Top 300 Keeper League Players – October

Dobber

2025-10-03

Here are the top 300 forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!

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As always, players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal preference (upside, certainty, depth chart, injury risk, team, etc.)

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Oct	Player	Team	D?	Rating	Sep	Aug	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		393.1	1	1	0
2	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		306.9	2	2	0
3	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		306.7	3	3	0
4	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		284.4	4	4	0
5	Mitch Marner	VGK		216.5	5	5	0
6	David Pastrnak	BOS		206.2	6	6	0
7	Jack Hughes	NJD		192.3	7	7	0
8	Auston Matthews	TOR		189.2	8	8	0
9	Connor Bedard	CHI		183.1	9	9	0
10	Jack Eichel	VGK		181.3	10	11	0
11	Cale Makar	COL	y	180.9	11	10	0
12	Jason Robertson	DAL		176.6	12	12	0
13	Mikko Rantanen	DAL		175.8	13	13	0
14	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		173.1	14	14	0
15	Artemi Panarin	NYR		171.8	15	15	0
16	William Nylander	TOR		171.4	16	16	0
17	Jesper Bratt	NJD		163.2	17	17	0
18	Tim Stutzle	OTT		162.5	18	18	0
19	Clayton Keller	UTA		160.2	19	20	0
20	Quinn Hughes	VAN	y	159.4	20	21	0
21	Robert Thomas	STL		158.5	21	22	0
22	Kyle Connor	WPG		157.8	22	23	0
23	Martin Necas	COL		156.9	23	19	0
24	Sam Reinhart	FLA		156.8	24	24	0
25	Brayden Point	TBL		153.7	25	25	0
26	Sebastian Aho	CAR		152.1	26	26	0
27	J.T. Miller	NYR		151.2	27	27	0
28	Nick Suzuki	MON		146.3	28	28	0
29	Elias Pettersson	VAN		145.3	29	29	0
30	Brandon Hagel	TBL		144.8	30	30	0
31	Lucas Raymond	DET		137.2	31	31	0
32	Tage Thompson	BUF		136.4	32	32	0
33	Evan Bouchard	EDM	y	135.9	33	33	0
34	Jake Guentzel	TBL		135.0	34	34	0
35	Mark Scheifele	WPG		129.8	37	37	2
36	Brady Tkachuk	OTT		129.4	38	38	2
37	Macklin Celebrini	SJS		128.6	39	42	2
38	Sidney Crosby	PIT		128.3	40	39	2
39	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	y	128.1	41	40	2
40	Matvei Michkov	PHI		127.3	42	41	2
41	Dylan Strome	WAS		126.1	43	43	2
42	Travis Konecny	PHI		125.4	44	44	2
43	Cole Caufield	MON		125.3	45	45	2
44	Adam Fox	NYR	y	120.3	46	46	2
45	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA		119.7	35	35	-10
46	Wyatt Johnston	DAL		118.8	47	47	1
47	Matt Boldy	MIN		117.6	48	48	1
48	Marco Rossi	MIN		115.8	49	49	1
49	Kirill Marchenko	CBJ		115.6	50	50	1
50	Drake Batherson	OTT		113.8	51	51	1
51	Filip Forsberg	NSH		112.4	52	52	1
52	Logan Cooley	UTA		112.3	53	53	1
53	Nico Hischier	NJD		111.9	54	54	1
54	Adrian Kempe	LAK		110.9	55	61	1
55	Dylan Larkin	DET		110.7	56	55	1
56	Seth Jarvis	CAR		110.7	57	56	1
57	Alex DeBrincat	DET		110.5	58	57	1
58	Jordan Kyrou	STL		110.2	59	58	1
59	Dylan Holloway	STL		110.1	60	59	1
60	Lane Hutson	MON	y	109.4	61	60	1
61	Quinton Byfield	LAK		107.1	62	64	1
62	JJ Peterka	UTA		106.3	63	62	1
63	Roope Hintz	DAL		105.6	64	63	1
64	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	103.7	65	65	1
65	Adam Fantilli	CBJ		103.6	66	66	1
66	Alexis Lafreniere	NYR		101.6	67	67	1
67	Josh Morrissey	WPG	y	101.4	68	68	1
68	Noah Dobson	MON	y	99.1	69	69	1
69	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR		97.9	70	70	1
70	Dylan Guenther	UTA		94.9	71	71	1
71	Anton Lundell	FLA		94.5	89	89	18
72	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		94.5	72	72	0
73	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	93.4	73	73	0
74	Mathew Barzal	NYI		93.4	74	74	0
75	Nazem Kadri	CGY		92.9	75	75	0
76	Kent Johnson	CBJ		92.8	76	76	0
77	Ivan Demidov	MON		91.4	77	77	0
78	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR		90.7	78	78	0
79	Kevin Fiala	LAK		90.6	79	81	0
80	John Tavares	TOR		90.2	80	79	0
81	Connor McMichael	WAS		90.2	81	80	0
82	Tomas Hertl	VGK		89.9	82	83	0
83	Logan Stankoven	CAR		88.0	83	82	0
84	Mark Stone	VGK		87.7	84	86	0
85	Matt Duchene	DAL		86.1	85	84	0
86	Juraj Slafkovsky	MON		86.0	86	85	0
87	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA		85.9	88	87	1
88	Leo Carlsson	ANA		85.1	87	88	-1
89	Trevor Zegras	PHI		83.8	90	90	1
90	Alex Tuch	BUF		82.6	91	91	1
91	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		81.7	92	92	1
92	Will Smith	SJS		81.7	93	97	1
93	Shea Theodore	VGK	y	81.2	94	101	1
94	Matthew Knies	TOR		81.2	95	93	1
95	Aliaksei Protas	WAS		81.1	96	94	1
96	Jake Sanderson	OTT	y	81.0	97	95	1
97	Pierre-Luc Dubois	WAS		80.9	98	96	1
98	Troy Terry	ANA		80.0	99	102	1
99	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		79.9	100	98	1
100	Jonathan Huberdeau	CGY		79.9	101	99	1
101	Matty Beniers	SEA		79.7	102	100	1
102	Moritz Seider	DET	y	78.9	104	103	2
103	Bo Horvat	NYI		77.1	105	105	2
104	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	y	76.7	106	106	2
105	Ryan Donato	CHI		76.3	107	107	2
106	William Eklund	SJS		76.2	108	111	2
107	Thomas Harley	DAL	y	76.0	109	108	2
108	Vincent Trocheck	NYR		76.0	110	109	2
109	Jared McCann	SEA		74.8	111	110	2
110	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		74.6	36	36	-74
111	Timo Meier	NJD		74.0	112	112	1
112	Brock Boeser	VAN		73.4	113	113	1
113	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	y	72.1	114	114	1
114	Ivan Barbashev	VGK		71.6	115	118	1
115	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK		70.1	116	124	1
116	Dylan Cozens	OTT		70.0	117	115	1
117	Mason McTavish	ANA		70.0	118	120	1
118	Zach Hyman	EDM		69.8	119	116	1
119	Luke Hughes	NJD	y	69.7	120	117	1
120	Steven Stamkos	NSH		69.5	121	119	1
121	Anze Kopitar	LAK		69.2	103	104	-18
122	Pavel Buchnevich	STL		68.8	122	121	0
123	Jack Quinn	BUF		68.7	123	122	0
124	Sean Monahan	CBJ		68.6	124	123	0
125	Gabriel Vilardi	WPG		67.1	125	126	0
126	Bryan Rust	PIT		66.7	126	127	0
127	Nick Schmaltz	UTA		66.5	127	128	0
128	Brock Nelson	COL		65.3	128	125	0
129	Patrick Kane	DET		65.3	129	129	0
130	Jonathan Marchessault	NSH		64.2	131	131	1
131	Shane Wright	SEA		63.1	132	132	1
132	Matias Maccelli	TOR		62.8	133	133	1
133	Owen Tippett	PHI		62.6	134	134	1
134	Roman Josi	NSH	y	61.6	135	135	1
135	Pavel Zacha	BOS		61.0	136	136	1
136	Cole Perfetti	WPG		60.8	137	137	1
137	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		60.6	138	138	1
138	Jakob Chychrun	WAS	y	60.5	139	139	1
139	Tyler Toffoli	SJS		60.4	140	141	1
140	Mikael Granlund	ANA		59.6	141	142	1
141	Teuvo Teravainen	CHI		59.5	142	140	1
142	Mackie Samoskevich	FLA		59.2	149	150	7
143	Tyson Foerster	PHI		58.0	143	144	0
144	Erik Karlsson	PIT	y	57.9	144	145	0
145	Maxim Shabanov	NYI		57.5	145	146	0
146	Brad Marchand	FLA		57.2	156	156	10
147	Matt Coronato	CGY		57.1	146	147	-1
148	Patrik Laine	MON		56.8	147	148	-1
149	Morgan Geekie	BOS		56.7	148	149	-1
150	Valeri Nichushkin	COL		56.5	150	143	0
151	Conor Garland	VAN		56.2	151	151	0
152	Vince Dunn	SEA	y	56.1	152	152	0
153	Anthony Cirelli	TBL		56.1	153	153	0
154	Zach Benson	BUF		55.8	154	154	0
155	Rickard Rakell	PIT		55.1	155	155	0
156	Elias Lindholm	BOS		54.1	157	157	1
157	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	y	53.4	158	158	1
158	Sam Bennett	FLA		52.9	170	169	12
159	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	y	52.8	159	159	0
160	Tom Wilson	WAS		52.6	160	160	0
161	Brandt Clarke	LAK	y	52.3	161	161	0
162	Cutter Gauthier	ANA		52.1	162	165	0
163	Morgan Frost	CGY		51.6	168	167	5
164	Zayne Parekh	CGY	y	51.6	163	162	-1
165	Oliver Bjorkstrand	TBL		51.6	164	163	-1
166	Zack Bolduc	MON		51.5	165	164	-1
167	Andrei Kuzmenko	LAK		51.5	166	171	-1
168	Kaapo Kakko	SEA		50.8	130	130	-38
169	John Carlson	WAS	y	50.3	169	168	0
170	Shane Pinto	OTT		50.2	171	170	1
171	Chandler Stephenson	SEA		49.2	172	172	1
172	Alex Laferriere	LAK		49.0	173	179	1
173	Jake Neighbours	STL		48.9	174	173	1
174	Tyler Seguin	DAL		48.9	175	174	1
175	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	47.5	177	176	2
176	Bobby Brink	PHI		47.4	176	175	0
177	Mavrik Bourque	DAL		47.4	178	177	1
178	Barrett Hayton	UTA		47.3	179	178	1
179	Jake DeBrusk	VAN		47.0	180	180	1
180	Jackson Lacombe	ANA	y	46.5	197	200	17
181	Will Cuylle	NYR		46.3	181	181	0
182	Luke Evangelista	NSH		46.1	182	182	0
183	Ryan O’Reilly	NSH		45.5	183	183	0
184	William Karlsson	VGK		45.5	184	194	0
185	Eeli Tolvanen	SEA		45.5	185	184	0
186	Arseniy Gritsyuk	NJD		45.4	186	185	0
187	Dawson Mercer	NJD		45.4	187	186	0
188	Michael Misa	SJS		45.3	188	187	0
189	Zeev Buium	MIN	y	45.2	189	188	0
190	Casey Mittelstadt	BOS		44.9	190	189	0
191	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		44.6	191	190	0
192	Kirby Dach	MON		44.4	192	191	0
193	Filip Hronek	VAN	y	44.3	193	192	0
194	Jonathan Drouin	NYI		44.0	194	193	0
195	Cole Sillinger	CBJ		43.3	195	195	0
196	Connor Zary	CGY		42.8	196	197	0
197	Bowen Byram	BUF	y	42.7	198	198	1
198	Thomas Chabot	OTT	y	42.4	199	199	1
199	Noah Hanifin	VGK	y	42.3	200	204	1
200	Josh Norris	BUF		42.0	202	201	2
201	Devon Toews	COL	y	41.2	201	196	0
202	Berkly Catton	SEA		40.6	203	202	1
203	Mason Marchment	SEA		40.3	204	203	1
204	Owen Power	BUF	y	40.2	205	205	1
205	Alex Newhook	MON		39.4	206	206	1
206	Jonatan Berggren	DET		39.4	207	207	1
207	Frank Nazar	CHI		39.4	208	208	1
208	Cayden Lindstrom	CBJ		39.4	209	209	1
209	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL		39.2	210	210	1
210	Brandon Montour	SEA	y	38.2	211	211	1
211	Simon Nemec	NJD	y	37.6	212	213	1
212	Jamie Benn	DAL		37.1	213	214	1
213	Claude Giroux	OTT		37.0	214	215	1
214	Gabe Perreault	NYR		36.7	215	216	1
215	Artturi Lehkonen	COL		36.1	216	212	1
216	Matthew Schaefer	NYI	y	35.7	217	217	1
217	Philip Tomasino	PIT		35.3	218	218	1
218	Josh Doan	BUF		35.3	220	220	2
219	Jiri Kulich	BUF		35.1	221	221	2
220	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	35.0	222	222	2
221	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	y	34.8	219	219	-2
222	Philipp Kurashev	SJS		34.8	223	232	1
223	Ryan McLeod	BUF		34.8	224	223	1
224	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	y	34.8	231	230	7
225	Brayden Schenn	STL		34.0	225	224	0
226	Filip Chytil	VAN		33.9	226	225	0
227	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	y	33.8	227	226	0
228	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	y	33.8	228	227	0
229	Rutger McGroarty	PIT		33.7	229	228	0
230	Seth Jones	FLA	y	33.7	230	229	0
231	Ryan Leonard	WAS		33.4	232	231	1
232	Tij Iginla	UTA		33.2	233	233	1
233	Marco Kasper	DET		32.8	234	234	1
234	Warren Foegele	LAK		32.5	235	241	1
235	Ridly Greig	OTT		31.8	237	235	2
236	Nicholas Robertson	TOR		31.7	238	236	2
237	Beckett Sennecke	ANA		31.4	239	237	2
238	Jackson Blake	CAR		31.4	240	238	2
239	Dmitri Voronkov	CBJ		31.0	241	239	2
240	Joel Farabee	CGY		30.9	242	240	2
241	Yegor Sharangovich	CGY		30.2	243	243	2
242	Sean Couturier	PHI		30.2	244	244	2
243	Cam Fowler	STL	y	30.2	245	245	2
244	Jamie Drysdale	PHI	y	30.2	246	246	2
245	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	y	29.9	247	247	2
246	Sean Durzi	UTA	y	29.7	248	248	2
247	Alexander Holtz	VGK		29.6	236	242	-11
248	Trevor Moore	LAK		29.1	249	252	1
249	Frank Vatrano	ANA		28.1	251	255	2
250	Oliver Moore	CHI		27.9	252	250	2
251	Cole Eiserman	NYI		27.7	253	251	2
252	Brock Faber	MIN	y	27.4	254	253	2
253	Nick Paul	TBL		27.1	255	256	2
254	Danila Yurov	MIN		26.8	256	257	2
255	Michael Bunting	NSH		26.8	257	258	2
256	Lukas Reichel	CHI		26.7	258	259	2
257	James Hagens	BOS		26.3	259	260	2
258	Phillip Danault	LAK		25.9	260	270	2
259	Vasily Podkolzin	EDM		25.8	268	267	9
260	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	25.8	261	271	1
261	Andrew Cristall	WAS		25.6	262	261	1
262	Yegor Chinakhov	CBJ		25.6	263	262	1
263	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		25.4	264	254	1
264	Ivan Miroshnichenko	WAS		25.1	265	263	1
265	Mats Zuccarello	MIN		24.7	167	166	-98
266	Max Domi	TOR		24.6	266	265	0
267	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	24.6	267	266	0
268	Gustav Forsling	FLA	y	24.4	269	268	1
269	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN		24.3	270	269	1
270	Fabian Zetterlund	OTT		23.8	271	272	1
271	Michael Rasmussen	DET		23.8	272	273	1
272	Anton Frondell	CHI		23.8	466	465	194
273	Aatu Raty	VAN		23.7	273	274	0
274	Porter Martone	PHI		23.4	274	275	0
275	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	y	23.3	275	276	0
276	Simon Holmstrom	NYI		23.3	276	277	0
277	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	CAR		23.0	277	278	0
278	Jakob Pelletier	TBL		22.8	250	249	-28
279	Liam Greentree	LAK		22.8	278	279	-1
280	Neal Pionk	WPG	y	22.7	279	280	-1
281	Jason Zucker	BUF		22.7	280	281	-1
282	Andre Burakovsky	CHI		22.5	281	282	-1
283	Pius Suter	STL		22.5	282	283	-1
284	Matt Savoie	EDM		22.4	283	284	-1
285	Chris Kreider	ANA		22.4	284	293	-1
286	Simon Edvinsson	DET	y	22.4	285	285	-1
287	Maxim Tsyplakov	NYI		22.3	286	286	-1
288	Evander Kane	VAN		22.2	287	287	-1
289	Noah Ostlund	BUF		22.1	288	288	-1
290	Cole Hutson	WAS	y	22.1	289	289	-1
291	Jake Walman	EDM	y	22.1	290	290	-1
292	Conor Geekie	TBL		22.0	291	291	-1
293	Tyler Bertuzzi	CHI		21.9	292	292	-1
294	Caleb Desnoyers	UTA		21.4	294	264	0
295	Konsta Helenius	BUF		21.4	295	294	0
296	Roger McQueen	ANA		21.2	296	295	0
297	Brennan Othmann	NYR		21.1	297	296	0
298	Nicolas Roy	TOR		21.1	298	297	0
299	Ryan Strome	ANA		21.0	299	312	0
300	Fedor Svechkov	NSH		20.8	300	298	0


Oct	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Sep	Aug	Change
272	Anton Frondell	CHI		23.8	466	465	194
416	Sonny Milano	WAS		10.8	461	460	45
71	Anton Lundell	FLA		94.5	89	89	18
515	Tom Willander	VAN		1.9	533	535	18
180	Jackson Lacombe	ANA	y	46.5	197	200	17
357	Trent Frederic	EDM		16.4	374	372	17
341	Isaac Howard	EDM		17.4	354	353	13
158	Sam Bennett	FLA		52.9	170	169	12
146	Brad Marchand	FLA		57.2	156	156	10
326	Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	DET		18.6	336	333	10


Oct	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Sep	Aug	Change
265	Mats Zuccarello	MIN		24.7	167	166	-98
110	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		74.6	36	36	-74
333	Vitali Kravtsov	VAN		17.7	293	NR	-40
168	Kaapo Kakko	SEA		50.8	130	130	-38
373	Matthew Poitras	BOS		15.0	338	335	-35
367	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	y	15.4	334	350	-33
517	Nick Perbix	NSH	y	1.6	486	484	-31
278	Jakob Pelletier	TBL		22.8	250	249	-28
436	Emil Andrae	PHI	y	9.5	409	407	-27
453	Tristan Luneau	ANA	y	8.0	428	437	-25

Oct	Player	Team	D?	Rating	Sep	Aug	Change
337	Yegor Sidorov	ANA		17.5	NR	NR	NEW
355	Carson Rehkopf	SEA		16.5	NR	NR	NEW
356	Nikita Chibrikov	WPG		16.4	NR	NR	NEW
362	Filip Hallander	PIT		15.8	NR	NR	NEW
370	Justin Hryckowian	DAL		15.3	NR	NR	NEW
372	Nick Lardis	CHI		15.2	NR	NR	NEW
374	Alex Bump	PHI		14.9	NR	NR	NEW
378	Daniil But	UTA		14.8	NR	NR	NEW
394	Nikita Artamonov	CAR		12.5	NR	NR	NEW
412	Colby Barlow	WPG		11.4	NR	NR	NEW
418	Lenni Hameenaho	NJD		10.8	NR	NR	NEW
419	Aydar Suniev	CGY		10.8	NR	NR	NEW
421	Cole Reschny	CGY		10.6	NR	NR	NEW
423	Egor Surin	NSH		10.1	NR	NR	NEW
443	Ethan Gauthier	TBL		8.8	NR	NR	NEW
447	Emil Hemming	DAL		8.7	NR	NR	NEW
462	Bill Zonnon	PIT		7.1	NR	NR	NEW
476	Elias Salomonsson	WPG	y	6.1	NR	NR	NEW
486	Elmer Soderblom	DET		4.7	NR	NR	NEW
493	Collin Graf	SJS		3.9	NR	NR	NEW
494	Oliver Kapanen	MON		3.9	NR	NR	NEW
497	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	y	3.4	NR	NR	NEW
499	Radim Mrtka	BUF	y	3.3	NR	NR	NEW
500	Cameron Lund	SJS		3.2	NR	NR	NEW
505	Owen Beck	MON		2.9	NR	NR	NEW
519	Samuel Helenius	LAK		1.4	NR	NR	NEW
521	Maveric Lamoureux	UTA	y	1.1	NR	NR	NEW
525	Dominic James	TBL		0.5	NR	NR	NEW
529	Cameron Reid	NSH	y	-0.1	NR	NR	NEW