Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – January 2024

Alexander MacLean

2024-01-25

Welcome back for a new year – I've managed to run through and add the important rookies and surprise breakouts to the database and incorporated them properly now, so we have the debut on the list for Luke Hughes, while none of the other rookies made the top-200. Hughes slides into the top-100, and he's going to stay there for a long time now. It will be interesting to see how things are balanced next year when all of Simon Nemec, Dougie Hamilton, and the youngest Hughes are healthy and trying to run the offence. For now, Hughes is getting prime deployment, and doing as well as he can in his rookie season.

In the meantime, William Nylander's big extension sets the table for a few other big ticket free agents like Elias Pettersson, Jake Guentzel, and Moritz Seider. There will be some giant extensions that are signed that will really shake the landscape of the cap rankings. If you have a chance to make trades for players who are already signed through to 2030 or so, then now is the time to do it. Production is about to get a lot more expensive.

Standard pre-rankings note:

The assumed league setup is for points-only leagues, and I have made an effort to balance it for a range of league and roster sizes. Cap hit is used for the player cost, so if your league uses salary or AAV, please account for that, as it can greatly change the value of some players, especially on their ELCs. The rankings are set up so as to provide the most value in the current season, while providing some value in future years, based on modeling for predicted salary increases and production trends.

If you note a mistake, or have any further questions about the ranking system, please let me know. You can find me on Twitter here @alexdmaclean.

Comments help with optimizing the values, because they're not perfect and they never will be.

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We're sticking with the +/- 5.0 rating that Dobber uses on all of his rating schemes as the range for approximately equivalent value. The skater and goalie rankings are synched so that the value of a skater against a goalie can be compared, though the scale of the ratings has changed a little since the last update.

RankNameAgePosCap HitYrsRatingPrev RankValue
1Connor McDavid27F$12,500,0003191.821301.62
2Leon Draisaitl28F$8,500,0002156.212284.89
3Cale Makar25D$9,000,0004151.163245.50
4Quinn Hughes24D$7,850,0004133.535260.39
5Nathan MacKinnon28F$12,600,0008133.134233.46
6Jack Hughes22F$8,000,0007120.827239.44
7Jason Robertson24F$7,750,0003120.636256.23
8Nikita Kucherov30F$9,500,0004116.4411244.18
9David Pastrnak27F$11,250,0008113.229232.55
10Connor Bedard18F$950,0003112.9814314.25
11Rasmus Dahlin23D$6,000,0001111.5412254.51
12Mikko Rantanen27F$9,250,0002110.8710234.59
13Matthew Tkachuk26F$9,500,0007109.158228.71
14Elias Pettersson25F$7,350,0001108.0713244.90
15Josh Morrissey28D$6,250,0005103.8715249.74
16Ryan Nugent-Hopkins30F$5,125,0006101.9518259.35
17Adam Fox25D$9,500,000699.9017211.71
18Mitchell Marner26F$10,903,000299.0719203.36
19Tage Thompson26F$7,142,857796.0616218.32
20Miro Heiskanen24D$8,450,000695.3620221.92
21Kirill Kaprizov26F$9,000,000393.0121182.24
22William Nylander27F$6,962,366189.1227215.92
23Alex Tuch27F$4,750,000387.6724220.17
24Tim Stutzle22F$8,350,000887.1523197.27
25Noah Dobson24D$4,000,000286.4540227.46
26Aleksander Barkov28F$10,000,000786.2629177.01
27Travis Konecny26F$5,500,000285.9926189.19
28Kyle Connor27F$7,142,857381.9430191.84
29Auston Matthews26F$11,640,250181.5522176.03
30Brayden Point27F$9,500,000781.2328192.68
31Shea Theodore28D$5,200,000281.1239176.40
32Evan Bouchard24D$3,900,000278.6156227.65
33Jakob Chychrun25D$4,600,000276.2131177.06
34Clayton Keller25F$7,150,000575.8332193.49
35Jack Eichel27F$10,000,000375.1835160.46
36Roope Hintz27F$8,450,000875.0933170.99
37Pavel Buchnevich28F$5,800,000274.4125178.10
38J.T. Miller30F$8,000,000874.1442190.82
39Carter Verhaeghe28F$4,166,667273.6944214.81
40Kevin Fiala27F$7,875,000672.6438167.77
41Jake Guentzel29F$6,000,000172.4546189.87
42Mikhail Sergachev25D$8,500,000871.6534190.58
43Brady Tkachuk24F$8,208,571570.8937176.26
44Mika Zibanejad30F$8,500,000770.1845184.27
45Dougie Hamilton30D$9,000,000569.7336193.81
46Charlie McAvoy26D$9,500,000769.5843167.59
47Adam Fantilli19F$950,000368.3047265.83
48Nico Hischier25F$7,250,000467.9648174.16
49Jesper Bratt25F$7,875,000867.8549170.03
50Sebastian Aho26F$8,460,250167.6759159.87
51Nikolaj Ehlers27F$6,000,000266.9453127.46
52Dylan Larkin27F$8,700,000864.4452162.19
53Robert Thomas24F$8,000,000864.3957159.00
54Erik Karlsson33D$11,500,000464.0941211.12
55Brandon Hagel25F$1,500,000163.2563268.23
56Vince Dunn27D$7,350,000462.8670210.60
57Mason McTavish20F$894,167262.8274257.44
58Artemi Panarin32F$11,642,857362.6968165.83
59Martin Necas25F$3,000,000162.2260216.68
60Sam Reinhart28F$6,500,000162.1576168.86
61Brandon Montour29D$3,500,000162.1255252.76
62Valeri Nichushkin28F$6,125,000761.5173144.62
63Alex DeBrincat26F$7,875,000461.4158161.23
64Mathew Barzal26F$9,150,000861.3669133.26
65Tyson Foerster21F$863,333260.78129140.06
66Dylan Guenther20F$894,167260.73185172.09
67Tommy Novak26F$800,000160.3371254.07
68Zach Hyman31F$5,500,000560.3180189.19
69Nick Schmaltz27F$5,850,000360.1551153.04
70Andrei Svechnikov23F$7,750,000659.8781135.20
71Patrik Laine25F$8,700,000359.4150112.36
72Rasmus Andersson27D$4,550,000358.8967189.71
73Mark Scheifele30F$6,125,000157.9577171.15
74Adrian Kempe27F$5,500,000357.7375170.49
75Jordan Kyrou25F$8,125,000857.7162154.07
76Luke Hughes20D$925,000256.67NR192.89
77Morgan Rielly29D$7,500,000756.4393158.30
78Filip Hronek26D$4,400,000156.37110179.65
79Drake Batherson25F$4,975,000456.2585170.92
80Logan Cooley19F$950,000355.8966233.82
81Bo Horvat28F$8,500,000855.8086150.29
82Kirby Dach22F$3,362,500355.66108129.52
83Filip Forsberg29F$8,500,000755.5782126.10
84Jared McCann27F$5,000,000455.1264172.31
85Moritz Seider22D$863,333154.89102288.26
86Mike Matheson29D$4,875,000354.7089159.88
87Troy Terry26F$7,000,000753.4772142.24
88Thomas Chabot26D$8,000,000553.3890139.19
89Brock Boeser26F$6,650,000353.07104148.72
90Cole Caufield23F$7,850,000853.0578106.20
91Sidney Crosby33F$8,700,000252.1254168.95
92Zach Werenski26D$9,583,333552.0610795.99
93Matt Boldy22F$7,000,000752.0287146.97
94Devon Toews29D$4,100,000151.88101190.81
95Mark Stone31F$9,500,000451.5296104.33
96Dylan Strome26F$5,000,000551.5084165.24
97Nick Suzuki24F$7,875,000751.3391146.65
98Lucas Raymond21F$925,000151.22114247.81
99Matthew Knies21F$925,000250.83167219.26
100Sean Durzi25D$1,700,000150.18121218.88
101Gabriel Vilardi24F$3,437,500250.08122145.57
102Jeff Skinner31F$9,000,000449.4897149.45
103K’Andre Miller23D$3,872,000249.4194177.91
104Bowen Byram22D$3,850,000249.3988130.82
105Roman Josi33D$9,059,000549.31109166.90
106Jack Quinn22F$863,333249.14131211.45
107Matty Beniers21F$897,500148.9399262.77
108Andrei Kuzmenko27F$5,500,000248.7661165.36
109Philip Tomasino22F$863,333148.61127165.68
110Artturi Lehkonen28F$4,500,000448.4098133.93
111Jake DeBrusk27F$4,000,000148.32105148.65
112Brad Marchand33F$6,125,000248.01NR153.61
113Cole Perfetti22F$894,166147.83134201.62
114Shayne Gostisbehere30D$4,125,000147.61137187.90
115Casey Mittelstadt25F$2,500,000147.47128202.08
116Wyatt Johnston20F$894,167247.27112237.97
117Timo Meier27F$8,800,000847.2579128.73
118Matias Maccelli23F$3,425,000347.18115160.62
119Trevor Zegras22F$5,750,000347.0465153.19
120Chandler Stephenson29F$2,750,000146.8895188.86
121Dawson Mercer22F$894,166146.60117263.50
122Joel Eriksson Ek26F$5,250,000645.88106150.21
123Pierre-Luc Dubois25F$8,500,000845.7583125.97
124Elias Lindholm29F$4,850,000145.74100155.88
125Tony DeAngelo28D$1,675,000145.61143227.87
126Vincent Trocheck31F$5,625,000644.83118153.62
127JJ Peterka22F$855,833244.42142216.85
128Johnny Gaudreau30F$9,750,000644.2592138.60
129Pavel Zacha26F$4,750,000443.98116149.90
130Thomas Harley22D$863,333143.94NR157.96
131Yegor Chinakhov22F$800,000143.94199178.25
132Steven Stamkos33F$8,500,000143.71119151.40
133Dylan Cozens22F$7,100,000743.02111139.93
134Brock Nelson32F$6,000,000242.97133158.72
135Alexis Lafreniere22F$2,325,000242.43132178.83
136Ryan Hartman29F$1,700,000142.23136161.69
137Tyler Toffoli31F$4,250,000141.71120168.11
138Calen Addison23D$800,000141.60144228.69
139Owen Tippett24F$1,500,000141.30138200.45
140Eeli Tolvanen24F$1,450,000140.81162164.81
141Tomas Hertl30F$8,137,500740.34124130.46
142Arthur Kaliyev22F$894,166140.33147180.73
143Seth Jarvis21F$894,166140.30161216.14
144Noah Hanifin26D$4,950,000140.01157150.79
145Tyler Bertuzzi28F$5,500,000139.32126109.57
146Max Domi28F$3,000,000139.31135178.04
147Matt Duchene33F$3,000,000138.99190165.53
148Patrick Kane35F$2,750,000138.96NR192.68
149Luke Evangelista21F$797,500238.91146164.08
150Ryan O’Reilly32F$4,500,000338.83NR134.77
151Michael Bunting28F$3,500,000338.80156147.80
152Jonatan Berggren23F$925,000138.18NR172.41
153Sam Bennett27F$4,425,000237.84151124.17
154Vladimir Tarasenko32F$5,000,000137.83125148.54
155Morgan Frost24F$2,100,000237.67145167.47
156Quinton Byfield21F$890,000137.60154183.92
157Aaron Ekblad27D$7,500,000237.58149126.92
158Victor Hedman33D$7,875,000237.42148152.79
159Ridly Greig21F$894,166137.25189148.66
160Evgeni Malkin34F$6,100,000337.23103162.87
161Erik Gustafsson31D$825,000137.17153265.98
162Trevor Moore28F$4,200,000536.77177107.92
163Gustav Forsling27D$2,666,667136.74168178.65
164Adam Boqvist23D$2,600,000236.49175129.40
165Filip Chytil24F$4,437,500436.32152116.01
166Andre Burakovsky28F$5,500,000436.2814094.24
167J.T. Compher28F$5,100,000536.27160128.56
168Lawson Crouse26F$4,300,000436.11166131.29
169Jonathan Drouin28F$850,000135.81192167.31
170Egor Zamula23D$775,000135.56NR125.42
171Kaiden Guhle21D$894,166135.54174161.62
172John Tavares33F$11,000,000235.42150126.43
173Rasmus Sandin23D$1,400,000135.20173195.16
174Kent Johnson21F$925,000135.13NR188.15
175Cam York23D$1,600,000235.12179155.97
176Lukas Reichel21F$925,000135.12130121.38
177Morgan Geekie25F$2,000,000234.86NR130.86
178J.J. Moser23D$886,667134.68182211.49
179Alex Ovechkin33F$9,500,000334.60113126.92
180Oliver Bjorkstrand28F$5,400,000333.98194123.94
181Jake Sanderson21D$925,000133.91181224.69
182Boone Jenner30F$3,750,000333.52178127.14
183Owen Power21D$920,000133.46169225.99
184Anton Lundell22F$925,000133.29183182.67
185Evan Rodrigues30F$3,000,000333.14184139.64
186Michael Rasmussen24F$1,460,000132.51NR138.64
187Mason Marchment28F$4,500,000332.47NR119.15
188Tom Wilson29F$5,166,666132.3516471.32
189Frank Vatrano29F$3,650,000231.99NR132.66
190Bryan Rust31F$5,125,000531.89NR124.59
191William Karlsson31F$5,900,000431.88170125.50
192Robby Fabbri27F$4,000,000231.82NR70.32
193Claude Giroux34F$6,500,000231.39141144.50
194Joel Farabee23F$5,000,000531.36NR117.64
195Alexander Barabanov29F$2,500,000131.29195136.95
196Rickard Rakell30F$5,000,000531.24198131.51
197Samuel Girard25D$5,000,000431.05172132.02
198Nicholas Robertson22F$821,667130.56NR160.29
199Anthony Duclair28F$3,000,000130.39NR115.01
200Alex Newhook22F$2,900,000430.36NR130.96

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