Top-200 Cap League Skater Rankings – July 2024

Alexander MacLean

2024-07-25

It's the end of July, and that means we have most of the free agents signed. The 2024 rookie crop won't be incorporated until the next update, and there is still some tinkering to be done with point projections. Overall, still some work to do this summer. Take a gander at the rankings below, and let me know if you have thoughts or comments. They're always welcome, but especially during the off-season.

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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 Twitter here @alexdmaclean.

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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
2Cale Makar25D$9,000,0003291.633247.11
3Nathan MacKinnon28F$12,600,0007286.274235.77
4Quinn Hughes24D$7,850,0003275.305253.83
5Nikita Kucherov31F$9,500,0003272.322253.15
6Evan Bouchard24D$3,900,0001244.726302.69
7Connor Bedard18F$950,0002233.357336.01
8Adam Fox26D$9,500,0005228.758204.53
9Leon Draisaitl28F$8,500,0001224.629212.94
10Kirill Kaprizov27F$9,000,0002220.8610194.81
11Jack Hughes23F$8,000,0006211.7711180.97
12David Pastrnak28F$11,250,0007197.7012193.05
13Mitch Marner27F$10,903,0001197.4613170.39
14Mikko Rantanen27F$9,250,0001197.1514196.23
15Auston Matthews26F$13,250,0004176.9415174.36
16Matthew Tkachuk26F$9,500,0006168.5616173.85
17Noah Dobson24D$4,000,0001166.1617240.77
18Shea Theodore28D$5,200,0001163.2618167.18
19Sam Reinhart28F$8,625,0008161.5240175.67
20Jack Eichel27F$10,000,0002160.6820143.58
21Jason Robertson24F$7,750,0002160.2121180.65
22Elias Pettersson25F$11,600,0008157.2122157.37
23William Nylander28F$11,500,0008154.3223161.17
24Josh Morrissey29D$6,250,0004153.2319205.90
25Sebastian Aho26F$9,750,0008151.5224159.71
26J.T. Miller31F$8,000,0007148.1725185.84
27Aleksander Barkov28F$10,000,0006146.2027150.29
28Jake Guentzel29F$9,000,0007144.8630146.04
29Artemi Panarin32F$11,642,8572144.2728177.07
30Brayden Point28F$9,500,0006143.1626160.40
31Filip Forsberg29F$8,500,0006141.6729171.21
32Robert Thomas25F$8,000,0007141.2632166.86
33Miro Heiskanen24D$8,450,0005140.4931165.87
34Kyle Connor27F$7,142,8572138.7033148.28
35Rasmus Dahlin24D$11,000,0008136.9634161.35
36Zach Werenski26D$9,583,3334135.8435159.38
37Jesper Bratt25F$7,875,0007135.0636159.50
38Jack Quinn22F$863,3331132.7837120.91
39Travis Konecny27F$5,500,0001132.7438164.45
40Clayton Keller25F$7,150,0004132.4039156.96
41Tim Stutzle22F$8,350,0007127.6441147.45
42Nico Hischier25F$7,250,0003125.6343143.98
43Mathew Barzal27F$9,150,0007125.4142146.09
44Matt Boldy23F$7,000,0006124.1944148.30
45Adrian Kempe27F$5,500,0002123.1845166.21
46Brady Tkachuk24F$8,208,5714121.8346145.97
47Dylan Larkin27F$8,700,0007120.8547131.64
48Carter Verhaeghe28F$4,166,6671116.4148172.52
49Brandon Hagel25F$6,500,0008114.0049153.86
50Nick Suzuki24F$7,875,0006112.6250146.06
51Alex DeBrincat26F$7,875,0003111.3152141.16
52Morgan Rielly30D$7,500,0006110.5954164.63
53Kevin Fiala27F$7,875,0005110.3455142.21
54Tage Thompson26F$7,142,8576110.2256140.57
55Valeri Nichushkin29F$6,125,0006109.1757120.29
56Alex Tuch28F$4,750,0002107.8053156.51
57Lucas Raymond22FRFA0107.2658151.84
58Andrei Svechnikov24F$7,750,0005106.7959116.56
59Kirby Dach23F$3,362,5002104.676094.18
60Dylan Guenther21F$894,1671104.5961179.99
61Drake Batherson26F$4,975,0003104.4362156.70
62Brock Boeser27F$6,650,0002104.1163147.48
63Cole Caufield23F$7,850,0007103.4164125.37
64Roope Hintz27F$8,450,0007102.6365130.78
65Seth Jarvis22FRFA0101.8466148.38
66Lane Hutson20D$950,000299.696753.28
67Dylan Strome27F$5,000,000499.4069153.10
68Alexis Lafreniere22F$2,325,000199.3470176.39
69Ryan Nugent-Hopkins31F$5,125,000599.0371163.84
70Gabriel Vilardi24F$3,437,500198.1374124.55
71Jordan Kyrou26F$8,125,000798.1075130.29
72Pavel Mintyukov20D$918,333297.1376211.91
73Alex Newhook23F$2,900,000396.697788.37
74Mark Scheifele31F$8,500,000795.1478129.96
75Mason McTavish21F$894,167194.1180199.58
76Adam Fantilli19F$950,000293.6582225.49
77Shane Pinto23F$3,750,000293.5510066.75
78Mikhail Sergachev26D$8,500,000793.458199.90
79Nikolaj Ehlers28F$6,000,000193.0983121.64
80Vince Dunn27D$7,350,000393.068499.16
81Quinton Byfield21F$6,250,000591.80111153.87
82Shane Wright20F$886,667391.6287166.55
83Nick Schmaltz28F$5,850,000290.3489134.46
84Shayne Gostisbehere31D$3,200,000390.30108209.94
85Jonathan Drouin29F$2,500,000189.96102189.43
86Charlie McAvoy26D$9,500,000689.4690131.68
87Jared McCann28F$5,000,000389.4486141.69
88Vincent Trocheck31F$5,625,000589.0791152.36
89Joel Eriksson Ek27F$5,250,000588.7392138.32
90Dougie Hamilton31D$9,000,000488.736887.93
91Mike Matheson30D$4,875,000288.6493129.12
92Wyatt Johnston21F$894,167187.5894191.95
93Victor Hedman33D$7,875,000186.4098176.50
94Pavel Zacha27F$4,750,000385.6395138.09
95Mika Zibanejad31F$8,500,000685.6396130.25
96Mark Stone32F$9,500,000385.107398.05
97Pavel Buchnevich29F$5,800,000185.0785132.76
98Logan Cooley20F$950,000283.57101221.75
99Bo Horvat29F$8,500,000782.20104120.01
100Logan Stankoven21F$836,667181.9210582.91
101Yegor Sharangovich26F$3,100,000181.2597151.71
102Viktor Arvidsson31F$4,000,000281.067278.22
103Luke Hughes20D$925,000180.94106259.26
104Roman Josi34D$9,059,000480.7751173.14
105Leo Carlsson19F$950,000280.70107209.07
106Jakob Chychrun26D$4,600,000179.73109149.97
107Philipp Kurashev24F$2,250,000179.45110171.80
108Bryan Rust32F$5,125,000479.3688130.20
109Trevor Moore29F$4,200,000478.51112133.73
110Troy Terry26F$7,000,000677.86113112.79
111Artturi Lehkonen29F$4,500,000377.86103100.41
112Brock Faber21D$925,000177.12115255.87
113Thomas Harley22DRFA076.48116143.34
114Connor Zary22F$863,333175.29117120.14
115Martin Necas25FRFA075.00118112.93
116Michael Bunting28F$3,500,000274.92120141.19
117Thomas Chabot26D$8,000,000474.3579103.95
118Rasmus Andersson27D$4,550,000274.03123143.02
119JJ Peterka22F$855,833173.23153220.05
120Zach Hyman32F$5,500,000473.1899143.37
121Timo Meier27F$8,800,000772.6212596.68
122Cutter Gauthier20F$950,000272.62126101.08
123Marco Rossi22F$863,333172.24127188.28
124William Karlsson31F$5,900,000371.76128121.97
125Devon Toews30D$7,250,000771.42129138.09
126Darren Raddysh28D$975,000269.85133140.49
127Tommy Novak27F$3,500,000369.81134140.11
128Oliver Bjorkstrand29F$5,400,000269.63135127.36
129William Eklund21F$894,167169.09136197.58
130Teuvo Teravainen29F$5,400,000368.85114118.48
131Matias Maccelli23F$3,425,000268.8413797.10
132Mason Marchment29F$4,500,000268.79138130.72
133Yegor Chinakhov23F$2,100,000268.6112283.50
134Owen Tippett25F$6,200,000867.98139110.57
135Philip Tomasino22FRFA067.69119106.04
136Sidney Crosby34F$8,700,000167.13141139.61
137Moritz Seider23DRFA066.85142121.50
138Brock Nelson32F$6,000,000166.63144136.43
139Joel Farabee24F$5,000,000466.14145117.24
140Johnny Gaudreau30F$9,750,000566.14146105.88
141Filip Hronek26D$7,250,000865.9113085.25
142Filip Chytil24F$4,437,500365.1417370.11
143Travis Sanheim28D$6,250,000765.01147132.43
144Tomas Hertl30F$8,137,500664.9317580.37
145Noah Hanifin27D$7,350,000864.90149130.89
146Anthony Cirelli26F$6,250,000764.0015297.98
147Casey Mittelstadt25F$5,750,000363.81132117.72
148Sam Bennett28F$4,425,000163.30148113.83
149Vladimir Tarasenko32F$4,750,000263.05131133.83
150Sean Durzi25D$6,000,000463.03143138.24
151Anthony Duclair28F$3,500,000462.83140122.08
152Simon Nemec20D$918,333262.16155193.86
153Daniel Sprong27FUFA061.63157152.46
154Matt Duchene33F$3,000,000161.20166156.97
155Alexander Nylander26FUFA060.3715898.67
156Trevor Zegras23F$5,750,000259.82160100.69
157Josh Norris25F$7,950,000659.2016168.67
158Chandler Stephenson30F$6,250,000759.09124106.93
159Brady Skjei30D$7,000,000758.83150128.65
160Ryan O’Reilly33F$4,500,000258.63163144.87
161Juraj Slafkovsky20F$950,000158.54121188.40
162Jake Neighbours22F$835,833158.48164111.42
163Bowen Byram23D$3,850,000158.41167132.45
164Cole Perfetti22FRFA058.38165115.76
165Frank Vatrano30F$3,650,000157.34169127.95
166Ryan Hartman29F$4,000,000357.17171113.54
167MacKenzie Weegar30D$6,250,000757.0817293.43
168Pavel Dorofeyev23F$1,835,000256.7319067.83
169Jeff Skinner32F$3,000,000156.67NR149.12
170Jonathan Marchessault33F$5,500,000556.64156130.83
171Luke Evangelista22F$797,500156.55174118.95
172Jake Sanderson22D$8,050,000856.30193112.41
173Steven Stamkos34F$8,000,000456.20170129.29
174Tyson Foerster22F$863,333156.17177107.61
175Morgan Frost25F$2,100,000155.88180123.66
176Dylan Cozens23F$7,100,000655.4917997.22
177Nazem Kadri33F$7,000,000555.28182125.15
178Eeli Tolvanen25F$3,475,000255.24162119.69
179Alexander Holtz22F$894,167155.23183153.76
180Zach Benson19F$950,000255.21NR192.34
181Brandt Clarke21D$894,167155.02184114.24
182Andrei Kuzmenko28F$5,500,000154.88185111.40
183K’Andre Miller24D$3,872,000154.76186130.70
184Bobby McMann28F$1,350,000254.64176142.61
185Nicolas Roy27F$3,000,000354.44187112.94
186Jack Roslovic27F$2,800,000154.39NR107.12
187J.T. Compher29F$5,100,000454.19188104.08
188Gustav Forsling28D$5,750,000853.7518176.12
189Morgan Geekie25F$2,000,000153.47192122.66
190Elias Lindholm29F$7,750,000753.1715494.51
191Chris Kreider33F$6,500,000352.77195123.37
192Brandon Montour30D$7,142,857752.28194103.90
193Nicholas Robertson22FRFA052.0219695.86
194Tyler Bertuzzi29F$5,500,000451.70151106.84
195Hendrix Lapierre22F$863,333151.7019785.32
196Connor McMichael23F$2,100,000251.38NR93.79
197Sean Monahan29F$5,500,000550.67178111.70
198Matthew Knies21F$925,000150.55198159.37
199Fabian Zetterlund24F$1,450,000150.53199143.22
200Nicholas Paul29F$3,150,000550.44200120.41

3 Comments

  1. grondini 2024-07-26 at 09:02

    To see crosby so low after some of his best year in the last two years is suprising

  2. Fant Bell 2024-07-26 at 13:59

    I feel like something is broken with your ranking system right now…
    There used to be a lot of low dollar contracts listed at the top, but sometimes the real life value of the players was questionable.
    I remember there was a mention that you’ve tweaked the formula some time ago.
    Looking at this current list, the top 40-ish are basically a list of the most expensive players in the league. I get that they are the top point scorers but it seems like salary value is no longer weighted very highly.
    And then at #38 you have Jack Quinn out of nowhere as the first “value” contract??? This has got to be an error.

  3. Fant Bell 2024-07-26 at 14:01

    …as opposed to Wyatt Johnston at #92? There has got to be a glitch in the formula.
    I am not trying to be a jerk by the way it just looks like the rankings are off.

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