Top-200 Cap League Skater Rankings – March 2024
Alexander MacLean
2024-03-25
Connor Bedard, having put up an incredible scoring run after returning from a broken jaw, is now the highest value player in my cap league rankings. With two years left on his entry level deal after this one, it's not tough to see why. The slightly less expected name in the top-10 is Noah Dobson, who is having a fantastic season by all accounts, and has a salary half that of Quinn Hughes. Dobson being the same age as Hughes, and only a dozen points behind him has to be considered an absolutely fantastic season, especially considering that Dobson doesn't have quite the same top-end names playing with him up front as Hughes does. They both look to be here to stay as top-five cap-league defencemen.
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.
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 | 102.95 | 1 | 298.30 |
2 | Cale Makar | 25 | D | $9,000,000 | 4 | 89.08 | 3 | 231.29 |
3 | Connor Bedard | 18 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 85.42 | 10 | 306.70 |
4 | Leon Draisaitl | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 2 | 84.72 | 2 | 284.02 |
5 | Quinn Hughes | 24 | D | $7,850,000 | 4 | 82.62 | 4 | 245.36 |
6 | Nathan MacKinnon | 28 | F | $12,600,000 | 8 | 81.66 | 5 | 224.96 |
7 | Nikita Kucherov | 30 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 77.36 | 8 | 234.08 |
8 | Noah Dobson | 24 | D | $4,000,000 | 2 | 68.43 | 25 | 217.14 |
9 | Mikko Rantanen | 27 | F | $9,250,000 | 2 | 66.45 | 12 | 227.17 |
10 | Jack Hughes | 22 | F | $8,000,000 | 7 | 65.90 | 6 | 227.18 |
11 | David Pastrnak | 27 | F | $11,250,000 | 8 | 65.88 | 9 | 223.32 |
12 | Shea Theodore | 28 | D | $5,200,000 | 2 | 64.32 | 31 | 172.12 |
13 | Evan Bouchard | 24 | D | $3,900,000 | 2 | 63.75 | 32 | 214.19 |
14 | Adam Fox | 26 | D | $9,500,000 | 6 | 63.24 | 17 | 210.70 |
15 | Josh Morrissey | 28 | D | $6,250,000 | 5 | 62.78 | 15 | 244.87 |
16 | Matthew Tkachuk | 26 | F | $9,500,000 | 7 | 61.17 | 13 | 228.24 |
17 | Jason Robertson | 24 | F | $7,750,000 | 3 | 60.51 | 7 | 249.28 |
18 | Elias Pettersson | 25 | F | $7,350,000 | 1 | 60.34 | 14 | 233.41 |
19 | Kirill Kaprizov | 26 | F | $9,000,000 | 3 | 58.66 | 21 | 182.92 |
20 | Mitch Marner | 26 | F | $10,903,000 | 2 | 57.56 | 18 | 197.92 |
21 | Rasmus Dahlin | 23 | D | $6,000,000 | 1 | 57.46 | 11 | 244.88 |
22 | William Nylander | 27 | F | $6,962,366 | 1 | 55.45 | 22 | 200.18 |
23 | Miro Heiskanen | 24 | D | $8,450,000 | 6 | 55.41 | 20 | 217.42 |
24 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 30 | F | $5,125,000 | 6 | 53.10 | 16 | 251.43 |
25 | Auston Matthews | 26 | F | $11,640,250 | 1 | 51.18 | 29 | 170.03 |
26 | Brayden Point | 27 | F | $9,500,000 | 7 | 49.50 | 30 | 188.03 |
27 | Travis Konecny | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 49.17 | 27 | 179.40 |
28 | Carter Verhaeghe | 28 | F | $4,166,667 | 2 | 48.27 | 39 | 205.72 |
29 | Aleksander Barkov | 28 | F | $10,000,000 | 7 | 47.95 | 26 | 166.90 |
30 | J.T. Miller | 31 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 47.38 | 38 | 174.26 |
31 | Tim Stutzle | 22 | F | $8,350,000 | 8 | 47.33 | 24 | 192.90 |
32 | Wyatt Johnston | 21 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 46.49 | 116 | 243.24 |
33 | Mason McTavish | 21 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 45.93 | 57 | 249.15 |
34 | Pavel Mintyukov | 20 | D | $918,333 | 3 | 45.53 | NR | 195.52 |
35 | Jack Eichel | 27 | F | $10,000,000 | 3 | 45.13 | 35 | 149.68 |
36 | Kyle Connor | 27 | F | $7,142,857 | 3 | 44.45 | 28 | 185.47 |
37 | Brandon Hagel | 25 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 43.87 | 55 | 261.40 |
38 | Sam Reinhart | 28 | F | $6,500,000 | 1 | 43.76 | 60 | 158.06 |
39 | Clayton Keller | 25 | F | $7,150,000 | 5 | 43.71 | 34 | 188.34 |
40 | Tage Thompson | 26 | F | $7,142,857 | 7 | 43.59 | 19 | 212.57 |
41 | Vince Dunn | 27 | D | $7,350,000 | 4 | 43.56 | 56 | 198.35 |
42 | Jake Guentzel | 29 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 42.99 | 41 | 170.74 |
43 | Dougie Hamilton | 30 | D | $9,000,000 | 5 | 42.68 | 45 | 187.99 |
44 | Robert Thomas | 24 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 42.44 | 53 | 152.09 |
45 | Nico Hischier | 25 | F | $7,250,000 | 4 | 42.39 | 48 | 175.92 |
46 | Valeri Nichushkin | 29 | F | $6,125,000 | 7 | 42.30 | 62 | 126.72 |
47 | Jack Quinn | 22 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 42.30 | 106 | 212.06 |
48 | Tommy Novak | 26 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 42.28 | 67 | 272.44 |
49 | Alex Tuch | 27 | F | $4,750,000 | 3 | 42.19 | 23 | 210.80 |
50 | Luke Hughes | 20 | D | $925,000 | 2 | 41.89 | 76 | 184.56 |
51 | Sebastian Aho | 26 | F | $8,460,250 | 1 | 41.71 | 50 | 147.56 |
52 | Artemi Panarin | 32 | F | $11,642,857 | 3 | 41.51 | 58 | 155.60 |
53 | Charlie McAvoy | 26 | D | $9,500,000 | 7 | 40.76 | 46 | 160.40 |
54 | Adam Fantilli | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 40.68 | 47 | 255.72 |
55 | Kevin Fiala | 27 | F | $7,875,000 | 6 | 40.67 | 40 | 161.78 |
56 | Mathew Barzal | 26 | F | $9,150,000 | 8 | 40.48 | 64 | 126.00 |
57 | Roman Josi | 33 | D | $9,059,000 | 5 | 40.40 | 105 | 166.38 |
58 | Jesper Bratt | 25 | F | $7,875,000 | 8 | 40.37 | 49 | 158.45 |
59 | Dylan Larkin | 27 | F | $8,700,000 | 8 | 40.01 | 52 | 156.50 |
60 | Roope Hintz | 27 | F | $8,450,000 | 8 | 40.01 | 36 | 163.41 |
61 | Shane Pinto | 23 | F | $775,000 | 1 | 39.99 | NR | 180.58 |
62 | Zach Hyman | 31 | F | $5,500,000 | 5 | 39.78 | 68 | 180.49 |
63 | Brady Tkachuk | 24 | F | $8,208,571 | 5 | 39.14 | 43 | 172.96 |
64 | Filip Hronek | 26 | D | $4,400,000 | 1 | 39.05 | 78 | 163.32 |
65 | Brandon Montour | 29 | D | $3,500,000 | 1 | 38.56 | 61 | 258.91 |
66 | Jared McCann | 27 | F | $5,000,000 | 4 | 38.43 | 84 | 176.26 |
67 | Pavel Buchnevich | 29 | F | $5,800,000 | 2 | 38.37 | 37 | 170.42 |
68 | Andrei Svechnikov | 23 | F | $7,750,000 | 6 | 38.22 | 70 | 130.30 |
69 | Mikhail Sergachev | 25 | D | $8,500,000 | 8 | 38.20 | 42 | 184.08 |
70 | Lucas Raymond | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 38.10 | 98 | 236.94 |
71 | Mike Matheson | 30 | D | $4,875,000 | 3 | 37.98 | 86 | 150.52 |
72 | Tyson Foerster | 22 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 37.90 | 65 | 140.21 |
73 | Martin Necas | 25 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 37.22 | 59 | 212.73 |
74 | Victor Hedman | 33 | D | $7,875,000 | 2 | 37.21 | 158 | 145.59 |
75 | Jakob Chychrun | 25 | D | $4,600,000 | 2 | 37.16 | 33 | 161.08 |
76 | Morgan Rielly | 30 | D | $7,500,000 | 7 | 36.89 | 77 | 144.84 |
77 | Adrian Kempe | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 3 | 36.86 | 74 | 160.29 |
78 | Mika Zibanejad | 30 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 36.81 | 44 | 175.29 |
79 | Filip Forsberg | 29 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 36.70 | 83 | 116.39 |
80 | Kirby Dach | 23 | F | $3,362,500 | 3 | 36.52 | 82 | 129.60 |
81 | Joel Eriksson Ek | 27 | F | $5,250,000 | 6 | 36.13 | 122 | 150.91 |
82 | Moritz Seider | 22 | D | $863,333 | 1 | 36.05 | 85 | 274.71 |
83 | Zach Werenski | 26 | D | $9,583,333 | 5 | 36.02 | 92 | 90.36 |
84 | Nikolaj Ehlers | 28 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 35.95 | 51 | 117.32 |
85 | Brock Boeser | 27 | F | $6,650,000 | 3 | 35.87 | 89 | 135.67 |
86 | Shayne Gostisbehere | 30 | D | $4,125,000 | 1 | 35.79 | 114 | 179.79 |
87 | Dylan Guenther | 20 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 35.53 | 66 | 175.27 |
88 | Nick Suzuki | 24 | F | $7,875,000 | 7 | 35.41 | 97 | 142.88 |
89 | Thomas Harley | 22 | D | $863,333 | 1 | 35.09 | 130 | 129.79 |
90 | Matt Boldy | 22 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 35.07 | 93 | 146.95 |
91 | Cole Caufield | 23 | F | $7,850,000 | 8 | 34.75 | 90 | 104.62 |
92 | Dylan Strome | 27 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 34.59 | 96 | 164.69 |
93 | Rasmus Andersson | 27 | D | $4,550,000 | 3 | 34.55 | 72 | 181.58 |
94 | Gabriel Vilardi | 24 | F | $3,437,500 | 2 | 34.54 | 101 | 141.22 |
95 | Alex DeBrincat | 26 | F | $7,875,000 | 4 | 34.47 | 63 | 151.89 |
96 | Bo Horvat | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 34.37 | 81 | 141.00 |
97 | JJ Peterka | 22 | F | $855,833 | 2 | 34.04 | 127 | 205.93 |
98 | Bowen Byram | 22 | D | $3,850,000 | 2 | 33.97 | 104 | 138.91 |
99 | Sean Durzi | 25 | D | $1,700,000 | 1 | 33.82 | 100 | 207.85 |
100 | Seth Jarvis | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 33.79 | 143 | 212.51 |
101 | Philip Tomasino | 22 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 33.69 | 109 | 176.62 |
102 | Nick Schmaltz | 28 | F | $5,850,000 | 3 | 33.58 | 69 | 148.12 |
103 | Mark Stone | 31 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 33.49 | 95 | 96.23 |
104 | Drake Batherson | 25 | F | $4,975,000 | 4 | 33.24 | 79 | 162.58 |
105 | Thomas Chabot | 26 | D | $8,000,000 | 5 | 33.18 | 88 | 140.25 |
106 | Leo Carlsson | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 33.04 | NR | 192.21 |
107 | Mark Scheifele | 31 | F | $6,125,000 | 1 | 33.00 | 73 | 148.38 |
108 | Troy Terry | 26 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 32.81 | 87 | 140.11 |
109 | Sean Monahan | 29 | F | $1,985,000 | 1 | 32.72 | NR | 99.57 |
110 | Logan Cooley | 19 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 32.71 | 80 | 228.38 |
111 | Jordan Kyrou | 25 | F | $8,125,000 | 8 | 32.34 | 75 | 151.14 |
112 | Casey Mittelstadt | 25 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 32.31 | 115 | 189.28 |
113 | Erik Karlsson | 33 | D | $11,500,000 | 4 | 32.11 | 54 | 207.72 |
114 | Artturi Lehkonen | 28 | F | $4,500,000 | 4 | 31.95 | 110 | 135.24 |
115 | Yegor Chinakhov | 23 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 31.73 | 131 | 161.88 |
116 | Sidney Crosby | 36 | F | $8,700,000 | 2 | 31.68 | 91 | 162.84 |
117 | Vincent Trocheck | 31 | F | $5,625,000 | 6 | 31.24 | 126 | 144.13 |
118 | Devon Toews | 30 | D | $4,100,000 | 1 | 30.98 | 94 | 180.60 |
119 | Jonathan Drouin | 28 | F | $850,000 | 1 | 30.97 | 169 | 179.68 |
120 | Gustav Forsling | 27 | D | $2,666,667 | 1 | 30.75 | 163 | 180.13 |
121 | Matias Maccelli | 23 | F | $3,425,000 | 3 | 30.74 | 118 | 153.36 |
122 | Chandler Stephenson | 29 | F | $2,750,000 | 1 | 30.63 | 120 | 192.55 |
123 | Brad Marchand | 35 | F | $6,125,000 | 2 | 30.52 | 112 | 147.40 |
124 | Quinton Byfield | 21 | F | $890,000 | 1 | 30.27 | 156 | 175.58 |
125 | Brock Faber | 21 | D | $925,000 | 2 | 30.20 | NR | 158.68 |
126 | Matthew Knies | 21 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 30.18 | 99 | 216.37 |
127 | Noah Hanifin | 27 | D | $4,950,000 | 1 | 29.19 | 144 | 143.54 |
128 | Pavel Zacha | 26 | F | $4,750,000 | 4 | 29.01 | 129 | 146.21 |
129 | Morgan Frost | 24 | F | $2,100,000 | 2 | 29.00 | 155 | 169.57 |
130 | Matt Duchene | 33 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 28.77 | 147 | 158.04 |
131 | Owen Tippett | 25 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 28.65 | 139 | 196.49 |
132 | Luke Evangelista | 22 | F | $797,500 | 2 | 28.65 | 149 | 159.73 |
133 | Alexis Lafreniere | 22 | F | $2,325,000 | 2 | 28.40 | 135 | 173.13 |
134 | Brock Nelson | 32 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 28.13 | 134 | 152.45 |
135 | Tony DeAngelo | 28 | D | $1,675,000 | 1 | 28.08 | 125 | 223.92 |
136 | Trevor Moore | 28 | F | $4,200,000 | 5 | 27.42 | 162 | 100.96 |
137 | Tyler Toffoli | 31 | F | $4,250,000 | 1 | 27.37 | 137 | 171.57 |
138 | Patrick Kane | 35 | F | $2,750,000 | 1 | 27.16 | 148 | 176.24 |
139 | K’Andre Miller | 24 | D | $3,872,000 | 2 | 27.08 | 103 | 173.58 |
140 | Matty Beniers | 21 | F | $897,500 | 1 | 27.05 | 107 | 257.64 |
141 | Yegor Sharangovich | 25 | F | $3,100,000 | 2 | 26.86 | NR | 121.90 |
142 | Logan Stankoven | 21 | F | $836,667 | 2 | 26.82 | NR | 134.15 |
143 | Jonatan Berggren | 23 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 26.54 | 152 | 169.44 |
144 | Ryan Hartman | 29 | F | $1,700,000 | 1 | 26.44 | 136 | 151.33 |
145 | Dylan Cozens | 23 | F | $7,100,000 | 7 | 26.40 | 133 | 141.73 |
146 | Brady Skjei | 29 | D | $5,250,000 | 1 | 26.21 | NR | 139.16 |
147 | Cam York | 23 | D | $1,600,000 | 2 | 26.21 | 175 | 152.60 |
148 | Timo Meier | 27 | F | $8,800,000 | 8 | 26.16 | 117 | 125.14 |
149 | Rasmus Sandin | 24 | D | $1,400,000 | 1 | 26.15 | 173 | 211.43 |
150 | Jake DeBrusk | 27 | F | $4,000,000 | 1 | 26.08 | 111 | 147.33 |
151 | Johnny Gaudreau | 30 | F | $9,750,000 | 6 | 25.66 | 128 | 137.76 |
152 | Jake Sanderson | 21 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 25.35 | 181 | 212.79 |
153 | Philipp Kurashev | 24 | F | $2,250,000 | 2 | 25.24 | NR | 124.45 |
154 | J.J. Moser | 23 | D | $886,667 | 1 | 25.15 | 178 | 218.15 |
155 | Cole Perfetti | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 25.12 | 113 | 184.41 |
156 | Jonathan Marchessault | 33 | F | $5,000,000 | 1 | 25.08 | NR | 135.42 |
157 | Jeff Skinner | 31 | F | $9,000,000 | 4 | 24.96 | 102 | 140.89 |
158 | Elias Lindholm | 29 | F | $4,850,000 | 1 | 24.94 | 124 | 152.20 |
159 | Eeli Tolvanen | 24 | F | $1,450,000 | 1 | 24.90 | 140 | 152.53 |
160 | Andrei Kuzmenko | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 24.88 | 108 | 159.78 |
161 | Sam Bennett | 27 | F | $4,425,000 | 2 | 24.85 | 153 | 124.71 |
162 | Frank Vatrano | 30 | F | $3,650,000 | 2 | 24.76 | 189 | 125.10 |
163 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | 28 | F | $5,400,000 | 3 | 24.62 | 180 | 117.05 |
164 | Patrik Laine | 25 | F | $8,700,000 | 3 | 24.61 | 71 | 98.79 |
165 | William Eklund | 21 | F | $894,167 | 2 | 24.52 | NR | 163.08 |
166 | Ryan O’Reilly | 33 | F | $4,500,000 | 3 | 24.31 | 150 | 123.43 |
167 | Bryan Rust | 31 | F | $5,125,000 | 5 | 24.27 | 190 | 120.94 |
168 | Dawson Mercer | 22 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 24.24 | 121 | 253.91 |
169 | Chris Kreider | 32 | F | $6,500,000 | 4 | 24.20 | NR | 113.05 |
170 | Brandt Clarke | 21 | D | $894,167 | 2 | 24.10 | NR | 145.01 |
171 | Michael Bunting | 28 | F | $3,500,000 | 3 | 24.08 | 151 | 139.31 |
172 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 32 | F | $5,000,000 | 1 | 24.05 | 154 | 143.68 |
173 | Anthony Duclair | 28 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 23.98 | 199 | 110.27 |
174 | William Karlsson | 31 | F | $5,900,000 | 4 | 23.97 | 191 | 117.45 |
175 | Trevor Zegras | 22 | F | $5,750,000 | 3 | 23.94 | 119 | 152.12 |
176 | Tomas Hertl | 30 | F | $8,137,500 | 7 | 23.91 | 141 | 123.79 |
177 | Alex Newhook | 23 | F | $2,900,000 | 4 | 23.74 | 200 | 129.46 |
178 | Erik Gustafsson | 32 | D | $825,000 | 1 | 23.73 | 161 | 259.28 |
179 | Aaron Ekblad | 28 | D | $7,500,000 | 2 | 23.72 | 157 | 125.58 |
180 | Mason Marchment | 29 | F | $4,500,000 | 3 | 23.30 | 187 | 110.72 |
181 | Travis Sanheim | 27 | D | $6,250,000 | 8 | 23.27 | NR | 99.34 |
182 | Owen Power | 21 | D | $920,000 | 1 | 23.26 | 183 | 220.36 |
183 | Juraj Slafkovsky | 19 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 23.22 | NR | 172.47 |
184 | Joel Farabee | 24 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 23.11 | 194 | 111.20 |
185 | Teuvo Teravainen | 29 | F | $5,400,000 | 1 | 22.85 | NR | 105.68 |
186 | Gustav Nyquist | 34 | F | $3,190,000 | 2 | 22.83 | NR | 87.80 |
187 | Max Domi | 29 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 22.79 | 146 | 171.00 |
188 | J.T. Compher | 28 | F | $5,100,000 | 5 | 22.62 | 167 | 122.22 |
189 | Filip Chytil | 24 | F | $4,437,500 | 4 | 22.51 | 165 | 113.63 |
190 | Daniel Sprong | 26 | F | $2,000,000 | 1 | 22.49 | NR | 123.09 |
191 | Ridly Greig | 21 | F | $894,166 | 1 | 22.45 | 159 | 145.22 |
192 | Nils Hoglander | 23 | F | $1,100,000 | 2 | 22.35 | NR | 122.12 |
193 | Jack Roslovic | 27 | F | $4,000,000 | 1 | 22.34 | NR | 119.42 |
194 | Nicholas Robertson | 22 | F | $821,667 | 1 | 22.34 | 198 | 124.39 |
195 | Steven Stamkos | 34 | F | $8,500,000 | 1 | 22.28 | 132 | 141.55 |
196 | Nicolas Roy | 27 | F | $3,000,000 | 4 | 22.11 | NR | 101.49 |
197 | Calen Addison | 23 | D | $800,000 | 1 | 21.91 | 138 | 215.97 |
198 | Morgan Geekie | 25 | F | $2,000,000 | 2 | 21.89 | 177 | 135.36 |
199 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | 25 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 21.50 | 123 | 122.67 |
200 | Claude Giroux | 36 | F | $6,500,000 | 2 | 21.48 | 193 | 140.61 |
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Would love for you to add a column for team they are with. Just for ease of scanning.
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