 17 | 6 | 12/21 – Gunning for another Norris Trophy |
| 12 | Victor Hedman | D | 20 | 8 | 12/21 – Piling up the points, particularly assists |
| 13 | David Pastrnak | F | 8 | -5 | 11/21 – Not his best start, but low GP total for B’s |
| 14 | John Carlson | D | 19 | 5 | |
| 15 | Matthew Tkachuk | F | 21 | 6 | 11/21 – Scoring the main reason for his rise |
| 16 | Brady Tkachuk | F | 22 | 6 | 12/21 – Scoring is up, further boosting value |
| 17 | Kyle Connor | F | 24 | 7 | 11/21 – Continues to score goals |
| 18 | Roman Josi | D | 31 | 13 | 12/21 – Bouncing back from disappointing 2020-21 |
| 19 | Mika Zibanejad | F | 18 | -1 | 12/21 – Okay start, but goal total low |
| 20 | Patrick Kane | F | 6 | -14 | 12/21 – Not scoring at the rate we’re used to |
| 21 | Patrice Bergeron | F | 25 | 4 | |
| 22 | Kirill Kaprizov | F | 27 | 5 | |
| 23 | Sidney Crosby | F | 34 | 11 | 12/21 – Looks like he’ll be just fine |
| 24 | Darnell Nurse | D | 28 | 4 | 11/21 – Brady Tkachuk’s multicategories on defense |
| 25 | Dougie Hamilton | D | 29 | 4 | |
| 26 | Max Pacioretty | F | NR | 12/21 – Back from injury and taking lots of SOG | |
| 27 | Mark Stone | F | 32 | 5 | 11/21 – Back from week-to-week IR |
| 28 | John Tavares | F | 35 | 7 | |
| 29 | Anze Kopitar | F | 36 | 7 | 11/21 – Continues to be an underrated fantasy option |
| 30 | Frederik Andersen | G | 37 | 7 | 11/21 – Carolina a great fit so far |
| 31 | Alex DeBrincat | F | 38 | 7 | |
| 32 | Morgan Rielly | D | 52 | 20 | 12/21 – Piling up the assists |
| 33 | Steven Stamkos | F | 41 | 8 | |
| 34 | Johnny Gaudreau | F | 43 | 9 | |
| 35 | Quinn Hughes | D | 45 | 10 | |
| 36 | Aaron Ekblad | D | 60 | 24 | 12/21 – Picking up from last season before injury |
| 37 | J.T. Miller | F | 48 | 11 | 11/21 – Underrated multicategory beast, esp. with hits |
| 38 | Juuse Saros | G | 49 | 11 | |
| 39 | Charlie McAvoy | D | 50 | 11 | 11/21 – Hot start, also on PP1 finally |
| 40 | Mark Scheifele | F | 33 | -7 | 12/21 – Getting back on track after slow start |
| 41 | Kris Letang | D | 42 | 1 | 12/21 – Still lots of assists, but only 1 G |
| 42 | Connor Hellebuyck | G | 44 | 2 | 11/21 – Slow start and also missed time |
| 43 | Nikolaj Ehlers | F | 51 | 8 | |
| 44 | William Nylander | F | 53 | 9 | 11/21 – Scoring at his best pace yet |
| 45 | Elias Pettersson | F | 46 | 1 | 12/21 – Struggling, but will coaching change help? |
| 46 | Shea Theodore | D | 54 | 8 | |
| 47 | Ilya Sorokin | G | 58 | 11 | |
| 48 | Tyson Barrie | D | 39 | -9 | 12/21 – Well off last season’s scoring pace |
| 49 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | F | 59 | 10 | 11/21 – Piling up the assists |
| 50 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | F | 77 | 27 | 11/21 – Nice bounce-back season |
| 51 | Tristan Jarry | G | 74 | 23 | 12/21 – Having his best season yet |
| 52 | Jacob Markstrom | G | 73 | 21 | 11/21 – Shutouts leader finally settling in with CGY |
| 53 | Jack Campbell | G | 71 | 18 | 12/21 – Mrazek back, will that affect starts? |
| 54 | Alex Pietrangelo | D | 68 | 14 | 11/21 – Appears to be sharing PP1 with Theodore |
| 55 | Seth Jones | D | 70 | 15 | |
| 56 | Chris Kreider | F | 75 | 19 | 11/21 – Hot scoring to start the year |
| 57 | Neal Pionk | D | 62 | 5 | 12/21 – Back from concussion protocol |
| 58 | Sergei Bobrovsky | G | 72 | 14 | 11/21 – Clearly the starter for a top team |
| 59 | Robin Lehner | G | 40 | -19 | 12/21 – Getting W’s, but ratios a concern |
| 60 | Vladimir Tarasenko | F | 76 | 16 | 11/21 – Helping his trade value |
| 61 | Drew Doughty | D | 81 | 20 | 12/21 – Was having strong roto season before injury |
| 62 | Nazem Kadri | C | NR | 12/21 – An incredible rate of scoring | |
| 63 | Filip Forsberg | F | 86 | 23 | 12/21 – Back from injury |
| 64 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | F | NR | 12/21 – Impressive bounceback season | |
| 65 | Timo Meier | F | 94 | 29 | 12/21 – Over a PT/GP plus peripherals |
| 66 | Vincent Trocheck | F | 67 | 1 | 11/21 – Strong peripherals again |
| 67 | Jonathan Marchessault | F | 66 | -1 | 12/21 – Light in A/PPP |
| 68 | Ondrej Palat | F | 82 | 14 | |
| 69 | Sam Reinhart | F | 83 | 14 | |
| 70 | Joe Pavelski | F | 84 | 14 | 11/21 – Picking it up after slow start |
| 71 | Cam Talbot | G | 90 | 19 | 11/21 – Could be better, but still the starter |
| 72 | Darcy Kuemper | G | 61 | -11 | 12/21 – Injuries and subpar ratios |
| 73 | Brock Boeser | F | 79 | 6 | 12/21 – Boudreau bump keeps him from falling |
| 74 | Nick Suzuki | F | 69 | -5 | 12/21 – Production spotty like many Habs |
| 75 | Sean Couturier | F | 64 | -11 | 12/21 – Can coaching change help? |
| 76 | Torey Krug | D | 63 | -13 | 12/21 – Long point drought last period |
| 77 | Elvis Merzlikins | G | 92 | 15 | 11/21 – Deep sleeper value to start season |
| 78 | Moritz Seider | D | 99 | 21 | 11/21 – Rookie already looks like real deal |
| 79 | Mackenzie Weegar | D | NR | 12/21 – Same as Nurse last season in PTS, HITS, and +/- | |
| 80 | Troy Terry | F | 95 | 15 | 12/21 – Cooled off after point streak |
| 81 | Kevin Fiala | F | 98 | 17 | 12/21 – Keep here for second-half value |
| 82 | Martin Necas | F | 87 | 5 | 11/21 – Picking it up after slow start |
| 83 | Drake Batherson | F | NR | 12/21 – Leading the Sens in scoring | |
| 84 | Jacob Trouba | D | NR | 12/21 – Hits, blocked shots, and a little offense | |
| 85 | Pavel Buchnevich | F | NR | 12/21 – Hitting his stride after slow start | |
| 86 | Ilya Samsonov | G | NR | 12/21 – Estabishing himself as starter again | |
| 87 | Carter Hart | G | 100 | 13 | 12/21 – Can coaching change help? |
| 88 | Teuvo Teravainen | F | NR | 12/21 – Back on the list after 2020-21 injuries | |
| 89 | Sam Bennett | F | NR | 12/21 – Was always multicat threat, now scoring too | |
| 90 | Lucas Raymond | F | NR | 12/21 – Calder Trophy candidate | |
| 91 | Logan Couture | F | NR | 12/21 – Back scoring at a higher pace | |
| 92 | Ryan Hartman | F | NR | 12/21 – Unexpected addition, but strong in multicats | |
| 93 | Linus Ullmark | G | NR | 12/21 – Will need to fend off Swayman, maybe Rask | |
| 94 | Thatcher Demko | G | NR | 12/21 – 4 W under new coach, high volume starter | |
| 95 | Matt Dumba | D | NR | 12/21 – Benefitting from Minnesota’s success | |
| 96 | Jason Robertson | F | NR | 12/21 – Rebounding after slow start | |
| 97 | Joel Eriksson Ek | F | NR | 12/21 – Power-play usage helping value | |
| 98 | Marcus Foligno | F | NR | 12/21 – Bangers league wonder with goals now too | |
| 99 | Radko Gudas | D | NR | 12/21 – Little scoring but dominates hits | |
| 100 | Mikael Granlund | F | NR | 12/21 – Piling up assists | |
| Out | Semyon Varlamov | G | 91 | 12/21 – 0 W as of Dec 13 | |
| Ryan O’Reilly | F | 81 | 12/21 – Scoring dried up, light in other categories | ||
| Taylor Hall | F | 80 | 12/21 – Scoring well off late last season’s pace | ||
| Tyler Bertuzzi | F | 93 | 12/21 – Just returning from COVID protocol (surprise!) | ||
| Tyler Seguin | F | 65 | 12/21 – No assists in nearly a month | ||
| Injured | Evgeni Malkin | F | 9/21 – Indefinite return date from surgery | ||
| Jack Eichel | F | 11/21 – Finally has a team, now the surgery | |||
| Carey Price | G | 10/21 – Out indefinitely (player assistance program) | |||
| Nikita Kucherov | F | 11/21 – Lower-body surgery | |||
| Jake Guentzel | F | 26 | 12/21 – Week-to-week with UBI | ||
| Brayden Point | F | 16 | 12/21 – On IR (UBI) | ||
| Mitch Marner | F | 14 | 12/21 – Shoulder injury from practice | ||
| David Perron | F | 55 | 12/21 – Out with upper-body injury | ||
| Bryan Rust | F | 88 | 12/21 – Week-to-week with LBI | ||
| Tyler Toffoli | F | 85 | 12/21 – Out for weeks with UBI | ||
| Blake Wheeler | F | 86 | 12/21 – Knee injury | ||
| Jordan Binnington | G | 89 | 12/21 – In COVID protocol but could return soon | ||
| Gabriel Landeskog | F | 23 | 12/21 – Sidelined about two weeks | ||
| Igor Shesterkin | G | 57 | 12/21 – Standout season before injury | ||
| John Gibson | G | 96 | 12/21 – Yet another injury | ||
| Aleksander Barkov | F | 7 | 12/21 – Back on IR after brief return | ||
| Sebastian Aho | F | 13 | 12/21 – COVID protocol at time of posting | ||
| Devon Toews | D | NR | 12/21 – Was going to be added, but COVID protocol | ||
| Mathew Barzal | F | 78 | 12/21 – COVID protocol at time of posting | ||
| Brad Marchand | F | 4 | 12/21 – COVID protocol at time of posting | ||
| Andrei Svechnikov | F | 30 | 12/21 – COVID protocol at time of posting | ||
| Elias Lindholm | F | 47 | 12/21 – COVID protocol at time of posting | ||
| Roope Hintz | F | 97 | 12/21 – On IR at time of posting | ||
| Tom Wilson | F | 56 | 12/21 – Day to day at time of posting |
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