Top-200 Cap League Skater Rankings – May 2024

Alexander MacLean

2024-05-25

The full 2023/24 to 2024/25 turnover is completed, and the data/rankings are now in offseason mode. Players are shown with contract status as of July 1st, so any players shown without a contract are upcoming free agents, who have their values computed through projected contract dollar values until an actual contract is signed. Free agency salary projections can be found here.

Leon Draisaitl coming into a contract year pushes him down a few slots on the list, while Evan Bouchard jumps up into the top-tier of offensive defencemen. He may never win a Norris, but he is just as valuable to your fantasy team as those other top players who are always in that conversation. It will be fascinating to see how Edmonton handles both of these two players as they are able to sign extensions any time after July 1st, and they both need sizeable raises. The get the full picture though, we need to keep in mind that Connor McDavid's contract is up in two years, and that is the big fish that there will need to be room to wiggle for even though deals for Draisaitl and Bouchard will have to go first. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and others have thus far signed team-friendly deals, so it's possible we see more of that from the core here. It will all matter a little less for them though if the Oilers can finish off this playoff run with a win.

Standard pre-rankings note:

This isn't meant to be a be-all and end-all rating system for you to use without thinking and just trade your players for anyone above them on the list that you can find, but used with some foresight for managing salaries. 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 impact of rookies. 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 growth.

For those of you with variations from this setup, whether in terms of number of teams, salary space, roster positions, or scoring categories, you can make your own personal tweaks to move players up or down as necessary. This list is made to be a baseline guide for player evaluation, and to promote discussion and understanding of how to optimize rosters in a cap league setting.

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

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

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$12,500,0002359.471245.69
2Nikita Kucherov30F$9,500,0003299.007261.82
3Cale Makar25D$9,000,0003291.632247.11
4Nathan MacKinnon28F$12,600,0007286.276235.77
5Quinn Hughes24D$7,850,0003275.305253.83
6Evan Bouchard24D$3,900,0001244.7213302.69
7Connor Bedard18F$950,0002233.353336.01
8Adam Fox26D$9,500,0005228.7514204.53
9Leon Draisaitl28F$8,500,0001224.624212.94
10Kirill Kaprizov27F$9,000,0002220.8619194.81
11Jack Hughes23F$8,000,0006203.9910179.08
12David Pastrnak27F$11,250,0007203.7011195.28
13Mitch Marner27F$10,903,0001197.4620170.39
14Mikko Rantanen27F$9,250,0001197.159196.23
15Auston Matthews26F$13,250,0004176.9425174.36
16Matthew Tkachuk26F$9,500,0006168.5616173.85
17Noah Dobson24D$4,000,0001166.168240.77
18Shea Theodore28D$5,200,0001163.2612167.18
19Josh Morrissey28D$6,250,0004162.1515209.01
20Jack Eichel27F$10,000,0002160.6835143.58
21Jason Robertson24F$7,750,0002160.2117180.65
22Elias Pettersson25F$11,600,0008157.2118157.37
23William Nylander28F$11,500,0008154.3222161.17
24Sebastian Aho26F$9,750,0008151.5251159.71
25J.T. Miller31F$8,000,0007148.1730185.84
26Brayden Point28F$9,500,0006147.5126162.18
27Aleksander Barkov28F$10,000,0006146.2029150.29
28Artemi Panarin32F$11,642,8572144.2752177.07
29Filip Forsberg29F$8,500,0006141.6779171.21
30Jake Guentzel29FUFA0140.7942140.53
31Miro Heiskanen24D$8,450,0005140.4923165.87
32Robert Thomas24F$8,000,0007139.9144166.28
33Kyle Connor27F$7,142,8572138.7036148.28
34Rasmus Dahlin24D$11,000,0008136.9621161.35
35Zach Werenski26D$9,583,3334135.8483159.38
36Jesper Bratt25F$7,875,0007135.0658159.50
37Jack Quinn22F$863,3331132.7847120.91
38Travis Konecny27F$5,500,0001132.7427164.45
39Clayton Keller25F$7,150,0004132.4039156.96
40Sam Reinhart28FUFA0130.2738142.48
41Tim Stutzle22F$8,350,0007127.6431147.45
42Mathew Barzal26F$9,150,0007127.4556146.93
43Nico Hischier25F$7,250,0003125.6345143.98
44Matt Boldy23F$7,000,0006124.1990148.30
45Adrian Kempe27F$5,500,0002123.1877166.21
46Brady Tkachuk24F$8,208,5714121.8363145.97
47Dylan Larkin27F$8,700,0007120.8559131.64
48Carter Verhaeghe28F$4,166,6671116.4128172.52
49Brandon Hagel25F$6,500,0008114.0037153.86
50Nick Suzuki24F$7,875,0006112.6288146.06
51Roman Josi33D$9,059,0004111.6657187.86
52Alex DeBrincat26F$7,875,0003111.3195141.16
53Alex Tuch27F$4,750,0002111.0849157.72
54Morgan Rielly30D$7,500,0006110.5976164.63
55Kevin Fiala27F$7,875,0005110.3455142.21
56Tage Thompson26F$7,142,8576110.2240140.57
57Valeri Nichushkin29F$6,125,0006109.1746123.57
58Lucas Raymond22FRFA0107.2670151.84
59Andrei Svechnikov24F$7,750,0005106.7968116.56
60Kirby Dach23F$3,362,5002104.678094.18
61Dylan Guenther21F$894,1671104.5987179.99
62Drake Batherson26F$4,975,0003104.43104156.70
63Brock Boeser27F$6,650,0002104.1185147.48
64Cole Caufield23F$7,850,0007103.4191125.37
65Roope Hintz27F$8,450,0007102.6360130.78
66Seth Jarvis22FRFA0101.84100148.38
67Lane Hutson20D$950,000299.69NR53.28
68Dougie Hamilton30D$9,000,000499.504388.92
69Dylan Strome27F$5,000,000499.4092153.10
70Alexis Lafreniere22F$2,325,000199.34133176.39
71Ryan Nugent-Hopkins31F$5,125,000599.0324163.84
72Viktor Arvidsson31FUFA098.42NR104.69
73Mark Stone31F$9,500,000398.25103101.01
74Gabriel Vilardi24F$3,437,500198.1394124.55
75Jordan Kyrou26F$8,125,000798.10111130.29
76Pavel Mintyukov20D$918,333297.1334211.91
77Alex Newhook23F$2,900,000396.6917788.37
78Mark Scheifele31F$8,500,000795.14107129.96
79Thomas Chabot26D$8,000,000494.49105116.43
80Mason McTavish21F$894,167194.1133199.58
81Mikhail Sergachev25D$8,500,000793.756999.94
82Adam Fantilli19F$950,000293.6554225.49
83Nikolaj Ehlers28F$6,000,000193.0984121.64
84Vince Dunn27D$7,350,000393.064199.16
85Pavel Buchnevich29F$5,800,000192.6267144.36
86Jared McCann27F$5,000,000392.1566143.01
87Shane Wright20F$886,667391.62NR166.55
88Bryan Rust31F$5,125,000491.49167134.33
89Nick Schmaltz28F$5,850,000290.34102134.46
90Charlie McAvoy26D$9,500,000689.4653131.68
91Vincent Trocheck31F$5,625,000589.07117152.36
92Joel Eriksson Ek27F$5,250,000588.7381138.32
93Mike Matheson30D$4,875,000288.6471129.12
94Wyatt Johnston21F$894,167187.5832191.95
95Pavel Zacha27F$4,750,000385.63128138.09
96Mika Zibanejad31F$8,500,000685.6378130.25
97Yegor Sharangovich25F$3,100,000185.17141155.41
98Victor Hedman33D$7,875,000185.0974175.57
99Zach Hyman31F$5,500,000484.5162149.52
100Shane Pinto23FRFA084.406194.23
101Logan Cooley20F$950,000283.57110221.75
102Jonathan Drouin29FUFA083.36119181.22
103Artturi Lehkonen28F$4,500,000382.53114101.46
104Bo Horvat29F$8,500,000782.2096120.01
105Logan Stankoven21F$836,667181.9214282.91
106Luke Hughes20D$925,000180.9450259.26
107Leo Carlsson19F$950,000280.70106209.07
108Shayne Gostisbehere31DUFA080.4286188.60
109Jakob Chychrun26D$4,600,000179.7375149.97
110Philipp Kurashev24F$2,250,000179.45153171.80
111Quinton Byfield21FRFA079.04124126.59
112Trevor Moore29F$4,200,000478.51136133.73
113Troy Terry26F$7,000,000677.86108112.79
114Teuvo Teravainen29FUFA077.16185138.44
115Brock Faber21D$925,000177.12125255.87
116Thomas Harley22DRFA076.4889143.34
117Connor Zary22F$863,333175.29NR120.14
118Martin Necas25FRFA075.0073112.93
119Philip Tomasino22FRFA074.98101113.50
120Michael Bunting28F$3,500,000274.92171141.19
121Juraj Slafkovsky20F$950,000174.66183198.85
122Yegor Chinakhov23FRFA074.1711592.52
123Rasmus Andersson27D$4,550,000274.0393143.02
124Chandler Stephenson30FUFA072.84122141.96
125Timo Meier27F$8,800,000772.6214896.68
126Cutter Gauthier20F$950,000272.62NR94.34
127Marco Rossi22F$863,333172.24NR188.28
128William Karlsson31F$5,900,000371.76174121.97
129Devon Toews30D$7,250,000771.42118138.09
130Filip Hronek26DRFA070.416493.46
131Vladimir Tarasenko32FUFA069.88172151.56
132Casey Mittelstadt25FRFA069.87112134.10
133Darren Raddysh28D$975,000269.85NR140.49
134Tommy Novak27F$3,500,000369.8148138.16
135Oliver Bjorkstrand29F$5,400,000269.63163127.36
136William Eklund21F$894,167169.09165191.99
137Matias Maccelli23F$3,425,000268.8412197.10
138Mason Marchment29F$4,500,000268.79180130.72
139Owen Tippett25F$6,200,000867.98131110.57
140Anthony Duclair28FUFA067.35173134.19
141Sidney Crosby36F$8,700,000167.13116140.12
142Moritz Seider23DRFA066.8582121.50
143Sean Durzi25DRFA066.8499137.93
144Brock Nelson32F$6,000,000166.63134136.43
145Joel Farabee24F$5,000,000466.14184117.24
146Johnny Gaudreau30F$9,750,000566.14151107.15
147Travis Sanheim28D$6,250,000765.01181132.43
148Sam Bennett27F$4,425,000164.95161113.82
149Noah Hanifin27D$7,350,000864.90127130.89
150Brady Skjei30DUFA064.58146142.05
151Tyler Bertuzzi29FUFA064.35NR143.29
152Anthony Cirelli26F$6,250,000764.00NR97.98
153JJ Peterka22F$855,833163.4597142.72
154Elias Lindholm29FUFA062.25158118.70
155Simon Nemec20D$918,333262.16NR193.86
156Jonathan Marchessault33FUFA062.03156146.00
157Daniel Sprong27FUFA061.63190152.46
158Alexander Nylander26FRFA060.37NR92.21
159Matty Beniers21FRFA059.87140151.20
160Trevor Zegras23F$5,750,000259.82175100.69
161Josh Norris25F$7,950,000659.20NR68.67
162Eeli Tolvanen25FRFA058.74159130.21
163Ryan O’Reilly33F$4,500,000258.63166144.87
164Jake Neighbours22F$835,833158.48NR111.42
165Cole Perfetti22FRFA058.38155115.76
166Matt Duchene33FUFA057.91130145.17
167Bowen Byram22D$3,850,000157.5098118.87
168Tyler Toffoli32FUFA057.39137142.09
169Frank Vatrano30F$3,650,000157.34162127.95
170Steven Stamkos34FUFA057.32195132.38
171Ryan Hartman29F$4,000,000357.17144113.54
172MacKenzie Weegar30D$6,250,000757.08NR93.43
173Filip Chytil24F$4,437,500356.6518970.11
174Luke Evangelista22F$797,500156.55132118.95
175Tomas Hertl30F$8,137,500656.4617680.37
176Bobby McMann27F$1,350,000256.30NR143.06
177Tyson Foerster22F$863,333156.1772107.61
178Sean Monahan29FUFA055.70109127.95
179Dylan Cozens23F$7,100,000655.4914597.22
180Morgan Frost24F$2,100,000155.41129123.24
181Gustav Forsling27D$5,750,000855.3812077.03
182Nazem Kadri33F$7,000,000555.28NR125.15
183Alexander Holtz22F$894,167155.23NR153.76
184Brandt Clarke21D$894,167155.02170114.24
185Andrei Kuzmenko28F$5,500,000154.88160111.40
186K’Andre Miller24D$3,872,000154.76139130.70
187Nicolas Roy27F$3,000,000354.44196112.94
188J.T. Compher29F$5,100,000454.19188104.08
189Mathieu Joseph27F$2,950,000254.18NR124.33
190Pavel Dorofeyev23FRFA054.17NR62.14
191Mike Reilly30DUFA054.11NR128.40
192Morgan Geekie25F$2,000,000153.47198122.66
193Jake Sanderson21D$8,050,000853.32152110.85
194Brandon Montour30DUFA053.1465105.85
195Chris Kreider33F$6,500,000352.77169123.37
196Nicholas Robertson22FRFA052.0219495.86
197Hendrix Lapierre22F$863,333151.70NR85.32
198Matthew Knies21F$925,000150.55126159.37
199Fabian Zetterlund24F$1,450,000150.53NR143.22
200Nicholas Paul29F$3,150,000550.44NR120.41

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