Top-200 Cap League Skater Rankings – November 2023
Alexander MacLean
2023-11-25
It's early in the year, and this list doesn't greatly overreact to the small sample size of the early part of the season. If someone like Travis Sanheim or Mason McTavish keep up their prolific scoring paces into the new year, then that's where we really start to see the rankings move. In the meantime, appreciate that Quinn Hughes has jumped into the top-five, that Connor Bedard has jumped into the top-15, and that Adam Fantilli stuck in the NHL and has cracked the top-50 as a result. Otherwise, feel free to jeer at me and let me know about why your favourite player should be higher.
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.
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.
Rank | Name | Age | Pos | Cap Hit | Yrs | Rating | Prev Rank | Value |
1 | Connor McDavid | 26 | F | $12,500,000 | 3 | 290.65 | 1 | 283.72 |
2 | Leon Draisaitl | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 2 | 244.85 | 2 | 281.95 |
3 | Cale Makar | 25 | D | $9,000,000 | 4 | 215.03 | 3 | 243.30 |
4 | Nathan MacKinnon | 28 | F | $12,600,000 | 8 | 188.37 | 4 | 213.41 |
5 | Quinn Hughes | 24 | D | $7,850,000 | 4 | 186.69 | 8 | 259.89 |
6 | Jason Robertson | 24 | F | $7,750,000 | 3 | 182.45 | 5 | 245.26 |
7 | Jack Hughes | 22 | F | $8,000,000 | 7 | 180.21 | 7 | 235.56 |
8 | Matthew Tkachuk | 25 | F | $9,500,000 | 7 | 169.34 | 6 | 223.43 |
9 | David Pastrnak | 27 | F | $11,250,000 | 8 | 166.10 | 11 | 227.83 |
10 | Mikko Rantanen | 27 | F | $9,250,000 | 2 | 161.80 | 10 | 224.06 |
11 | Nikita Kucherov | 30 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 159.57 | 12 | 229.26 |
12 | Rasmus Dahlin | 23 | D | $6,000,000 | 1 | 159.42 | 9 | 247.62 |
13 | Elias Pettersson | 25 | F | $7,350,000 | 1 | 155.29 | 13 | 239.28 |
14 | Connor Bedard | 18 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 154.17 | 18 | 307.36 |
15 | Josh Morrissey | 28 | D | $6,250,000 | 5 | 153.62 | 16 | 247.78 |
16 | Tage Thompson | 26 | F | $7,142,857 | 7 | 148.07 | 14 | 214.43 |
17 | Adam Fox | 25 | D | $9,500,000 | 6 | 147.55 | 19 | 207.76 |
18 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 30 | F | $5,125,000 | 6 | 147.23 | 15 | 246.97 |
19 | Mitchell Marner | 26 | F | $10,903,000 | 2 | 146.30 | 17 | 196.59 |
20 | Miro Heiskanen | 24 | D | $8,450,000 | 6 | 140.06 | 20 | 216.38 |
21 | Kirill Kaprizov | 26 | F | $9,000,000 | 3 | 137.41 | 21 | 175.43 |
22 | Auston Matthews | 26 | F | $11,640,250 | 1 | 131.96 | 23 | 168.05 |
23 | Tim Stutzle | 21 | F | $8,350,000 | 8 | 128.48 | 28 | 194.97 |
24 | Alex Tuch | 27 | F | $4,750,000 | 3 | 127.70 | 22 | 211.08 |
25 | Pavel Buchnevich | 28 | F | $5,800,000 | 2 | 126.12 | 24 | 170.40 |
26 | Travis Konecny | 26 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 123.75 | 25 | 178.40 |
27 | William Nylander | 27 | F | $6,962,366 | 1 | 122.95 | 26 | 207.97 |
28 | Brayden Point | 27 | F | $9,500,000 | 7 | 121.57 | 29 | 191.22 |
29 | Aleksander Barkov | 28 | F | $10,000,000 | 7 | 120.84 | 27 | 165.96 |
30 | Kyle Connor | 26 | F | $7,142,857 | 3 | 120.72 | 30 | 198.12 |
31 | Jakob Chychrun | 25 | D | $4,600,000 | 2 | 120.11 | 31 | 170.41 |
32 | Clayton Keller | 25 | F | $7,150,000 | 5 | 112.45 | 32 | 189.74 |
33 | Roope Hintz | 27 | F | $8,450,000 | 8 | 109.71 | 33 | 165.01 |
34 | Mikhail Sergachev | 25 | D | $8,500,000 | 8 | 109.64 | 35 | 194.49 |
35 | Jack Eichel | 27 | F | $10,000,000 | 3 | 107.96 | 34 | 153.44 |
36 | Dougie Hamilton | 30 | D | $9,000,000 | 5 | 107.73 | 39 | 201.38 |
37 | Brady Tkachuk | 24 | F | $8,208,571 | 5 | 107.43 | 36 | 173.44 |
38 | Kevin Fiala | 27 | F | $7,875,000 | 6 | 106.29 | 38 | 163.91 |
39 | Shea Theodore | 28 | D | $5,200,000 | 2 | 106.11 | 45 | 186.59 |
40 | Noah Dobson | 23 | D | $4,000,000 | 2 | 103.17 | 48 | 210.34 |
41 | Erik Karlsson | 33 | D | $11,500,000 | 4 | 101.64 | 44 | 213.77 |
42 | J.T. Miller | 30 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 99.21 | 50 | 185.62 |
43 | Charlie McAvoy | 25 | D | $9,500,000 | 7 | 97.45 | 52 | 164.69 |
44 | Carter Verhaeghe | 28 | F | $4,166,667 | 2 | 96.94 | 47 | 200.39 |
45 | Mika Zibanejad | 30 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 96.09 | 42 | 169.24 |
46 | Jake Guentzel | 29 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 94.25 | 40 | 177.74 |
47 | Adam Fantilli | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 93.88 | NR | 256.51 |
48 | Nico Hischier | 24 | F | $7,250,000 | 4 | 93.86 | 41 | 161.80 |
49 | Jesper Bratt | 25 | F | $7,875,000 | 8 | 93.51 | 59 | 166.04 |
50 | Patrik Laine | 25 | F | $8,700,000 | 3 | 91.70 | 37 | 109.53 |
51 | Nick Schmaltz | 27 | F | $5,850,000 | 3 | 91.03 | 54 | 151.74 |
52 | Dylan Larkin | 27 | F | $8,700,000 | 8 | 90.92 | 55 | 158.40 |
53 | Nikolaj Ehlers | 27 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 90.76 | 49 | 113.64 |
54 | Sidney Crosby | 3 | F | $8,700,000 | 2 | 88.75 | 63 | 176.58 |
55 | Brandon Montour | 29 | D | $3,500,000 | 1 | 88.07 | 43 | 249.81 |
56 | Evan Bouchard | 24 | D | $3,900,000 | 2 | 87.51 | 142 | 213.42 |
57 | Robert Thomas | 24 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 86.88 | 62 | 149.27 |
58 | Alex DeBrincat | 25 | F | $7,875,000 | 4 | 86.02 | 65 | 154.85 |
59 | Sebastian Aho | 26 | F | $8,460,250 | 1 | 85.22 | 57 | 142.23 |
60 | Martin Necas | 24 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 85.18 | 51 | 207.66 |
61 | Andrei Kuzmenko | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 85.07 | 64 | 175.27 |
62 | Jordan Kyrou | 25 | F | $8,125,000 | 8 | 85.03 | 58 | 147.24 |
63 | Brandon Hagel | 25 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 83.49 | 53 | 262.14 |
64 | Jared McCann | 27 | F | $5,000,000 | 4 | 83.12 | 61 | 169.33 |
65 | Trevor Zegras | 22 | F | $5,750,000 | 3 | 82.84 | 46 | 124.17 |
66 | Logan Cooley | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 82.59 | NR | 236.19 |
67 | Rasmus Andersson | 27 | D | $4,550,000 | 3 | 81.97 | 69 | 185.27 |
68 | Artemi Panarin | 32 | F | $11,642,857 | 3 | 81.68 | 60 | 158.05 |
69 | Mathew Barzal | 26 | F | $9,150,000 | 8 | 81.48 | 66 | 121.21 |
70 | Vince Dunn | 27 | D | $7,350,000 | 4 | 80.10 | 83 | 206.22 |
71 | Thomas Novak | 26 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 79.33 | 56 | 228.84 |
72 | Troy Terry | 26 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 78.62 | 67 | 138.45 |
73 | Valeri Nichushkin | 28 | F | $6,125,000 | 7 | 78.53 | 75 | 129.35 |
74 | Mason McTavish | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 77.22 | 102 | 257.52 |
75 | Adrian Kempe | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 3 | 76.95 | 91 | 165.10 |
76 | Sam Reinhart | 28 | F | $6,500,000 | 1 | 76.20 | 68 | 157.77 |
77 | Mark Scheifele | 30 | F | $6,125,000 | 1 | 76.04 | 73 | 161.41 |
78 | Cole Caufield | 22 | F | $7,850,000 | 8 | 76.03 | 84 | 104.39 |
79 | Timo Meier | 27 | F | $8,800,000 | 8 | 75.49 | 71 | 131.58 |
80 | Zach Hyman | 31 | F | $5,500,000 | 5 | 75.33 | 85 | 176.22 |
81 | Andrei Svechnikov | 23 | F | $7,750,000 | 6 | 74.63 | 70 | 121.99 |
82 | Filip Forsberg | 29 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 74.10 | 97 | 119.18 |
83 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | 25 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 73.70 | 74 | 126.41 |
84 | Dylan Strome | 26 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 73.64 | 79 | 157.01 |
85 | Drake Batherson | 25 | F | $4,975,000 | 4 | 73.51 | 86 | 158.49 |
86 | Bo Horvat | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 73.48 | 90 | 138.85 |
87 | Matt Boldy | 22 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 72.99 | 87 | 139.35 |
88 | Bowen Byram | 22 | D | $3,850,000 | 2 | 72.88 | 76 | 125.46 |
89 | Mike Matheson | 29 | D | $4,875,000 | 3 | 72.73 | 101 | 156.13 |
90 | Thomas Chabot | 25 | D | $8,000,000 | 5 | 71.54 | 77 | 134.53 |
91 | Nick Suzuki | 24 | F | $7,875,000 | 7 | 71.34 | 94 | 141.35 |
92 | Johnny Gaudreau | 30 | F | $9,750,000 | 6 | 71.14 | 72 | 136.50 |
93 | Morgan Rielly | 29 | D | $7,500,000 | 7 | 70.89 | 106 | 151.05 |
94 | K’Andre Miller | 23 | D | $3,872,000 | 2 | 70.31 | 93 | 173.77 |
95 | Chandler Stephenson | 29 | F | $2,750,000 | 1 | 69.93 | 78 | 186.79 |
96 | Mark Stone | 31 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 69.80 | 99 | 98.65 |
97 | Jeff Skinner | 31 | F | $9,000,000 | 4 | 69.41 | 92 | 143.06 |
98 | Artturi Lehkonen | 28 | F | $4,500,000 | 4 | 69.38 | 95 | 136.89 |
99 | Matty Beniers | 21 | F | $897,500 | 1 | 69.33 | 81 | 258.57 |
100 | Elias Lindholm | 28 | F | $4,850,000 | 1 | 69.11 | 80 | 153.11 |
101 | Devon Toews | 29 | D | $4,100,000 | 1 | 69.00 | 89 | 184.03 |
102 | Moritz Seider | 22 | D | $863,333 | 1 | 68.49 | 88 | 279.90 |
103 | Evgeni Malkin | 37 | F | $6,100,000 | 3 | 67.83 | 107 | 171.69 |
104 | Brock Boeser | 26 | F | $6,650,000 | 3 | 67.67 | 118 | 141.92 |
105 | Jake DeBrusk | 27 | F | $4,000,000 | 1 | 66.81 | 82 | 134.88 |
106 | Joel Eriksson Ek | 26 | F | $5,250,000 | 6 | 66.80 | 111 | 149.60 |
107 | Zach Werenski | 26 | D | $9,583,333 | 5 | 66.56 | 108 | 89.98 |
108 | Kirby Dach | 22 | F | $3,362,500 | 3 | 66.24 | 110 | 136.12 |
109 | Roman Josi | 33 | D | $9,059,000 | 5 | 65.52 | 103 | 157.43 |
110 | Filip Hronek | 26 | D | $4,400,000 | 1 | 65.23 | 113 | 172.49 |
111 | Dylan Cozens | 22 | F | $7,100,000 | 7 | 64.96 | 100 | 136.27 |
112 | Wyatt Johnston | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 64.79 | 139 | 238.91 |
113 | Alex Ovechkin | 38 | F | $9,500,000 | 3 | 64.14 | 105 | 131.18 |
114 | Lucas Raymond | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 63.08 | 98 | 230.48 |
115 | Matias Maccelli | 23 | F | $3,425,000 | 3 | 62.99 | 130 | 154.02 |
116 | Pavel Zacha | 26 | F | $4,750,000 | 4 | 62.43 | 124 | 148.74 |
117 | Dawson Mercer | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 61.88 | 96 | 242.55 |
118 | Vincent Trocheck | 30 | F | $5,625,000 | 6 | 60.18 | 136 | 145.87 |
119 | Steven Stamkos | 33 | F | $8,500,000 | 1 | 59.38 | 121 | 144.64 |
120 | Tyler Toffoli | 31 | F | $4,250,000 | 1 | 59.05 | 120 | 166.33 |
121 | Sean Durzi | 25 | D | $1,700,000 | 1 | 58.47 | 122 | 214.84 |
122 | Gabriel Vilardi | 24 | F | $3,437,500 | 2 | 57.90 | 119 | 131.75 |
123 | Alex Iafallo | 29 | F | $4,000,000 | 2 | 57.64 | 144 | 121.81 |
124 | Tomas Hertl | 30 | F | $8,137,500 | 7 | 57.44 | 114 | 125.45 |
125 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 31 | F | $5,000,000 | 1 | 57.31 | 128 | 138.76 |
126 | Tyler Bertuzzi | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 1 | 57.27 | 133 | 107.00 |
127 | Philip Tomasino | 22 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 57.16 | 117 | 133.63 |
128 | Casey Mittelstadt | 25 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 56.84 | 123 | 186.26 |
129 | Tyson Foerster | 21 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 56.54 | 125 | 130.06 |
130 | Lukas Reichel | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 56.39 | 104 | 119.48 |
131 | Jack Quinn | 22 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 56.10 | 112 | 144.10 |
132 | Alexis Lafreniere | 22 | F | $2,325,000 | 2 | 55.93 | 155 | 175.47 |
133 | Brock Nelson | 32 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 55.71 | 109 | 148.35 |
134 | Cole Perfetti | 21 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 55.68 | 129 | 185.38 |
135 | Max Domi | 28 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 55.18 | 127 | 152.86 |
136 | Ryan Hartman | 29 | F | $1,700,000 | 1 | 54.60 | 132 | 152.91 |
137 | Shayne Gostisbehere | 30 | D | $4,125,000 | 1 | 54.24 | 147 | 174.04 |
138 | Owen Tippett | 24 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 54.01 | 166 | 196.03 |
139 | Jakub Vrana | 27 | F | $5,250,000 | 1 | 53.93 | 126 | 75.88 |
140 | Andre Burakovsky | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 4 | 53.48 | 137 | 92.61 |
141 | Claude Giroux | 35 | F | $6,500,000 | 2 | 53.45 | 153 | 149.74 |
142 | JJ Peterka | 21 | F | $855,833 | 2 | 52.83 | 184 | 210.44 |
143 | Tony DeAngelo | 28 | D | $1,675,000 | 1 | 52.69 | 138 | 213.21 |
144 | Calen Addison | 23 | D | $800,000 | 1 | 51.81 | 115 | 222.51 |
145 | Morgan Frost | 24 | F | $2,100,000 | 2 | 51.73 | 135 | 160.22 |
146 | Luke Evangelista | 21 | F | $797,500 | 2 | 51.56 | 170 | 160.20 |
147 | Arthur Kaliyev | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 51.46 | 141 | 167.31 |
148 | Victor Hedman | 32 | D | $7,875,000 | 2 | 51.25 | 189 | 155.41 |
149 | Aaron Ekblad | 27 | D | $7,500,000 | 2 | 51.13 | 134 | 121.63 |
150 | John Tavares | 33 | F | $11,000,000 | 2 | 51.04 | 165 | 125.57 |
151 | Sam Bennett | 27 | F | $4,425,000 | 2 | 50.89 | 143 | 116.04 |
152 | Filip Chytil | 24 | F | $4,437,500 | 4 | 50.82 | 154 | 118.23 |
153 | Erik Gustafsson | 31 | D | $825,000 | 1 | 50.35 | NR | 269.30 |
154 | Quinton Byfield | 21 | F | $890,000 | 1 | 50.33 | 149 | 183.41 |
155 | John Carlson | 33 | D | $8,000,000 | 3 | 50.11 | 158 | 113.71 |
156 | Michael Bunting | 28 | F | $3,500,000 | 3 | 49.31 | 164 | 137.74 |
157 | Noah Hanifin | 26 | D | $4,950,000 | 1 | 49.20 | 152 | 140.29 |
158 | Jonathan Huberdeau | 30 | F | $10,500,000 | 8 | 49.07 | 161 | 109.22 |
159 | Viktor Arvidsson | 30 | F | $4,250,000 | 1 | 48.83 | 140 | 137.82 |
160 | J.T. Compher | 28 | F | $5,100,000 | 5 | 48.67 | 176 | 126.27 |
161 | Seth Jarvis | 21 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 48.31 | 174 | 204.21 |
162 | Eeli Tolvanen | 24 | F | $1,450,000 | 1 | 48.15 | 145 | 150.04 |
163 | Evander Kane | 32 | F | $5,125,000 | 3 | 47.59 | 190 | 102.40 |
164 | Tom Wilson | 29 | F | $5,166,666 | 1 | 47.53 | 151 | 71.05 |
165 | Tyson Barrie | 32 | D | $4,500,000 | 1 | 47.46 | 148 | 178.36 |
166 | Lawson Crouse | 26 | F | $4,300,000 | 4 | 47.29 | 180 | 125.10 |
167 | Matthew Knies | 21 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 47.29 | NR | 84.12 |
168 | Gustav Forsling | 27 | D | $2,666,667 | 1 | 47.03 | 150 | 169.28 |
169 | Owen Power | 21 | D | $920,000 | 1 | 47.00 | 181 | 225.90 |
170 | William Karlsson | 30 | F | $5,900,000 | 4 | 46.32 | NR | 129.23 |
171 | Joe Pavelski | 39 | F | $3,500,000 | 1 | 46.21 | 173 | 169.23 |
172 | Samuel Girard | 25 | D | $5,000,000 | 4 | 45.90 | 169 | 131.79 |
173 | Rasmus Sandin | 23 | D | $1,400,000 | 1 | 45.83 | 159 | 187.71 |
174 | Kaiden Guhle | 21 | D | $894,166 | 1 | 45.68 | 168 | 156.75 |
175 | Adam Boqvist | 23 | D | $2,600,000 | 2 | 45.43 | 116 | 121.69 |
176 | Kris Letang | 36 | D | $6,100,000 | 5 | 45.31 | 187 | 136.85 |
177 | Trevor Moore | 28 | F | $4,200,000 | 5 | 45.18 | NR | 104.77 |
178 | Boone Jenner | 30 | F | $3,750,000 | 3 | 44.67 | 188 | 125.93 |
179 | Cam York | 22 | D | $1,600,000 | 2 | 44.60 | 193 | 149.00 |
180 | Jonathan Marchessault | 32 | F | $5,000,000 | 1 | 44.08 | 171 | 130.15 |
181 | Jake Sanderson | 21 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 43.96 | NR | 226.10 |
182 | J.J. Moser | 23 | D | $886,667 | 1 | 43.85 | 175 | 209.12 |
183 | Anton Lundell | 22 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 43.77 | 172 | 173.38 |
184 | Evan Rodrigues | 30 | F | $3,000,000 | 3 | 43.31 | NR | 135.48 |
185 | Dylan Guenther | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 43.27 | 162 | 169.98 |
186 | Darnell Nurse | 28 | D | $9,250,000 | 7 | 43.22 | 183 | 115.69 |
187 | Hampus Lindholm | 29 | D | $6,500,000 | 7 | 43.18 | 177 | 97.39 |
188 | Oliver Wahlstrom | 23 | F | $874,125 | 1 | 43.15 | 131 | 79.32 |
189 | Ridly Greig | 21 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 43.01 | NR | 113.15 |
190 | Matt Duchene | 32 | F | $3,000,000 | 3 | 42.90 | NR | 109.86 |
191 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 24 | F | $4,820,000 | 7 | 42.88 | NR | 118.92 |
192 | Jonathan Drouin | 28 | F | $850,000 | 1 | 42.76 | 157 | 136.14 |
193 | Reilly Smith | 32 | F | $5,000,000 | 2 | 42.71 | 197 | 129.97 |
194 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | 28 | F | $5,400,000 | 3 | 42.59 | NR | 119.18 |
195 | Alexander Barabanov | 29 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 42.41 | 160 | 127.26 |
196 | Cam Fowler | 31 | D | $6,500,000 | 3 | 42.37 | NR | 141.01 |
197 | Phillip Danault | 30 | F | $5,500,000 | 4 | 42.31 | NR | 119.67 |
198 | Rickard Rakell | 30 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 42.11 | 178 | 124.18 |
199 | Yegor Chinakhov | 22 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 41.77 | 167 | 86.17 |
200 | Barrett Hayton | 23 | F | $1,775,000 | 1 | 41.59 | 156 | 140.74 |