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.
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 | 27 | F | $12,500,000 | 3 | 191.82 | 1 | 301.62 |
2 | Leon Draisaitl | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 2 | 156.21 | 2 | 284.89 |
3 | Cale Makar | 25 | D | $9,000,000 | 4 | 151.16 | 3 | 245.50 |
4 | Quinn Hughes | 24 | D | $7,850,000 | 4 | 133.53 | 5 | 260.39 |
5 | Nathan MacKinnon | 28 | F | $12,600,000 | 8 | 133.13 | 4 | 233.46 |
6 | Jack Hughes | 22 | F | $8,000,000 | 7 | 120.82 | 7 | 239.44 |
7 | Jason Robertson | 24 | F | $7,750,000 | 3 | 120.63 | 6 | 256.23 |
8 | Nikita Kucherov | 30 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 116.44 | 11 | 244.18 |
9 | David Pastrnak | 27 | F | $11,250,000 | 8 | 113.22 | 9 | 232.55 |
10 | Connor Bedard | 18 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 112.98 | 14 | 314.25 |
11 | Rasmus Dahlin | 23 | D | $6,000,000 | 1 | 111.54 | 12 | 254.51 |
12 | Mikko Rantanen | 27 | F | $9,250,000 | 2 | 110.87 | 10 | 234.59 |
13 | Matthew Tkachuk | 26 | F | $9,500,000 | 7 | 109.15 | 8 | 228.71 |
14 | Elias Pettersson | 25 | F | $7,350,000 | 1 | 108.07 | 13 | 244.90 |
15 | Josh Morrissey | 28 | D | $6,250,000 | 5 | 103.87 | 15 | 249.74 |
16 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 30 | F | $5,125,000 | 6 | 101.95 | 18 | 259.35 |
17 | Adam Fox | 25 | D | $9,500,000 | 6 | 99.90 | 17 | 211.71 |
18 | Mitchell Marner | 26 | F | $10,903,000 | 2 | 99.07 | 19 | 203.36 |
19 | Tage Thompson | 26 | F | $7,142,857 | 7 | 96.06 | 16 | 218.32 |
20 | Miro Heiskanen | 24 | D | $8,450,000 | 6 | 95.36 | 20 | 221.92 |
21 | Kirill Kaprizov | 26 | F | $9,000,000 | 3 | 93.01 | 21 | 182.24 |
22 | William Nylander | 27 | F | $6,962,366 | 1 | 89.12 | 27 | 215.92 |
23 | Alex Tuch | 27 | F | $4,750,000 | 3 | 87.67 | 24 | 220.17 |
24 | Tim Stutzle | 22 | F | $8,350,000 | 8 | 87.15 | 23 | 197.27 |
25 | Noah Dobson | 24 | D | $4,000,000 | 2 | 86.45 | 40 | 227.46 |
26 | Aleksander Barkov | 28 | F | $10,000,000 | 7 | 86.26 | 29 | 177.01 |
27 | Travis Konecny | 26 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 85.99 | 26 | 189.19 |
28 | Kyle Connor | 27 | F | $7,142,857 | 3 | 81.94 | 30 | 191.84 |
29 | Auston Matthews | 26 | F | $11,640,250 | 1 | 81.55 | 22 | 176.03 |
30 | Brayden Point | 27 | F | $9,500,000 | 7 | 81.23 | 28 | 192.68 |
31 | Shea Theodore | 28 | D | $5,200,000 | 2 | 81.12 | 39 | 176.40 |
32 | Evan Bouchard | 24 | D | $3,900,000 | 2 | 78.61 | 56 | 227.65 |
33 | Jakob Chychrun | 25 | D | $4,600,000 | 2 | 76.21 | 31 | 177.06 |
34 | Clayton Keller | 25 | F | $7,150,000 | 5 | 75.83 | 32 | 193.49 |
35 | Jack Eichel | 27 | F | $10,000,000 | 3 | 75.18 | 35 | 160.46 |
36 | Roope Hintz | 27 | F | $8,450,000 | 8 | 75.09 | 33 | 170.99 |
37 | Pavel Buchnevich | 28 | F | $5,800,000 | 2 | 74.41 | 25 | 178.10 |
38 | J.T. Miller | 30 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 74.14 | 42 | 190.82 |
39 | Carter Verhaeghe | 28 | F | $4,166,667 | 2 | 73.69 | 44 | 214.81 |
40 | Kevin Fiala | 27 | F | $7,875,000 | 6 | 72.64 | 38 | 167.77 |
41 | Jake Guentzel | 29 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 72.45 | 46 | 189.87 |
42 | Mikhail Sergachev | 25 | D | $8,500,000 | 8 | 71.65 | 34 | 190.58 |
43 | Brady Tkachuk | 24 | F | $8,208,571 | 5 | 70.89 | 37 | 176.26 |
44 | Mika Zibanejad | 30 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 70.18 | 45 | 184.27 |
45 | Dougie Hamilton | 30 | D | $9,000,000 | 5 | 69.73 | 36 | 193.81 |
46 | Charlie McAvoy | 26 | D | $9,500,000 | 7 | 69.58 | 43 | 167.59 |
47 | Adam Fantilli | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 68.30 | 47 | 265.83 |
48 | Nico Hischier | 25 | F | $7,250,000 | 4 | 67.96 | 48 | 174.16 |
49 | Jesper Bratt | 25 | F | $7,875,000 | 8 | 67.85 | 49 | 170.03 |
50 | Sebastian Aho | 26 | F | $8,460,250 | 1 | 67.67 | 59 | 159.87 |
51 | Nikolaj Ehlers | 27 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 66.94 | 53 | 127.46 |
52 | Dylan Larkin | 27 | F | $8,700,000 | 8 | 64.44 | 52 | 162.19 |
53 | Robert Thomas | 24 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 64.39 | 57 | 159.00 |
54 | Erik Karlsson | 33 | D | $11,500,000 | 4 | 64.09 | 41 | 211.12 |
55 | Brandon Hagel | 25 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 63.25 | 63 | 268.23 |
56 | Vince Dunn | 27 | D | $7,350,000 | 4 | 62.86 | 70 | 210.60 |
57 | Mason McTavish | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 62.82 | 74 | 257.44 |
58 | Artemi Panarin | 32 | F | $11,642,857 | 3 | 62.69 | 68 | 165.83 |
59 | Martin Necas | 25 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 62.22 | 60 | 216.68 |
60 | Sam Reinhart | 28 | F | $6,500,000 | 1 | 62.15 | 76 | 168.86 |
61 | Brandon Montour | 29 | D | $3,500,000 | 1 | 62.12 | 55 | 252.76 |
62 | Valeri Nichushkin | 28 | F | $6,125,000 | 7 | 61.51 | 73 | 144.62 |
63 | Alex DeBrincat | 26 | F | $7,875,000 | 4 | 61.41 | 58 | 161.23 |
64 | Mathew Barzal | 26 | F | $9,150,000 | 8 | 61.36 | 69 | 133.26 |
65 | Tyson Foerster | 21 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 60.78 | 129 | 140.06 |
66 | Dylan Guenther | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 60.73 | 185 | 172.09 |
67 | Tommy Novak | 26 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 60.33 | 71 | 254.07 |
68 | Zach Hyman | 31 | F | $5,500,000 | 5 | 60.31 | 80 | 189.19 |
69 | Nick Schmaltz | 27 | F | $5,850,000 | 3 | 60.15 | 51 | 153.04 |
70 | Andrei Svechnikov | 23 | F | $7,750,000 | 6 | 59.87 | 81 | 135.20 |
71 | Patrik Laine | 25 | F | $8,700,000 | 3 | 59.41 | 50 | 112.36 |
72 | Rasmus Andersson | 27 | D | $4,550,000 | 3 | 58.89 | 67 | 189.71 |
73 | Mark Scheifele | 30 | F | $6,125,000 | 1 | 57.95 | 77 | 171.15 |
74 | Adrian Kempe | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 3 | 57.73 | 75 | 170.49 |
75 | Jordan Kyrou | 25 | F | $8,125,000 | 8 | 57.71 | 62 | 154.07 |
76 | Luke Hughes | 20 | D | $925,000 | 2 | 56.67 | NR | 192.89 |
77 | Morgan Rielly | 29 | D | $7,500,000 | 7 | 56.43 | 93 | 158.30 |
78 | Filip Hronek | 26 | D | $4,400,000 | 1 | 56.37 | 110 | 179.65 |
79 | Drake Batherson | 25 | F | $4,975,000 | 4 | 56.25 | 85 | 170.92 |
80 | Logan Cooley | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 55.89 | 66 | 233.82 |
81 | Bo Horvat | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 55.80 | 86 | 150.29 |
82 | Kirby Dach | 22 | F | $3,362,500 | 3 | 55.66 | 108 | 129.52 |
83 | Filip Forsberg | 29 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 55.57 | 82 | 126.10 |
84 | Jared McCann | 27 | F | $5,000,000 | 4 | 55.12 | 64 | 172.31 |
85 | Moritz Seider | 22 | D | $863,333 | 1 | 54.89 | 102 | 288.26 |
86 | Mike Matheson | 29 | D | $4,875,000 | 3 | 54.70 | 89 | 159.88 |
87 | Troy Terry | 26 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 53.47 | 72 | 142.24 |
88 | Thomas Chabot | 26 | D | $8,000,000 | 5 | 53.38 | 90 | 139.19 |
89 | Brock Boeser | 26 | F | $6,650,000 | 3 | 53.07 | 104 | 148.72 |
90 | Cole Caufield | 23 | F | $7,850,000 | 8 | 53.05 | 78 | 106.20 |
91 | Sidney Crosby | 33 | F | $8,700,000 | 2 | 52.12 | 54 | 168.95 |
92 | Zach Werenski | 26 | D | $9,583,333 | 5 | 52.06 | 107 | 95.99 |
93 | Matt Boldy | 22 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 52.02 | 87 | 146.97 |
94 | Devon Toews | 29 | D | $4,100,000 | 1 | 51.88 | 101 | 190.81 |
95 | Mark Stone | 31 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 51.52 | 96 | 104.33 |
96 | Dylan Strome | 26 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 51.50 | 84 | 165.24 |
97 | Nick Suzuki | 24 | F | $7,875,000 | 7 | 51.33 | 91 | 146.65 |
98 | Lucas Raymond | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 51.22 | 114 | 247.81 |
99 | Matthew Knies | 21 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 50.83 | 167 | 219.26 |
100 | Sean Durzi | 25 | D | $1,700,000 | 1 | 50.18 | 121 | 218.88 |
101 | Gabriel Vilardi | 24 | F | $3,437,500 | 2 | 50.08 | 122 | 145.57 |
102 | Jeff Skinner | 31 | F | $9,000,000 | 4 | 49.48 | 97 | 149.45 |
103 | K’Andre Miller | 23 | D | $3,872,000 | 2 | 49.41 | 94 | 177.91 |
104 | Bowen Byram | 22 | D | $3,850,000 | 2 | 49.39 | 88 | 130.82 |
105 | Roman Josi | 33 | D | $9,059,000 | 5 | 49.31 | 109 | 166.90 |
106 | Jack Quinn | 22 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 49.14 | 131 | 211.45 |
107 | Matty Beniers | 21 | F | $897,500 | 1 | 48.93 | 99 | 262.77 |
108 | Andrei Kuzmenko | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 48.76 | 61 | 165.36 |
109 | Philip Tomasino | 22 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 48.61 | 127 | 165.68 |
110 | Artturi Lehkonen | 28 | F | $4,500,000 | 4 | 48.40 | 98 | 133.93 |
111 | Jake DeBrusk | 27 | F | $4,000,000 | 1 | 48.32 | 105 | 148.65 |
112 | Brad Marchand | 33 | F | $6,125,000 | 2 | 48.01 | NR | 153.61 |
113 | Cole Perfetti | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 47.83 | 134 | 201.62 |
114 | Shayne Gostisbehere | 30 | D | $4,125,000 | 1 | 47.61 | 137 | 187.90 |
115 | Casey Mittelstadt | 25 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 47.47 | 128 | 202.08 |
116 | Wyatt Johnston | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 47.27 | 112 | 237.97 |
117 | Timo Meier | 27 | F | $8,800,000 | 8 | 47.25 | 79 | 128.73 |
118 | Matias Maccelli | 23 | F | $3,425,000 | 3 | 47.18 | 115 | 160.62 |
119 | Trevor Zegras | 22 | F | $5,750,000 | 3 | 47.04 | 65 | 153.19 |
120 | Chandler Stephenson | 29 | F | $2,750,000 | 1 | 46.88 | 95 | 188.86 |
121 | Dawson Mercer | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 46.60 | 117 | 263.50 |
122 | Joel Eriksson Ek | 26 | F | $5,250,000 | 6 | 45.88 | 106 | 150.21 |
123 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | 25 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 45.75 | 83 | 125.97 |
124 | Elias Lindholm | 29 | F | $4,850,000 | 1 | 45.74 | 100 | 155.88 |
125 | Tony DeAngelo | 28 | D | $1,675,000 | 1 | 45.61 | 143 | 227.87 |
126 | Vincent Trocheck | 31 | F | $5,625,000 | 6 | 44.83 | 118 | 153.62 |
127 | JJ Peterka | 22 | F | $855,833 | 2 | 44.42 | 142 | 216.85 |
128 | Johnny Gaudreau | 30 | F | $9,750,000 | 6 | 44.25 | 92 | 138.60 |
129 | Pavel Zacha | 26 | F | $4,750,000 | 4 | 43.98 | 116 | 149.90 |
130 | Thomas Harley | 22 | D | $863,333 | 1 | 43.94 | NR | 157.96 |
131 | Yegor Chinakhov | 22 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 43.94 | 199 | 178.25 |
132 | Steven Stamkos | 33 | F | $8,500,000 | 1 | 43.71 | 119 | 151.40 |
133 | Dylan Cozens | 22 | F | $7,100,000 | 7 | 43.02 | 111 | 139.93 |
134 | Brock Nelson | 32 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 42.97 | 133 | 158.72 |
135 | Alexis Lafreniere | 22 | F | $2,325,000 | 2 | 42.43 | 132 | 178.83 |
136 | Ryan Hartman | 29 | F | $1,700,000 | 1 | 42.23 | 136 | 161.69 |
137 | Tyler Toffoli | 31 | F | $4,250,000 | 1 | 41.71 | 120 | 168.11 |
138 | Calen Addison | 23 | D | $800,000 | 1 | 41.60 | 144 | 228.69 |
139 | Owen Tippett | 24 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 41.30 | 138 | 200.45 |
140 | Eeli Tolvanen | 24 | F | $1,450,000 | 1 | 40.81 | 162 | 164.81 |
141 | Tomas Hertl | 30 | F | $8,137,500 | 7 | 40.34 | 124 | 130.46 |
142 | Arthur Kaliyev | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 40.33 | 147 | 180.73 |
143 | Seth Jarvis | 21 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 40.30 | 161 | 216.14 |
144 | Noah Hanifin | 26 | D | $4,950,000 | 1 | 40.01 | 157 | 150.79 |
145 | Tyler Bertuzzi | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 1 | 39.32 | 126 | 109.57 |
146 | Max Domi | 28 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 39.31 | 135 | 178.04 |
147 | Matt Duchene | 33 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 38.99 | 190 | 165.53 |
148 | Patrick Kane | 35 | F | $2,750,000 | 1 | 38.96 | NR | 192.68 |
149 | Luke Evangelista | 21 | F | $797,500 | 2 | 38.91 | 146 | 164.08 |
150 | Ryan O’Reilly | 32 | F | $4,500,000 | 3 | 38.83 | NR | 134.77 |
151 | Michael Bunting | 28 | F | $3,500,000 | 3 | 38.80 | 156 | 147.80 |
152 | Jonatan Berggren | 23 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 38.18 | NR | 172.41 |
153 | Sam Bennett | 27 | F | $4,425,000 | 2 | 37.84 | 151 | 124.17 |
154 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 32 | F | $5,000,000 | 1 | 37.83 | 125 | 148.54 |
155 | Morgan Frost | 24 | F | $2,100,000 | 2 | 37.67 | 145 | 167.47 |
156 | Quinton Byfield | 21 | F | $890,000 | 1 | 37.60 | 154 | 183.92 |
157 | Aaron Ekblad | 27 | D | $7,500,000 | 2 | 37.58 | 149 | 126.92 |
158 | Victor Hedman | 33 | D | $7,875,000 | 2 | 37.42 | 148 | 152.79 |
159 | Ridly Greig | 21 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 37.25 | 189 | 148.66 |
160 | Evgeni Malkin | 34 | F | $6,100,000 | 3 | 37.23 | 103 | 162.87 |
161 | Erik Gustafsson | 31 | D | $825,000 | 1 | 37.17 | 153 | 265.98 |
162 | Trevor Moore | 28 | F | $4,200,000 | 5 | 36.77 | 177 | 107.92 |
163 | Gustav Forsling | 27 | D | $2,666,667 | 1 | 36.74 | 168 | 178.65 |
164 | Adam Boqvist | 23 | D | $2,600,000 | 2 | 36.49 | 175 | 129.40 |
165 | Filip Chytil | 24 | F | $4,437,500 | 4 | 36.32 | 152 | 116.01 |
166 | Andre Burakovsky | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 4 | 36.28 | 140 | 94.24 |
167 | J.T. Compher | 28 | F | $5,100,000 | 5 | 36.27 | 160 | 128.56 |
168 | Lawson Crouse | 26 | F | $4,300,000 | 4 | 36.11 | 166 | 131.29 |
169 | Jonathan Drouin | 28 | F | $850,000 | 1 | 35.81 | 192 | 167.31 |
170 | Egor Zamula | 23 | D | $775,000 | 1 | 35.56 | NR | 125.42 |
171 | Kaiden Guhle | 21 | D | $894,166 | 1 | 35.54 | 174 | 161.62 |
172 | John Tavares | 33 | F | $11,000,000 | 2 | 35.42 | 150 | 126.43 |
173 | Rasmus Sandin | 23 | D | $1,400,000 | 1 | 35.20 | 173 | 195.16 |
174 | Kent Johnson | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 35.13 | NR | 188.15 |
175 | Cam York | 23 | D | $1,600,000 | 2 | 35.12 | 179 | 155.97 |
176 | Lukas Reichel | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 35.12 | 130 | 121.38 |
177 | Morgan Geekie | 25 | F | $2,000,000 | 2 | 34.86 | NR | 130.86 |
178 | J.J. Moser | 23 | D | $886,667 | 1 | 34.68 | 182 | 211.49 |
179 | Alex Ovechkin | 33 | F | $9,500,000 | 3 | 34.60 | 113 | 126.92 |
180 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | 28 | F | $5,400,000 | 3 | 33.98 | 194 | 123.94 |
181 | Jake Sanderson | 21 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 33.91 | 181 | 224.69 |
182 | Boone Jenner | 30 | F | $3,750,000 | 3 | 33.52 | 178 | 127.14 |
183 | Owen Power | 21 | D | $920,000 | 1 | 33.46 | 169 | 225.99 |
184 | Anton Lundell | 22 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 33.29 | 183 | 182.67 |
185 | Evan Rodrigues | 30 | F | $3,000,000 | 3 | 33.14 | 184 | 139.64 |
186 | Michael Rasmussen | 24 | F | $1,460,000 | 1 | 32.51 | NR | 138.64 |
187 | Mason Marchment | 28 | F | $4,500,000 | 3 | 32.47 | NR | 119.15 |
188 | Tom Wilson | 29 | F | $5,166,666 | 1 | 32.35 | 164 | 71.32 |
189 | Frank Vatrano | 29 | F | $3,650,000 | 2 | 31.99 | NR | 132.66 |
190 | Bryan Rust | 31 | F | $5,125,000 | 5 | 31.89 | NR | 124.59 |
191 | William Karlsson | 31 | F | $5,900,000 | 4 | 31.88 | 170 | 125.50 |
192 | Robby Fabbri | 27 | F | $4,000,000 | 2 | 31.82 | NR | 70.32 |
193 | Claude Giroux | 34 | F | $6,500,000 | 2 | 31.39 | 141 | 144.50 |
194 | Joel Farabee | 23 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 31.36 | NR | 117.64 |
195 | Alexander Barabanov | 29 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 31.29 | 195 | 136.95 |
196 | Rickard Rakell | 30 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 31.24 | 198 | 131.51 |
197 | Samuel Girard | 25 | D | $5,000,000 | 4 | 31.05 | 172 | 132.02 |
198 | Nicholas Robertson | 22 | F | $821,667 | 1 | 30.56 | NR | 160.29 |
199 | Anthony Duclair | 28 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 30.39 | NR | 115.01 |
200 | Alex Newhook | 22 | F | $2,900,000 | 4 | 30.36 | NR | 130.96 |